Showing posts with label electoral dysfunction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electoral dysfunction. Show all posts
Friday, May 31, 2019

Strategery

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I know it's good sport among the smart-set types to have a laugh at the idea that a seasoned, savvy politician like Nancy Pelosi needn...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Last Chance for Democracy?

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With about seventy-five days and counting until midterms, it's important that voters -- well, let's be honest, Democratic voters -...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

Don't Do Something, Just Stand There!

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The good folks at LGM have been all over what would be a Big Story, if we had a remotely competent corporate media. But since they're t...
Monday, January 08, 2018

The Government We Deserve

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Because this is the country that made useless doorstops like the Kardashian sisters wealthy and famous, it is a virtual certainty that ther...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

And The Horse He Rode In On

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Doug Jones outspent Roah Moah 10:1, and got serious help drawing just enough black voters to get him across the finish line, but goddamn if...
Monday, December 11, 2017

Yet Another Cletus Safari, Alabama Dingbats Edition

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These people just never fucking learn:  the day before a hugely contentious Senate election, perhaps simply to prove that it's not just...
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Saturday, December 09, 2017

Tweet Hole Alabama

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The weather forecast for Tuesday's Senate election looks favorable for Roy Moore -- it's supposed to dip into the teens. -- joke on...
Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Advanced Calvinball

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The rules of Calvinball are as simple as they are impossible to codify:  no two games of Calvinball are alike; the rules change from game ...
Tuesday, November 07, 2017

Fuck You, Emperor Snowflake

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Looks like in spite of their complete inability to cobble together a coherent proactive message, or unify around any sort of figure to move...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Days of Whine and Poses, Slight Return

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I don't begrudge Hillary Clinton the right to tell her side of the story and make a juicy buck off it, but it becomes tiring that every...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Thirteenth Step

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[ Post title because I'm currently listening to the Perfect Circle album of that title, but it's also relevant to the topic at han...
Monday, August 07, 2017

Rock the Vote

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Looks like Jester's got the answer: It might get in the way of Supergeeeenyus Snowflake Von Clownstick's tireless efforts to w...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Seven Days in May, Part 2: Symptom of the Universe

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"And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything." -- some asshole Picking up where we left off the other d...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

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There are at least two certainties when it comes to what we like to think of as "the democratic process" or (snicker) "free a...
Sunday, December 18, 2016

Over the Edge

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Not sure what the hell's going on over at Robb's jernt these days , but the commentary's off-base, and half of the commenters se...
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Saturday, December 17, 2016

Decent Exposure

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The Rude Pundit has this one right: it's all well and good that Obama held a press conference yesterday to take a few lame rhetorica...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

N8r B8rs -- 2016 Edition

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Lolwut. Jesus H. Christ, people, as ludicrous a person and politician as Jill Stein is, she didn't cost you your sainted fucking elect...
Saturday, November 12, 2016

Heartbreak and Resistance

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It's been a long 72 hours or so for most of us. Hopefully the bruise is starting to go down a bit. It will get better. The media will no...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Bedwetters' Brigade

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A natural result of having a far-too-long electoral campaign season is the spate of "oh shit" sentiments among the faithful, the ...
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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Foundation and Empire

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