Republicans, who have a long history of doctoring images to smear political opponents (see, e.g., article here), are doing it in several 2022 North Carolina races. See example below and read story here. In this case, the target of the smear is state Rep. Ricky Hurtado, who narrowly defeated a GOP in[...]
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October 24th, 2022 - 7:58 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Photoshopped campaign ads appear in N.C. races
October 24th, 2022 - 7:13 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Prosecute these drop-box vigilantes
“Right-wing groups have been staking out ballot boxes across the country and taking photos of people and their license plates as they cast votes in next month’s elections, all with the explicit encouragement of Republican politicians,” Huffington Post reported on Monday, October 24, 20[...]
What should voters deem disqualifying?
To be clear, I’m not talking about constitutional or legal disqualification, but rather suggesting that voters shouldn’t vote for candidates with certain characteristics, which I’ll get to, regardless of their party or policy positions. Criminals, for one. A record of dishonesty an[...]
October 21st, 2022 - 1:24 pm § in Politics
Brotherly unlove
The mayor’s race in Port Colborne, Ontario, is pitting two estranged brothers against each other. Bill Steele (left, photo below) was a city councillor for 17 years before being elected mayor, and was running for reelection unopposed until his brother Charles, a retired mailman, decided to tak[...]
Tulsi Gabbard’s delusions
Tulsi Gabbard’s recent public comments are so friendly to Russia you wonder if she’s on Putin’s payroll (I can’t prove she is). Just two years after running for the Democratic presidential nomination, the former Hawaii congresswoman is quitting the Democratic Party. This will[...]
October 20th, 2022 - 12:06 pm § in Politics
Georgia fake ballot stunt backfires
In Georgia, where early voting has begun, state election officials are investigating a fake ballot recovered from a polling place in a heavily-Republican area near Atlanta. The elaborately-created counterfeit ballot was found “in a box where ballots drop after they are scanned into a scanner a[...]
October 19th, 2022 - 12:23 pm § in Politics
Silly political argument of the day
Today I’m going to pick on an MSNBC opinion writer who waxed less than eloquent on the Utah Senate race. That race is between incumbent GOP Sen. Mike Lee, who views on voting rights are explained here, and Evan McMullin, an independent libertarian who recently was the target of (choose one) [�[...]
Maybe he asked for it
With the 2022 elections just 3 weeks away, J. D. Vance is one of the GOP’s highest-profile candidates. The Ohio venture capitalist, whose book “Hillbilly Elegy” brought him to national prominence, is running for a Senate seat occupied by a retiring Republican. The Democrats have a [...]
Are these Democratic campaign ads unfair?
CNN calls them “misleading” in a story here. All involve House races. Esther King is a GOP candidate in Illinois. The Democratic ad says she “stands with Republicans who want a national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest,” even though her stated position is “[...]