On this day in 1954, Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) is firmly rebuffed and eventually finished by courtly U.S. Army general counsel Joseph Welch on national television, marking the truest end of McCarthy’s self-serving anti-communist crusade. In defense of a young Harvard attorney and Republican at his own law firm, who had been chosen as McCarthy’s […]
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Davida and Goliathphant by Bill Day
What Sequestration Means For Our Children
We keep hearing all of this noble talk about sequestration and how it’s going to save our children from the burden of the debt we’ve accrued through the foolish policies of the past, but let’s look at the reality of it shall we? These people are not concerned about our children’s futures and I’m going […]
John McCain Feels The Tea Party Town Hall Love (VIDEO)
Remember those horrendous town halls that Democrats had to suffer through during the health care debate in 2009? Well, they are back. Only this time it was Republican John McCain suffering the slings and arrows of his constituents over immigration. McCain is one of the bipartisan ‘Gang of 8’ seeking to forge a compromise over […]
The GOP And The Ted Bundy Chalkboard Test
Okay, first things first. I don’t think republicans are serial killers, provocative title notwithstanding. It’s just that the other day I had something seemingly completely unrelated to politics pop in my head that drew an analogy between the infamous murderer of women, Ted Bundy, the republican party and who they look out for. So, stay […]