My final consultation on Friday was with Richard Putzenkopf, a senior member of US Representative Jack Kingston’s staff. “These are great times for the Republican Party, Tom,” he observed as he sprawled on the couch in my office, threw his attaché case on the coffee table and fetched a Microsoft Surface tablet from within. After… Continue reading Obama Impeachment Mania Continues to Deny Reality
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Don Darrell Issa Continues to Insist on Tilting at Benghazi Windmills
The sane and sensible residents of the Washington DC area – and yes, Virginia, there actually are such people – spent the Memorial Day holiday weekend at home, just like sane and sensible people everywhere. Instead of rushing off to a resort destination guaranteed, by definition, to be overcrowded with bozos who don’t know any… Continue reading Don Darrell Issa Continues to Insist on Tilting at Benghazi Windmills
Some of Senator Heller’s Best Friends are Ranchers
My one o’clock consultation on Friday was with Jefferson Davis Bedford Forrest Epps III, a key member on the staff of Dean Heller, the junior US senator from Nevada. Entering my office, he quickly selected the chair to the immediate right of my desk, pulled it as close as possible toward me and leaned over… Continue reading Some of Senator Heller’s Best Friends are Ranchers
McAllister and Peacock on CCTV, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Climate change, with its polar vortexes and March snowstorms delayed the start of spring here in Washington DC until about five days ago. Consequently, now that it’s suddenly around eighty degrees and sunny, and very well watered after weeks of thoroughly soaking, if bone chilling rain, everything is happening at once. Instead of the usual… Continue reading McAllister and Peacock on CCTV, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Mike Huckabee Offends Entire Political Spectrum in a Single Speech
Mike Huckabee started bugging Gretchen for a telephone consultation with me starting Thursday afternoon, but it wasn’t until after six o’clock on Friday night that my schedule actually allowed for it. While every American who votes has heard of Mike Huckabee, international readers of this Web log may be unfamiliar with him, so for their benefit… Continue reading Mike Huckabee Offends Entire Political Spectrum in a Single Speech