Tag: Matt Gaetz
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Damned But Not Doomed
There are times when America really does seem doomed. That is, our democratic republic seems doomed to finish its run atop history’s ash heap. A great idea kneecapped by racism, greed and just plain stupidity. The GOP‘s relentless attempts – any which way they can – to stop all oversight, investigation and prosecution of their…
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Q: In The Coming Election, What Is The “Republican Alternative”? A: There Isn’t One
Maybe if our news media didn’t insist on seeing EVERYTHING through a binary lens, we wouldn’t be in the deep trench we’re in where the alternatives are so stark. Per our news media, the world’s either “this way” or “that way”. The middle ground – a much desired thing called “bi-partisanship” – remains forever out…
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The Republican Party Is Russia’s Fifth Column Inside America
A “fifth column” is any group of people who betray a larger group from within, usually at the behest of a foreign enemy. Example: the Republican Party are betraying America because Russia – Vlad Putin – has given them zero choice. That’s how kompromat works. Ask Lindsey Graham. His whole attitude toward Donald Trump changed…
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In “Both Sides Do It” World, A Politician, A Criminal And A Public Servant Are All The Same Thing
American journalism has a lot to answer for. Given multiple opportunities to be the new Woodward-Bernstein, most American journalists chose to be Judith Miller instead. Judith Miller was the vaunted New York Times Reporter with the remarkable inside access to the George W. Bush White House and to the office of Vice President Dick Cheney…
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Conservatism And Corruption Have Always Been Fellow Travelers
No one ever seems to describe paradise as “just how things are, kid, sorry.” Perfection’s a high, high bar. We can accept the failure that occurs between aspiration and attempt, They gave it their best shot! It’s the failure that happens because of corruption that sticks in our craw. While the rest of us play…
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Are Republicans Hard Wired To Be Mediocre?
There’s a moment at the end of the movie “Amadeus” where the character Salieri — the court composer to the Hapsburg Empire — looks to the priest weeping in front of him. The priest had come to hear Salieri’s confession but got way more than that. Salieri has just confessed to, more or less, murdering…