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Looking ahead

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Over at Hullabaloo Tom Sullivan writes about one of the many problems besetting the Democrats: the aging and consequent ossification of many of their elected officials, 89 year old Diane Feinstein, who is almost certainly in at least the beginning stages of dementia, being a prime example. Not only do these politicians lose touch with […]

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All your base are belong to us

Friday, December 2, 2022

There certainly is a difference between the two parties in this country. The Fascist Republican party goes out of its way to cater to its fringe base, while the Democratic Party goes out of its way to alienate what should be its base. In this case, I’m talking about unions, which were once a major […]

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A midsummer night’s rant

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Two years ago I ranted on this blog about the left’s inability to craft its message, in that case excoriating whatever leftist (if he or she wasn’t a right wing mole) crafted the phrase “defund the police”. There are two sides to the left’s failure in this regard. Not only do we fail to craft […]

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Another thing Democrats won’t do

Sunday, April 24, 2022

I agree with the premise of this post over at Politicus USA, and my purpose here is simply to amplify on it a bit. It appears that Trump is a bit sensitive about perceptions of his intelligence, and he’s stupid enough to use the fact that he passed a test designed to diagnose senility as […]

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No cheers for Lamont

Thursday, April 14, 2022

I’m not totally a James Carville fan, but he’s got this right: “If we can’t stand in there for Joe Biden and talk about the great things he’s done, then we don’t deserve to win this election in 2022,” the Democratic strategist said. More at the link. This echoes a complaint I’ve made many times, […]

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Democrats ready to attack?

Saturday, March 26, 2022

Could it be that the Democrats are finally going to start fighting fire with—-well, let’s be honest, a tiny flicker of a flame. Every lawyer knows that it is unethical for a judge to rule in a case in which the judge or a judge’s family member has a personal interest. Anyone who has familiarized […]

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Tucker, the 21st century fifth columnist

Sunday, March 13, 2022

So, it appears that Putin considers Tucker Carlson to be one of his most valuable propagandists: On March 3, as Russian military forces bombed Ukrainian cities as part of Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of his neighbor, the Kremlin sent out talking points to state-friendly media outlets with a request: Use more Tucker Carlson. “It is […]

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C’mon Dick!

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

I’m a fan of Dick Blumenthal, but really, can he be serious about thinking that the Democrats should try to make the vote on the new Supreme Court justice bipartisan: Here’s how one Democrat inexplicably sees it: “For the institution, it’s important because the Supreme Court has become so polarized that a bipartisan vote might well […]

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Time for some fighting words

Monday, February 14, 2022

I’ve run across a lot of blog posts and other pieces pointing out that Democratic messaging sucks, this post being only one example. This is a drum I’ve been beating for some time. I can’t quite understand why the Democrats are so reluctant to call the Republicans out for what they are. We have been […]

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Democracy is at risk and Democrats are largely silent

Thursday, December 16, 2021

According to at least one poll, reported at Hullabaloo, more Republicans than Democrats think that democracy is in trouble and that the next elections will be stolen. It is not clear whether the Republicans are elated at the possibility or whether they are projecting, but digby rightly asks why Democrats are so sanguine. I think […]

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