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Are they really this crazy, or just playing crazy for the press?

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

I just got finished reading this post at Crooks & Liars, and my mind is truly boggled. The post is a sort of a state by state summary of the extent to which the nutcases have taken over state and local party organizations. But this is what struck me as the craziest thing of all: […]

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Republicans lament: no fair calling us Republicans

Saturday, January 23, 2021

Pity the poor blogger, when fate deals him a hand that he cannot win. This article in the New London Day presents a challenge that requires a Mark Twain, or, at the very least, a Driftglass to come up with just the right nouns, verbs and especially adjectives to properly mock the Republicans of the […]

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John Scott knows the playbook

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

This morning’s New London Day has an article about local Republicans, many of whom are blaming Antifa for the insurrection on the 6th. John Scott, chair or the Groton Republicans, whose name has frequently appeared on this blog, was among those quoted. In a Jan. 6 Facebook post, John Scott, the Groton RTC chairman, wrote, […]

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Senatorial Follies

Saturday, January 2, 2021

The New York Times and others have reported that ten Senators have joined Hawley in pledging to vote to steal the election for Trump. The eleven are a mix of Senators with presidential ambitions and newly elected freshmen Senators. Let’s put the freshmen aside for the moment,and concentrate on the presidential aspirants. The question that […]

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Sad, but likely true

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

I fear that Driftglass has once again hit the nail on the head.

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A delicious irony

Monday, December 7, 2020

I haven’t seen this noted elsewhere, though no doubt it has. It is a somewhat delicious irony that Brian Kemp, who most assuredly stole his own election, has been rather up-front about leaking the fact that he told Trump to shove it when Trump asked for similar treatment.Trump, after all, must be aware of Kemp’s […]

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But of course

Thursday, November 12, 2020

It is practically a law of nature. If Republicans accuse Democrats of some heinous activity, they are surely doing it themselves. This is funny, but also entirely what you would expect: As ballots across the country continue to be counted, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he’s offering a $1 million reward for evidence of […]

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Give credit where due

Friday, July 31, 2020

I’m a big fan of Driftglass, who is constantly and accurately reminding us that today’s “Never Trump” Republicans consist largely of political operatives who helped shape the electorate that brought us Trump. As he points out, it is considered impolite (though he does it all the time) to remind these people that they shaped the […]

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The Enemy of my Enemy…

Thursday, July 2, 2020

…is my friend. For as long as my enemy is a threat, but after that, maybe not so much. This is a lesson that we must hope the national Democrats will finally learn. This is all by way of directing the attention of the reader to Driftglass’s latest post, in which he documents the history […]

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Bad Moon Rising

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

I didn’t practice criminal law, so I never had any reason to bone up on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, but the D.C. Circuit’s decision on the Flynn case baffles me. Well, not really. Given the makeup of the panel, I figured it was at least a 50/50 probability. But it’s difficult to see, […]

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