Archive for: Republican

Another One Bites the Dust

I am sure many of you have seen this, yet another GOP memory lapse, but if you haven’t, please do so. Then proceed to assume the fetal position in the face of such terrifying ineptitude in the potential President of the United States. Herman...

 

Say What You Mean

Say What You Mean

President Obama inspecting a Solyndra lab. I imagine the Obama administration and supporters of renewable energy wish the industry’s recent nightmare was more like one of the subpar horror movies I watched over Halloween weekend: amusingly...

 

Osamanomics

Osamanomics

Osama bin Laden is dead. What? You don't have one of those? I can’t say I wasn’t relieved when I heard the news. While some sense of moral decency prevented me from partying in the street, I welcomed the long overdue symbolic victory...

 

Achievement Gap

Achievement Gap

The current presidential campaign is, and of right ought to be, focused almost entirely on the economy. With the exception of ongoing debates about immigration and international trade policy, most of the soundbites and stump speeches have tended...

 

Hitting the target, missing the point

Hitting the target, missing the point

Democrats blaming right-wingers for lax gun regulation fail to see the bigger picture. I want to say something about the Giffords shooting that so far no one else has said, least of all Democrats.  It wasn’t, as many left wing pundits...

 

The Enemy is Bullshit

The Enemy is Bullshit

“President Obama himself has engaged in class warfare trying to separate Americans”. “[The Democrats are] running campaigns against the American people”. These two quotes, the latest to make political news from Texan Senator...

 

More Lessons and the Like from the Midterms

More Lessons and the Like from the Midterms

Per Peggy Noonan’s recent piece in the WSJ: “Here is an old tradition badly in need of return: You have to earn your way into politics. You should go have a life, build a string of accomplishments, then enter public service. And you need...

 

The Sorry State of Campaign Ads

The Sorry State of Campaign Ads

An accurate depiction of the issue at hand. The threatening music and menacing voiceover immediately grabs our attention. We are saddened to see hardworking Americans struggling with debt, and ask ourselves what monster subjected these innocent...

 

Tea Party Will Cost GOP Senate Majority

Tea Party Will Cost GOP Senate Majority

Tea Party Protesters at a 'Refounding America' Rally At first, I thought the Tea Party movement would be a good thing for the Republican Party. It was destroyed in the 2008 elections: John McCain failed to motivate the conservative base...

 

Feeding Frenzy: The Finale

Feeding Frenzy: The Finale

Watch out, Hawaii! Sue Lowden, the Republican frontrunner for Nevada’s Senate seat, declared that to bring down health care costs, patients should barter with their doctors. She stood by her comments, specifically proposing live chickens as...