Opinion Line Extra (July 3)

I’ve got a great idea for how Trump supporters and conservatives can show their patriotism, stick it to China, and let my family get some sleep this Independence Day weekend: Only buy and shoot American-made fireworks. USA! USA! Good luck, everyone.

I hope that the voters who went for George W. Bush because he was going to be tough on terrorists remember what they got: the Iraq War. Don’t vote for Trump for the same reason. He doesn’t know where to find them any more than Bush did.

Nothing happened to Hillary Clinton after Benghazi. Why do you think she will be in trouble now? The Clintons have a way of skating free of all their wrongdoing. But this was four Americans dead and she says, “What difference does it make?” Ask those parents, wives and children.

The conservative Washington Times reported in 2012 that “since 2010 Congress slashed $296 million from the U.S. State Department’s spending request for embassy security and construction with additional cuts in other … security accounts.” So tell me again, Rep. Pompeo, who is at fault for Benghazi?

President Obama’s reaction to mass shootings is surprise that potential victims would want to be well-armed. At the same time, he feels it is appropriate for taxpayer dollars to provide protection for himself, his wife and his daughters by Secret Service agents with assault weapons.

At a museum, I saw a tank used in war to kill people. Since I knew no one was in it, I felt comfortable looking down the barrel of its gun. Without a person with intent on harm behind the controls, the tank was harmless and not scary.

Why do we have to accept one of these extremely poor choices for president? There should be a way to vote “neither.” In that case, the current vice president assumes the duty or the person who gets the most write-in votes wins regardless of the electorate.

You know what they say: Better to be silent and thought a fool than admit you’re a Democrat and remove all doubt.

Fox News now has a brunette morning news anchor. I wonder if she will have to have a separate bathroom from the blondes and be able to join the military.

Do you think when Gov. Sam Brownback leaves office he will take responsibility for himself, and turn down his government pensions and free health care?

There must not be as much money in distracted driving (cellphones) as in DUIs, or maybe Wichita’s finest would go after them.

This story was originally published July 3, 2016 at 12:02 AM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (July 3)."