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Twenty Questions for Barack Obama
By Doug Gamble (bio)

The ridiculous “This or That” questions put to the Republican presidential candidates in Monday’s debate were not exactly CNN’s finest hour. If it really wanted to provide a public service it would have used the same format to ask 20 meaningful questions of Barack Obama in 2008.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on June 16th, 2011
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Adultery With the Stars
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Actress Jane Seymour now says The Terminator has fathered two more illegitimate children other than the one he has admitted to. The big problem I have with Arnold (Please Tell Me That Bump in Your Tummy is a Tumor) Schwarzenegger is not so much what he did to impregnate various women, although I think it’s despicable, it’s that he did the same thing to California for seven years as governor. Depressingly, only in our celebrity-obsessed culture could someone who had as much business being a governor as you or I be elected as chief executive of the most populous state in the union. Had he, instead of being Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor been Arnold Schwarzenegger, insurance agent, or held any other job, his candidacy would have been a joke. As it turned out, that’s what his time in office was.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on May 23rd, 2011
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A Conservative Rap Song
By Doug Gamble (bio)

If any administration was going to invite to the White House a rapper whose lyrics have supported a cop killer and advocated the killing of President George W. Bush, it would be this one, as demonstrated by its hosting of rapper Common at a “poetry” event.  But why should rap “music” be the preserve of thugs who preach violence.  How about a conservative rap song, like this:

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Posted by Doug Gamble on May 16th, 2011
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Had Bush Been President When Osama Was Killed
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Added to the certainty of death and taxes is the certainty that the mainstream media will give virtually all the credit for the death of Osama bin Laden to President Barack Obama. As it’s shilling for Obama continues right up to the 2012 presidential election, one would eventually be led to believe it was Obama himself who burst into bin Laden’s compound and shot him. But how differently the MSM would have played it if what happened Sunday had happened during the presidency of George W. Bush. The coverage might look something like this:

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Posted by Doug Gamble on May 3rd, 2011
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The Only Arrow in Their Quiver
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Five months after most U.S. voters sided with Tea Party philosophy by rejecting big government and big spending at the polls, Democrats are still charging that their losses were not based on policy but on racism.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on April 21st, 2011
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Colder Winter of Our Discontent
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Civil War documentarian Ken Burns has famously observed that, before the war when the country was divided, people would say, “The United States are. . . ” After the war when the country became as one, they said, “The United States is. . . ” I wonder how long it will be before Americans say, “The United States was. . . ”

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Posted by Doug Gamble on April 15th, 2011
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How the Mainstream Media Will Play It
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Republicans are widely expected to score big in today’s elections, but unfortunately not big enough to keep the Obama-worshiping media from spinning the results, something like this:

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Posted by Doug Gamble on November 2nd, 2010
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All Racism All The Time
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Liberals have made it clear that if you oppose any of President Barack Obama’s policies, you’re racist. And if you oppose illegal immigration, you’re racist. But it doesn’t stop there. With new guidelines being issued minute by minute making it hard to keep track of what’s racist, here’s an update:

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Posted by Doug Gamble on August 12th, 2010
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An Ugly End Zone Dance
By Doug Gamble (bio)

The National Football League has a rule that calls for a penalty when a player scoring a touchdown celebrates excessively. It’s normal for a player to spike the ball in the end zone, but if he taunts his opponents or dances around crazily in a burst of uncontrolled exuberance, he draws a referee’s flag.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on August 5th, 2010
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Racism revealed
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Despite Barack Obama pledging to unite the country and create a post-racial America, race friction appears to be more heated now than it has been in years.  As more and more events are viewed through the prism of race, news reporting such as this may soon become commonplace:

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Posted by Doug Gamble on July 16th, 2010
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Tale of the Tiger
By Doug Gamble (bio)

This is going to be critical of Tiger Woods, and because he’s a non-Caucasian and I’m a Republican I feel it’s necessary to clarify something. I’m not a racist. If I were a Democrat I’d be free to rip into Woods and I’d be given a free pass as far as race is concerned, but as a Republican I realize that this issue automatically comes into play. So what follows is not hate speech; it’s an opinion.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on April 12th, 2010
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A Letter to President Reagan
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Dear President Reagan,

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Posted by Doug Gamble on March 31st, 2010
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The Declaration of Dependence
By Doug Gamble (bio)

With the passage of so-called health care reform, the United States of America that we have known will eventually cease to exist. This legislation begins the end of an America with emphasis on the individual and the beginning of an America with emphasis on the government. The transformation will eventually kill the American spirit and America’s greatness forever. Anyone who thinks the new law is only about health care does not understand the ramifications. Now that a former community organizer has succeeded in the start of reorganizing the way of life of the once most free country on earth, anything is possible.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on March 22nd, 2010
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Obama at the Bat
By Doug Gamble (bio)

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Posted by Doug Gamble on January 25th, 2010
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The United States of Stupidity
By Doug Gamble (bio)

I don’t know precisely when the dumbing down of America began, but my guess would be sometime during the 1960’s, the decade historians may someday identify as the beginning of the end of the USA. I believe this dumbing down has now caught up with us to the extent we are, collectively, one of the most stupid countries on the face of the earth.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on January 12th, 2010
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Let’s Get Personal
By Doug Gamble (bio)

