Tag Archives: Chris Matthews

If you didn’t watch the interview Carter Page did with Chris Matthews, you really should… and then you should explain it to me

By Mark | June 6, 2017

I cannot, for the life of me, understand why Carter Page keeps agreeing to be interviewed on television. It’s absolutely bewildering… Seriously, of all the unbelievable characters we’ve been introduced to this past year, he’s the one that I find the most fascinating. I could literally write for the next five hours about him, but […]

Posted in Politics | Also tagged Carter Page, lying, Russia, sanctions, Vladimir Putin | 48 Comments

Would the Republican leaders of yesteryear have engaged in birtherism?

By Mark | August 28, 2012

I find myself, for some reason I don’t quite understand, watching grainy, old footage of William F. Buckley this evening, instead of doing something that I might actually enjoy, like reading the motivational affirmations of Old Spice pitchman and rising action star Terry Crews. I think, subconsciously, the seed was planted earlier today, when I […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-intellectualism, birther, conspiracy theories, fear mongering, fear tactics, Gore Vidal, Hurricane Isaac, Lee Atwater, lying, Newt Gingrich, Nixon, Noam Chomsky, Pat Buchanan, race, race baiting, race card, rat fucking, reality deficient, Reince Priebus, RNC, Terry Crews, wedge issues, William F. Buckley, Willie Horton | 33 Comments

Romney’s empathy deficit

By Mark | February 2, 2012

Mitt Romney made headlines today, in the wake of his victory in the Florida Republican primary, when he said, “I’m not concerned about the very poor.” As you might expect, it’s getting a great deal of play across various social media channels, where the “Romney’s an entitled son-of-a-bitch who doesn’t have the slightest interest in […]