Greetings!  In the aftermath of Joe Biden withdrawing from the presidential race, Kamala Harris becomes Public Enemy No. 1 of right wing media. As a  powerful woman of color, she’s long been a prime target of racist and misogynistic barbs from MAGA world and its media, and those attacks will only become more venomous as Kamala works to secure her party’s nomination….Time machine: On March 31, 1968 President Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not seek reelection. That opened the door for Richard Nixon to win the White House and led to one of the darkest chapters in American history with Watergate.  Here’s the 90-second video of Johnson’s historic announcement. To put our current head-spinning situation in perspective, weeks after LBJ’s exit from the race, Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis. Two months later, Robert F. Kennedy was felled by another assassin’s bullet just after winning the California Democratic primary.  Later that summer, Dems  held their national convention in Chicago, which was roiled by anti-war protests in the streets that were met with unbridled police violence. A  case could be made that the country was even more dysfunctional in 1968 then it is now…It’s a good summer to be in the cable news biz.  Traditionally, ratings for all  news networks drop in the summer, especially on the weekends. Consecutive news bombshell over the past two weekends – the Trump  assassination attempt  and Biden’s exit from the race – have bolstered tepid weekend ratings. What will the last weekend in July bring?…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings!  Wanna inside peek into Tucker Carlson’s Maine compound?  Then read the Wall Street Journal’s piece that  features a tour of the fallen Fox News host’s remote  home.  The WSJ’s Bojan Pancevski reveals that Carlson’s favorite band is the Grateful Dead, he wears Birkenstocks and he wakes up every morning and greets  his wife of 33 years by declaring; “I can’t wait to have sex with you”…I caught the last part of Carlson’s RNC speech last night on Fox. While I deplore his politics, I must admit the dude knows how to connect to viewers with a broad smile and a devilish twinkle in his eye.…In contrast, Eric Trump’s speech was much darker than Carlson’s, yet polished and well-delivered …The best speech of the convention may have been delivered by The Donald’s 17-year-old granddaughter Kai Trump, daughter of Don Jr.  The RNC could have done with more Kai and less Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock and UFC’s Dana White, who helped turn the evening into a bit of a clown show…Meanwhile, Trump appeared weary, his face sweaty and shiny, as he delivered  the longest nomination acceptance speech in history. The Wall Street Journal praised the first part of his speech when he described getting shot, but characterized the rest of his endless presentation as a “rambling, indulgent stump speech.” The National Review concurs as do I…And finally, RIP Lou Dobbs, my former boss and colleague, who unfortunately took a sharp turn to the hard right this century tarnishing his reputation as a celebrated cable news pioneer…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard