Political Theatre category archive
Playing the Trump Card 0
Dick Polman has a wonder:
Follow the link for more wonders.
Case Studies 0
Republicans: pay attention to what they do, not to what they say.
Mob Scene 0
Dick Polman tries to understand why there are so many clowns in the Republican Clown Bus.* It’s worth a read.
You can see a catalog of clowns here. (H/T to Bad Tux.)
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*Polman left out the part about the Republican base’s having gone insane with racism and bigotry from the triumph of Nixon’s odious southern strategy.
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet another Q&A does not go as intended. Instead, it goes as anyone with half a brain would have expected.
Also, stupid anti-vaxxer twits who do not remember the pictures of children languishing in iron lungs before the polio vaccine was created.
Twits on Twitter 0
Very large twits.
The New Nihilists 0
They call themselves “Republicans,” but they are, in truth, nihilists.
It’s a Mad Tea Party 0
Reg Henry finds literary precedent for the current American political scene.
For example, I can’t decide whether Rick Santorum is the (mad) Hatter or the March Hare. As for Donald Trump, he may be the only one without a parallel identity, but even Lewis Carroll couldn’t imagine someone like him. He is just too improbable for fanciful literature.
But it is not just the Republicans who inhabit the American wonderland. To my mind, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is the Cheshire Cat, . . .
More madness at the link.
Field of Drones 0
Mark Davis thinks he knows how to select debate participants from the Republican clown bus.
Not good enough. While it avoids the stigma of the laggards’ lineup, who picks the matchups? I’d pay money to put Lindsey Graham right next to Rand Paul. Do we combine Texans Ted Cruz and Rick Perry, or separate them? Same question for Bush and Marco Rubio. And which lucky group gets Trump?
There is only one solution: two debates, names chosen randomly.
It Was Fascination, I Know . . . . 0
Michael Arceneaux muses over conservatives’ fascination with who can say n****r. This is another just-read-it.
“The Smart One” 0
He’s a taker, not a maker. He wants to take your Social Security and give it to the banksters.
In related news, Paul Krugman comments on Jebonomics. A nugget:
