Sorry I’ve been away for a while. It’s not that I haven’t missed you all. I have. And I’ve wanted to write. I’ve just been forcing myself not to. I knew, if I started spending time here again, I’d eventually begin writing about Trump, and I didn’t want to do that. After Biden’s victory, I […]
Tag Archives: cynicism
In hopes of currying favor with the President and his followers, Republican members of the U.S. Senate seek to throw out the results of a free and fair election. This is sedition.
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2020 election, Beer Hall Putsch, Bill Hagerty, Brad Raffensperger, caught on tape, Cynthia Lummis, Donald Trump, election fraud, electoral college, James Lankford, Joe Biden, John Kennedy, Kevin McCarthy, Liz Cheney, Marco Rubio, Marsha Blackburn, Mike Braun, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Roger Marshall, Ron Johnson, sedition, shakedown, Steve Daines, Ted Cruz, threats to Democracy, Tommy Tuberville, voter fraud 52 Comments
Obama on the deaths of the men and women in Tucson
I’d already watched Sarah Palin’s recorded statement on the Arizona shootings when I’d decided to track down video of President Obama’s speech at the Tucson memorial service for those men and women who were killed or wounded on Saturday. I know that, in the past, I’ve expressed a great deal of dissatisfaction with the President, […]
Posted in Observations, Politics Also tagged Arizona, blood libel, Bush tax cuts, Christina Taylor Green, Gabrielle Giffords, gun violence, irresponsible rhetoric, John Roll, Obama, potential for violence, Sarah Palin, the public option, threat of assassination, Tucson, violence on the extreme right, vitriol 10 Comments
Obama in the lions’ den
Last Friday, President Obama stopped by the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore, and spent almost 90 minutes engaging the Republican members of Congress, and answering their questions on healthcare, taxes, defense and any number of other subjects. He did brilliantly, and I’d love to see more of it. Those of you who missed it, […]
Posted in Politics Also tagged FOX News, GOP House Issues Conference, hypocrisy, inchoate ideological fervor, Joel Klein, Obama, Obama Q&A, Republicans, Sam Stein, some Bolshevik plot, the party of no 10 Comments