Political Theatre category archive
The Republican Gut-Out-the-Vote Effort 0
They aren’t even trying to pretend it’s about anything other than partisan advantage any more.
Poetry, Politics, and Serendipity 0
T. S. Eliot did not set out to do so, nor did he realize he had done so, but he anticipated today’s Republican Party with eerie accuracy.
Coming Clean 0
In the Republican washing machine, the Reince cycle is no different from the spin cycle.
Twit on Twitter . . . 0
. . . the accounting.
Putin on the Ditz 0
Steve M. advances a theory to account for the Trumpian and Republican fascination with Vladimir Putin.
(I’m not necessarily endorsing his theory, but the dictator hero-worship is rather alarming and warrants deeper exploration than it’s receiving.)
The Candidates Debate 0
Warning: There may be a commercial first. Ignore it. The laugh is worth it.
This made my morning.
Trumpling Those Who Serve 0
In my local rag, a high school student explains why she is reconsidering her plans to join the military. This is how she starts out:
I’ve always believed that I’d continue that tradition of service. I never expected my plans to change because of an election. If Trump becomes president, though, things will be different. I don’t think I can join the military under a Trump presidency for two reasons.
Follow the link to see what those two reasons are.
Both Sides Not 0
Mike Malloy takes on bothsiderism (Warning: Language).
“Just the Facts, Ma’am” 0
In related news, the Inky endorsed Hillary Clinton. That is no surprise. I call your attention to the endorsement for the skillful way it skewered the Republicans’ Hillary Clinton scamdals (emphasis in the original).
What about the emails? An exhaustive investigation by the FBI concluded that Clinton had carelessly risked national security by using a private server at her home to read emails that at times included classified information — but that her actions were not criminal. That conclusion upset Republicans who had lavished praise on FBI Director James Comey, himself a registered Republican, before he announced his decision. Some continue to call for Clinton’s arrest each time more emails are released. But their tirades smell more like political gamesmanship than a genuine search for truth.
No one knows how many previous secretaries of state mishandled classified material. Colin Powell reportedly used an AOL account to correspond with foreign officials on his laptop. Who knows what John Foster Dulles, Cyrus Vance, Dean Rusk, Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, or James Baker did when they wanted to take their work home? Email didn’t exist. The point isn’t to excuse Clinton’s behavior, which she has admitted was a mistake, but to put it into perspective.
Follow the link for the complete editorial.
