Political Theatre category archive
The Wages of Incompetence Is Irrelevance 0
The Booman offers his theory as to why Trump continues to Trumple his Washington insider critics. A snippet:
I understood this when Trump attacked McCain, but it’s taking people who live within the power structure of Washington a long time to realize that they have lost their credibility and that this is the precise reason why Trump has rolled over them for over a year now.
Trump’s Cavalcade of Lies 0
Dick Polman calls the roll.
Libertarianism, a Sucker’s Game 0
Thom gets a bit heated towards the end.
“Facts Are What People Think” 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., laments the passing of truth. A nugget:
So reads an email sitting in my inbox.
Not shockingly, Snopes, the fact-checking website, has rated the claim it makes as false. . . . .
That truth is not offered in hopes of persuading my correspondent. It is presented simply as a snapshot in time, a postcard from post-factual America. Meaning America of the last 20 years, where untruth is gospel, reality is multiple choice and “facts” are whatever you have testes enough to say and somebody is dumb enough to believe.
Read it. And weep.
Deplorable Things Politicians Cannot Say 0
Charles Blow. A snippet:
Trump is a deplorable candidate – to put it charitably – and anyone who helps him advance his racial, religious and ethnic bigotry is part of that bigotry. Period. Anyone who elevates a sexist is part of that sexism. The same goes for xenophobia. You can’t conveniently separate yourself from the detestable part of him because you sense in him the promise of cultural or economic advantage. That hair cannot be split.
“Moderation in All Things” 0
Dick Polman dissects Donald Trump’s self-serving (and that surprises one how?) contention that the Presidential debates should not have moderators. It defies excerpt or summary; just read it.
Trumping History 0
Shorter Mike Pence: Lies come with a sell-by date, don’t they? This one’s old news.
I find this you will pardon the expression deplorable.
Meet Donnie and the Deplorables 0
Excerpt:
Once you see the burning cross, and at that moment, you do not choose to leave, you are at a cross-burning.
Via Delaware Liberal.