Crystal Wright

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  • Hillary's Book Tour Previews a Rusty, Rich, Career Politician

    Hillary's Book Tour Previews a Rusty, Rich, Career Politician

    For all the flirtation Hillary Clinton has done with the news media over whether she intends to run for president in 2016, you'd think she would have performed better on her book tour/campaign dress rehearsal. Before the tour and the bad reviews that "Hard Choices" was news-less settled in, Hillary, former First Lady and Secretary of State, sat down with ABC News' Diane Sawyer for an interview.

  • Bergdahl Release Reveals a Presidency Out of Control

    Bergdahl Release Reveals a Presidency Out of Control

    As the news media cranked up the heat on the White House's disastrous handling of the Veterans Affairs scandal, President Barack Obama decided it was time to change the subject and make the news about him again. So what does he do? Obama finalizes the release of five top Taliban commanders from Guantanamo in exchange for the Taliban's release of one American soldier.

  • Obama Accepts VA Secretary's Resignation But None of the Blame

    Obama Accepts VA Secretary's Resignation But None of the Blame

    CNN described President Barack Obama's announcement of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki's resignation "dramatic." I would call it a dramatic disgrace to our Veterans and another example of the president not holding his Cabinet Secretaries and other high level people in his administration accountable.

  • Obama and Holder's Number One Issue; Race

    Obama and Holder's Number One Issue; Race

    Listening to Attorney General Eric Holder and President Barack Obama address Al Sharpton's National Action Network 16th annual convention last week, one would think Americans were living in the year 1964 not 2014. Holder pulled the race card blaming Republicans for criticizing him and Obama, merely because they're black.

  • Rumsfeld Comparing Obama to a Trained Ape Won't Help GOP Win Black Votes

    Rumsfeld Comparing Obama to a Trained Ape Won't Help GOP Win Black Votes

    Republicans just can't help reminding blacks why they should not consider voting for them, at least not seriously. In a Fox News interview, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld compared President Barack Obama to a "trained ape" for his failure to sign an agreement with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on the number of US troops allowed to remain in Afghanistan after 2014 to help with security.

  • Michelle Obama Kisses White House Pastry Chef Goodbye

    Michelle Obama Kisses White House Pastry Chef Goodbye

    White House executive pastry chef Bill Yosses is throwing in the cookies and cream for a more healthful job in New York thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama's green tooth. Apparently, Michelle's obsession with the White House garden rubbed off on him.

  • Obama Wants the Privilege Without the Accountability of Being the First Black President

    Obama Wants the Privilege Without the Accountability of Being the First Black President

    President Barack Obama enjoys the celebrity and uniqueness of being America's first black president but loathes the accountability that comes with the job.

  • Obamacare Looks Too Broken to Fix

    Obamacare Looks Too Broken to Fix

    When Republicans tried to delay the Obamacare individual mandate during the government shutdown, Democrats and President Barack Obama called them "meanies" and obstructionists. But when the Obama administration quietly had the Department of Health and Human Services announce Wednesday night it would extend the deadline for individuals to enroll in Obamacare, the media yawned as if to say "No, Big Deal."

  • Shutdown Stupidity: House Republicans No More Irresponsible than Obama

    Shutdown Stupidity: House Republicans No More Irresponsible than Obama

    The federal government shut down and right now House Republicans look really stupid but so do the President and Senate Democrats. None of the three want to do the jobs they were elected to do: serve at the behest of "we the people." Everyone needs to grow up and if non-essential government workers don't get paid, I don't think the President or members of Congress should either.

  • Obama Great Passer of the Buck, Makes Syria Congress' Problem

    Obama Great Passer of the Buck, Makes Syria Congress' Problem

    Where in the world is America, as Syria descends into utter carnage? This is the question nations are asking of us.