Political Theatre category archive
Herman Cain’t 0
Dick Polman muses on the Republican fascination with ignorance as a plank in their platform:
The downside, however, is that Cain is profoundly uninformed about the fundamentals of civic and political life. He may have a silver tongue, but there’s a Grand Canyon between his ears.
I suppose Cain’s supporters consider that an asset. But I consider it disturbing, for instance, that Cain would go on Meet the Press and declare, “I’m not familiar with the neoconservative movement.”
For his information (assuming that knowledge is still important), the neoconservatives have been driving Republican foreign policy since the late 1970s, arguing that America should aggressively export democracy, even at the point of a gun. The hawkish movement was particularly active early in the last decade, when it helped propel us into Iraq, at a current cost approaching $1 trillion. But it’s immaterial to Cain whether he knows the movement or not, because, in his words, “I don’t believe the war in Iraq was a mistake.”
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Mitt the Skipped Heath Class that Day 0
Rachel Maddow explains how it works in words even a Republican can understand.
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Via Contradict Me.
Super PacMan 0
More and Better Twits on Twitter 0
The Camden County, New Jersey, Republican Party has withdrawn support from their state Senate candidate because he repeatedly twitted on Twitter.
(snip)
Earlier this week, Mitsch defended his tweet, telling The Inquirer’s editorial board on Wednesday that it was “a great tip” that “shows the utmost respect for women.”
If the Republican Party pulled support from every candidate who repeatedly said gratuitously stupid, hurtful, or vindictive things, many ballots would be shorter.
Indeed, The CNN “presidential” debates would be virtually depopulated.
Hands across the Sea . . . 0
Right wing hands, that is.
To Protect and Swerve 0
Keith Olbermann discusses the incident in the NYPD hit-and-stay of an observer (not a protestor) of Occupy Wall Street.
The NYPD claims he threw himself under the vehicle.
Watch the video and decide for yourself:
Re-Seg 0
America’s original sin resurges:
The Civil Rights struggle, as it is often called, continues.
