Author: BooMan

Can’t Bush Just Stay Home?

Why does anyone think Bush should leave the country? In early January, Bush flies to Israel for his first visit as president. While in the region, he also will visit the West Bank, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates,...

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Huckebee is TOO Christian for GOP Elite

Peter Wehner, who must hold the Guinness record for being wrong about stuff, is getting all concern troll on Mike Huckabee because the Huckster likes the baby Jesus too much. First of all, it’s Christmastime and you...

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Wallace Redux

On this Christmas Eve eve, I thought y’all might to take a look at George Wallace and Curtis LeMay’s American Independent Platform of 1968. It’s interesting to compare it to the rhetoric of the modern GOP and...

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Romney’s Tasteless Campaign

While the Romney campaign’s cynicism is objectionable, I still think this misses the point. Two women contacted the Mitt Romney campaign this week, offering their memories of seeing Romney’s father march with Martin...

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Corporate Press Dictating Outcomes

Unrelenting good press for Barack Obama and John McCain has a predictable result: they wind up ahead in the polls. Anyone who thinks the bigfoot press doesn’t have the biggest say in who our presidents are, is loopy on...

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