Pope Francis' visit to Congress the day before was a crystallizing moment Boehner WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner, under intense pressure from conservatives in his party, announced on Friday that he would resign one of the most powerful positions in government and give up his House seat at the … [Read more...]
Republican “Debate” Circus Round 2:
Trump vs. Fiorina and Why the Kids'-Table Debate Was Better Why it should not be called a debate, why it is embarrassing for Republicans to say Fiorina "won," and why the "kids'-table" candidates were far more impressive. Fiorina, as in past performances, didn’t stumble. She continued to make … [Read more...]
Scott Walker – Wisconsin Voters Decide to Slit their Throats
Republican Presidential Candidate Scott Walker's Record as Governor of Wisconsin Is Hardly an Asset, Especially When It Comes to the Economy. In the year-and-half before Walker took office—a period that was officially after the end of the Recession—Wisconsin actually had an impressive recovery … [Read more...]
The Fox News Republican Debate: One Red Clown Nose Away from an Actual Circus
By Jason Newell:The Republican sideshow, also known as the Republican debate, was full of value judgments and word vomit. Nonetheless, Fox News and its minions—you know, the little yellow, Twinkie-shaped henchmen—soaked it up like a sponge, despite all the factual inaccuracies present. That’s of no … [Read more...]
The Republican Candidates: Substance vs. Style: What Trumps What?
This blog will shortly be followed by another one, by a different writer who will have a different objective. The objective of this below blog is to give each of these candidates a clean slate, i.e. how would we judge these candidates if we could just erase our memories? And this is a good … [Read more...]
Why Trump Might Well Win The Nomination.
I have no doubt that Trump is a bigot, an all-round horrible human being, with not the slightest interest in anything other than himself. I have explained these conclusions elsewhere, but it is also plainly obvious that such traits are extremely attractive to the riled up Stupidparty base. Here in … [Read more...]
Mike Huckabee wants to Talk Iran,Talk Family Values, Talk of the Devil
Mike Huckabee is running yet again for President. As usual God will be on his side, but yet hedging his bets by also backing other Stupidparty aspirants. Huckabee is keen to compare Obama with Hitler, attack Obama's parenting and Beyonce's Lyrics - so lets take this "Awful Monster" down -once and … [Read more...]
Race to the Bottom Part 2 of 3: Kansas, Taking Liberties from God
Update to the Economic performance of Kansas The Brownback experiment continues to force Kansas down an ever more divergent and negative track than the rest of the Country. Remember that Stupidparty policies of cutting taxes for the wealthy, create a short term boom, followed by always having to … [Read more...]
The “Magical” Supreme Court, the Constitution and Gerrymandering.
On the subject of our imperiled Democracy, don't hold your breath hoping we will get to see many more 'magic tricks' from the Supreme Court after the magical tri-factor of opinions erupting in June 2015. Supreme Court Decision: Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting … [Read more...]
The Perpetrators Would Rather Burn in Hell, than Accept the Facts
This news site has been exposing the massive institutionalized bigotry and racism that is really the backbone of the Stupidparty. This has been done with facts, with charts, with state by state breakdowns, with cartoons and videos. We have explained why the situation has been exacerbated by the … [Read more...]