The More Perfect Union Podcast

04/11/2024

Won't keep you in suspense any longer. Here is my FINAL election map, for which I have 98% certainty.

03/11/2024

This tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about the Republican party.

Fox News host Jesse Watters compared a woman who doesn’t tell her husband who she is voting for to someone having an affair. “If I found out [my wife] Emma was going to the voting booth and pulling the lever for Harris, that’s the same thing as having an affair,” Watters said.

They don't want to 'protect woman whether they like it or not.' They want to subjugate them whether they like it or not.

02/11/2024

My observations from my first day as a poll watcher in my mostly conservative hamlet:
-appeared to be more women than men voting.
-very few couples, which I found surprising
-lots of first time voters. (They announced each one as they signed in and everyone clapped.)
-lots of parents bringing children with them to vote, especially young girls.
-zero partisan vibes. The only way I could guess a Trump voter was by tattoos and beards (true for both sexes 😀)
-volunteer poll workers are tremendously professional, outwardly non-partisan, and highly competent. They deserve a pay raise!
-wooden chairs are very uncomfortable and standing for long periods is an under-appreciated form of exercise.

02/11/2024

Today on Jake Tapper's CNN show I heard a report explaining that texts purportedly from a candidate or a campaign surrogate soliciting campaign donations are mostly scams. I listen to CNN daily and this was the first time I've heard them say that. Now, of course, I knew that instinctively from the beginning. But it made me wonder, Why are you first reporting this to your more gullible viewers four days before Election Day? You should've reported it six months ago when these things started and every week since.

20/10/2024

This episode looks ahead to the final two weeks of the presidential campaign including who seems to be ahead, the Musk effect, Arnold Palmer's legacy, and which

17/10/2024

This is a real article from CNN in 1999. The media likes to talk about Kamala's flip flops. But...WOW!

Trump Proposes Massive One-time Tax on the Rich

By Phil Hirschkorn/CNN
November 9, 1999

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has a plan to pay off the national debt, grant a middle class a tax cut, and keep Social Security afloat: tax rich people like himself.

Trump, a prospective candidate for the Reform Party presidential nomination, is proposing a one-time "net worth tax" on individuals and trusts worth $10 million or more.

By Trump's calculations, his proposed 14.25 percent levy on such net worth would raise $5.7 trillion and wipe out the debt in one full swoop. The net worth tax is the cornerstone of Trump's economic plan released Tuesday morning.

"No one has put forward a plan to make this country entirely debt free as we enter the next millenium," Trump said in a written statement.

"The plan I am proposing today does not involve smoke and mirrors, phony numbers, financial gimmicks, or the usual economic chicanery you usually find in Disneyland-on-the-Potomac," Trump said.

11/10/2024

My light-hearted take on pre-election day jitters.

The Zen of PDS (Polling Derangement Syndrome)

11/10/2024

Here's my attempt to have a little fun with the pre-election jitters.

The Zen of PDS (Polling Derangement Syndrome)

11/10/2024

Hey, I like a good holiday promotion as much as the next guy. But, come on....!

07/10/2024

This week's THE MORE PERFECT UNION PODCAST looks at last week's vice presidential debate, how a second Donald Trump presidency would harm even his most loyal supporters, and Kevin's review of the new CNN comedy series, "Have I Got News for You."

The More Perfect Union Podcast: real debate without the hate!

This epiode looks at last week's vice presidential debate, how a second Donald Trump presidency would harm even his most loyal supporters, and Kevin's review of

06/10/2024

NEW: The Harris campaign just announced a major series of interviews and campaign stops this week.

MONDAY: Harris's 60 Minutes interview airs.

TUESDAY: Harris speaks to The View, The Howard Stern Show, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY: Harris campaigns in Nevada and participates in a Univision Town Hall.

FRIDAY: Harris campaigns in Arizona.

Meanwhile, I’ll be at Planet Fitness and Starbucks all week. But won't be taking questions from the press.

02/10/2024

BREAKING: Widespread problem with the BANK OF AMERICA WEBSITE. People poosting that they cann't get on or their accounts are showing a ZERO BALANCE. I'm hoping this is a glitch and not an Iranian cyber-attack. This is why we should regularly get screengrabs of our online portfolio holdings and/or download the latest statemtent. Someday it will come in handy.