Category Archives: Elections

Senator Warren knows better than Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, and Obama

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Steve Maley

U.S. Presidents from Nixon through Obama repeated it like a mantra: “America needs to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.” Jimmy Carter called the energy crisis “the moral equivalent of war.” Even President Obama, no fan of oil and gas, … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump, the Energy President?

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Steve Maley

This is an excerpt from a blog post I wrote after Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address (emphasis in original): I keep circling back to the central irony of the Obama Presidency: Obama could have been the Energy President. … Continue reading →

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We Expect More Integrity From Our TV Game Shows Than From Presidential Elections

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Steve Maley

Last Friday, Abcess Hollywood released a hot mike audio of Donald Trump at his Trumpiest. The nation gasped and had its biggest “Oh, the humanity!” moment since Lakewood, New Jersey. Raise your hand if you were surprised. We are collectively paying the price for … Continue reading →

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Wargaming #Election2016

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Steve Maley

Last fall the Presidential Election of 2016 played out in real time, right here in Louisiana. Locally, we called it the 2015 Gubernatorial Election. My takeaway: Given a unified party, any of the three Republican candidates would have beaten the … Continue reading →

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Mary Landrieu: Party Girl

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Steve Maley

Mary Landrieu is taken to task in this recent op-ed by James Varney of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Ah, the challenges of being a Blue Senator, the only statewide elected Democrat, in what has become a very Red State. The 2014 … Continue reading →

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LA-3 Runoff: It’s a Jungle Out There

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Steve Maley

In a Jungle Primary oddity, Tuesday’s election pitted two incumbent Republicans vying for a single seat in Louisiana’s new District 3 (Southwest LA). The results: Rep. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) – 45% Rep. Jeff Landry (R-New Iberia) – 30% Attorney Ron … Continue reading →

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‘Eco-Taxes’ Planned for a Second Obama Term?

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Steve Maley

The issue of Climate Change has been a no-show in the 2012 election cycle; one would think that ManBearPig had been named an endangered species. But a two-year study commisioned by Barack Obama’s Treasury Department will recommend ways to “green” … Continue reading →

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Two takes on the wisdom of children. #rsrh

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Steve Maley

Take 1: [Rolling Stone magazine] executive editor Eric Bates told Obama that he had asked his six-year-old if there was anything she wanted him to say to the president. … [S]he said, ‘Tell him: You can do it.’ Obama grinned. … Continue reading →

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Paging Mr. Oil, Mr. Gas, Mr. Coal: Obama on Energy

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Steve Maley

Much of Tuesday night’s Presidential Townhall from Hofstra University focused on energy, and oil and gas policy in particular. Taking credit for recent increases in oil and gas production seems to be a particular obsession of President Obama’s. As I … Continue reading →

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Fact Checking CNN’s Fact Checkers

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Steve Maley

What is the value of fact checking if the fact-checkers don’t have a clue about the facts they’re checking? CNN’s Fact check: Oil and natural gas production under Obama goes to great lengths to debunk two sentences uttered by Candidate … Continue reading →

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