Author: BooMan

Surrogate Fail

Probably the most fun thing about American politics is that John McCain is stuck saying that Sarah Palin was the best, most qualified person in the country to be vice-president. He has no choice but to keep saying this whenever...

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Romney Needs to Stop Talking

The National Review got to ask Mitt Romney a few questions. Here are two of them, and Romney’s answers: For much of this week, you’ve been asked about your tax returns. What’s the downside to releasing your pre-2010...

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Mr. Brooks: Champion of Capitalism

David Brooks’ latest piece is quite offensive. It’s also grossly inaccurate. Let’s start with his opening paragraph: Let’s say you are president in a time of a sustained economic slowdown. You initiated a...

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Serious Question

Michele Bachmann aspires to be her own generation’s Joe McCarthy. But we don’t need to do six degrees of separation to prove that she’s insane. I wonder when her constituents will notice.

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Casual Observation

When I think Las Vegas, I think The Mob. Sheldon Adelson is just the latest in a long line of crooks who have bought off politicians to avoid prosecution. Never underestimate these folks. However, what has changed is that when...

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