Category: The Republican Minority
I Will Not Eat Your Bipartisan Spam. I Do Not Like It, Republican-I-Am.
I get in trouble sometimes with my fellow right-wingers for insisting that “bipartisan” “compromise” on a budget deal is a carnival game rigged to bring in the rubes so that those who run the game — we call them “members of Congress” — can shake us so hard that money falls out of our grandchildren. [...]
Medicare is AOK Says the “Republican” Senate Candidate from Florida
There is a Soooooper Genius Republican in Florida running for US Senate name Mike Haridopolos. I mention him to you because he is not a very nice man. Florida’s Mike Haridopolos, the current state senate president running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, doubled down today on his opposition to Medicare reforms in [...]
The Delivery Presents – The Other Half of the 2012 Plan
Episode 98 is unique thus far in The Delivery history. It’s the first time I’ve broken the “no politics” rule for the second half of the show. I know…I know. Shocked gasps all around! I wanted to dig into the most recent GOP candidates’ debate in a way that most other pundits haven’t. I don’t [...]
The GOP House Intel Chair’s Stunning Display of Insult and Ignorance
I’ve never heard of Rep. Mike Rogers, Republican Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, but I hope the next time I see his name in print it’s because he resigned his position. Obviously, he is not qualified to sit on any committee with the word “intelligence” anywhere in its title or mission. Republican House Intelligence [...]
My Partial Mea Culpa on the Budget Deal
Those of you who follow me on Twitter know that I’ve defended John Boehner’s budget deal. It looks, today, like Boehner played a lot of silly games to get cuts that, while still cuts, won’t perform as advertised. As such, I’m going to have to eat a little bit of crow. I’m not the only [...]
Another Reason to Like the Boehner Budget Deal: DC Kids Win
My what a wonderful little surprise I found this morning! On Friday night, before the details of the final deal became clear, [D.C. Representative Eleanor Holmes] Norton said, “We are in great danger of becoming bargained as we feared, despite my conversation with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a few days ago, and the many [...]
Conservatives and the Pretty Good, Better than Expected, Not Too Shabby At All Budget Deal
I am now going to write something I never thought I’d write: I’m proud of John Boehner for beating Barack Obama and the Democrats. I know. Wait a moment to let the shock settle in and read this. Barely more than an hour before a midnight deadline, officials announced a deal to avert a government [...]
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