Posts tagged “Politics”
Your opinion is fringe
Source: The Purple Election Map | Observer I often see conservatives complaining about how their views are decried as “fringe,” that the only people who don’t recognize the normality of their worldview are those in liberal, coastal cities. The problem is, there aren’t really that many people outside of those liberal, coastal cities (especially if […]
Young people’s political identification isn’t about what’s trendy. You just left Marxism off your survey.
Measured by self-identification, partisanship is actually declining — growing numbers of Americans describe themselves as “independent” rather than loyal to one of the parties. But measured by actual voting behavior, the opposite is happening: Straight ticket voting continues to grow. This matches what operatives like Dan Pfeiffer have seen, and what Karl Rove saw a […]
Occupy Wall Street Confessions
As much as I support the Occupy Wall Street movement, I find the actual interviews and videos of the protesters really, really irritating.
Why our political discussions don’t go anywhere
I normally delete comments that merely sling insults and don’t contain any substantive contribution/critique. But I had to leave this comment by Dave Koch from Prescott up on my post poking fun at the poor writing skills of of AZ Representative Paul Gosar (or his staff). I left the comment up partly because it (amusingly) […]
How to elect Michele Bachmann
Why a respectful tone in political discussions is really, really important: Bachmann claimed that back in her college days, she was up one night praying with a female friend of hers when “the Lord gave each one of us the same, exact vision… It was a picture of me, marrying this man, in the valley […]
Anthony Weiner’s Resignation
When I first heard about the pictures Anthony Weiner sent to some of his twitter followers, I thought it was funny, but not newsworthy. Or at least not as newsworthy as the amount and tone of the media coverage suggested. If the women he corresponded with didn’t consent to receive those kind of pictures, that’s […]