Bob Dole killed more people than Bob Dole
Even when nasty and striking an oddly unsettling model pose Bob Dole makes me laugh (make that, Because he’s nasty and strikes an oddly unsettling model [...]
Politics
In defense of religious bigotry
To be clear, I’m not condoning the wingnut attacks on Mitt Romney’s Mormonism. There’s plenty of reasons to vote against The Anchorman — his religion is not one of them. But to be honest, certain religious beliefs would be a [...]
Which begs the question … is Anthony Weiner Muslim?
How to be a wingnut columnist: 1.) Tie everything to the Muslim plot to rule the world; 2.) Reference Obama allegiance to Saul Alinksy; 3.) Follow with ominous use of “community organizing”; 4.) Add George Soros, the cherry on top. [...]
Buy me some peanuts and jellybeans
There’s no politics in baseball — at least there shouldn’t be. But the geniuses within MLB’s promotions office don’t agree, setting aside June 14 to commemorate Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday at various ballparks [...]
What’s changed in 60 years
How does a college professor obtain a $500,000 line of credit at Tiffany’s? Or a local sportscaster and her commercial fisherman husband afford a $1.7 million second home? It wouldn’t have happened without their political careers. [...]
Noted & Quoted, statesman edition
There was a brief window in time when Southern voters elected smart, prudent politicians like Sam Nunn. “Today our airwaves and public debates are filled with attempts to not just denounce opponents’ logic but to impugn their motives. [...]
Foghorn Leghorn for govenah
Five staples of campaign commercials for those seeking office in Georgia: 1. Starched blue jeans; 2. Claims they are being unfairly attacked; 3. Children as props; 4. A vaguely rural setting; 5. A highly affected Southern drawl, reminiscent of Kevin [...]
Out of context outrage
Definition of WHORE 1 : a woman who engages in sexual acts for money : prostitute; also : a promiscuous or immoral woman 2 : a male who engages in sexual acts for money 3 : a venal or unscrupulous person I’m glad Jerry Brown challenged Tom [...]
To books what O-Town was to music
You can’t write a political autobiography without “courage” or “lead” in the title. Pretty arrogant to call yourself courageous, don’t you [...]
Can you trust a shirtless middle-aged man?
The party of Ned Flanders goes on the attack: Better shirtless than [...]
The Capt. Renault deflection
Ask a strategist or operative a probing question and they’re liable to respond with a famously cynical quote turned hackneyed political cliche. “I’m shocked, shocked my party is … (take your pick) stoking public resentment, [...]
coakley campaign: we’re not to blame
It’s the party’s fault, not hers. This from the candidate who didn’t bother to hide her contempt for traditional shoe leather campaigning. Coakley bristles at the suggestion that, with so little time left, in an election with such [...]
desperate democrats
A pretty deplorable flier sent out by the Coakley campaign. This may put Scott Brown over the top in [...]
blago: “i am lionel jefferson”
The disgraced former governor of Illinois says he’s blacker than Obama because his father owned a laundromat. (Tip o’ the cap to Marcus for the Lionel [...]
you can’t save lives AND money
A federally appointed public health task force recommends turning *medical convention on its ear, yet no specialists were consulted. The task force acknowledged that mammograms can save lives and fear their new guidelines may be misinterpreted. [...]
