A week ago I noticed that poor Billy Kristol was so disenchanted with the entire field of Republican presidential candidates that he was calling for some new faces. I (somewhat facetiously) suggested Dan Quayle, but now I think Billy has one-upped me in the sarcasm department by proposing Mike Pompeo. That’s right, Mike Fucking Pompeo,…
Tag: Republican idiots
Da Angst a’ da Elites
America’s elites are suffering. You hear it in the frenzied efforts of “responsible” conservatives like Charles “Donald Trump’s Fantasy of Mass Deportation Is Political Poison for the GOP” Krauthammer, Fred “Donald Trump’s Nativist Bandwagon” Hiatt, and George “Trump’s immigration plan could spell doom for the GOP” Will to convince their fellow conservatives to listen to…
It’s starting to look a lot like Rubio, Part II
A month or two ago I was about to write a post with the awkward title of “It’s starting to look a lot like Rubio—Not!” because my original post appeared to be overtaken by events, as we say in the biz. Sen. Rubio was struggling, while Jeb Bush was sitting on a mountain of cash….
Republican debate: Is Donald Trump really a crude, unprincipled buffoon, or does he just bear an uncanny resemblance to one on numerous occasions?
What I know about Donald Trump that no one else does
How do you stop the Donald? He’s bigger than Bush! So what’s the Donald’s secret? My theory is that he’s the first, and so far the only, Republican to go full xenophobe. Sure, everyone hates illegal immigrants, but, since Reagan, free trade has been a mantra among Republicans. Now the Donald has dared to change…
The Republican Trifecta
Back in 1998 Republicans went through three Speakers of the House of Representatives before they finally impeached President Bill Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice: The president provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to the grand jury regarding the Paula Jones case and his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. The president obstructed justice in an…
Three Cheers for Rand Paul!
Yes, the junior senator from Kentucky is the man of the hour, single-handedly pushing the grotesquely mis-named “USA Patriot Act” into temporary oblivion while the right wing howls. I can only fault Rand on one thing. Paul said “People here in town think I’m making a huge mistake. Some of them, I think, secretly want…
Republican Cool
Scott Walker thinks that all pregnant women should be forced to submit to an ultrasound procedure, because ultrasounds are “just a cool thing out there,” according to this report from Politico. Perhaps pregnant women could come up with a list of cool things out there for Mr. Walker to submit to, whether he wants to…
Why I’m voting for Hillary Rodham Clinton in November 2016
Actually, I won’t be, because I live in the District of Columbia, which always votes Democratic, giving me the luxury of voting my conscience. But if I were living in a swing state, I’d be pulling that lever for Hillary and pulling it hard, just the way she likes it. Because Hillary, bless her heartless…
Rand Paul, Gettin’ Rowdy
Ever since ISIS beheaded two Americans in Iraq, thereby convincing millions in the U.S. that they were sharpening their scimitars to do the same in Des Moines, Republican politicians who don’t insist that they’re fixin’ to kick some major though unspecified Middle Eastern ass in the near though not yet determined future have been hard…