Dick Polman
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A fatal contagious disease, a farcical White House response (guess who)
Have any right-wingers demanded yet that Ron Klain resign? I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the hysterics go that route. K ...
11 years ago
Keystone State anticlimax: Tom Corbett’s long goodbye
Two new incidents are metaphors for Tom Corbett’s dead-on-arrival re-election bid. I can’t decide which is more apt, so IR ...
11 years ago
How come there’s no Surgeon General? Take a wild guess
Have you ever laughed so hard, in the midst of drinking something, that the liquid exits your nose? It happened to me Tuesday morn ...
11 years ago
Wendy Davis’ wheelchair ad: What’s the big deal?
Wendy Davis, the Texas gubernatorial candidate who’s reviled on the right as “Abortion Barbie,” is taking heat for a ne ...
11 years ago
Fresh awful evidence of how the Supreme Court has screwed up politics
More secret money is being pumped into politics than ever before. For that ignominious milestone, we can thank Chief Justice John Roberts ...
11 years ago
Leon Panetta and the art of the elliptical answer
Somewhere between The O’Reilly Factor and Face the Nation, media-touring book-flacking Leon Panetta ...
11 years ago
Panetta’s kiss n’ tell: Conscience versus loyalty?
Once upon a time, in a less buzz-driven Washington, it was unthinkable that a top presidential advisor would dish in print about the boss ...
11 years ago
Decoding the GOP’s anti-women spin, in four easy steps
I have a question for you: If the government stepped into your personal life and decreed that you had to drive hundreds of miles just to ...
11 years ago
Can we solve our crisis of competence?
Perhaps this could be a winning campaign theme in 2016: “This election isn’t about ideology, it’s about competence.R ...
11 years ago
Marriage equality wins big, losers whine and fume
Kick back with a bucket of popcorn and savor the spectacle of anti-gay bigots fuming in helpless rage as their marriage inequality crusad ...
11 years ago
Obama actually said that the midterms should be about him
Oh man. Willingly and inexplicably, President Obama really stepped in it the other day. Democrats are desperately trying to hold t ...
11 years ago
The ultimate “Blame Obama for Ebola” tip sheet
Lots of rhetorical fuel is required, day after day, to run the Blame Obama machine. Maybe we should take pity on the mechanics, give them ...
11 years ago