It sure seems so, but that doesn’t get them disabled parking permits. I don’t want to pick on Republicans. I’d much rather have two healthy political parties and rational politics. They do this to themselves. The words “character” and “GOP” don’t go to[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2024 Elections’
June 7th, 2024 - 6:43 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Sneaky Dave Reichert
Dave Reichert is running for Washington governor as a Republican. He hasn’t answered questions about whether he’ll vote for Trump, but privately told a Republican group he will — and doesn’t want swing voters to know. That’s because Trump is unpopular here, and Reichert thinks that would [...]
June 4th, 2024 - 7:13 pm § in Politics, Republicans
This isn’t your grandmother’s Republican Party
Political parties change over time. For example, in the 1950s, southern segregationists were Democrats and people associated the word “Republican” with small businessmen, Chambers of Commerce, and respectability. Today, the Republican Party nominates candidates like Michele Morrow, who&#[...]
June 1st, 2024 - 2:32 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP campaign ad, circa 2024
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Semi Bird takes flight on Trump conviction
Misipati Semi Bird (photo, left) wants to be Washington’s next governor. But the Benton County GOP chair and former school board member (profiled here) won’t be, despite an attention-grabbing name that makes you think of a bird with one wing. First he’d have to defeat popular forme[...]
Nikki Haley has no soul
Nikki Haley spent Memorial Day in Israel, writing graffiti on artillery shells, not honoring America’s fallen. She wrote, “Finish them! America ♥ Israel! Always, Nikki Haley.” These shells aren’t destined for Normandy beaches or Iwo Jima pillboxes. In Gaza, Hamas mingles w[...]
May 19th, 2024 - 11:21 pm § in Hypocrisy, Republicans
Sen. Ron Johnson is against mayhem
Ron Johnson (R-WI) is the Wisconsin senator who downplayed the Capitol insurrection and described the rioters as “families with small children … elderly … overweight … tired or frail … pro-police” (see story here). But he’s worried about “mayhem”[...]
If Trump wins in 2024, could he get a third term?
Trump has spoken of a third term before, usually in a joking tone, and did again at the NRA convention on Saturday, May 18, 2024 (see story here). But is he joking? Trump has no sense of humor, only uses humor to mock people he doesn’t like, and it provides him with a dodge: He […][...]
May 18th, 2024 - 1:09 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP Senate hopeful says old folks shouldn’t vote
If you live in Wisconsin, GOPer Eric Hovde wants to be your U.S. senator. A banking and real estate magnate, Hovde (photo, left) is continuing the mostly (not exclusively) Republican tradition of wealthy people buying their way into politics. A very rich guy who pulled himself up by his bootlaces by[...]
May 17th, 2024 - 12:26 am § in Politics, Republicans
Snakebit politics
Most people outside of West Virginia had never heard of Doug Skaff before he got bit by snakes. After losing a GOP primary, he was taking down his campaign signs when he stepped on two copperheads, a mom and baby. Now he’s hurting like heck in a hospital bed. (See story here.) Skaff has been [&hel[...]