Category Archives: Rocky’s Blog

October 17, 2016 – While the media continues to pretend that only Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump can be the next President of the United States, that is not quite accurate. As the two major party candidates stoop to new lows in personal attacks and set records for being negatively viewed, there are a few […]

October 3, 2016 – While the media continues to disparage the two major parties’ candidates, it also has chosen to only feature them. Correspondingly, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) has chosen to ignore the other legitimate candidates as well. Of course, the CPD is controlled by the Democratic and Republican parties, which are not […]

ORLANDO, Florida, August 31, 2016 – I love the people in New Hampshire. They are engaged and excited about politics and bring a great energy to the primary season. That is why I am so enraged by what I experienced there at the hands of my party. First, I had the opportunity to meet briefly […]

ORLANDO, Florida, August 31, 2016 – While the State Parties play a role in the manipulation of elections beyond being the gatekeepers of ballot access, the parties’ National Committees really exert the critical pressure. The effectively control whose candidacy is recognized versus whose candidacy gets buried. The DNC and RNC are in a position to […]

ORLANDO, Florida, August 31, 2016 – Did you know that the Democratic and Republican Parties, which basically control state election laws, have created a scenario not only designed to preclude other parties from gaining any traction but also to limit your choices among the parties’ own candidates? Let’s look at a few Supreme Court cases […]

As a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, I read Miami Herald recommends Marco Rubio and a long-shot newcomer for Senate, Pam Keith with more than a passing interest. I must admit, I also read it with mixed emotions. I thought the editorial was strong and correct in delivering its criticism of the both […]

August 19, 2016 – I am currently vying for the Democratic nomination to compete in the General Election for United States Senate in Florida, but you may not know it. It isn’t for lack of effort on my part but rather because of a preordained decision on the part of certain members of the media […]

August 3, 2016 – I have had the unique misfortune to experience media bias in two different elections this year: the Democratic Presidential Primary and Florida’s United States Senate race. The coverage has been blatantly unbalanced and skewed toward name recognition only. I expected to receive disproportionately less coverage at the beginning of the Democratic […]

July 08, 2016 – These are names of people we should not know: Officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, Brett Thompson, Patrick Zamarripa of Dallas, TX; Philando Castile of St. Paul, MN; and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, LA: We recognize them only because their lives came to a tragic end through no cause […]

July 8, 2016 – No one ever says they are against human rights. However, many people are perfectly willing to deny basic rights to classes of people with whom they differ. The LGBT community suffers that indignity on a daily basis. If we truly believe that we are “all created equal,” why is it so […]