Political Theatre category archive
Little Chicken Littles 0
Joel Mathis is bemused by Republicans’ over-the top response to last week’s Chinese balloon.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Dividing Line 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun looks at Sara Huckabee Sanders’s “response” to President Biden’s State of the Union address and suggests that she got part of it right. A snippet:
We agree. Though we also think she missed a few adjectives, like dangerous, ignorant, racist, unconstitutional and un-American. The past president’s apologist also needs to take a good long look in the mirror before she starts decrying crazies.
Follow the link for context.
Then and Now 0
Then:
In a speech in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1901, William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, said,
Now:
Image via PoliticalProf.
An Empty Case of Whine 0
Once again, a court throws out a Trump lawsuit because there’s no there there.
Metastatic Malignancy 0
Robert Reich has qualms about Facebook’s Meta’s and Twitter’s decisions to allow Trump back on their platforms. A snippet; follow the link for the rest of his thoughts on this matter.
With due respect to Nick Clegg, this is rubbish. Trump is far worse than an ugly politician. He’s a dangerous traitor to American democracy.
“The Sociopath Party” 0
Thom catalogs the crazy.
Incongruously Assembled 0
In response to a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, I regret to have to say that I think that we do have a truly representative House of Representatives.
The Republican majority truly represents the worst in us.
I’m going to blame some of this on the the Chicago School and their economics of me! Me! ME! (which, natch, they dressed up in multi-syllabic words), which portrays rank selfishness as a positive value, for helping mainstream this malignancy.
But that’s just me.
Low Common Denominator 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’shttps://www.inquirer.com/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-george-santos-congress-gop-extremism-20230124.html Helen Ubiñas thinks she’s found the common denominator for success as a Republican Congressperson:
Follow the link for the evidence.
The Courage of Their Conniptions 0
By the way, Farron called it.
Aside:
A significant percentage of our society seems no longer to believe in the concept of the common good or that of law. .
This is not a good thing.
The Creeping Crawling Chaos* 0
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*Readers of H. P. Lovecraft will know, of course, that I refer to Nyarlathotep, the new chair of the Republican National Committee.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Writing at Psychology Today Blogs, Charles Harper Webb, dismayed by dis coarse discourse, points out that an “argument doesn’t have to be a fight.” An excerpt (emphasis added):
Methinks this to be a timely read.