In 1932, the two top presidential vote getters in Germany were Adolph Hitler (Nazi) and Ernst Thälmann (Communist). Well, Donald Trump is no nazi, and Bernie Sanders no communist, but it says a lot about the state of America that the Donald and the Bern are the two hottest acts in America these days. Incomes…
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Zany, rambling Jennifer Rubin, wakin’ up in the house that Krauthammer built
Hilarious, unself-conscious self-parody from Jennifer Rubin who denounces “zany, rambling” Sarah Palin and Donald Trump for being as kooky as, well, Jennifer Rubin. Like David Brooks, Sarah has decided that unscrupulous demogaguery is only a good thing when it helps the Republican establishment. Sorry, guys. You built the monster. You’ve always had blood on your…
David Brooks, livin’ in the house that Krauthammer built
Establishment icon/piñata David Brooks, who surely was born with a “Kick Me Repeatedly, And With A Passion” sign on his broad rear end, has done it again, announcing that it is time for all good Republicans to come to the aid of their party and prevent that awful Donald Trump or that awful Ted Cruz…
The Way We Were, and Why We Won’t Be Going Back There
Donald Trump from the right and Bernie Sanders from the left are leading the charge, not back to the future, but rather back to the past, a past that many if not most of their followers can’t even remember. This is why: As late as 1970, the “West”—basically, western Europe and North America—held an overwhelming…
The House that Krauthammer built
Back in the day, back in 1987, when the facts of what became known as the Iran-Contra scandal first hit the fan, wide-eyed Reaganite Andy Sullivan was appalled. Ronald Reagan’s White House secretly sold weapons to Iranian terrorists and used the money to finance Nicaraguan “freedom fighters” (aka “terrorists”), an activity specifically banned by the…
Iraq now must be seen as the Republicans’ Vietnam
Well, it was a long time coming, but now it’s here. Heresy-speakers Donald Trump and Ted Cruz walked away with the most recent Republican debate. Both Trump and Cruz have repeatedly and explicitly rejected the regime change meme that has been the foundation stone of Republican foreign policy since 9/11. And will no one notice…
Hey, Alan Vanneman! The U.S. had TWO debates on foreign policy, while you weren’t listening!
Well, indeed we did. I recently complained, rather at length, at the failure of the U.S. political system to generate a meaningful discussion of U.S. foreign policy, noting that, for the past several decades, we’ve been allowed to choose between “idealistic” hawks like Hillary Clinton and, well, shotgun-wielding freaks. But just before the holidays, both…
Cognitive Dissonance at the Washington Post
Last week, the Washington Post bitterly, and correctly, chastised the entire flock of Republican presidential candidates for their conduct at their most recent debate for remaining very largely mute while Donald Trump went on his now-standard war dance against folks who ain’t like us, and the Constitution, not to mention simple common human decency, be…
Damon Linker, on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Wow, those crazy Republicans, eh? And those crazy Democrats! As a nation, we’re on the verge of a nervous breakdown! Yes, there’s yet another outbreak of even-handedness fever, this time at The Week, where repentant theo-con Damon Linker casts a cold eye on the doings and sayings of the current crop of Republican presidential candidates:…
Tashfeen Malik linked to ISIS; you can kiss your civil liberties goodbye
The wife of the couple identified as responsible for the murders in San Bernardino has been linked to ISIS, the New York Times reports. Donald Trump won’t exploit this one, will he?