Lindsey Graham: Playing the Patsy?

24 Aug 201829 Dec 2018

Donald Trump is not a smart person. In fact, he is probably one of the easiest marks out there, particularly in the sword-in-the-back, hand-in-glove, secretive clime that is Washington, D.C.…

Curioser & Curioser: A Memo and an Edit

3 Feb 201829 Dec 2018

  It just gets curioser and curioser... and curious things lead to speculation. Speculate this.Continue reading "Curioser & Curioser: A Memo and an Edit"

The Republicans Are Giddy

22 Aug 201730 Dec 2018

First, let's get the technicality out-of-the-way. Donald Trump's "Afghan Strategy" is teleprompter puffery. Or as John Schindler so succinctly phrased it: There is no Afghan strategy. None whatsoever. That's all,…

The Mealy-Mouthed Republicans

14 Aug 201730 Dec 2018

They waited for Donald Trump to read his "many sides" script in the immediate aftermath of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Then the mealy-mouthed cowards of the Republican party echoed…

The Nefarius 47

18 Mar 20151 Jan 2019

Give them a piece of your mind. https://twitter.com/JOEL5H/status/577975746435497984

Who are the “80 reasonable Republicans”?

20 Oct 20131 Jan 2019

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-1F3f5PAa4 Who are these "80 reasonable Republicans"? The easiest way to find the House GOP mentioned by Congressman Steve Cohen is to look at the voting record for H.R. 2775:…

These GOP Voted to Keep the Government Shutdown

17 Oct 201331 Dec 2018

Last night, following the lead of Senator Harry Reid, the Democratic Majority Leader from Searchlight, NV and Mitch McConnell, the GOP Senator leading the Minority, both houses of Congress reopened…

The GOP House at “Work” or Is My Hair in Order?

14 Oct 201330 Dec 2018

It's Day 14 of the GOP/Tea Party manuevered government shutdown. You'd think there would be some urgency up on the Hill to get things done, right? WRONG. Here's how the…

Pete Sessions: The Dishonorable Eagle Scout

9 Oct 20131 Jan 2019

9 October 2013 My first editor told me long ago that if I wanted to find the deep pockets and hidden movers of any community there were two places to…

Will the GOP Find Its Center?

4 Sep 201328 Jan 2019

GOP leaders in Congress have swerved dramatically toward the center in recent days following Pres. Obama's declaration of intent against Syria's Bashir Al Assad. Speaker of the House John Boehner…

Shame and Hypocricy in GOP Partisanship Over Sandy Aid

15 Jan 201330 Dec 2018

The House of Representatives just voted to pass H.R. 152, allocating relief to victims of Sandy, 79 days after the Super Storm hit. The votes were shamefully partisan with 179…