Author: BooMan

Your Daily Guffaw

Jonah Goldberg channels Rodney King: The ugliness of the GOP schism will probably have a long half life, as various parties feel the need to point fingers and shout “I didn’t do it!” But if at all possible, I think conservatives...

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Left-Wing Coup Better Than Right-Wing Coup

My influence knows no bounds. Of course, I did convey this advice to some people in the White House. I have no idea where that went. About two weeks ago, as tea partiers in the GOP-controlled House were forcing a government...

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Why We Had to Cleave the GOP

President Obama sat down with Univision reporter Claudia Botero and told her that he would begin pushing anew for a comprehensive immigration reform bill as soon as the government shutdown/debt ceiling crisis is resolved. Now,...

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Default Was Never An Option

A few days ago, Rolling Stone published a Tim Dickinson article on the inner doings of “the Republican suicide machine.” It’s a big piece, and on page four there is a description of John Boehner, Eric Cantor,...

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Stay Calm and Relaxed

Me, on September 13th: It looks increasingly like the House Republicans are on a suicide mission. It’s like they are hell-bent on making an amphibious landing on some beachhead against entrenched machine gun nests and...

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