What I’ve Been Thinking About Since Trump Won
Some post-election thoughts now that Donald Trump is President Elect of the United States. Are all his supporters racists and sexists? Who is to blame?
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What Would it Take for Voters to Dump Trump?
What would it take for conservatives to dump Donald Trump? This is not a rhetorical question.
Continue reading →You Won’t Believe Who Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital is Supporting for President
Bain Capital, the private equity firm that Mitt Romney founded, is throwing a big election fundraiser in February. You will not believe who it is for.
Continue reading →Will 2016 Mark the Death of Two-Party Politics?
Yay! After much searching, I finally stumbled on a reason for rejoicing in the 2016 election—it might mark the death of two-party politics. Most of us thought we would never see this day. We thought upending the two-party system would take a charismatic third-party candidate with cross-over appeal to sweep the middle voters off their […]
Continue reading →Ben Carson and Donald Trump: The Accidental Bully and the Oscar Wilde Gentleman
The GOP has a reputation for being filled with a bunch of great big old meanies. In the past few days, Donald Trump and Ben Carson have been both accidentally and intentionally feeding that reputation. Let’s begin with poor Ben Carson who, in an apparent attempt to create rapport with a group of fifth-graders, encouraged them […]
Continue reading →The Cost of Conservative Incrementalism: The Foredoomed Bill that Repeals ObamaCare and Defunds Planned Parenthood
The House just passed a bill that would repeal ObamaCare and defund Planned Parenthood. Don’t rejoice just yet because it means almost nothing. Yes, there is basically no way it will actually accomplish anything at all: Congress sent an ObamaCare repeal bill to the president’s desk for the first time on Wednesday, marking an election-year […]
Continue reading →What One Lesbian’s Unanswered Question to Ben Carson Can Teach Us
A woman waded through the crowds at a Town Hall meeting in New York to ask Ben Carson just one question. She had thought long and hard on this question to maximize its impact. She was after all going to be talking to the man who just might be the next president of the United […]
Continue reading →McDonald’s, the Grand Trump Denial, and Our Impending National Humiliation
McDonald’s is the butt of a lot of jokes. Especially ones that involve tacky, horrible, ugly things that people still buy anyway. Comedian Jim Gaffigan has a whole routine on his embarrassing love for McDonald’s: I reference McDonald’s a lot ’cause I go to McDonalds. I love the silence that follows that statement—like I just […]
Continue reading →Would You Support the Bombing of Agrabah?
Public Policy Polling asked primary voters all over the country an important foreign policy question leading up to the 2016 elections: Do you support or oppose the bombing of Agrabah? Apparently 30% of Republicans said they would support the bombing of Agrabah, while 19% of Democrats said they were also in favor. Most respondents were […]
Continue reading →Trump at 41% … Who are the Real Low-Information Voters?
Donald Trump has 41% of Republican voters on his side. My mind is reeling from the possibility that Donald Trump has a real chance of being the Republican candidate for president of the United States. That means that Donald Trump just might be the next person to occupy the Oval Office. Yes. This guy: via […]
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