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Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Sep 2, 2016

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Hillary says she can't remember whether she might have lied,  or, possibly,  told the truth to federal cops about what she did or did or...
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Jul 25, 2016

Not that I'm a Republican or Anything, But

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I am getting the damnedest kick out of the Democrats' sun dance in Philadelphia. The usual suspects among the media Dog Soldiers of t...
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Apr 12, 2016

Flash

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Courtney Love has just endorsed Hillary Clinton. One finds oneself unsurprised, doesn't one?
Sep 25, 2015

Boehner and the Asses

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I have no more respect for John Boehner than for any other institutional  politician. Nevertheless, he was one of the better tacticians of t...
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Aug 9, 2015

Trump

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It's not easy to write seriously about this guy, especially if you think he is performing a useful role in American political discourse....
May 24, 2015

Second Edition: The Other Iowa Hustle (or) The Republicans are Coming! The Republicans are Coming!

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An update of the  Original report .  Six  new candidates, or probable/possible candidates, have been added. They're marked with an aster...
Nov 6, 2014

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The pollsters look silly now. Obama looks sillier than ever.  Pelosi looks silliest of all in vowing to hold onto her Boss-Democrat job beca...
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Nov 4, 2014

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Off to exercise my franchise this morning. The plan is to vote for all libertarians on the ballot and ignore all races without one. With a...
Oct 30, 2014

Six-Gun Colorado, Damn Good Jazz, Hog Balls, and Other Political Notes

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-- Democrats are in considerable trouble in Colorado, and reporters are stumbling over themselves with explanations. You can, however, wear ...
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Sep 29, 2014

The Other Iowa Hustle (or) The Republicans are Coming! The Republicans are Coming!

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Every four years we in Heartland Center get pestered to death by He or She Who Would Be The Ruler, but at least it is a bipartisan contagion...

Hustling Iowa -- The Democrats

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So far, it is simple. No one is officially running for the Iowa caucuses nod to be a White House candidate. Then again, it is complicated, b...
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Aug 28, 2014

The Revolver Door

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Just in case you still think voting matters: Former Sen. Trent Lott (R- Miss.), who now controls the entire public policy practice at...
Aug 8, 2014

Circle the wagons

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The Indians are coming! Senator Pocahontas has scouts in Iowa, you know, the place where we decide who you can vote for. They're ...
Jul 23, 2014

Sky blue; grass a shining green; birds melodic; mood sad

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The morning is too beautiful to waste with worry, but it's too late for me, and I invite you to share my misery. During coffee cup #2 ...
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Apr 24, 2014

The Hog Ball Lady

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Joni Ernst is drawing more attention lately, but I'm told her rallies are a little funny-looking. All the guys sit with their legs cross...
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Feb 17, 2014

Vote Vet

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I always miss Travis McGee but especially so when I want to sort out some newish thing. Of course, to miss Trav is also to miss Meyer, the...
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Feb 5, 2014

...And, By The Way and FWIW, The NRA Gives Him an "F"

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I woke up a few minutes ago with that acute depression that overcomes a journalist when he suddenly realizes he missed the lede. Glance back...
Feb 4, 2014

Less is a helluva a lot; zero is sublime

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I propose a massive private fund-raising drive to build a marble monument to Bob Andrews. A big one, right smack in the middle of the Natio...
Jan 26, 2014

Get Ready for HIllary

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Or, "Quick, Henry, the Flit!" --- Political operatives have a running Q and A gag: "How far is it to Iowa?"  The an...
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Jan 12, 2014

Love your bean counters

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They run around in nice suits and polished shoes, but it is rewarding to think of them as  noble Transylvanian peasants. They tolerate a cer...
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