Political Theatre category archive
The Time Has Come To Talk of Many Things,
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax,
of Calendars and Clocks
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Spin City 0
Ralph Bristol, a long-time host of a radio talk show with (he admits) a conservative bent, is concerned about dis coarse discourse.
Now, I know nothing about Bristol or how he conducted his show–not every conservative talker is a Rush Limbaugh or a Glenn Beck–but methinks he makes some good points. Here’s an excerpt:
The product is an American population incapable of informed voting, let alone participating in deliberations regarding public policy issues that will determine the future security, prosperity and liberty of the U.S. and its citizens.
A Multi-Story Bulling 0
David points out the Donald Trump can’t keep his stories straight.
A Cenk in the Armor 0
Susan Estrich wonders how in world Bernie Sanders could have endorsed Cenk Uygur, erstwhile Republican turned Berne Bro who has a track record racist and sexist remarks, for a seat in the U. S. House of Representatives.
The Melted Pot 0
Thom and his caller consider whether the United States is at point of no turning back.
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mitch Prinstein considers the implications of Donald Trump’s bullying of Greta Thunberg. A snippet (emphasis in the original):
“If the President can cyberbully why can’t I?”
Disinformation Nation 0
James Bruno attempts a taxonomy of the gulled and the gullible. A snippet:
Monkey Business 0
In the Idaho State Journal, Larry Gebhardt explains. A snippet:
Our congressional delegation and their staffs have issued statements in various media that indicate they are in the camp of Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru . . . .
In a tangentially related topic, Steven Lawson explores the enduring fascination with conspiracy theories in U. S. politics.
Misdirection Play, You Can’t Always Get What You Want Dept. 0
Liz Swan examines the somewhat farcical Republican talking point (one can hardly call it an “argument”) that somehow the impeachment of Donald Trump is invalid because Democrats have wanted to impeach him all along. A snippet: