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Good Thing You Don’t Watch Fox News

November 21, 2012Tom Van Dyke 110 Comments

Or mebbe you do. Regardless, if you’re reading this, it’s not likely that you would have voted differently. And via US News & World Report, this: Media coverage of President Barack Obama was largely positive in the final week of… Continue Reading →

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The Cliff: Fake Poll, Real Quote

November 17, 2012Tom Van Dyke 89 Comments

“Look, if you taxed every person in successful small business making over $250,000 at a hundred percent, it’d only run the government for 98 days. If everybody who paid income taxes last year, including successful small businesses, doubled their income… Continue Reading →

Economics, Political Theory

History Flashback: Mandate 1992!

November 9, 2012Tom Van Dyke 4 Comments

43.0% popular vote 370-168 electoral votes 55.2% turnout Senate [+1 Dem to 57-43] House [-9 to the GOP, still way Dem 258-176] Discuss. Mandate for what? Bonus question: 1994. WTF is a “Gingrich,” anywayz? [Time cover HT: Discroll @ InstaP]

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Divorcing Obama

November 2, 2012Tom Van Dyke 43 Comments

WaPo*, via InstaP: *Well,

Election 2012

When Dad Makes Your Halloween Costume

October 31, 2012Tom Van Dyke 6 Comments
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Impeach Obama!…although it would be easier to de-elect him

October 27, 2012Tom Van Dyke 166 Comments

I’m not in the mood to litigate Benghazi although it’s clearly a lying fustercluck. Roger L. Simon probably has it right here, although I don’t even care to read it. President Obama has done a bad job all across the… Continue Reading →

Election 2012

If I Ran the National Park Service

October 25, 2012Tom Van Dyke 33 Comments
Healthcare, Morality, Natural Law

Mitt Loses Debate, Wins Again

October 23, 2012Tom Van Dyke 25 Comments

By all accounts from the blabosphere [CNN, Fox, MSNBC, the bloggies]–what y’d call a consensus because they all used the same words–Mitt Romney “passed the Commander-in-Chief test tonight.” Google: “passed commander-in-chief test”  Beaucoup hits.  If David Gergen says it, it… Continue Reading →

Election 2012 President Romney

The Obama-Homnick Debates 2012

October 22, 2012Tom Van Dyke 2 Comments

My pal and erstwhile Reform Club blogbrother Jay D. Homnick eastwoods the president here in never before seen footage!         Uninstalling Obama……… █████████████▒▒▒ 90% complete.

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No President has ever been elected who…

October 19, 2012Tom Van Dyke 7 Comments

Megaprops to the awesome xkcd.com

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