Unca Darrell

NOVEMBER 30, 2019 / (Bumped) Donald John Trump is unfit . . .

. . . to be president of the United States. I plan to vote for Donald John Trump for president. The principal reason is  . . .

April 11, 2019 / Historical amnesia: How did this happen?

Because historical memory is an enemy of the progressive project. Better to forget the past, then enlist those who have forgotten . . .

February 20, 2019 / It's time to start saying . . .

. . . the c-word: coup.

The Wall Street Journal, always conservative in its choice of words, crossed that Rubicon . . .

January 30, 2019 / "Immigrants don't come here because . . .

. . . we have money. They come here because we have . . .

January 4, 2018 / Jonathan Adler on President Trump's . . .

. . . judicial nominees.

[Last] week, the Senate confirmed Justice Don Willett and James Ho to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Leonard Grasz to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. These three were the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth circuit nominee confirmed this year, setting a record for the number of appellate nominees confirmed during a President's first year (in addition to the confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court).  

It is not simply the number of appellate judges confirmed, but the caliber. Trump's appellate nominees have been . . .

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 / One year ago . . .

. . . America elected Donald John Trump as its next president. 

I DIDN'T THINK he was fit to be president of the United States. He lacked the requisite character, intelligence, knowledge, experience, and judgment.

Having said that, I voted for him. Why? Because . . . 

MAY 10 / James B. Comey . . .

. . . needed firing. Everything he did during the 2016 election was wrong.

He was wrong . . .

Now to NOVEMBER 8 / Closed: Unca Darrell will vote for . . .

. . . one of the worst human beings and presidential candidates in American history, Donald John Trump. Here's why: 

JULY 22 / "I alone can fix it," sayeth . . .

. . . Donald John Trump in his acceptance speech. In context, “No one knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.” 

Okay, class, for your mid-term examination, reconcile Mr. Trump's statement with:

The theory of limited government embodied in . . . 

JULY 22 / "I alone can fix it," sayeth . . .

. . . Donald John Trump in his acceptance speech. In context, “No one knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.” 

Okay, class, for your mid-term examination, reconcile this statement with:

The theory of limited government embodied in . . .

. . . the United States Constitution, as expressed through the tri-partite structure of the federal government and the shared sovereignty of the federal-state system. Pay particular attention to the word alone.

Classic principles of liberalism (in the good sense of the word), with particular emphasis on consent of the governed and the rule of law.

Reaganism, with particular emphasis on the question of whether government is the principal engine of human advancement, a barrier to human advancement, or something in between. 

Any concept of mental health you may wish to define and advocate, with particular emphasis on whether this statement is better evidence of healthy self-confidence or narcissistic personality disorder.

Barack Hussein Obama, with a comparison a Mr. Trump's and Mr. Obama's theories of presidential power.

You may open your blue books. Good luck.