Political Theatre category archive
The Gang That Couldn’t Vote Straight 0
Dick Polman tries to make sense of what’s happening with Republicans in the House of Representatives.
Read the rest, then read this.
Image via Job’s Anger.
An Ex-Republican Explains Why He Left 0
He left because the Republican Party has become the party of the Secesh and of the Dominionists.
More at the link.
So the Republican House Was Walking Down
the Street and Turned into a Speakereasy
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Will Bunch wonders at the end before the beginning of the new McCarthy Era.
The Republican House is in disarray because of course it is. It would be funny were it not so dangerous.
Chris-Crossed 0
Mike Kelly tries to understand Chris Cristie’s bizarre game of “Have Cake, Eat It Too,” even as New Jersey’s bridges and highways crumble into rubble.
Christie says he would consider raising it – a major shift in political gears from his previously firm promises as governor not to raise any taxes whatsoever and his even more expansive pledge this summer as a Republican presidential candidate to never raise taxes at all – never, ever. But this latest twist by the governor-who-would-be-president comes with another twist.
“The Smart One” 0
Charles Blow describes a moment of accidental candor.
The Art of the Steal 0
Lost in a Lost World 0
Shaun Mullen relates the Parable of the Elephant.
“The Smart One” 0
Daniel Ruth thinks that “the Smart One” must be smarting.
Adding insult to injury, Bush found himself wanting when compared to Rubio, who brings to the table less legislative accomplishment than Freedonia’s Rufus T. Firefly. Bush, a man with presidential DNA flowing through his veins; a man who has raised an estimated $100 million for his super political action committee; a man who entered the presidential race as if his nomination was a matter of Manifest Destiny — finds himself an afterthought in the Villages and trailing the Eddie Haskell of the Republican Party.
The Art of Appeal 0
Keith Larson thinks he has uncovered the secret of Donald Trump’s success and sums it up in two words.
Papal Divestments 0
Funny or Die takes a look at right-wing reaction to Pope Francis. It’s too true to be funny.
Here’s a bit: