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I have written twice about the sleaziness of Marco Rubio with regard to his accepting legal “bribes” from the Cuban American Fanjul family. So has the Wall Street Journal. The latest was the editorial “Rubio and Big Sugar’ on 11/6/15.You can probably read it online by googling the title. It gives additional details. The price of sugar is the US is double that of the rest of the world. The reason is Rubio and other sleazy senators find it profitable to enable the Fanjuls to stay really wealthy by endlessly renewing a ridiculous sugar tariff which WSJ says may be...

When Rush started his show this morning. he was talking about Ben Carson falsely claiming he was offered a scholarship to West Point. It is very common for people who did not go to West Point to claim they could have, but turned it down. He did make a false claim Writer Ben Shaprio at DailyWire—whatever that is—says Carson did not make a false claim. http://www.dailywire.com/news/960/no-ben-carson-didnt-lie-about-west-point-its-ben-shapiro?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=110615-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro Here is exactly what Carson said in his autobiography: At the end of my twelfth grade I marched at the head of the Memorial Day parade. I felt so proud, my chest bursting with ribbons...

Trump repeatedly makes two valid points that the media and public do not get: 1. Competitors must be unpredictable. 2. Absence of a specific plan is not proof of no chance for success. Cannot be predictable Media people keep trying to nail Trump down on this or that. He keeps protesting that he cannot answer because it would make him predictable. Even on carrying a gun, he refused to say when he did and when he did not. He’s right. That does not apply to everything. But it does apply to negotiation, sports coaching, war, electoral campaigns, business, playing cards....

Copyright 2015 by John T. Reed An AP story about former Speaker of the House Denny Hastert says he has been charged with one count of evading bank regulations as he withdrew tens of thousands of dollars at a time to make extortion payments. Not illegal, but you must disclose over $10,000 I have been telling my readers there is nothing wrong with moving tens of thousands of dollars or more offshore. But that banks must disclose it to the U.S government and if you have cash or any financial instrument like a check made out for $10,000 or more,...

John McCain Copyright by John T. Reed (Article first written in 2008, updated 2009) John McCain emerged from the Florida primary on 1/29/08 as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. That has generated profound and startling reaction from Republicans. (I come closest to the Libertarian Party. The only time I can recall ever voting for a Republican was Reagan in 1980 and that was because I was so appalled at the possibility of Jimmy Carter getting re-elected. The only time I ever voted Democrat was for McGovern in 1972 and that was because I was appalled at the notion...