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"Go ahead. Make my day." Clint Eastwood made those five words legendary as Dirty Harry. And although
it's one of the most famous lines in motion picture history, it is the warning
and the promise that Bill Clinton should use if Donald Trump is stupid enough to take on the former
President. But then...I hope Trump does. Mr. Clinton will make mincemeat out
of Trump.
Nearly fifteen years after leaving The White House, Bill Clinton arguably remains the most popular person and one of the most beloved figures in our country and throughout the world. So despite any gorilla poop - to use a clean phrase - that Donald Trump may try to hurl at President Clinton, the 42nd Commander-In-Chief has much more firepower in his verbal arsenal to torpedo the Republican Presidential Candidate in to oblivion. But unlike Trump...Mr. Clinton will articulate with class and style; and by doing so, he will blast Trump out of the political waters.
So, go ahead, Donald. Target Bill Clinton. Spend your millions. Try to attack Hillary Clinton by spewing your vindictive venom at Bill Clinton. But if you continue to flap your lips with raunch and vulgarity, both President Clinton and Secretary Clinton will reduce you to the little imp that most Americans believe you to be. And that will make my day...and the day of all who support Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States. So for every dollar of your fortune that you unleash...in an effort to poison either Secretary Clinton or President Clinton...it will be you who will need the antidote to stay alive in the 2016 Presidential race. But no matter the rescue attempt...The Donald Trump Campaign For President...will be dead.
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I have remained quiet lately about the 2016 Presidential race and have kept mum in criticizing the "clown car" of Republican candidates...despite the lunacy they have been spouting...especially the maniacal rubbish being spewed by the GOP front-runner, Donald Trump. From daily sound bites on cable and broadcast network newscasts to the Republican debates...the nonsensical jibber-jabber and drivel for which Trump and others have been regurgitating is nothing but entertaining. Entertaining because Trump and his comical competitors are so laughable. With apologies to the 1960s popular performer with the big red nose...the hostility and verbally combative clashes among the Republican "bozos" are generating grins from ear to ear by Democrats nationwide...especially - I would bet - by Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley.
If Aaron Sorkin - arguably Hollywood's best creator of political television shows and motion pictures - wrote a screenplay, which included some of the swill and stink that Donald Trump and other GOP candidates have spread around...I don't think most Americans would believe it. That being said...I'm amazed that so many Republicans throughout the United States have been sucked in by Trump, as if what he is speaking...is gospel - which, of course, it is not.
There is no doubt that ISIS is a monumental threat to the United States and could possibly be perilous to Americans. And yes, Democrats and Republicans agree that ISIS is a barbaric organization that needs to be destroyed. But we cannot point the finger at Muslims. There are millions of peace-loving Muslims throughout the world. They live in countries that have nothing to do with terrorism or the radicalized bastards of ISIS and Al-Qaeda, who want to annihilate Americans.
I am a Jew. And I am proud of my religion and my religious beliefs. And as a Jew...I know about bigotry. I'm personally familiar with anti-Semitism and the horrendous prejudice by others who detest me because I am Jewish.
Six-million of my Jewish brothers and sisters were slaughtered and gassed by the despicable and heinous lowlifes of Nazi Germany. And as we all know...because of the tyrannical dictatorship of Adolf Hitler...he instructed and mastered his elite troop of SS guards to imprison Jews in concentration death camps. Hitler ordered the massacre of Jews by using his anti-Semitic ideas and philosophies to spurn hatred all throughout Europe. And he convinced his followers that the Jewish people were responsible for Germany's economic problems. Hitler believed that Jews were inferior to all other humans...and as a result of his ignorance and his loathsome animosity...he commanded his SS military to totally exterminate and eliminate every Jew. I mention Adolf Hitler in this commentary not as a comparison to terrorism by ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Nothing in global history could be compared to the Holocaust. However, I reference Hitler to illustrate the prejudice which faced Jews during World War II...and now...the injustice that some Americans - including Donald Trump - support, which violates the rights of Muslims.
