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Post-Election Reality Check

Posted on November 8, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 8, 2020 Americans who hate Donald Trump’s presidency had a day of euphoria on Saturday. People who never fully recovered from the shock of his victory four years ago danced in the sun and waved signs. Most … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Al Gore, Barack Obama, Climate accords, concession, COVID, euphoria, europe, jared kushner, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, lindsey graham, Mitch McConnell, record infections, richard nixon, rising deaths, Rudy Giuliani | 1 Comment

Why the Woodward Tapes Matter

Posted on September 11, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 11, 2020 In 1974, the United States lived through what felt like its worst existential threat since the Civil War. We’d defeated the British twice early in our history, the Spanish in the 1890s, and been instrumental … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged 1974, Bob Woodward, constitutional crisis, contagion, coronavirus, COVID-19, lyndon johnson, misleading Americans, power, presidential lies, preventive measures, richard nixon, self-interest, vietnam, watergate, Watergate tapes | 2 Comments

Super Tuesday Voters Got It Right

Posted on March 4, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 4, 2020 Donald Trump is terrified of Joe Biden. That’s why he tried to undermine his candidacy from the start. Trump believes Bernie Sanders would be easy pickings in the General Election. If Sanders were the candidate … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged bernie sanders, Capitalism, Communism, elizabeth warren, Gerad Ford, health care, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, lindsey graham, Medicare For All, Michael Bloomberg, richard nixon, socialism, vladimir Putin | 1 Comment

Two Weeks Of Impeachment Hearings

Posted on November 23, 2019 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 23, 2019 Twelve witnesses, dozens of hours, and a few surprising revelations by witnesses who were, on the whole, professional and nonpolitical have left us precisely where we were six months ago in terms of the likelihood … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Adam SChiff, alternate facts, Barry Goldwater, conspiracy theories, crimes and misdemeanors, devin nunes, diplomacy, Donald Trump, John Bolton, L. Patrick Gray, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo, Richard Helms, richard nixon, smoking gun, vladimir Putin | 1 Comment

To Impeach Or Not to Impeach

Posted on October 23, 2019 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, October 23, 2019 The latest Quinnipiac University poll, released this morning, found that 59 percent of registered voters believe President Trump acted in his own interest and against the interest of the United States in his dealings with … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged ambassador taylor, approval rating, bill taylor, civil war, conservatism, constitution, Daily Caller, high crimes, insurrection, Jeff Flake, misdemeanors, negative trend, Quinnipiac, republican senators, richard nixon, Ukraine, watergate | 1 Comment

Danger: Unchartered Territory

Posted on September 30, 2019 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 30, 2019 James Hohmann, in today’s Washington Post Daily 202 Newsletter, characterized President Trump’s reaction to the House’s impeachment inquiry as running the smashmouth playbook he learned from the infamous Joe McCarthy’s henchman Roy Cohn, who was … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Australia, conspiracy theories, DNI, gangsters, impeachment, Inspector General, Joseph McCarthy, mental illness, Mueller investigation, richard nixon, roy cohn, Stephen Miller, thugs, Twitter, Ukraine, whistle blower, witness tampering | 2 Comments

Trump Should Be Thanking Mueller

Posted on May 30, 2019 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, May 30, 2019 Though it was certainly unintentional, Robert Mueller did Donald Trump a huge favor when he defined the scope of his investigation as he did. As he made clear both in his report and his televised … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged bill clinton, Bob Mueller, conspiracy, constitution, hacking, impeachment, Jonathan Turley, Ken Starr, Leon Jaworsky, obstruction of justice, richard nixon, Russian meddling, Trump | 3 Comments

Founders’ Wisdom

Posted on May 21, 2019 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, May 21, 2019 It’s fashionable, these days, to focus on what the Founders got wrong, and there’s plenty of fodder to feed that trend. Writing nearly two-and-a-half centuries ago, they couldn’t possibly have gotten everything right. The most … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged congress, constitution, electoral college, first amendment, healthcare, impeachment, liberty, Nancy Pelosi, partisanship, pursuit of happiness, richard nixon, second amendment, separation of powers, Thomas Jefferson | 1 Comment

Trump As Seen By a Brit

Posted on March 6, 2019 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 6, 2019 In response to the question: “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump,” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response. It was referred to me by some good friends, … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged artlessness, bullying, charm, compassion, crass, English writers, george w bush, humorless, illiteracy, nastiness, Nate White, Obama, pettiness, richard nixon, stupidity, trolls | 6 Comments

Madman Diplomacy

Posted on March 4, 2019 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 4, 2019 Donald Trump, who never met a boast he couldn’t embrace, recently declared that it was his feigned irrationality that forced Kim Jong Un to negotiate. That was before the second summit between the two men … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged 2018 olympics, Hanoi, Hawaii missile scare, Henry Kissinger, irrational behavior, Kim Jong Un, Machiavelli, Michael Cohen, moon jae-in, North Korea, nuclear threat, nuclear weapons, richard nixon, South Korea, summit meeting, Trump, vietnam, xi Jinping | 1 Comment

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Tag Archives: richard nixon

Post-Election Reality Check

Why the Woodward Tapes Matter

Super Tuesday Voters Got It Right

Two Weeks Of Impeachment Hearings

To Impeach Or Not to Impeach

Danger: Unchartered Territory

Trump Should Be Thanking Mueller

Founders’ Wisdom

Trump As Seen By a Brit

Madman Diplomacy

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