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More whining about messaging

Thursday, October 18, 2018

This postat Hullabaloo caught me eye. In it, Digby states the obvious about Republican tax cuts: It’s a simple scheme, really. Whenever they control the government they immediately pass massive tax cuts and massive increases in military spending, always promising that the wealthy and the corporations will pour all that money back into the economy and […]

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In the unlikely event that the Democrats don’t blow it…

Friday, October 12, 2018

Let me direct your attention to this thought provoking post at Naked Capitalism. The thrust of the argument made is that, should the Democrats not blow it, and they take one or more of the Houses of Congress this year, they should avoid investigations into Trump’s crimes and corruption, instead concentrating on promoting a legislative agenda, […]

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A good idea! From a Democrat!

Sunday, September 23, 2018

This is a good idea! And from a Democrat! Former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm has a rather brilliant idea for the Democrats to move around the Republican majority’s attempt to protect Brett Kavanaugh. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys have negotiated an appearance to speak before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Thursday, but the GOP majority has […]

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A rancid Democrat bites the dust

Thursday, September 13, 2018

One of the many positive effects of the Trump backlash is that it is cleansing the Democratic Party of some of its DINO elements, though I must pause to admit that the DCCC is still recruiting them. But stuff like thisis sort of satisfying. In New Hampshire, of all places, a 27 year old refugee, Safiya […]

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A hypothesis on the sudden appearance of Democratic spines

Friday, September 7, 2018

I started blogging back in 2005. The site was hosted on an apple Mobile Me page, which (I checked just now) has disappeared into the internet ether, which means I can’t link to one of the first, if not the first, things I posted: a rant against “wuss Democrats”. I believe that from time to […]

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Dems getting in shape to lose in 2020

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Okay, this post will assume a couple of things that are by no means a sure thing, considering we’re talking about the Democrats. Still, I’m assuming that even the Democrats can’t blow the election this year, since Trump is doing such a good job of handing the election to them. But that doesn’t mean they […]

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The Impeachment Issue

Monday, September 3, 2018

There’s been a lot of back and forth lately about whether Democrats should campaign on impeachment this fall. It’s something the media brings up quite a bit, implying as they do that Democrats can’t stop talking about it. Democratic consultants meanwhile, are urging Democrats to stay away from it and concentrate solely on economic issues. […]

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The Democrats are the Red Sox of politics

Saturday, August 25, 2018

I have been a Red Sox fan all my life, albeit with varying degrees of intensity. When I was a lad of 10 or thereabouts I would listen to Curt Gowdy doing play by play late at night, my transistor radio tucked beneath my pillow. Many was the night that I suffered silently as they […]

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Typical of Democrats

Thursday, June 28, 2018

  Read this post from Josh Marshall. Josh’s correspondent is right: There is a danger that the next Supreme Court nominee could legalize Trump’s crimes and he’s also right that the Democrats have, at least up to now, beaten the wrong drum about this Supreme Court nomination, citing the McConnell rule as justification for holding […]

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Deafening silence from the Democrats

Sunday, June 3, 2018

So, this happened on TV: House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Sunday defended investigations (or lack thereof) into Donald Trump by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. During an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, McCarthy repeatedly dodged questions about lies Trump attorney Jay Sekulow told in an attempt to clear the president of wrongdoing with regard […]

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