Political Theatre category archive

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome BLog.

If you wonder which newspapers have endorsed which Presidential candidate, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune has been maintaining a running list.

I am curious about endorsements and the reasons papers give for favoring one candidate over another. Nevertheless, I think they carry little weight, if, indeed, they ever did (perhaps they did when newspapers and wire services were the only sources of news, but, even then, each town or county often had multiple papers; folks would read the one they preferred).

Via Bartcop.

Congressman Bobby Scott:

Let me tell you, Hurricane Sandy made a whole lot of people part of the 47 percent who didn’t think they were part of the 47 percent.

H/T Susan for the catch.

Via Bartcop.

Dick Polman imagines an American attempting to explain the Electoral College to a visitor from another planet. A snippet:

(American) “Wrong question. It doesn’t matter who gets the most votes. It’s who gets the most electoral votes. See, we have 50 states, and each state gets electoral votes based on how many members of Congress it has, and that’s based on population, but not entirely, because each state gets two senators whether it’s big or small. We call this our ‘Electoral College.’ ”

(Alien) “Your college is not very intelligent. It is simpler to choose a leader by counting populace votes and calculating who has received more – as it is done in most zones on your planet.”

(American) “Don’t you dare dis America! We reserve the right to choose the person who gets fewer votes. We’ve done it four times already. We even did it 12 years ago – wait, why are your heads glowing?”

. . . leading one to wonder, just who is the strange creature in this conversation?

Via ABLC.

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.

Meanwhile, over at Romney the Liar, Joseph is having trouble keeping his head above the flood of lies . . . .

PoliticalProf reads David Brooks so you don’t have to.

If you want a clear look at David Brooksian “centrism,” check out Driftglass.

Excerpt from the interview with Chuck Thompson:

If you strip the Republican politics of this bogus facade of party colors, it’s really the same game of division that’s . . . been practiced by Southern reactionaries, that’s the same today as the disastrous and fraudulent politics that split the country in 1861 and, in significant ways, has kept it apart every since. It’s a game of obstruction, a game of division and resistance . . . .

A new Lothario is prowling the pubs, and, as Robyn Blumner points out, he’s taken “How To Pick Up Girls” to heart:

Just as with every other relationship in our lives — husbands, partners, friends, co-workers — trust is essential. Trusting those around us gives us confidence that we have a firm grasp on the world we inhabit. So too, if we can’t trust our leaders we won’t know what kind of world they’ll build. It is this test that Romney has failed.

Like an overeager suitor, Romney morphs into whatever is desired at the moment. No doubt you’ve known a guy who claims to be into you when he wants something. Romney is that guy.

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.

Warning: Language.

Via Contradict Me.

Via Balloon Juice.