Few things in American democratic traditions are more sacrosanct than the idea that the military must be an apolitical institution. But Blake Masters, the boyish 36-year-old GOP nominee for the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain and currently held by Mark Kelly, a retired Navy officer and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2022 Elections’
The voting machine wars
Voting machines have been breached by Trump loyalists in at least three states. In all these cases, they gained physical access to the machines and/or obtained confidential software and data. The consequences: “Sensitive voting system passwords posted online. Copies of confidential voting soft[...]
September 12th, 2022 - 1:50 am § in Politics
GOP candidates are changing their tune on abortion, but voters shouldn’t trust them
There’s nothing particularly new about candidates of both parties adopting strident rhetoric to win over highly partisan primary voters, than softening their tone — and positions — in the general election campaign. It’s happening again in the 2022 midterm elections. The Guard[...]
Is Trump a housefly?
Biden paid a visit to Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on September 1, 2022, but not as a tourist; using the birthplace of America’s freedom as a prop, he ripped into Trump’s MAGA movement as a threat to democracy (find my commentary here). David Frum, a political commentator and f[...]
September 4th, 2022 - 6:41 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump’s Pennsylvania rally featured a plea for jailed Nazi rioter
It’s election season, and Trump hit the campaign trail last week, with a rally in Pennsylvania (where his candidates for governor and U.S. Senate are getting their butts kicked in the latest polls). Cynthia Hughes, a featured speaker at the rally, made an impassioned plea on behalf of her neph[...]
Is Trump hurting GOP candidates?
At first glance, it doesn’t appear that way, as Trump-endorsed candidates mostly did well in GOP primaries. But those were only Republican base voters, who are still loyal to Trump. A deeper dive into polling of the general electorate suggests Trump is hurting the GOP’s November election[...]
I’m used to racist/sexist GOP candidates, but a lobotomized one?
Disclaimer: Just because I’m used to them, doesn’t mean I vote for them. Blake Masters, 36, is the 2022 Arizona GOP nominee for U.S. senator. He wasn’t born stupid, as he has B.A. and J.D. degrees from Stanford, so his cerebral cortex must have been pithed at some point, perhaps as[...]
Biden should not apologize for “semi-fascism” remark
Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) demanded an apology from President Biden after he “criticized a wing of the Republican Party for embracing authoritarianism,” Huffington Post reported on Monday, August 29, 2022 (see story here). Sununu (bio here), who comes from a prominent political family, isn[...]
August 28th, 2022 - 6:54 pm § in Politics
If this GOPer loses, he’ll blame the Democrats
When Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI, photo at left) wants to be interviewed, he wisely chooses a hack like Maria Bartiromo for the job, because she’ll ask him the questions he wants to be asked and agree with what he says. That beats a journalist interview by a country mile. Johnson needs all the help[...]
I think it’s great that swine can run for Congress
What sets America apart is freedom. In our country, even swine can run for Congress, and that’s a great thing — as long as they’re not elected. And if they are, that need not be disastrous. For example, the world didn’t end when Marjorie Taylor Greene got elected to Congress,[...]