There's so much hostility in our society and media...doesn't it just piss you off?!
New Rule: If we stop treating politicians like the celebrities they're not, maybe then they'll act like responsible people we trust to represent us, instead of the celebrities they're not. May ended well for the Democratic party. For the first...
I never wanted to be a pundit.
~Robert MacNeil
Let's get this out of the way early. Almost all of us dislike punditry for various reasons. There may be a voice or two out there that we all hold in some...
My father, a lifelong Democrat and a fervent union supporter, always maintained that even the Left had its limits. "Go far enough to the Left in your opinions," he'd always say, "and before long, you'll find you're someplace on the...
Delivered January, 20 1961 in Washington D.C.
Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens: We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom -- symbolizing...
It's highly unlikely that Miss Trust Fund Brat was even remotely interested in what the President had to say about his budget plan in relation to the obscenity Paul Ryan's trying to hawk, or the state of the declining middle class She obviously isn't thinking of the masses of unemployed or underemployed, of people who've flattened their 401K's simply to get by
This email is not about being a Republican or being a Democrat. It is about having some integrity and specifically, your lack thereof. As one of your constituents in Arizona's 7th Legislative District I wanted to let you know that I am outraged as a taxpayer at the time, money and effort spent on the ridiculous AZ "Birther" bill sponsored by State Rep. Carl Seel.
Especially in the old days of movie making, when an actress was as tall or taller than her leading man, a trench might be dug for her to stand or walk in so that on camera, she could look...
I was raised by a father who couldn't abide the Republican Party. In fact, I don't ever recall a time in his life when he didn't refer to the GOP collectively as "those god-damned Republicans." When Mills Godwin, a...
So the President's running for re-election. That should come as no surprise to anyone. Most Presidents aspire to a second term. Only natural, and we, as Democrats, should be pleased. Whatever you say, he's accomplished a lot - more...
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