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The Banishment Of Louie Gohmert
This was a long time coming. It would be easy to dismiss Louie Gohmert as just another loony Tea Party/Republican, except that as a member of the House of Representatives he actually gets to vote on and propose legislation – … Continue reading
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A Question Of Status
I admit that one of the events I look forward to each year is the CPAC convention. It always provides a wealth of material for my writing. This year, with the Republican Party in desperate need of a transformation, the … Continue reading
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The Banishment Of Paul Broun
Republican/Tea Party Representative Paul Broun, M.D., (GA-10), is typical of the recycled, perpetual losing candidate that has found the Tea Party attractive. Broun made unsuccessful runs at public office in 1990, 1992 and 1996. Suddenly he made another appearance during … Continue reading
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Poetic Justice And Hopefully Deja Vu
Last week Friday Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia announced he would not seek reelection in 2014. If I cried that day this announcement was certainly not the motivation! Chambliss came to the Senate as a result of what many … Continue reading
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New Congress, New Nuts
Joe Walsh and Alan West exited the hall of Congress with the expiration of the 112th Congress which they helped make the least productive, (and perhaps most destructive), ever. The 113th promises to present America with some new nuts in … Continue reading
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Yankeecans
Could history be repeating itself as it so often does and could a chasm in the Republican Party be starting?
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, Alan West, Congress, debt ceiling, Democrats, Dixiecrats, fiscal cliff, fiscal policy, Florida, Georgia, House, John Boehner, Louie Gohmert, Maine NAACP, Olympia Snowe, Paul Broun, politics, racism, Republicans, Sandy, Senate, South Carolina, Strohm Thurmond, Superstorm Sandy, Susan Collins, Tea Party, Texas, Yankeecans
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Cliff Diving With A Bungee Cord
There is much talk of the American economy falling of a fiscal cliff. I predict it will jump off but it will have a bungee cord attached to it. The politics in Washington is such that it will be extremely … Continue reading
Thanksgiving 2012
Today is Thanksgiving. It is a day to spend with family, even if that includes your misinformed, loudmouth, conservative uncle who suffers from a case of the Foxpox. Being an old basketball coach I recognize that the sport of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Alan West, Citizens United, Civil Rights, Congress, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, Democratic national Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democrats, DNC, DSCC, economy, Florida, gay marriage, House, Illinois, immigration, immigration reform, Joe Walsh, liberal, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, money in politics, MSNBC, Obama, Obamacare, Ohio, Patty Murray, progressive, Republicans, same-sex marriage, Senate, Sherrod Brown, Social Security, Supreme Court, Tea Party, unemployment, Washington
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Definition
I learned a lot in the fifteen years I spent on the bench in a suit and tie. Foremost among those lessons was that the team that controlled the tempo of the game usually won. Politics isn’t that different from … Continue reading