My attention as drawn to this news item about Rupert Murdoch attacking New Jersey governor Chris Christie for his embrace of president Obama’s assistance after Hurricane Sandy. [Read more…]
Mano Singham
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You may recall that I had some posts in the past about The Thinking Housewife, that curious website of deep nostalgia for Christian patriarchy, when a woman stayed at home looking after her children and the needs of her husband, and colored people knew their place, which was the kitchen and the garden. [Read more…]
One of the most satisfying features of Tuesday’s election was the thorough discrediting of Republican strategist Karl Rove. Rove was this supposed political genius, the one-time boy wonder who was credited with engineering George W. Bush’s two successful runs for the presidency and was known as ‘Bush’s brain’, as if that were a compliment. Rove’s mystique was such that mainstream media figures would fawn over him. [Read more…]
Fox News had a terrible night on Tuesday, as the realization slowly sank in that the hermetically sealed world in which they lived, where everyone hated Barack Obama and were just waiting for the chance to throw him and his Muslim-socialist ways out the door, had been breached, and the harsh winds of reality entered and chilled them to the bone. Needless to say, The Daily Show was not going to let them forget it. [Read more…]
I am an old and cynical person, especially when it comes to politicians showing emotion. I always suspect that such displays are rehearsed and aimed to achieving some goal. But I think this clip of Barack Obama getting emotional when thanking his campaign workers the day after the election is genuine. [Read more…]
As some of you may recall, I endorsed Elizabeth Warren for the US senate as soon as she announced and immediately sent her some money. Although I continued to support her, I was not confident of her chances. Although Massachusetts is a very Democratic state and that seat was the one held by Teddy Kennedy, the incumbent Republican Scott Brown had managed to pull off an upset victory in the 2010 election to fill Kennedy’s remaining term. [Read more…]
Last week, I posed the question of what might happen when people start believing their own lies. This was prompted by the fact that the Republican party and the Romney campaign and their supporters seemed to be willing to reject any information that went against what they wanted to believe. This election at least partially supplied an answer to my question and that is that you end up looking like a fool because at some point reality slaps you upside the head. [Read more…]