The great GOP inventory reduction sale is on NOW!!!!!
Yes, this is your opportunity of a lifetime!!!! The Grand Old Party has decided to pare down its inventory of voter tools, and you -- yes, YOU!!!! -- can be the lucky beneficiary of our...
View ArticleUpdated: Harry Golden (who?) and the future of the GOP
Some people who are well-known and widely respected in their time nevertheless slip out of the public consciousness as the days march on. For Harry Golden, that's a particular shame, because it's not...
View ArticleMaybe the GOP is right where it expects to be.
It's a frame we accept without question: The GOP is in trouble, and many of their leaders don't recognize it. I'm writing this to argue that, perhaps, only part of that is true. It's entirely...
View ArticleThe GOP visits Pandora again, and out pops Ted Cruz.
What if you were responsible for raising money for your party's candidates, and instead you were raising money to defeat them?Meet Ted "Treason" Cruz. Cruz’s profile has elevated in recent weeks with...
View ArticleWhy is no one saying the obvious?
The Democrats are doing only one thing wrong in this ridiculous crisis, and that's not coalescing around a message with force. It's sitting there; but they're focusing on what John Boehner is doing,...
View ArticleThis is where money will hurt the GOP.
Short of a constitutional amendment, the best way to counter Citizens United is internecine warfare between the moneybags of the GOP. And it's about to happen. Concerned, the Chamber of Commerce is...
View ArticleThe Onion nails it. Boehner v. Boehner
Help Me By John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives Help me. Please, God, help me. I’ve lost control and I need help. The Onion juxtaposes Boehner's actual Op-Ed with a supposed...
View ArticleAt this point, this farce is about something else.
Well, two things, actually: Control of the House in the next session, and the 2014 GOP primaries.I'm reminded of parenting teenagers (and I had four at the same time -- I speak from experience here)....
View ArticlePutz of the day: Tim Huelskamp (R-Putz)
The last two weeks have gone a long way to separating the true putzes from the poseurs. As each day passes, the level of competition rises. The winners in these contests, however, always bring a...
View ArticleConservatives are full-on baroque.
Way back in 2007, I suggested using Henri Focillon's formulation to understand political movements. Here's my original explanation of Focillon: In his seminal book The Life of Forms in Art, Focillon...
View ArticleEric the Red is starting to understand the GOP
At the end of this post, Erick Erickson of Redstate makes an interesting comment: Ultimately though, and this is the key everybody is missing, we have arrived at this point because the leadership of...
View ArticleAn honorable Republican: Jim Jeffords has died
http://www.reuters.com/...I'll allow the article to speak for itself. Jeffords was a class act, as even a resident of New Hampshire (me) can attest; but his choice to become an Independent was among...
View Article"Being an atheist does not mean being anti-Christ."
That quote is from a column in my local paper, the Valley News, written by Steve Nelson. Nelson is head of the Calhoun School in Manhattan. Steve writes most Sundays on progressive issues, and has...
View ArticleJust so you know, I'm not discriminating.
I took that picture of the wedding party and their families. Then your brother George told me that the tall, skinny guy on the right is your husband's gay cousin. So I photoshopped him out, since...
View ArticleEastasia announces an attack on Texas
From the Eurasia news website Voyna Mir(Война мир):A spokesperson for the Eastasian superstate today announced an unprecedented multi-pronged attack on the Oceanic sub-state of Texas. The attack...
View ArticleThat Confederate flag: Two Republicans to watch
One, of course, is Jeb Bush -- though not for the reasons being trotted out in the media. Let's cover the other one first, though.Tim Scott is the junior Senator from South Carolina. He is an...
View ArticleLet's hear from the only Republican who gets it.
I love hearing the GOP pundits proclaim how wonderful their field of Presidential candidates is, when they know full well that what they really have right now is a blivit. There is one notable...
View ArticleActually, Monica Crowley is right.
Though perhaps not in the way she intended. For her edification, I offer her this link to a New Yorker article about the Berlin Wall, published in 1962.If she reads it, she will learn:Walls work to...
View Article"The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker and other...
Let's get clear on a few points, shall we?That title is the sum of the Constitutional requirements for Speaker of the House. Precedent, not the Constitution, is what is governing the election of a new...
View ArticleDear Mr. Putin, This letter is on behalf of President Carson.
We appreciate that you intend to meet with the President on _____ at ________. Below and attached are questions about our meeting to which our office would appreciate answers at your earliest...
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