Author: BooMan

A Sliver of Optimism

The 2005-6 “we’ll privatize your Social Security” version of the Republican Party was considerably less radical that the one we’re dealing with now, but they were radical enough. I watched how the 2006...

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Addendum

I guess a couple of people liked that last piece. Too bad it’s true. I might have added that the rich bastards who are so ably represented by the Republicans just undermined our credit rating. Why did they do that? To...

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What Rich Republicans Don’t Understand

Over in England, the elites are debating the causes of the widespread looting and property destruction that has been spreading throughout the country like a wildfire. Roving packs of young people from the underclass are breaking...

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Progress in Wisconsin

I know everyone wants to spin the results in Wisconsin but this is ridiculous. I’m obviously not an expert on Wisconsin elections and I don’t dispute that it is disappointing to fall one seat short of taking control...

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GOP Less Popular Than the Clap

Public Policy Polling and CNN/Opinion Research both find that the Republicans hurt themselves much worse in the polls during the debt ceiling fight than they hurt the Democrats or the president. Of course, politics is not a game...

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