Many years ago I was an enlisted man in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, often underway in the nearby North Atlantic, conducting fisheries patrols. When a change of course was required in rough seas the bridge would pipe the following … [Read more...]
The IRS Scandal and the False Hope of Tea Party Revival
Amid all of the sound and fury bubbling up from the IRS examination of the various conservative organizations there’s hope among the Tea Party faithful that this controversy will somehow breathe new life into their movement. But will it be … [Read more...]
A Solidly Republican House Crashes Down on Grover Norquist
At this point all I can do is laugh when I think about how some of my friends on the far right were naive as to think that sensible Republicans in Congress had failed to heed the message of the 2012 election and the current political … [Read more...]
Tea Party Turncoats
What happened to the steadfastness of Tea Party backed Republican Senators? We are all too familiar with how Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) ditched that state's Tea Party shortly after getting elected in 2010 and since then has been pretty … [Read more...]
The Unintended Consequences of Citizens United?
Quoting Arianna Huffington:"Though the country is sorely in need of solutions, and the public hungry for real debate, that's not what was served up in Iowa [or in New Hampshire] -- either by the candidates or the vast pack of media covering … [Read more...]
For the Radical Right, a Defeat in New Hampshire
Tonight's outcome in New Hampshire represents a significant setback for the fortunes of the Tea Party movement along with the rest of the radical right as Republican moderates have captured the bulk of the votes cast in the contest. When … [Read more...]
Is There Any Bottom To the Tea Party Decline?
In the run up to the 2010 elections and in the aftermath, I theorized that the net effect of the Tea Party on the Republican Party and American politics in general, would be negative. Like many others, I detailed the turn in the tide in the … [Read more...]
More Tea Party Hypocrisy
Now correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the Tea Party crowd supposed to come to Washington and do away with things like business as usual, excessive and wasteful government spending ad infinitum? I guess if you can grab some loot from those … [Read more...]
Time to Put a Fork in the Bachmann Campaign?
Has Michele Bachmann become a Tea Party darling that forgot to heed the dimming of the stage lights? Well apparently that may in fact be the case. As it turns out: “Five of Michele Bachmann’s New Hampshire campaign team released a statement … [Read more...]
Grass Roots vs. The Tea Party
Some conservatives are desperately trying to besmirch the ever growing "Occupy Wall Street Movement" as something other than a grass roots movement and some have gone so far as to say that America's newest grass roots movement is trying to … [Read more...]
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