Political Theatre category archive
All the News that Fits 0
Will Bunch reviews the Revenge of the Pseudo-Nerds.
What’s in a Name 0
China Hand points out that words may not mean what we think they mean:
Follow the link to see why he says this.
School for Scandal 0
Noz senses the presence of “fatigue fatigue.”
The Case of the Disappearing Talking Point 0
Dick Polman investigates. Follow the link for the rest of the case file.
Gee, I wonder why they were so quiescent.
Actually, there’s no need to wonder. Here’s why: Obamacare is a success. It has demolished every dystopic Republican prediction, and, at this point, five years after its passage, it would be politically nuts to campaign against it.
Yes, we still get the random rhetorical blast – Ted Cruz wants to repeal “every word of Obamacare,” Marco Rubio talks about a “post-Obamacare era,” Scott Walker occasionally strokes the conservative base by mouthing the word “disaster” – but there is no sustained fervor.
Both Sides Not 0
Froma Harrop marvels at the myth of the middle:
To which I thought, “If I say the moon is made of lunar rock and you say it is made of green cheese, is the ‘sensible middle’ that the moon is half lunar rock and half green cheese?”
That’s the problem with sensible middles. You can’t do the give-and-take without agreeing on facts.
Read it.
Diversity Diversions 0
In the Guardian, Gustavo Arellano examines the efficacy of Republican outreach. He finds it less than prepossessing.
The “Libertarianism” Con 0
Once again, a Libertarian is a Republican who is ashamed to admit it.