Political Theatre category archive

Via ABLC.

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.

Meanwhile, over at Romney the Liar, Joseph is having trouble keeping his head above the flood of lies . . . .

PoliticalProf reads David Brooks so you don’t have to.

If you want a clear look at David Brooksian “centrism,” check out Driftglass.

Excerpt from the interview with Chuck Thompson:

If you strip the Republican politics of this bogus facade of party colors, it’s really the same game of division that’s . . . been practiced by Southern reactionaries, that’s the same today as the disastrous and fraudulent politics that split the country in 1861 and, in significant ways, has kept it apart every since. It’s a game of obstruction, a game of division and resistance . . . .

A new Lothario is prowling the pubs, and, as Robyn Blumner points out, he’s taken “How To Pick Up Girls” to heart:

Just as with every other relationship in our lives — husbands, partners, friends, co-workers — trust is essential. Trusting those around us gives us confidence that we have a firm grasp on the world we inhabit. So too, if we can’t trust our leaders we won’t know what kind of world they’ll build. It is this test that Romney has failed.

Like an overeager suitor, Romney morphs into whatever is desired at the moment. No doubt you’ve known a guy who claims to be into you when he wants something. Romney is that guy.

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.

Warning: Language.

Via Contradict Me.

Via Balloon Juice.

Inspired by Richard Mourdoch, the “rape is a gift from God” candidate, Tony Norman riffs on the God revered of the wingnutosphere. A nugget:

If this god were to speak from its pyramid-shaped throne on the back of a dollar bill, it would say the following:

“I am the god of the 1 percent. You shall have no other gods before me. I help those who help themselves and visit poverty over many generations to those who would redistribute the wealth that I have freely given to those who luxuriate without guilt in my love. I reward the spirit of material excess because I hate poverty and the poor who have rejected my ways.

“I am a vulgar god who never tires of the misery perpetuated by those who exploit the resources of the planet for tax breaks and personal gain. The smoke of belching coal plants and runoff from hydraulic fracturing pleases me. Let those who refuse to rape the earth that I have made in six days be accursed.

Voting is not a right. It’s a duty.

Joseph Stiglitz. An excerpt:

I can tell you, when I travel to most other countries, they . . . are very scared of a Romney presidency.

Via Dick Destiny.

And Dennis G. at Balloon Juice sums up the Republican campaign in a picture.

Via Delaware Liberal.

Turning it back, that is. Eugene Robinson:

When Republicans vow to “take back our country,” they never say from whom. But we can guess.

Issues of race, power and privilege are less explicit this year than in 2008, but in some ways they are even stronger.

Four years ago, we asked ourselves whether the nation would ever elect a black president. The question was front and center. Every time we see the president and his family walk across the White House lawn to board Marine One, we’re reminded of the answer.

The intensity of the opposition to Obama has less to do with who he is than with the changes in American society he not only represents but incarnates. Citing his race as a factor in the way some of his opponents have bitterly resisted his policies immediately draws an outraged cry: “You’re saying that just because I oppose Obama, I’m a racist.” No, I’m not saying that at all.

Follow the link to find out what he is saying.