Not sure if Don R Ivey is for real, but there is probably more truth in this short email that I was sent than in half the coverage of the Charlottsville disturbance. ======== Recently I received a questionnaire and request for money from the Republican Party and strongly agree with every question, as I have since Obama was elected. Unfortunately the one question... Read more
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I Just Want It Fixed
August 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Republican(s), TrumpThe GOP Entitlement Caucus
March 30 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Republican(s), Tax Issues, The RightMy respect for the Freedom Caucus has slipped in a major way. It will take a long time for Republicans to recover from the damage they have done. ===== WSJ 3/28/2017 The full dimensions of the GOP’s self-defeat on health care will emerge over time, but one immediate consequence is giving up block grants for Medicaid. This transformation would have put the... Read more
The ObamaCare Republicans
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCare, Party Politics, Republican(s), The RightThese folks have lost almost all credibility with me. ===== WSJ 3/25/2017 House Republicans pulled their healthcare bill shortly before a vote on Friday, and for once the media dirge is right about a GOP defeat. This is a major blow to the Trump Presidency, the GOP majority in Congress, and especially to the cause of reforming and limiting government. The damage is all... Read more
The GOP’s ObamaCare Choke
March 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, Republican(s), StupidityI have no idea what Republican senators are smoking, but they are f***ing out of their mind. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, PEOPLE!! ======= WSJ 3/16/2017 Less than three months into full control of government and the chance to reshape the American system for a generation, Republicans are doing something no one thought possible: They are reinventing the circular firing squad. Even... Read more
The Spoils of the GOP’s State Conquest
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Republican(s), The RightAt the end of the article Ms. Sharp tells of the harrassment that conservatives like her receive. Not that you would read about it in the New York Times…. =========== WSJ 12/10/2016 By Kyle Peterson In the war of ideas, a think tank is like a munitions factory, churning out the matériel to push the trench line a few miles forward. As luck... Read more
The Cheap Moralizing of Never Trump
October 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Hillary Clinton, Republican(s), TrumpSurely, you won’t…? ========= Three weeks out from Election Day, the Never Trump argument has been neatly summed up by Bill Maher. Not only is Donald Trump coarse and boorish, anyone who supports the man is as revolting as he is. On his show last month, Mr. Maher put it this way to Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway: “You are enabling pure evil.”... Read more