The United States of America - undoubtedly the majority of the planet Earth - will never allow another Holocaust. The persecution of Jews during World War II was a vile and vicious abomination by a malicious madman. There is no debate about that. At least, there shouldn't be. So, as a Jew, I could never attack Muslims - orally or in writing - as Donald Trump and others have recently. Muslims are not America's enemies. Their religion, their faith, their holy and sacred devotion...are not adversaries of the United States or the American population.
Donald Trump - and other Republicans who agree with his warped thinking - must stop going after Muslims and all of Islam. The U.S. has Muslims serving in Congress. We have Muslim school teachers, Muslim doctors, Muslim police officers and Muslim firefighters. Muslims live and work throughout our country. There are Muslims who are "the good, the bad and the ugly." But there are Christians, Jews and persons of other religions...who can be described in the same way. I shall also remind you that there are thousands of patriotic and brave Muslims who are wearing the American flag on the uniforms of our Armed Forces and serving our country with pride, dedication and loyalty.
Donald Trump - as well as certain Republican individuals throughout the United States - must leave Muslims alone. The radicals of ISIS and Al-Qaeda are terrorists. Not all American or non-American Muslims are terrorists. A ban of every Muslim is not the answer.
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In writer Reginald Rose's and director Sidney Lumet's 1957 classic motion picture - produced by the film's now legendary star, Henry Fonda - and also produced by Rose - 12 Angry Men was the story of a dozen jurors who deliberate the guilt or innocence of a male teenage defendant who is on trial for allegedly stabbing his father to death. The movie focuses on "12 angry men" who find it difficult to reach a unanimous verdict; with Henry Fonda's character convincing the eleven others that there is "reasonable doubt" that the 18-year old boy committed the murder.
In the Thursday, October 22nd, 2015 11-hour marathon hearing of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, former Secretary of State and current Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton faced "7 angry men" - or to be gender specific - "5 angry men and 2 angry women." And although some Republicans seemed to forget it - by the way she was often treated during the hearing - Mrs. Clinton was not on trial. She was a witness. And a willing one. And despite the fact that there were twelve members of the United States House of Representatives seated on a long dais in the Capitol Hill Hearing Room, it was the seven Republicans who viciously badgered Secretary Clinton.
Despite the reckless nastiness and evil hostility by such Representatives as Jim Jordan of Ohio, Martha Roby of Alabama and Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy of South Carolina - just to name a few - Secretary Clinton was in control. The former First Lady remained cool, composed, confident, competent and in command of the truthful facts.
To parody another movie masterpiece, The Magnificent Seven, "the malicious seven" of Republicans were despicable and deplorable as they were unfairly abusive towards Secretary Clinton. But kudos to Mrs. Clinton as she displayed phenomenal poise, impressive eloquence and extraordinarily spectacular endurance throughout a day that was positively pointless. After all, nothing new was learned about the sorrowful events of three years ago in Benghazi. And nothing was accomplished or even discussed to improve security in the future at our diplomatic outposts. But the Republicans did waste time again to drill Secretary Clinton about her e-mails.
Republicans thought it was somehow necessary to have Secretary Clinton testify with their hope to win a so-called "gotcha" moment. That being said, prior to the hearing, Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy of California - in late September - basically admitted to Fox News that the Benghazi Committee was created to derail and destroy Mrs. Clinton's campaign for President. Not too long after that - in early October - former committee investigator, Major Bradley Podliska - a U.S. Air Force intelligence officer - accused the committee of targeting Secretary Clinton, also in order to wreck her Presidential bid. The committee, however, denied any such allegations.
Republicans did everything they possibly could do to physically, mentally and emotionally wear down Secretary Clinton - during what seemed to be a never-ending hearing - so she might say something under oath that would be catastrophically calamitous. But Mrs. Clinton was a brilliant and powerful tower of strength, as she was grilled with nonsensical and repetitive questions by the Republicans who were undoubtedly on a witch-hunt that was unfounded by any means and that, to date, has cost American taxpayers nearly 5 million dollars.
