Tag: Whigs

• Things Both Sides DON’T Do

  Some day, when Donald Trump is behind us and the Republican Party lies beside the Whigs in the American History Cemetery, we’ll have to turn our gaze on the news media. The press utterly failed us at the moment we most needed them to fulfill their Constitutionally mandated role as the last check on power.…

  A L Katz

  July 6, 2023

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, False Patriotism, The Nature of Evil, Trump

  Both Sides Do It, Conservatives, Conventional wisdom, Gerrymandering, Horse Races, Progressives, Race Tracks, Retail Politics, Voter Suppression, Whigs

• Or It Could Go Like This…

  Spoiler Alert: in this version of events – should they happen – the Republican Party ends up in History’s Graveyard alongside the Whigs. If that ruins it for you, stop reading here. However, if the idea of the Republican Party ceasing to be puts a smile on your face? Let’s indulge in a little… well,…

  A L Katz

  April 8, 2023

  American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Russia, Treason, Trump

  Alvin Bragg, DoJ, E Jean Carroll, Fanni Willis, Fox News, Jack Smith, Kevin McCarthy, National Security Threat, Putin, Rupert Murdoch, Spoiler Alert, Stormy Daniels, Whigs

• Where Do Republicans Go From Here? Nowhere

  The GOP knew from the jump that Trump was Putin’s chump.

  A L Katz

  November 17, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Election 2022, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Racism, Republicanism, Russia, Treason, Trump

  Kevin McCarthy, Nancy Pelosi, National Security Threat, Obstruction, Paul Ryan, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Road To Nowhere, Russia if you're listening, Speaker of the House, Treason, Ukraine, Whigs

• What Do Conservatives Want To Conserve? The Past

  Maybe the only honest thing your average conservative ever does is call him or herself “conservative”. Conservatives, by nature, want to conserve (although, ironically, one of the things most conservatives don’t want to conserve IS Nature but never mind!). The only important question, really, is what do conservatives want to conserve? The answer? Conservatives want…

  A L Katz

  September 25, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Slavery

  ACA, All Men Are Created Equal, Conservatives, Democracy, Diversity', E Pluribus Unum, Health Care, Health Insurance, James Madison, Kochs, Mercers, Slavery, Whigs

• In Post-Trump America, There Will Need To Be An Opposition Party To The Democrats; It Will NOT Be The Republican Party

  Stone cold fact: the Republican Party will not survive Donald Trump. A lot of them knew that going in. Lindsey Graham, for instance: As former Republican Rick Wilson put it, “Everything Trump Touches Dies”. He could have added “Or gets destroyed.” They may not have known just how corrupt Donald Trump was, just how tied…

  A L Katz

  August 10, 2020

  Bill Barr, Election 2016, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Trump, Universal Basic Income (UBI)

  Donald Trump, Everything Trump Touches Dies, Lindsey Graham, Republican corruption, Republicanism, The Rule Of Law, Whigs