Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Beto O’Rourke blows Jake Tapper interview
In the course of just a couple minutes on CNN, struggling Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke went from "umm, I don't know" to "umm, yes, I think so" to "hmm, no, nope, not at all" on an issue that, in this point in the game, he ought to have a stand. It's like host Jake Tapper was his position whisperer or something. Published June 17, 2019
Meaningless polls and the media-driven art of the hype
It's campaign season and the Democrats are scrambling for traction, so guess what, America, make way for the weekly, daily, hourly horse race of polls. That, and the accompanying snarky pundit swipes at the current president. Let the eye-rolling begin. But let's not pretend for even a moment these surveys mean anything. Published June 15, 2019
Pete Buttigieg reveals left’s long-term plan to kill Electoral College
Democrats, for some time, have been pressing the end of the Electoral College because it stands in the way of their plans for total leftist takeover of America's political world. But 'lest you think this is a phase -- Pete Buttigieg made clear: For Democrats, this is a long-term goal. Published June 14, 2019
Amazon’s Alexa is sued for (allegedly) spying on our kids
Parents, welcome to 2020. It's not just the playground bully that's the big threat to watch and monitor. It's the devices that come into the home. Published June 13, 2019
Brain chipping for good — brain chipping for bad
With brain chipping, it's not the medical benefits to traumatized military heroes that bring ethical dilemmas. It's where the technological path leads. Published June 13, 2019
Abortion is not a ‘business’
It's a tad tinny-eared for 180 or so leading company executives to get together and sign a letter in The New York Times to say America's emerging abortion protections for the unborn are "bad for business." Yes? It's sort of in the vein of saying border laws were bad for Pablo Escobar's business. Published June 11, 2019
Alabama’s new castration law for child molesters a strong pro-child stance
Alabama's Republican governor, Kay Ivey, just signed into law a measure that allows the state to chemically castrate certain child sex offenders as a condition of their paroles. As imagined, the American Civil Liberties Union is aghast. But this is a good thing. The message is: Children matter. Published June 11, 2019
Impeach Donald Trump at civil peril
Democrats have set their 2020 course on Impeach Trump, Prosecute Trump, and frankly, this is how it's going to be the next several months. But this road, at its farthest point, doesn't end well. There is no way President Donald Trump's base will stand quietly as Democrats sacrifice all that's law and order for political gains. Published June 11, 2019
Male masquerading as female steals another female trophy
This weekend, yet another male -- defined as an individual who was assigned by God at birth as a boy, not a girl, the only other sex option that exists -- took home the top place trophy for his competition in the female hurdler event. The political powers expect this male to be called a female, as he wishes. But that would be a lie. Published June 10, 2019
Beto O’Rourke’s last gasp: Vote me — I’ll prosecute Donald Trump
Beto O'Rourke, one of the Democratic hopefuls for White House, 2020, landed on a new campaign message these past days, and it goes like this: Vote for me, and I vow to prosecute President Donald Trump to the fullest extent of the law. Blink. He's gone. Published June 10, 2019
Climate change to bring ‘25 Holocausts’ — and other stupid leftisms
The sheep on the left would have it bleated otherwise. But this whole global cooling, global warming, climate change debate is pure propaganda. It's not about clean air. It's a Democratic fight for control and dominance and wealth and power. Published June 8, 2019
Democrats go dumpster diving for William Barr contempt
So Democrats finally formally introduced what they've been threatening to introduce for weeks now: their latest lame-road attempt to derail President Donald Trump's presidency. They call it a contempt resolution. Published June 7, 2019
New York Times delusion: We’re ‘in no way anti-Trump’
One of the editors for The New York Times, Deputy Managing Editor Rebecca Blumenstein, said at a FT Future of News event -- the FT for its sponsor, the Financial Times -- that no way, no how is her Gray Lady paper unfairly biased against President Donald Trump. Delusional? Methinks so. Published June 7, 2019
George Will’s off-mark likening of GOP, post-Trump, as ‘cult’
Perennial anti-President Donald Trumper and prolific writer George Will has penned a new book, "The Conservative Sensibility" -- and guess what: It's about the dire direction the Republican Party has taken post-Trump. Once again, Will's off base, off mark, off the reservation. Published June 6, 2019
Nancy Pelosi’s ‘prison’ wish for Donald Trump just pigheaded politicking
If Democrats are supposed to be the party of tolerance and diversity and acceptance, then Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn't exactly the best rep. An example? Calling for "prison" for the president, for example, just doesn't seem in line with opening doors of communications to accomplish legislative agendas -- also called Doing Your Job. Published June 6, 2019
The good news about America’s floundering morals
Gallup just reported that more and more Americans are seeing a society that's going to the pot, rotting away in a low-moral morass and that oh me, oh my, the times are only changing for the worse. In a way, that's good news. Published June 6, 2019
Mayor Sadiq Khan’s knife control ain’t looking so good
A woman in London has been arrested for stabbing to "death" a blimp mockup of President Donald Trump with what authorities believe was a small pair of cutting shears. And this is curious because London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim to take on a mayoral role in a major Western city, has banned the carrying of knives. Published June 5, 2019
Paul Manafort’s new Black Lives Matter friend
Paul Manafort, scourge of Robert Mueller's special counsel investigators -- a.k.a. Deep State anti-Donald Trumpers, in White House and political truth-telling circles, that is -- has been sent to Rikers Island, the place where prisoners go to be abused. The place where even BLM activist Shaun King says he doesn't belong. Published June 5, 2019
U.N. human rights mouth actually calls U.S. abortion laws ‘torture’
Talk about a low culture moment. Kate Gilmore, the U.N. deputy high commissioner for human rights, in an interview with The Guardian, called out America's restrictions on abortion as "torture" and examples of "extremist hate." Come again? "This is a crisis," she said. "It's a crisis directed at women." Oh. My. Gosh. Published June 4, 2019
Donald Trump shoo-in for reelection, says historian with record of being right
President Donald Trump is on a fast-track slide to a second administration, says one historian whose opinion matters because he's correctly predicted the outcomes of the previous nine White House runs. No wonder the Democrats are ramping up, rather than abandoning, the "impeach, impeach, impeach" rhetoric. It's panic time. Published June 4, 2019
