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Raven123

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8. So Cal has a problem with naming stuff, but destroying people is ok?

Sat Dec 27, 2025, 08:20 PM

Dec 27

His column is printed in my local paper as well. I find it odd that he was griping about the DOJ (while Biden was president) pursuing him for his criminal activities, but naming stuff is the thing that trips his trigger.

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Cal Thomas has finally found an issue with Trump. [View all] JohnnyRingo Dec 27 OP

Even Cal Thomas is seeing the light! Diamond_Dog Dec 27 #1

and thank gawd for this......he's exactly right tho.....the Kennedy Center is about the arts, culture, and grace. a kennedy Dec 27 #4

Astounding development! Paladin Dec 27 #5

Only because Trump has gored his personal favorite ox. Otherwise I'm sure he is still a good with Donny. flashman13 Dec 27 #16

I am waiting for him to change the name of a certain museum to the Trump Holocaust Museum. marble falls Dec 27 #2

It's about time samplegirl Dec 27 #3

Cal's still living? czarjak Dec 27 #6

Seriously; how old is that fossil? Chasstev365 Dec 27 #7

Stone-Aged? czarjak Dec 27 #27

Surprise here also. He was old 40 years ago yonder Dec 27 #17

He ditched the 'stache sometime before then Polybius Dec 27 #22

He used to be in our local paper's editorial page. czarjak Dec 27 #26

Ours too. Don't remember him past '85-90 thereabouts. yonder Dec 27 #28

The poor man's Pat Buchanan. Kid Berwyn Dec 28 #39

So Cal has a problem with naming stuff, but destroying people is ok? Raven123 Dec 27 #8

In my house we take our blessing at face value. JohnnyRingo Dec 27 #18

Heh, a name I haven't heard in a long time. electric_blue68 Dec 27 #9

I remember Cal Thomas and his sneering public comments during the late 1980s and 1990s Bluejeans Dec 27 #10

"Conservative" has been the polite term for Right Wing for over a century JHB Dec 27 #11

Do you remember when Bush / Cheney ran as "Compassionate Conservatives"? JohnnyRingo Dec 27 #20

Lavatory page would still be "on the team". They'd be hounded out as "woke RINOs" JHB Dec 27 #23

Is that a voice from the grave?? lastlib Dec 27 #12

Not so fast Cirsium Dec 27 #13

Precisely my beef with "NeverTrumpers", though my position gets scolded. JHB Dec 27 #24

hear, hear Cirsium Dec 28 #29

My attitude is drmeow Dec 28 #35

Use them for what? We've now had several election cycles where they didn't move the needle at all JHB Dec 28 #38

So, what do you suggest we do? drmeow Dec 28 #40

To stop amplifying them would be a good start, but do you realize... JHB Dec 28 #42

My question was not about drmeow Dec 28 #43

That wasn't my post. I was responding to that post. JHB Dec 28 #44

Oops - sorry drmeow Monday #45

A hardcore Maga facebook friend of mine, hasn't said anything about Trump in months. During that time he's Fil1957 Dec 27 #14

Think about it.... JohnnyRingo Dec 28 #31

All the utterly despicable things that TSF has done... WestMichRad Dec 27 #15

I'm just glad he expressed his disdain for Trump in the national press. JohnnyRingo Dec 28 #32

Because, like all right wing fascists drmeow Dec 28 #36

Is he still on TV? progressoid Dec 27 #19

"Some Democrats are saying Congress should approve any name change" - NO spooky3 Dec 27 #21

i think it meant democrats said Congress must approve..... JohnnyRingo Dec 27 #25

Yikes. LudwigPastorius Dec 28 #30

They say TV adds 10 pounds, but.... JohnnyRingo Dec 28 #33

You made him, Cal. travelingthrulife Dec 28 #34

"Trump Uranus might work, if that doesn't sound redundant." drmeow Dec 28 #37

Didn't he look a hundred years old forty years ago? senseandsensibility Dec 28 #41