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Why I Will Not Vote for the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate

Nov 1, 2024 | indypendent.org | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

For a counterpoint on war and the presidential election, see Why I Regret Casting an Antiwar Protest Vote in 1968 by Robert Levering. The question of war is — always is — the central political question that faces us. Kamala Harris lies when she says she is working ceaselessly for a ceasefire. The United States is a full partner with Israel in the genocide in Gaza, the spread of murder to the West Bank, the attack on Lebanon and the plans to go to war against Iran.
Fox News Is Hiding the Threat Donald Trump Poses to America

Oct 17, 2024 | nationalinterest.org | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInSubscribe to RSSPrintTopic: PoliticsRegion: AmericasBlog Brand: PoliticsTags: U.S. Politics2024 ElectionGOPMAGADonald TrumpKamala HarrisThe America Donald Trump envisions should concern every American. If Kamala Harris accomplished anything by going on Fox News, it was to remind us of what Trump represents.
The talk of Beshear in a higher office keeps coming, but is it realistic?

Mar 13, 2024 | kentucky.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear applauds during a LGBTQ rally in the rotunda at the Kentucky state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. [email protected] Painting a governor's mansion blue in a sea of red turns heads in the political world. Andy Beshear has done it twice, and he currently ranks among the most popular governors in the country. He's been mentioned in the media and around the internet as a possible presidential candidate since he first won office in 2019.
'MAGA toxic stew'? I'll have seconds

Feb 27, 2024 | rgj.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Re: "MAGA Christianity a toxic stew," Feb. 11:Edwin Lyngar’s recent anti MAGA Christian opinion article begs for yet another response and “truth mining.”He craftily invents a political hyper threat of “MAGA Christianity.” We can’t escape the fact that religious political affiliations are studied, tracked and leveraged by both parties. It is about winning elections, duh. Yet the notion that “political Christianity is about ‘owning the liberals’ and winning elections” is absurd fantasy.