Political Theatre category archive
Men on the Lying Trapeze 1
Shaun Mullen wraps up the Presidential nomination campaigns and almost dislocates his shoulder patting himself in the back (every pat is deserved!).
As an aside, a while ago, I wrote that media attempts to make Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders opposite poles of the “on the one hand, on the other hand’ narrative, the farcical construct so loved by what Driftglass calls the “bothsiderists” in the Village, was a crock, that is was like (this is not a quote) protesting that Andrew Dice Clay and George Carlin were somehow equivalent because they both appeared on television.
Shaun, though, has found a similarity that I overlooked.
Follow the link to see to what the title of this post alludes.
And You Thought “OPM” Meant “Office of Personnel Management” 0
Rick Holmes repeats some lessons he’s learned from Trump U. One learning:
More learning at the link.
Truth in Labeling 0
Pam Sohn searches for just the right epithet to describe Donald Trump. A snippet:
Based on his nonstop slurs, that slogan is simply code for Make America White Again.
But when his opponents and media pundits point out that his policies are squishy at best, but mostly nonexistent, the words slide right off of Teflon Don.
Follow the link to see her suggestion.
A Party of Followers 0
The Republican Party, where winning is the only thing . . . .
Nor Any Drop To Drink 0
Ron Littlepage stares agape at Florida Governor Rick Scott’s “environmental” policy.
Our aquifer, which has been Florida’s lifeblood for centuries, is over tapped. A big reason — over development.
(snip additional examples)
But Scott says plopping down new cities the size of Orlando in undeveloped areas is good for the environment because they produce tax dollars to help repair the environmental damage that development causes.
How’s that for circular reasoning?
