“I would oppose doing away with the filibuster if the republicans didn't seem intent on using it to prevent any meaningful legislation from being passed. The way the Senate is structured, states with small populations exercise outsize influence. Republicans have used this disparity to stymie legisl…”
- GALE O
“I support this change unequivocally. Those who are physically and psychologically able and willing to contribute to the defense of this nation should not only be able to serve, they should receive our sincere thanks for doing so. Our military benefits from utilizing the skills of all of our people …”
- GALE O
“I can't even express how happy I am to have a competent, compassionate leader back in the White House. Watching the events of the day, I could actually feel the tension and fear of the last 4 years fade away. I pray this good man can heal the madness and blind rage that consumed our nation during …”
- GALE O
“Sadly, the Trump years have emboldened the worst elements in our society. Militias, Anti Government groups, White Nationalists, Anti Semitic groups, nutty conspiracy theorists - all were well represented at the Jan 6 assault on our democracy. For 4 years, Trump has courted, encouraged and validate…”
- GALE O
“Absolutely. We finally have a President who is going to attack the pandemic with all the might the US can muster. Funding to speed the administration of vaccines, to support financially strapped State and local governments that have to provide essential services and facilitate vaccinations and mone…”
- GALE O
“Trump and Pompeo have been making a series of last minute changes in foreign policy in an effort to limit Biden's options and create problems for him. These are not carefully thought out and well reasoned decisions. If they were good choices why didn't the Trump administration make them earlier ra…”
- GALE O
“All elections in our country are too dependent on cash, a lot of it from unidentified sources. Other countries conduct democratic elections that don't go on for years and don't involve unlimited money from anonymous sources. Elections should be decided on the basis of ideas, not who has the most m…”
- GALE O
“NO! Anyone who has watched the video and the accounts from police officers who were present defending the Capitol knows that this was not a protest that got out of control. This was nothing like the BLM protests that occurred earlier this year. This was a murderous lynch mob who would have either…”
- GALE O
“There is clearly a double standard. I am not saying this is a problem for the Capitol Police alone. This is a problem for all of us. You need only look at how police all over the country responded to Black Lives Matter vs. how they responded to this crowd or earlier incidents with heavily armed w…”
- GALE O
“Trump has spent the last 2 months lying to Americans. He convinced many of his followers that he had actually won the election and that his win was being "stolen". In reality Biden won easily and it wasn't even close. We have a Constitutional system which defines how Presidents are selected. We hav…”
- GALE O
“Trump read a prepared statement, (obviously written by someone else) supposedly acknowledging his defeat and committing to a peaceful transition. I don't know how someone convinced him to do it, but it's bulls--t. I don't believe it for a minute and neither should anyone else. He hasn't accepted a…”
- GALE O
“Trump is seriously unhinged and he is either unwilling or unable to perform the duties of President. He is evidently completely disinterested in managing the Covid pandemic which is killing thousands of Americans every day. He was unable or unwilling to send assistance to the Capital when it was u…”
- GALE O
“Absolutely. Trump breached his duty to defend the Constitution by lying to the American people and trying to overturn the results of a free and fair election. He breached his duty by failing to protect the country from enemies, foreign and domestic. He called his supporters to DC and incited a vio…”
- GALE O
“This is a tragedy. The people who invaded the Capital were not protestors. There have been literally thousands of protests in Washington DC and none of them physically attacked the seat of our government. These were violent insurrectionists who committed multiple assaults, theft, property damage a…”
- GALE O
“I am disgusted by this attack on our democracy caused by the President's lies about the 2020 election. The people who attacked the Capital are an unholy mix of racists and right wing-nuts who have been fed a constant diet of nonsense about the election being "stolen". This is demonstrably false as …”
- GALE O
“The states have spoken and the electoral college has voted in the time set forth in the Constitution. The courts have affirmed these actions. THERE IS NO DISPUTE. Congress is not free to invent a dispute in order to disenfranchise millions of voters in multiple states to accomplish a result oppos…”
- GALE O
“This is the stupidest idea ever and fortunately, Pence knows he can't do that. If that were possible, Vice President Al Gore would have declared himself President. Instead he accepted the votes of the people and the judgement of the courts, and confirmed George Bush as President. Can you imagine …”
- GALE O
“Thank goodness. With McConnell no longer in control, preventing legislation from getting an up or down vote, we will hopefully be able to make progress. There is so much work to do to help the American people, repair our health and economy, and send America on the path to a renaissance of infrastr…”
- GALE O