The Trojan Library: Is Lying Like Republicans a Path to Progressive Victory?
Should Democrats use the same tactics as Republicans, employ deceptive negative advertising? American voters seem Pavlovianly conditioned to respond to it after two generations. The modern tale of the Trojan Library, … Continue reading
Obama LGBT Rights Stand is a Line in the Sand for the Future
Seven days ago, a calm and collected President Barack Obama, sat down for an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts. An interview with the President, particularly during an election year, … Continue reading
An Elephant May Never Forget, but the GOP and a Greedy Media Sure Hope Like Hell That You Will
An elephant may never forget, but the elephants of the GOP are sure hoping that you will, well, overlook a few inconvenient truths in their march to bring back 19th … Continue reading
Romney’s Rat Poison Victories: It is not ‘Inevitability,’ It’s Vulnerability.
UPDATED – We’ve been tracking the aftermath of the GOP primaries and watching the superficial spin by the mainstream media. They want Romney to win, to fit the standard narrative. … Continue reading
Sunday Funnies
A round-up of some of the week’s best political cartoons:
Of Santorum and Secularism: Religion is the New “Birther” Code for GOP Veiled Racism
I must have missed Mr. Obama’s war on Christmas in 2011. In my part of the country, Christmas decorations had been hung, since before Halloween, I might add, in … Continue reading
No More Turnipheads.
Republicans need a new pledge: NO MORE TURNIPHEADS. The primaries from Hell continue as the mediocre Mitt fends off reactionary Rick and nasty Newt. Another Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) … Continue reading
Santorum Rises Armed with Super PAC Nukes, not Populist Wave
The rapid rise in fortunes for the Rick Santorum campaign was not a sudden surge of populism. The real story of Tuesday’s Iowa Caucuses is that the hand of the … Continue reading
How The Gingrinch Stole An Election
Every Plebe Down in Plebe-ville Liked Freedom a lot, But the Gingrinch, Who lived just North of Plebe-ville Did NOT! The Gingrinch hated real freedom. The whole “we’re all equal” … Continue reading
2011 Presidential Report Card: Obama Makes the Grade with Headwinds
President Obama’s poll numbers don’t look good right now. The economy is still reeling. The Congress is even more obstreperous than it has been, getting virtually none of the People’s … Continue reading
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