Skip to content

Category Archives: Hypocrisy

There must be a word for this

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

“Hypocrisy” comes to mind, but I’m not sure that captures the essence of it. The Texas Republicans are planning to hold a convention in which they cram people together like cattle. But… The Republican Party of Texas is moving forward with its controversial in-person convention during the coronavirus pandemic — but elected officials including Gov. […]

Also filed in | | Comments (0)

It’s them outside agitators!

Saturday, May 30, 2020

One of the things you can always count on with the right is that they constantly accuse others of crimes of which they have a near monopoly. I can remember, though I was not yet thirteen, hearing Southern racists complaining on TV that their (n-word here) were perfectly happy, and that it was those outside […]

Also filed in | | Comments (0)

Well, yeah, she doesn’t care, but in her defense…

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Breaking radio silence to make a fairly trivial point. I just read this post at Hullabaloo in which digby comments on the hypocrisy involved in Melania Trump’s tweet about her son Baron and her later defense of the genius’s tweet about Greta Thunberg. She concludes: And let’s be clear. If it [the law professor’s comment about Baron […]

Also filed in | | Comments (0)

I’m definitely missing something here

Saturday, November 2, 2019

So, it appears that Republican Senators are set to enter the last stage of every Trump defense: sure he did it, but there’s nothing wrong with what he did. Okay, so maybe I’m missing something, but doesn’t that also sort of undercut the notion that the thing that Joe Biden didn’t do, that Trump wanted investigated, […]

Also filed in Republicans | | Comments (0)

It’s Okay if You’re a Republican-Local Edition

Thursday, October 24, 2019

I had gotten wind of this a few days ago, but didn’t write anything about it, as unlike some Republicans I could name, I like to get some verification before making factual assertions. This was in this morning’s Day, our local paper of record: A complaint has been filed with the State Elections Enforcement Commission […]

Also filed in Local issues | | Comments (2)

A learned legal opinion

Friday, February 22, 2019

A few thoughts on the legality of Trump’s emergency!declaration. If we had the same quality of courts we had even 20 years ago, there would probably be little question that the declaration would not survive judicial scrutiny. But we live in a time when the court is very possibly a more partisan and ideological institution […]

Also filed in Lawyer stuff | | Comments (0)

Hypocrisy ahead?

Thursday, November 15, 2018

I’ve mentioned the Palmer Reporta few times in this blog, and I confess I still take a sort of guilty pleasure in checking it out on a regular basis. My overall impression is that the facts are usually accurate, though the conclusions drawn therefrom are often a little out there, although usually entertaining. Anyway, today the […]

Also filed in Dysfunction, Grifters, The Very Stable Genius | | Comments (0)

Jeff Flake: it doesn’t take much to make a hero these days, does it?

Sunday, September 30, 2018

In light of the Times puff pieceyesterday, and the Times was not alone (my wife says Twitter is full of folks praising his principled actions), I think it’s time to, as Randy Newman’s devil sang,“inject a note of reality on this festive occasion”, for, as Randy went on to sing, “I don’t believe I’ve ever heard such […]

Also filed in Republicans | | Comments (0)

Susan Collins: Stupid, or hypocritical political hack? We report, you decide.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Everything’s been said about Manafort and Cohen, so I’m going a bit in the weeds, since we all should remember that while that stuff is getting the headlines, the destruction of our democracy is ongoing. The lower courts have already been stuffed with racists and corporate whores, and the Supreme Court is about to be […]

Also filed in Republicans | | Comments (0)

A new twist on gerrymandering

Monday, May 14, 2018

We’ve all read various news stories about the fact that many of Trump’s policies will adversely and disproportionately affect the idiots who voted for him. Turns out that might not be the case, as Republicans resort to a new twist on one of their favorite ways to insure that the will of the minority prevails. […]

Also filed in Lawyer stuff, Racism | | Comments (0)