Author: BooMan

They Turned the GOP Into the Tea Party

I’ll probably do a longer piece on GOP turnout tomorrow, but I just want to start a discussion on this: Only 5 percent of eligible voters younger than 30 cast ballots on Super Tuesday, roughly splitting evenly among...

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Wanker of the Day: Michael Kinsley

I really don’t care for Michael Kinsley’s defense of Rush Limbaugh. Never mind that Kinsley has Parkinson’s disease (something that killed my grandmother and may be stalking me). You might remember how Rush...

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Stupid Remark of the Day

What do you have to do to lose your seat in Congress? Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is warning that the Obama administration’s contraception insurance mandate could put America on a slippery slope — to a totalitarian one-child...

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Tell the Truth, Angus King

I’m sure that Tom Friedman will approve of Independent former Governor Angus King’s entry into the battle to replace Olympia Snowe in the Senate, but I’m tired of listening to bullcrap. Remember when Charlie...

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Still Bad at His Job

The Speaker of the House is still really bad at his job. “The good news is we have a winning message. The bad news is that in order for that message to mean anything, we have to back it up with action.” -John Boehner, in a...

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