Political Theatre category archive
Nattering Nabob of Narcissism 0
Tell me, does this remind you of any Republican presidential nominees who may have been in the news recently?
Greg Hasty Pounds Silly Pence 0
In my local rag, Indiana native Greg Hasty enumerates many reason why Mike Pence should not be Vice President. Here’s a bit:
Despite widespread appeals from the world’s most prominent business leaders, who warned that such a policy would spur economic backlash and drive business and investment out of Indiana, Pence pushed forward.
Much more at the link.
Stray Thought 0
From time to time in these electrons, I have urged my two or three regular readers to “watch what they do, not what they say.”
Occasionally, though, it is sufficient to watch what they say.
Speaking of Unserious . . . . 0
Catherine Rampell is not enamored of either of the major third-party (yes, I know that’s oxymoronic) candidates:
Johnson and Stein are, on their own merits, terrible, unserious choices. They are unfit for office.
She’s quite right, know. Johnson is a ideologue who believes in the Libertarian fairy tale, and Stein is a nut case. But follow the link to find out Rampell’s reasons.
Current Events 0
In related news, Leonard Pitts, Jr., asks
Since when is knowing things no longer a prerequisite to running for president?
I freely admit that, if challenged to name the head of state in, say, Burkina Faso, I’d have to look it up. But then, I am not running for president. That is, I am not putting myself before my fellow citizens asking that they trust me to steer the ship of state through choppy waters of budgetary challenge, national security and international diplomacy.
In that context, it’s hard to overstate the gall of a Gary Johnson. But the fact that such uninformed — even broadly ignorant — people capture attention and votes and that one of them may even be our next president, also offers a vivid illustration of the unserious nation we have become.
Witchy Woman 0
“A Choice, Not an Echo” 0
Jack Ohman cites reasons for supporting Donald Trump. A nugget:
Americans arise each morning and see no nuclear fireball on the horizon, no massive civil unrest in the streets, no calamitous economic disruption.
Americans love scary fantasy movies about presidents fighting aliens, apocalyptic science fiction about nuclear winter, and massive global conspiracies involving bald men in black turtlenecks and fist-fighting aboard Air Force One.
I predict all that would happen under a Trump presidency, and more.
“Not Normal People” 0
Howard Dean lambastes the corporate media for being MIA and for their special Donald Trump(TM)-branded double standard.
Via C&L.
A Picture Is Worth 0
Via PoliticalProf, who adds,
Or an African American. Or a Latino. Or an LBGTQ person. Or … Or …. Or …
Sovereign Inanity 0
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Some Congresspersons have taken the position that ignorance is an excuse (emphasis added):
That earned McConnell and others a scathing response from the White House, which said lawmakers didn’t know what they were voting for.
“What’s true in elementary school is true in the United States Congress: Ignorance is not an excuse,” said spokesman Josh Earnest.
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