Thankfully, Congressmen Elijah Cummings of Maryland, Adam Schiff of California, Adam Smith of Washington and Congresswoman Linda Sanchez of California - among the five Democrats on the panel - expressed themselves with articulate truth as they not only had Secretary Clinton's back by setting the record straight, but the Democrats were also engaged in remembering the September 11th, 2012 tragedy that sadly claimed the lives of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other brave and courageous Americans - and to honor those lives - who served our country at our embassy in Benghazi, Libya; unlike the Republicans who visibly only desired to poison the Presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton.
Instead, Secretary Clinton's mammoth testimony - without question - elevated her even more-so to the heights that will catapult her to The Oval Office in the 2016 general election.
As for the Republicans...they failed. And failed miserably. And they know it.
Congratulations Madam Secretary. Now let's move forward so that next November I can write...Congratulations Madam President.
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"I'm running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion." Hillary Clinton
Go get 'em, girl!
Go get 'em...Madam President!
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Great. I will use that word several times during this commentary - during this tribute. But indeed, we lost a great man on New Year's Day. Mario Cuomo was truly a great man. A giant of a man. An eloquent man. A charismatic man. An inspirational man. And I am saddened by his passing.
I had the special and glorious pleasure of meeting this former three-term Governor of the State of New York and to spending several hours with him, prior to the gubernatorial election of 1994. As we all know, Governor Cuomo was defeated for a fourth term by George Pataki. Mr. Cuomo was charming, funny, distinguished, impressive, respectful, humble and brilliant when we talked more than two decades ago while I managed a radio station in Rockland County.
Mario Cuomo's death came on Thursday, January 1st, 2015, just hours after his eldest son, Governor Andrew Cuomo, delivered his inaugural address, as he was sworn in for his second term as chief executive of "The Empire State." Mario Cuomo's funeral is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, January 6th. He reportedly died of "natural causes due to heart failure" and my thoughts and prayers go out to Governor Cuomo's wife of 60 years - Matilda, his sons - Governor Andrew Cuomo and CNN Anchor, Chris Cuomo, his three daughters - Maria, Margaret and Madeline, and his 14 grandchildren. Mario Cuomo was 82.
During our conversation more than 20 years ago, while Governor Cuomo sat at my office desk and we posed for photographs, I asked him why he hadn't sought the Democratic nomination for President in 1988 and 1992. He openly stated that "In 1988, it wasn't my time to do so. And in 1992, like 1988, I owed it to the people of New York to continue my work as Governor." Of course in 1992, Bill Clinton was elected to be our 42nd President and was re-elected for a second term in 1996. And when Mr. Clinton wanted Mr. Cuomo to take a seat on the United States Supreme Court in 1993, Governor Cuomo became the first man in history to turn down such a position. President Clinton is quoted as recalling, "It's because he was dedicated to New York."
I echo the sentiments of President Clinton and Secretary Hillary Clinton that Mario Cuomo was "both a sterling orator and a passionate public servant. His life was a blessing." I will add that Americans were blessed to have Mario Cuomo with us for as long as we did.
Mario Cuomo is to be applauded for his philanthropic endeavors. He was a champion for children and the poor; and his efforts to better the lives of children with healthcare and education will forever be part of his shining legacy, which his family - and others who affectionately adored him - will always be proud.
Governor Cuomo loved New York State...and he loved America. I admired Mario Cuomo and I was fortunate to meet him. I treasure our time together and cherish the photographs of that day.
As Governor Cuomo was walking out of my radio station, as we had already exchanged our goodbyes, I remember calling back to him. "Governor Cuomo." He turned around with his security team. "After President Clinton finishes what I think will be 8 years in The White House, I surely hope that you will once again consider running for President in 2000. I know you'd be a great President. Really great." Governor Cuomo smiled, walked the 10 or 12 steps back to me, warmly shook my hand again, and graciously expressed with obvious heartfelt sincerity, "Thank you, Gary. I'll keep that in mind." I'm sorry that he didn't.
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