Opinion Line Extra (Feb. 17)

Now that Hillary Clinton has made her dog barking speech in Nevada, rivaling Howard Dean’s scream speech, can we now conclusively say that she is truly “barking mad”?

Clinton would have us believe that the hundreds of people who communicate with her via e-mail are not intelligent enough to label as such documents that are “top secret” and beyond. I think not.

How many felonies does Clinton have to commit before the Justice Department charges her with a crime?

To my strict constitutional Republican friends: The Constitution says the president shall pick a nominee, and the Senate confirms. However, it did not include “except in the last year of his term.”

Obama should nominate the most liberal, left-leaning jurist he can find. I suggest he model the person after the leftist lawyer William Kunstler. That should drive the right wing crazy.

With his suggestion President Obama refrain from nominating Justice Antonin Scalia’s replacement, is Mitch McConnell laying the grounds for his insanity plea in case he goes double berserk and commits some serious crime? I believe his bigoted behavior is far worse than a crime.

Supposedly those in the Republican base are angry because they believe they have been lied to by the Republican establishment. Yet Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have been repeatedly caught lying, and they are leading the polls. Go figure.

When Republican candidates childishly yell insults and lies at each other during debates, Democrats win with their mature discussion of major issues.

Marco Rubio announces that Brownback endorses him, Brownback endorses him, Brownback endorses him.

I wonder if Marco Rubio will be acknowledging the endorsement from Brownback in his ads. Wouldn’t an endorsement from the Ty-D-Bol Man be more desirable?

Will Gov. Sam Brownback be attending the KU-KSU basketball showdown Saturday? This would be a great venue for any politician. Fans would love to show appreciation for his hard work. Maybe at halftime, the K-State band could do another “Star Trek” tribute and substitute the Jayhawk with the governor.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has admitted that its suicide hotline has transferred some of these crisis calls to voicemail. And there are still politicians telling us that the government should handle everybody’s medical care. That is too stupid to even fathom.

You spend $100,000 to put your kid through college, and the next year it is free for others and your taxes go up to pay for them.

Some college graduates cannot do the simplest math without a calculator, nor read well or write legibly. Students began learning these basics of a good education in first grade using their brains. Second and third grades reinforced that knowledge. Not everyone needs to go to college to be successful.

This story was originally published February 16, 2016 at 6:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Feb. 17)."