Day: January 8, 2016

F#ck Yeah, we are racists. So what? - Donald Trump It's the blacks coming up from Ct. and New York selling the drugs and f#cking our white girls. You'd be crazy to not be racist. - Paul LePage You are goddamn right we poisoned the shit out of those poor-ass loser in Flint. What are you going to do about it? - Rick Snyder We are going to get rid of food stamps because, f#ck it. - Jeb Bush Of course our only goal is to simply to f#ck shit up. Haven't you been paying attention? - Paul Ryan

It is impossible to be shocked or surprised by Republicans these days. They have been as unguarded about their goals as they have been about their prejudices. [The statements above have been only lightly paraphrased.] As the ante continues to be upped, I'm sure, by the GOP convection, one of the GOP candidates will call Cornel West a nigger, and I wouldn't rule out that person being Ben Carson. I suppose the only surprising thing left is how Democrats never seem to make Republicans pay a price for being so unguarded. Although, then again, with Democrats like John Carney, who think that Republicans are still good faith partners in governing - I guess that isn't so surprising either.

If you are one of those people who isn't buying the Republican fear mongering about how this country is going to hell in a hand basket and the world is on fire, you'll want to read Michael Grunwald's piece titled: Everything Is (Even More) Awesome!

America is already great, and it’s getting greater. Not everything is awesome, but in general, things are even more awesome than they were a year ago. The rest of the world can only wish it had our problems. Start with the economy, which, if you listen to Sanders or the Republicans, is a garbage dump of existential despair. Actually, it’s doing quite well. Unemployment has dropped from 10 percent during the worst of the Great Recession to 5 percent today, thanks to a record 69 consecutive months of private-sector employment growth that has produced 13.7 million new jobs. The past two years have been the best two years for job creation in the 21st century. After a near-death experience during the financial meltdown of 2008, the U.S. auto industry enjoyed record sales in 2015. The housing market has also rebounded from the crisis, and after-tax corporate profits are at an all-time high. It can sound partisan to mention those facts when a Democrat is in the White House, but they’re facts; it ought to be possible to acknowledge them without necessarily giving President Obama too much credit for them. [...]

I am still a Bryan Townsend partisan, but Sean Barney just got my attention through the announcement of his campaign team. Come inside to see. Teaser: Joe Trippi.