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Posts Tagged ‘Herman Cain

RISE OF PUNK POLITICS

August 5, 2023

          So here we are, hanging by a thread whilst hopes are endangered by a cultish frame of mind. How did we get here?           Go back to 2009 and the notorious Town Hall meetings where folks inexplicably shouted at their elected reps and old goats wrestled the way old goats do—shoving and falling on […]

I See Crazy People

December 31, 2011

    I saw crazy people throughout the GOP candidate debates.     Each time, all present had a case of the crazies except for some debate moderators, like Wolf Blitzer, who was universally lauded for his handling of time, issues and the gaggle or show-offs who mugged for attention. Fox News didn’t come close to that […]

America the Moderate Again, At Last

November 16, 2011

    In recent weeks I have cautiously observed a  morphing towards change-for-the-better that trumps my prior heightened sense of alarm at the political direction of this country. And of late I have heard this echoed by other observers of the national scene. Let me explain.     Not to say that there won’t be disappointments and […]

ABOARD THE GOP BANDWAGON

June 21, 2011

    Did you see the Great Candidates’ Debate? Aw, well, it’s not like you missed anything.     Republicans in the guise of “debating” is no longer (if it ever was) an opportunity to discern issues. No, it’s a red-meat party: throw it out raw to the crowd, and hear them roar. It’s a great […]