Sponge Bob Tea Party Crank of the Day. In the amazing Sunday piece in the Times we meet Tea Party hawks who believe in cutting taxes and spending across the board, but can’t IMAGINE losing these benefits themselves. We see how 1 of 4 dollars in middle class income now comes from government aid of … Read more
The Debt Ceiling Crisis of the last week was a political nuke that spread its fallout everywhere. The US government was held hostage by radical crazies on the Right, seizing on a procedural device to affect the government’s self-destruction. A unique event in American history and one Obama was spiritually and tactically unprepared for. It … Read more
My conversion to the Tea Party is now complete with the primary win tonight of Tea Hearth-Throb Christine O’Donnell. The biggest news about her and her pals is that while Hard Righties like her used to hide behind posturing euphemisms of various kinds, now the vogue is to let everything hang out. Not only are … Read more
Seen today on W. 93rd St: a mother in a greengrocer’s buying a yellow apple. Her baby was struggling with the concept. “Apples are RED!” he kept insisting. The patient mom took time and explained this to him. “All apples are not the same. Here is a yellow one!” Clearly out of his comfort zone … Read more
The Tea Party Right found themselves seized up in the last two days. Calling obscene names at Democratic legislators; last night shouting ugly words at Stupak on the floor of the House Chamber. They will now have to deal with clearly being seen as the party of “no”. Even more clearly they have exposed themselves … Read more
