How The Man Of ‘Change’ Changed
Summer 2010 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Think of the American economy as a car. President Obama starts. Republicans were behind the wheel for eight years before they drove it into a ditch. So Democrats got the...
View ArticleWaiting For Romney
Yawn. Willard Mitt Romney. At a time defined by political gridlock, there’s one thing on which it seems most Democrats and Republicans can agree: it’s easier to get excited about a pile of rocks than...
View ArticleHow The Man Of Change Changed (Volume 2)
Winter 2011 WASHINGTON—White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was all set to TP the White House. He vowed to do it if Auburn won the BCS Championship. Gibbs had a deal all worked out with the Secret...
View ArticleNational Party Conventions, People’s Power Repackaged
Where would contemporary American politics be without Andrew Jackson? One thing’s for certain: Republicans and Democrats wouldn’t be preparing for their respective national conventions. The...
View ArticleThe Great Lie List Of 2012
As alarming as it was obvious, Romney pollster Neil Newhouse recently stated that “The Romney campaign is not going to be dictated by fact checkers”. While Newhouse constrained his opposition to facts...
View ArticlePaul Ryan’s Distorted Federalism
If the Republican Party platform had a mantra, it would be “federalism avails all”. In its introduction, the document warns that “federalism is threatened and liberty retreats,” and soon commands that...
View ArticleMitt Romney’s Heretical Education Policy
Education is a cornerstone of the Mormon faith, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at congregant and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s platform. Or, rather, what platform there actually is, for the...
View ArticleBird Flu
People are incredibly sensitive about their puppets these days. Last December, while DC pundits grappled with how Congress would vote on increasing an upcoming debt ceiling, they faced an equally...
View ArticleObama’s Missing Apology
The end is nigh. Following a series of debates that, if you consider social media your prime source of news, centered around binders, bayonets, battle ships and Big Bird, the American public is now...
View ArticleMitt Romney’s Peculiar ‘Community Leadership’
Expect to hear a lot over the next week about Mitt Romney’s supposed “community leadership”. The Republican presidential candidate’s campaign confirmed that running mate Paul Ryan will be hammering...
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