Blogs Posts on "Partisan Nonsense"

Prefab Participation by Donklephant on Oct 29, 2009Whilst walking the dog this rainy evening, I happened upon an illuminated, inflatable lawn ornament of the Halloween variety. These decorations are an easy, relatively inexpensive way to acknowledge the holiday. They require little or no thought bey...

Chicago Loses, Conservatives Rejoice by Donklephant on Oct 5, 2009Something has been bugging me all weekend. I’ve never been to Chicago. From what friends and family have told me, The Windy City is indeed a great place. There is lots to see and do. But you wouldn’t be told that if you asked any number...

Bipartisanship, Health Care Reform & The Benefits Of Compromise by Donklephant on Sep 19, 2009I write one, Jason writes one, I write another, and Jason writes another. And so I write this… I don’t accept the premise that because the conversation isn’t less strident in the extreme left blogosphere that it creates a “d...

Racism increases 67% since January by Donklephant on Sep 17, 2009Here are the facts. Racism has been rising steadily over the last few months. In recent polls, President Obama’s job approval number has dropped from 70% to 50%. This means the percentage of racists in this country has risen from 30% to 50% - a 67%...

Hide Your Children’s Eyes! It’s Obama’s Speech! by Donklephant on Sep 7, 2009As I said before, I’m completely and absolutely bewildered at how this even turned into a story. And, by the way, shame on all of you who needlessly fueled this fire. If you really want to set a good example for your children, how about teachin...

A Glenn Beck Counter-Counter Boycott? by Donklephant on Aug 19, 2009My head is starting to spin. Luckily for me, Conor Clarke can make some sense of it all: What’s the logical conclusion here? Do we boycott and counter-boycott, until we’ve whittled ourselves down to country of red and blue companies as w...

The Audacity of Astroturf by Donklephant on Aug 9, 2009This kind of partisan political posturing (like astroturfing) is par for the course, pretty much the same old tried and true game of demonizing opposition to rally your team and get your bill passed. Not exactly “hope and change”, more like “sa...

Republicans Created Condition for Specter Defection by Donklephant on Apr 28, 2009Republicans can call Arlen Specter an opportunist all they like and maybe they’re right. But the fact remains, the senator’s party jump is the direct result of the Republican’s increasing intolerance of moderates within their party. I understan...

A Time for Anger: Fisking the Times by Donklephant on Feb 18, 2009After months of pleas from the small business community, the New York Times (the so-called paper of record) finally decided to cover some of the central elements of the legislation. Except that it was not an article discussing the potential costs of...

SNL: “You can’t control the majority…” by Donklephant on Feb 8, 2009Oddly reminiscent of some recent comments I’ve read. Hmmm… I wonder if Nancy is commenting here on the Donk with sock puppets. h/t Joe Gandelman at the Moderate Voice...