Romney’s Base Doesn’t Pay Income Tax
Mitt Romney might want to check this map, showing the percentage of people in each state who pay no federal income tax. Turns out the states with the highest numbers are the ones that make up the Republican base, while the ones with the lowest numbers make up Obama's...
More On The Vote Fraud That Isn’t There
Today on KTRS, in a followup to the piece I posted here last week, I discussed how the voter ID laws now in effect in 17 states will affect this year's elections with Dr. Jon Rogowski of Washington University. He and University of Chicago's Cathy Cohen have released a...
A Better Way To Fight Voter ID Laws
There's been a lot of chatter again this election year about voter ID laws. Despite a complete lack of evidence of fraud at the ballot-box, Republican legislatures in several states have rammed through laws requiring that every voter show a state-issued photo ID...
Punt The Politician
After Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo spoke in favor of a ballot initiative in Maryland that would legalize gay marriage, a state legislator named Emmett C. Burns Jr. (a Democrat and minister who opposes the idea) wrote a letter to the team's owner...
Don’t Vote, Morons!
This is the best piece on American elections I've read in a very long time. I say that because I agree with every word of it. It's written by Nolan Dalla who, in addition to being media director of the World Series Of Poker, is a prolific writer who has started...
In Case You Missed It — GOP Convention Edition
From my Twitter feed... The secret service agent he played in "In The Line Of Fire" would've thrown himself between Clint Eastwood, the podium, & the chair last night. After Romney and other GOP speakers praised the late Neil Armstrong, I loved Tom Brokaw's comment...
Clint vs. Twitter
Tomorrow morning, no one will remember a thing Mitt Romney said tonight at the Republican convention. But they'll all be talking about Clint Eastwood's Crazy Comedy Chair routine, which almost blew up Twitter with comments. A few of my favorites:Erik Malinowski: If...
Todd Akin Fails Biology
Todd Akin is the conservative Missouri congressman nominated by the GOP to run against the incumbent, Democrat Clair McCaskill. Akin is an extreme abortion foe, who last year was one of the House Republicans who voted for a bill (co-sponsored by Paul Ryan) that would...