Author: BooMan

Casual Suggestion

I think we should make a deal with the Republicans. We won’t nominate anyone from Massachusetts if they won’t nominate anyone from Texas. Nothing against the good people of the Bay State, but they can just take one...

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A Scarred Past

I can’t believe that we’re really debating the Civil Right Act of 1964, but that’s what we’re forced to do now that Kentucky Republicans nominated a Paulist as their U.S. Senate candidate. Now, Princeton...

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There’s One Extreme, Not Two

David Brooks is insufferable. He continues to moan about the inadequacies of the ‘center’ in this country. He so desperately wants to support someone or something, but there is no representation for his fantasyland...

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Wall Street Reforms Pass the Senate

It’s interesting that Specter showed up to vote for cloture on the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 but then blew off the manager’s amendment and the vote on final passage. I mean, this was an...

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The Paulists’ Racism is Transparent

Well, I guess someone had to defend Rand Paul against the charge that he’s a racist. But, as DougJ points out, a Paul campaign spokesman had to resign after this: In December, Chris Hightower, the spokesman for Paul’s...

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