AlerNet reports that, at a town hall meeting at St. Anselm College today [Nov. 4 2015], Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio was asked to
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Screw the poor: Not expanding Medicaid cost red states $2 billion in 2015
Squandering $2 billion dollars in essentially free money is not what anyone would call “fiscal conservatism.” But that’s exactly what the phony fiscal conservatives
Americans are too charitable
You can tell a lot about a society by what its citizens compliment themselves about. You might also learn a great deal about a
Trump to nation: Political system is rigged against you
In a rare, and perhaps historical, moment of truth telling in presidential politics, Donald Trump told 24 million Americans that wealthy people like
Trump: Republican strategy taken to its logical extreme
I’ve heard people saying that Donald Trump is destroying the Republican Party. I beg to differ. Trump is just the logical extension of the
You can be mean and still sound rational
A recent article published here on Occasional Planet stated that the Republican debates last Thursday night were not as much of a clown car
Republicans’ letter to Iran: Indefensible
Are there no Republican leaders with a sense of decency anymore? Any of them who respect the office of the President, even if they
Republicans haven’t beheaded anyone yet…but
I recently watched a segment on Rachel Maddow’s show about how the US State Department is seriously trying to combat the propaganda ISIS puts
Giuliani: When you say something dumb, be sure to have Republican friends
I don’t know why Rudy Giuliani said what he did about President Obama, but it was just plain dumb. Speaking at a fund-raiser for
Why Republicans have it tougher than the rest of us
The Humor Games are almost always won by the left-wing comics. Whether it’s Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Larry Wilmore, or whoever, the last laugh