Oh, well. Another season, another novel interpretation of the Constitution to advance the cause of so-called same-sex marriage.
10:07 PM 10/23/2011
Here I am defending presidential candidate Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan again, this time from charges that it would raise taxes on some lower- and middle-income taxpayers.
11:19 AM 10/14/2011
Rep. Michele Bachmann delivered a clever line during Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate: She slammed Herman Cain’s “9-9-9” tax plan by suggesting that the numbers be turned upside down “because the devil is in the details.”
12:53 PM 08/02/2010
To the tune of “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?”
9:47 AM 07/20/2010
“Good morning and welcome to the GOP Presidential Airlines check-in desk. Ah, Governor Mitch Daniels. You’re on quite a roll here, with all your budget-cutting and union-busting.”
10:30 AM 07/14/2010
So NBA Commissioner David Stern is slapping Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert with a $100,000 penalty for his allegedly “ill-advised and imprudent” open letter that channeled the inner primal scream of every last fan from Northeast Ohio (including yours truly) in the wake of LeBron James’ “Decision” to depart our hometown for Miami?
12:05 PM 07/12/2010
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West and his team may or may not have a future in constitutional law. But judging from the government’s brief in their suit to enjoin enforcement of S.B. 1070, Arizona’s infamous immigration bill, they might just have a future in comedy.
12:00 AM 06/21/2010
“Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our Confirmation World Cup match featuring the Republican minority on the Senate Judiciary Committee versus Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. These confirmation hearings do indeed bring with them all the excitement and action Americans find in World Cup soccer, and with me is former Scottish Parliamentarian and judicial expert Alistair McMumble to provide our color commentary.”
12:00 AM 05/25/2010
My erstwhile boss, the legendary crisis-management guru Linda Robinson, used to say, “Good PR can’t fix bad facts.”
12:00 AM 03/17/2010
March 21, 2010 – Barack Obama signs landmark health care reform after it is enacted by Congress, despite overwhelming disapproval on the part of the public and unanimous Republican opposition, by means of a complex legislative “solution:” the bill passed by the Senate last December was “deemed” to have been approved by the House when it OKed a rule to consider a budget reconciliation bill amending the Senate bill. The reconciliation bill was then whisked through both Houses and submitted to the President. “We did what we had to do to achieve the long-time dream of making affordable health care a right for all Americans,” comments Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
12:00 AM 01/21/2010
Denial: “What a joke. Harry Reid may have gone over the top with his “evil-mongers” crack, but he and Nancy have got one thing right: These so-called town hall protesters are so Astroturf you can practically see the Monsanto labels on their polyester shirts.
7:08 PM 01/10/2010
Seriously, who could question the sincerity of the conservatives calling for the House-Senate parleys that will reconcile competing versions of the big health care bill to be displayed in living color on C-SPAN?