At a dinner party a while back I encountered someone who proudly proclaimed, in the context of the conversation we were having, that she was a member of the ACLU.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on September 24th, 2009
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The Times’ sickness on health
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Thanks to the Newsbusters web site for pointing out that a recent New York Times/CBS News poll on health care was skewed to show that most Americans favor President Obama’s position.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on June 22nd, 2009
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It’s a Home Run
By Doug Gamble (bio)

If you’ve had it with worrying about North Korea, Iran or what’s becoming of our country, here’s a suggestion for a pleasant diversion, especially if you’re a baseball fan.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on May 30th, 2009
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Proud to be a Republican
By Doug Gamble (bio)

I’m one Republican who is tired of being demonized because of my party affiliation. A recent poll showed that only 21 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans, but just because there are apparently fewer of us doesn’t mean we have to stay on the ropes. I’ve had it with taking it on the chin because I refuse to participate in the national orgasm over Barack Obama.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on May 22nd, 2009
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I’m Smokeless in California
By Doug Gamble (bio)

There has been a lot in the news lately about marijuana, both its use for medicinal purposes and its possible legalization in general.  President Barack Obama revealed that the matter of potential legalization was the most asked question by people participating in his internet town hall this week.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on March 27th, 2009
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God Bless You, Paul Harvey
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Were it not for Paul Harvey, who passed away this past weekend, I would never have had the great honor of writing for President Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and many other leading Republicans from the early 1980’s until the present.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on March 3rd, 2009
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Take Me Out to the Drug Game
By Doug Gamble (bio)

One by one, the baseball heroes continue to fall in the ongoing steroids scandal.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on February 11th, 2009
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Tough Times Ahead For Obama
By Doug Gamble (bio)

WASHINGTON: New White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs withstood a tough grilling from reporters in the Executive Mansion’s briefing room today, an indication of how hard the media intends to be on the administration of President Barack Obama.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on January 22nd, 2009
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All We Are Saying is Give Civility a Chance
By Doug Gamble (bio)

On Election Day last November, 48% of voters cast their ballots against Barack Obama.  With his approval rating now somewhere in the 70’s, it shows that a lot of Republicans are willing to give him a chance.  There should be a flip-side to this.  How about Democrats giving Republicans a measure of civility in return.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on January 21st, 2009
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Not So Far Fetched
By Doug Gamble (bio)

WASHINGTON: The National Organization for Women today expressed anger in the aftermath of the miracle landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River. NOW issued a statement saying, “The fact that one of the men aboard yelled ‘Women and children first’ as passengers were exiting the airplane is an outrage and an insult to all women. This viscious slur not only reduces women to the level of children, but implies that women are not as capable as men in situations like this and need special treatment. Once we identify which of the male pigs aboard the plane made the sexist remark we will consider a lawsuit against him for defaming an entire gender.”

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Posted by Doug Gamble on January 17th, 2009
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But Seriously Folks
By Doug Gamble (bio)

An elderly California acquaintance passed away yesterday.  He was very political.  Really liked politics.  He asked to be buried in Chicago so he can continue voting.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on January 12th, 2009
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I Smell a Rat
By Doug Gamble (bio)

I have been telling friends and colleagues I refuse to believe Hillary Clinton is not the eventual Democratic presidential nominee until I look at the ballot on Election Day in November and her name is not on it in her party’s number one slot.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on August 18th, 2008
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L.A. Shakes
By Doug Gamble (bio)

I notice the 3 cable news networks are handling the L.A. earthquake differently.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on July 29th, 2008
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Meet the Jerk
By Doug Gamble (bio)

One of the names being mentioned as a possible replacement for Tim Russert on “Meet the Press”is “Hardball” host Chris Matthews. Matthews is one of the biggest horse’s patooties on television, if not the biggest,a man so enamored of his own gratingvoice that he can barely stop talking long enough to let a guestget a word in.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on June 17th, 2008
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Can She Get Any Lower?
By Doug Gamble (bio)

Hillary Clinton todaysaid, in so many words, that one of the reasons she’s staying in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination is in case Barack Obama is assassinated the way Robert Kennedy was. Her campaign is denying that’s what she meant, but that’s clearly what she meant.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on May 23rd, 2008
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She Owes Pinnochio Royalties
By Doug Gamble (bio)

While writing this I came under sniper fire and had to dive to safetyunder my desk. Whoops, I misspoke.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on March 26th, 2008
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She Shall Overcome
By Doug Gamble (bio)

In a presidential election season that has already been filled with surprises, somethingextraordinary is now happening. We’re seeing Hillary Clinton win the Democratic nomination through sheer force of will.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on March 17th, 2008
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If You Think You’re Depressed Now, Consider This
By Doug Gamble (bio)

There are people turning 20next year who have never known a time when there has not been a Bush or a Clinton as president of the United States.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on January 30th, 2008
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John Edwards, You’re No Bobby
By Doug Gamble (bio)

I’ve been trying to figure out who former North Carolina Senator John Edwards is trying to imitate in his presidential quest. It finally hit me. Bobby Kennedy. But just as former Colorado Senator Gary Hart couldn’t be JFK in 1984, it ain’t going to work.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on August 21st, 2007
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Gomorrah by the Bay
By Doug Gamble (bio)

I had to laugh when CNN featured a discussion about whether the political future of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is in peril after Newsom admitted having an affair with the wife of a friend and former campaign manager.How could it bein peril? This is San Francisco.

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Posted by Doug Gamble on February 2nd, 2007
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