Thursday's Debate- Missing the Obvious?
I have been trying to come up with a unifying theory of the McCain Camp tactics (yes I'm using the word correctly) of the last two weeks.For all the discussion of "erratic behavior" on the McCain side,...
View ArticleSleep (With the NJ Fishes) No More (Christie/Macbeth Parody)
Expanded from a comment in Christiegate: Reid Schar Knows More Scandal Documents Exist - He Has SEEN them by ericlewiso and inspired by another comment by skillet and seen in Top Comments yesterdayCast...
View ArticleSwitch the Names
When I find myself upset about a news story, I use a simple tool to check my outage. I change the names in the story and ask if I would feel the same way if the story were reversed.For example, when...
View ArticleAccepting the election outcome implies a commitment to govern
I understand the big take away from debate number three is Trump’s refusal to accept the election results. Now is the time to start an offensive for congressional control. The congressional republicans...
View ArticleCollusion, Coordination, and the Putin Super PAC
In the rush to excuse Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian meeting, I have seen many GOP surrogates parsing the word collusion. Saying he went to the meeting looking for information, but since none was given, no...
View ArticleA Trump-mas Carol (apologies to Dickens)
Scene- The interior of the White House.In the empty corridors and quiet offices, of a dysfunctional government, the grandfather clock in the West Wing hallway struck midnight. A sleeping lump, sprawled...
View ArticleDebate Questions I Would Love to See (Golden Lasso Edition)
I have been thinking of the upcoming debates and imagining myself as moderator. How would I handle a person so deluded by their own reality? I came up with questions I would ask Trump. Questions that...
View ArticleMaybe Faith Has Nothing To Do With Gun Violence
I am way out of my element here. More of a creative guy than a research person.Watching the Rightwing Noise Machine flounder for their response to the (most recent) shooting has been infuriating....
View ArticleTrump's (rodentia aurantius) Nuts
My working theory of the case. Trump is currently a nutless squirrel.As President, Trump developed a habit of squirreling away information he believed would be personally useful to him. Most of this...
View ArticleTFG @ 16%
Looking at today's morning consult polling, Trump is at 58% in the Republican primary among likely Republican voters. Morning Consult PollsWhile that means the rest of the field is at 42% and his hold...
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