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Selling Spats
Somewhere in the 1920’s spats went out of style. I’m already considered a senior citizen by many and I don’t ever remember seeing them except in movies and plays. They were a garment that was primarily worn by men covering … Continue reading
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Let The Insanity Continue
Last week the circus, a/k/a CPAC, was in Washington; well, National Harbor, Maryland to be specific. CPAC’s annual gathering is supposed to be the thinking seminar for the conservative base of the Republican Party. After the results of the 2012 … Continue reading
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Jeb’s Jumping In
How can you tell that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is running for President? He is doing a Mitt Romney imitation flip flop to pander to the crazies in the Republican primary electorate. Just like Willard, he appeared to be … Continue reading
Without A Villian
After the 2008 election it appeared that the Republican Party was headed for irrelevance if not extinction. Born out of hatred for the new President Barack Obama – and in the opinion of many including yours truly – more than … Continue reading
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 Puppet President
Back in October November and December of 2011 I did a nine part political fiction series entitled 2013 – An American Horror Story. In it I depicted a President Mitt Romney who was totally controlled by the Republican leadership in … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2012 election, Congress, conservative, CPAC, CPAC 2012, Daily Beast, Dan Savage, David Frum, Democrats, economics, Google, Grover Norquist, House, Medicare, Mitt Romney, money in politics, Obama, Paul Ryan, political fiction, politics, radical right, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ronald Reagan, Ryan Plan, Senate, senior citizens, Social Security, waron women, White House, Willard Mitt Romney, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Always Wear Clean Pants
When Newt Gingrich has his ascendency in the Republican Presidential Primary polls David Axelrod advanced his monkey’s butt theory which states that the higher a monkey goes up a tree the better view of his butt you get. When thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Arizona, Arizona primary, auto bailout, auto industry, Colorado, Colorado caucus, CPAC, David Axelrod, economy, Herman Cain, illegal immigration, immigration, Jan Brewer, jobs, Joe Arpaio, Maine, Maine caucus, Maricopa County, Michele Bachmann, Michigan, Michigan primary, Minnesota, Minnesota caucus, Missouri, Missouri primary, Mitt Romney, monkey's butt, negative ads, Newt Gingrich, politics, poor, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, super PAC, taxes, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney
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Beware The 4th Of March
The federal government never had a budget for fiscal year 2011. It has been operating by virtue of a Continuing Resolution which runs out Friday March 4, 2011. At the moment our federal government is operating on a basis of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, border security, budget, continuing resolution, CPAC, EPA, Eric Cantor, fiscal, government shutdown, health care, House of Representatives, immigration, John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, Medicaid, Medicare, Michele Bachmann, Monica Lewinsky, Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Senate, Social Security, Tea Party, veto
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CPAC 2011
When I woke up Thursday morning I was excited because the CPAC convention was opening that morning and I felt it would supply plenty to write about. As it turned out it got buried by the events in Egypt. As … Continue reading