Here's a quote from a Howie Carr column right after Marty Walsh was elected. ‘While having lunch with my favorite federal prosecutor, he said, “Mayor Marty Walsh, I like the ring of that name in an indictment.” To undertand the mindset of … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2016
PolitiFact has ruled the claim, “I have 2 and a half million more votes than he (Sanders) does.” as “Mostly True”.
In an earlier posting, JohnTMay made the claim that HRC's claim to have 2.5 million more votes than Senator Sanders was in fact nothing but: This is just another deliberate deception by a desperate campaign made possible by a corporate … [Read more...]
Party Unity Should Start Now
Aside from the fact that it ain't over until it's over, Democrats are sitting in a pretty good position for the general election. The Republican brand is at an all-time low. The presumptive Republican nominee is widely reviled by women and … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: Cruz Hopes to Tap Into Immense Popularity of Carly Fiorina
Borowitz owns Cruz' feeble imitation of McCain's choice of Palin, once again proving Karl Marx' dictum that history repeats itself, first as tragedy and then as farce. Hat tip to esteemed BMGer jasiu: Cruz Hopes to Tap Into Immense … [Read more...]
Alinsky’s Tactical: Rules for Radicals
I read Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals (published 1971) in the 1990s and wanted to remind myself of what my thought was then of what Alinsky wrote long before his name became a conservative slur. Alinsky was a successful organizer … [Read more...]
MA pols suck at controlling health care costs
Why do we have high prescription drug costs? Because over and over again, our political system -- including and especially Democrats -- decides that it's going to enable it. Example 1: Richard Neal. The Obama administration tries to … [Read more...]
Trump MA campaign stumbling into caucus showdown
As I wrote about earlier this month, there is big MA GOP showdown this weekend to elect loyal Trump delegates to the RNC Convention between the Real Donald Trump camp and the Cruz camp, who are running as Trump delegates and will then … [Read more...]
Patrick Estate Sale
I wasn't going to post, but I felt like I had to after reading the estate sale write up. Obviously, it doesn't seem that the Patrick's had anything do to with the write up, but this part was my favorite. Also to be included will be a … [Read more...]
I Think the Gloves Might Be Off
Just a theory. Also, one more theory: I wonder if Cruz's new strategy is "Be on the news every day, no matter what." So the day after getting shellacked like a new Les Paul in five states, he announces his "running mate," and she … [Read more...]
Veepstakes Starts Early
Ted Cruz announced today in Indiana that Carly Fiorina will be his running mate. (I swear, The Onion is not my source for this!) Talking heads seem baffled by this strategy. Nobody seems sure if and how this helps him with delegates. … [Read more...]
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