Tag Archives: John McCain

As if we needed yet another reason to vote the Republican Party out of existence, John McCain says he intends to continue blocking the appointment of a ninth Supreme Court justice if Clinton wins

By Mark | October 17, 2016

John McCain came out today and said that, despite his past statements, he has no intention, if Hillary Clinton is elected president, of considering the man or woman she selects to fill the seat on the Supreme Court left vacant after the February 2016 death of Antonin Scalia, continuing what has to be one of […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged advice and consent, Ann Kilpatrick, Antonin Scalia, Arizona, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Hillary Clinton, Merrick Garland, Obama, Republican obstructionism, Senate, Supreme Court | 26 Comments

“Grab ’em by the pussy” …my thoughts on the hot mic confession of sexual assault that may change the course of human history

By Mark | October 9, 2016

Earlier this summer, we talked here on the site about the possibility that Trump might have a Dead Zone moment – a moment in which, in front of the entire nation, he would reveal to us something so absolutely shocking about himself that we could not help but to turn away collectively in disgust, once […]

Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 99%, A Face in the Crowd, abandonment, Access Hollywood, Amanda Duarte, assault, Bill Clinton, campaign funding, China, Climate Change, conspiracy theories, Dead Zone, Donald Trump, Elia Kazan, Female Collective, Feminist Fight Club, global climate change, Global Warming, hot mic, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, income inequality, Jason Chaffetz, Jean Henry, Michelle Obama, misogyny, Mitt Romney, Obama, Paul Ryan, Peter Larson, poverty, Presidential politics, pussy, Pussy Grabs Back, Republican National Committee, sexism, sexual assault, Stella Marrs, The Apprentice, women, women's rights | 58 Comments

Like something straight out of North Korea, the USA Freedom Kids serenade Donald Trump with a song about his incredible courage, strength and wisdom

By Mark | January 15, 2016

I had an incredible post planned for last night, which I know you would have loved. But, two hours into writing it, I curled up next to my toasty warm laptop and fell asleep. So, here’s what I’ve got for you instead… the USA Freedom Kids lip syncing their jingoriffic knock-off of the 1917 hit […]

Posted in Observations, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anger, angry old white men, angry white men, bone spurs, child cruelty, deferment, Donald Trump, draft dodging, Florida, freedom, freedom boner, heroism, Hitler, Hitler Youth, Jeff Popick, jingoism, Pensacola, USA Freedom Kids, Vietnam, Vietnam War, whitey | 24 Comments

Donald Trump, who unquestionably would have been a war hero if a bone spur in his foot hadn’t kept him from serving in Vietnam, questions the heroism of former prisoner-of-war John McCain

By Mark | July 18, 2015

Appearing on stage in Ames, Iowa today at something called the Family Leadership Summit, presidential candidate Donald Trump had the above to say about Republican Senator John McCain, with whom he’s recently been at war on the subject of immigration. [Trump, it would seem, has an issue with McCain for not believing, as he does, […]

Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged chicken hawk, Donald Trump, Hanoi Hilton, immigration, memes, Sarah Palin, tea party, torture, Unimpressed Trump, Vietnam, Vietnam War | 9 Comments

The manufactured Republican outrage over the attack of our consulate in Benghazi is not only disingenuous but morally reprehensible

By Mark | November 16, 2012

As I mentioned yesterday, the Republicans, in the wake of last week’s crushing defeat at the polls, are desperately looking for something to cling to. They’re looking for an opportunity to delay introspection, come across to the American people once again as forceful, and, most importantly, weaken the President as he attempts to make the […]