Either these elections are getting worse or i’m getting more cynical, or maybe both. Look, i can respect opinions other than my own so i can see a healthy republic that isn’t a model of my political views. But there’s nothing to salvage here. The political system is well and truly fucked. We’ve got two […]
Tag Archives: Romney
A vote, but not for any candidate
Romney vs. Obama. This is the exact matchup I was hoping for a year ago when the Republicans were looking under rocks and tearing up logs to find someone, anyone who wasn’t the former governor of Massachusetts and a Mormon. But at the time, Romney was the reasonable, adult candidate compared to the other candidates […]
The seven kinds of rape (thx to the GOP for sorting this out)
Back in the old days rape was rape. Or, at most, there were two kinds. There was the “put on a ski mask and rape her at knifepoint” type and there was the “she said she was 18″ statutory type. Which wasn’t really rape at all, because, I mean, LOOK at her. And she really […]
It’s election time again, Christian America – now about those Ten Commandments, part IV
Part IV of a series. Today my ever-so-patient readers get off easy. Why? Because as cynical as I am, I simply am not psychic. The fourth commandment (as per the previous posts, as reckoned by Catholicism) is: Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD […]
It’s election time again, Christian America – now about those Ten Commandments, part III
Part III of a series. Once again, it is time to challenge the gentle reader who votes on faith to take a good, hard look at the candidate for whom they intend to vote. Even as one who likely does not share your faith, I respect the importance this decision has for you. More than that, […]
Obama wins Twitter statfest. So what?
In the world of meaningless statistics (see many NBA, NFL, MLB, and other sports stats), TPM has emerged as a new faux arbiter of political reality. You don’t grok TPM? That’s “Tweets Per Minute,” knuckleheads. From @gov, Twitter’s government and politics team: A new record political moment on Twitter: @barackobama drives 52,757 Tweets per minute. […]
It's election time again, Christian America – now about those Ten Commandments, part II
Part II of a series. When last I ventured into the blogsophere, I had some opinions to share on the alleged righteousness of our two dominant candidates for President of the United States, through the lens of the first commandment. Today I’ll attempt a similar analysis by assessing them against the second Commandment, but first, […]
It's election time again, Christian America – now about those Ten Commandments, part I
Part I of a series. In just over two months it’s time to exercise your right, nay, your duty as an American citizen. Odds are good you’ve already made up your mind about which candidate gets your vote. But on what basis, exactly? As Dr. Denny points out in his latest missive, We should be […]
American values: Mom, God, apple pie, 'post-truth'
Survey question: Who is left in America’s national political life who holds the unreserved admiration of the majority of respondents? Suppose that survey question (as poorly worded as it is) had been administered just 20 years ago for comparison. The smart money would bet it’s a much shorter list these days than the list of […]
News media failing with blatant bias
by Jane Briggs-Bunting Just spent the past three days surfing in and out of the GOP’s Isaac-shortened convention. PBS carried it a lot. The commercial networks gave it just an hour a night. The armchair commentators of the networks, with the exception, of course, of Fox News, was subtly and, at times, blatantly biased against […]
Romney set to make campaign history? (#WTF alert)
Earlier this year, as the Man of the People® Tour rolled around the nation in search of new constituencies to offend, it became apparent that presumptive GOP nominee Thurston Howell III Mitt Romney is the sort of man who sometimes doesn’t think things through all the way. Which is bad for him, but fun for […]
Questions from the presidential campaign debate moderator and how Lawrence O'Donnell has it so wrong
On the subject of tax returns, Lawrence O’Donnell, with whom I often agree, has the whole idea of the question the debate moderator ought to ask specifically of the Romney/Ryan side…all wrong. To challenge the secrecy of the Romney/Ryan camp, O’Donnell wants to grossly oversimplify with the one word question, “Why?” To be fair, he […]
Genuine political fakes vs. a rank imposter
Having prematurely considered W. a final act of sorts, we now observe new standards for political phoniness, with the remarkable occurrence that no effort by the candidate is made to hide his fake fakery. Step aside, W. and Obama, the fraudulent Mitt just rolled into town.
Good week in the courts for the Obama Administration
It’s been a good week in the federal courts for the Obama Administration. On Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency – and against a legion of state Attorneys General and industry groups – on the EPA’s greenhouse gas Endangerment Finding. The […]
Defense spending: How much is enough? Who decides? How?
The preamble to the American Constitution requires that government “provide for the common defence.” I would hope that no American would wish this country to be inadequately prepared to fend off threats to the survival of the Republic. But what is adequate? Where is the substantive, deliberative debate on how to define adequacy of American […]
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