Cain Campaign as Racial Distraction
This week at Truth-2-Power.com, I’ve been writing about both Barack Obama and Herman Cain. No, not the sex scandal, but the bigger financial scandal in the Cain campaign that the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel uncovered. … Continue reading
Herman Cain: It’s the Other Scandal, Stupid
A political sex scandal is prime low-hanging fruit for the mainstream media. What they are missing, though, is $140,000 spent on behalf of the Herman Cain campaign by a Koch … Continue reading
2011 Presidential Report Card: Obama Makes the Grade with Headwinds
President Obama’s poll numbers don’t look good right now. The economy is still reeling. The Congress is even more obstreperous than it has been, getting virtually none of the People’s … Continue reading
Have Republicans Lost Touch with the American Public?
More than 14 million people are unemployed. Las Vegas capped ten GOP presidential debates. Republican candidates have served up hard Right fan faves, from banning abortion to tax and regulation … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street: Beware the Media Right Hook
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protestors dodged Mayor Bloomberg’s left hook on the ground last Friday, cleaning Liberty Square before the city could use it as an excuse to break up … Continue reading
Is the Tiny GOP Prolonging Economic Woes to Political Gain?
90% of the news cycle is being sucked down by a GOP that actually represents only 23% of the voting public [1], or roughly 13% of the total population in the … Continue reading
No Cure for the Chronic Malady of the American Political Spirit
The Tea Party should more appropriately be called the Me Party. There is a feeling of callousness and disdain for the poor floating around in the air lately. It is … Continue reading
Losing Oreo America: One Nation, Divisible
Mr. Obama’s plea on behalf of the American people for jobs and his presidency remains stuck in a political no-man’s land. This is not because the majority of the country opposes his … Continue reading
The Missing Link to Human Potential: Universal Health Care and a Real Social Safety Net
Can we ever climb out of the muck and mire of more than a millennia of Medieval politics? The lords of the manor are gone, but the CEOs of modern corporate feudalism … Continue reading
In the Shadow of the Tea Party Revolt: Where are the Jobs, Jobs Jobs?
We are just two months away from the anniversary of the mid-term election of 2010, the oft-celebrated “Tea Party Revolt” by the Right. Tea Party Republicans swept into the 2010 … Continue reading
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