Political Theatre category archive
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch looks at the flood of racist, sexist slurs with which Republicans have responded to the presidential run of Vice President Harris and concludes that, well, they just can’t help themselves. Here’s a tiny bit of their editorial:
Asking such epic restraint is clearly asking too much.
A Grasp for Reality? 0
John Giles, the Republican mayor of Mesa, Arizona, takes a stand against the weirdness that has assimilated today’s Republican Party. At the Arizona Republic, he offers a strong endorsement of Kamala Harris. A snippet; follow the link for his reasoning.
Arizona leaders like McCain and Sen. Mark Kelly have embodied the commitment to country over party. And it’s that same high caliber of character and leadership I see in Vice President Harris.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
This time it is Kim Brening Solomon, an American expat living in Vienna, Austria, who hears a rhyme. A snippet:
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*Mark Twain.
Taken Aback 0
Sam and the crew suggest that right-wing media is short-circuiting at the prospect of Kamala Harris’s being the Democratic nominee for president.
She’s got my vote, but, as someone said at Juanita Jean’s, I’d vote for a refrigerator before I’d vote for Trump.
This New Gilded Age 0
David remarks on Kamala Harris’s attack on the “Heritage” Foundation’s Project 2025. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Laugh Fest 0
David looks at right-wingers’ reaction to the possibility that Kamala Harris might be the Democratic nominee for president and finds them laughable.
Me, I echo Half Empty. I’d vote for a refrigerator before I’d vote for Trump.
Coup de Nah 0
A Harvard professor points out that one thing is not like the other thing.
The Lake Effect 0
David decodes de code.