The Republicans have made a lot of political hay about “the massive” health care reform bills — comparing them to Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace, often cited as the world’s longest novel. Once again, their political hay is full of little more than hot air. It’s easy to expand something written by increasing the margins, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dana Perino, GOP, GOP fail, GOP hypocrisy, GOP leadership, GOP obstruction, health care bill, health care reform, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Republican hypocrisy, Senate Republicans on November 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
More light needed on Afghanistan
Posted in Current Events, tagged Afghan War, Afghanistan, GOP, GOP criticism, troop surge on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How do you solve a problem like Afghanistan? It’s a puzzlement. On the one hand, Gen. McChrystal is asking for more troops. Lots more troops. Perhaps upwards of 40,000 more troops. On the other hand, other voices are saying that more troops isn’t the right answer. The pundits have, understandably, taken sides, too often shedding [...]
Several pieces worth reading and considering — UPDATED
Posted in Current Events, Ideas, Politics, tagged conservatism, GOP, health care reform, liberalism, loyal opposition, Politics, Republican Party on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past year, I’ve repeatedly said that we need a strong two-party system and that the GOP’s current incarnation isn’t helpful to the democratic system of give-and-take. I’ve wondered why the party seems to lack adult participation. I recommend several recent pieces for your consideration.
First, a Tom Friedman op-ed piece that’s nearly a month [...]
CIA Abuses and GOP Response
Posted in Current Events, Politics, tagged CIA, CIA IG report, GOP, GOP hypocrisy, pro-life, pro-war, torture, war on terror on August 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday’s announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder and the release of the CIA’s IG report finally confirmed what many Americans had figured out long ago — the CIA, and its contractor interrogators, working at the behest of the Bush Administration had, in fact, engaged in torture. Even though about half of the report is still [...]
Obstruction is all they know
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged astroturf, GOP, health care reform, obstruction, Republican Party on August 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Let there be no more question about the raucus town hall attendees. Their astroturf inciters have spoken. They are opposed to any reform of our health care system, despite the consequences. Yes, there are people with legitimate concerns. And they deserve to have their concerns addressed. But shouting out and drowning out legitimate debate is [...]
“Our health care system is just fine…”
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged GOP, health insurance, healthcare reform, status quo on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
That is the argument being advanced by the GOP. However, we need to look at the consequences of retaining the status quo. An article by Jonathan Alter in Newsweek caught my attention. Actually, the title is what caught my attention. “What?!?!?” I thought. Actually, it was more like “WTF?!?!?!?!” But I read on. The article [...]
And yet another bites the dust
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged 2010 presidential candidates, Alaska politics, Bobby Jindal, GOP, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, Republican Party, Sarah Palin on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is getting to the point where one wonders just who the Republicans can offer up as a candidate in 2012. Bobby Jindal’s disastrous “Kenneth the Page” performance in delivering the GOP rebuttal to President Obama’s “state of the union as I see it” speech shortly after his inauguration was the first domino. Then, in [...]
The future of the GOP?
Posted in Politics, tagged GOP, Republican Party on October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The blame game is beginning with 12 days left in the campaign. Politico, today, reports that the McCain campaign has formed a “circular firing squad.” Increasingly, moderate Republicans are endorsing Obama. As an Obama supporter, I’m delighted that they’ve thrown in with us.
Ultmately, thought, their support represents something far more important. Over the past few weeks, [...]
