Informed, irreverent and on point!
I’m thrilled to have found an effortless way to pull you into the conversation on politics, pop culture and social issues with entertaining—and short – video bites.
Introducing my new nationally-distributed show, Dare We Say…, produced by one of the fastest growing news sites in the country, EPIC TIMES. Shawna Vercher is my superb co-host. Shawna is the author of “A Fearless Voice” and is a well-known political strategist and commentator. She’s wicked-smart and loves to make my head explode!
Together, we’re a great team of outside-the-beltway broads sharing a refreshing perspective, minus the typical spin. As one review put it, “Shawna and Anita bring cyber-conversations front and center with their new show Dare We Say.”
Pick a topic and enjoy…
Big Media Ignores Concerns of Average Americans to Obsess about Hillary’s Emails
A new article from Tom Watson and Peter Daou shares the poignant struggles of average Americans who care much less about the manufactured media stink over Hillary Clinton’s emails than they care what she and other presidential candidates will do to lead this country. Here’s a quote: “My wife lost her job with a non-profit last month when their grant funding dried up. I bust...Read More
Will John Boehner Stepping Down Expose the GOP Crazy?
House Speaker John Boehner shocked Capitol Hill and big media alike when he announced that he will relinquish his gavel at the end of October. Now, as members of Congress scramble to see who will take over as one of the most influential voices in the country, media strategist Shawna Vercher says “the GOP is in danger of exposing all of its dysfunction.” The trend...Read More
Can Any Candidate Compete with Trump’s Pwning of a Desperate News Media?
There is speculation that billionaire Donald Trump is running a campaign for reasons other than attaining the Presidency; that he would never let his empire deteriorate while constrained by the demands of the Oval Office. Whatever his motives, Trump’s shocking frontrunner status means a desperate media will chase him for all the outrageous or grotesque sound bites he can spew. At the moment, the press...Read More
Fighting Planned Parenthood May Backfire on Congress
Planned Parenthood is once again the center of national debate, and this time, Congress is threatening to use the issue of abortion as a reason to shut down the Federal government. While the notion of slashing Planned Parenthood funding may be a vehicle to rally social Conservatives, if Republicans leverage this controversial issue to once again pull a shutdown, it will likely backfire. One in...Read More
New York Times Uses VP Biden to Distract from False Hillary Story
In a nifty sleight of hand, powerful New York Times' columnist, Maureen Dowd penned a column last weekend insisting that VP Joe Biden's son pushed his father to make a third and final run for the Presidency, opposing Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Times' political reporter Amy Chozick then quoted Dowd as a "news source" on this juicy scoop. What is lost here is...Read More
Why Is Governor Scott Walker Averse to Transparency?
When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker takes the stage this Thursday at the first Republican presidential debate, he should be asked how he feels about the need for campaign finance reform, given that the Conservative dominated Wisconsin high court just voted along party lines to quash an investigation into Scott Walker’s campaign finance behavior in 2012, setting up a test case where dark money can go...Read More
Can We Teach Legislators to Grow a Spine?
South Carolina State Representative Jenny Horne made a tearful plea from the floor of the House and begged her colleagues to "do something meaningful" and take down the Confederate flag. My co-host, media strategist Shawna Vercher pointed out that "Ms. Horne, as a Republican descendant of Jefferson Davis, has shifted the tone of a national conversation and obliterated the idea that this controversial issue was...Read More
Why Is Hillary Taking on the NRA?
Hillary Clinton has taken a bold stance against the gun lobby. Per the Washington Post, she has publicly vowed to take on the NRA. For a top-tier Democratic Presidential candidate to voluntarily tackle this subject is surprising. Most have avoided talking about guns for decades out of a fear of backlash from donors and the public, but perhaps Clinton is outfoxing the media by grabbing...Read More