At thirteen minutes past ten this morning, Gretchen and I were laboring through another working Saturday with a full schedule of clients, when I received an urgent call from Kathryn Cordite, a staffer for United States Representative Marsha Blackburn (R – Tennessee). “She’s pretty near hysterical,” Gretchen told me as she peeked through the heavy… Continue reading Obama Shoots the Skeet at Camp David
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Conspiracy Nuts Go Bananas Over Newtown
Having stayed out rather late Saturday night, Cerise and I slept in this morning. She made us breakfast, which included Segafredo cappuccinos made with organic grass fed whole milk, duck eggs Benedict and Dom Pérignon mimosas with the juice of fresh blood oranges – in other words, a typical Sunday breakfast in bed as served… Continue reading Conspiracy Nuts Go Bananas Over Newtown
Norquist Pledge Proves Politically Taxing
Thursday morning, Gretchen rang my extension and asked, “Mr. Collins, who the hell is Grover Norquist?” “Why do you ask?” I inquired. “Because there’s this guy on Line Two who said he’s somebody named ‘Grover Norquist,’ and when I asked him, ‘How do you spell your last name, sir?’ he went ballistic! He was like,… Continue reading Norquist Pledge Proves Politically Taxing
Texas to United Nations – Don’t Mess with Lubbock!
Yesterday morning, I had yet another appointment with Austin Houston Crockett Bowie Bonham III, a sixth-generation Texas rancher and conservative political operative who, it seems, pays me a visit nearly every time he travels to Washington. Most of our consultation concerned election strategies for Mitt Romney, on whose campaign Mr. Bonham now proudly serves. Toward… Continue reading Texas to United Nations – Don’t Mess with Lubbock!
Tea Party Discovers that John Roberts Impeachment is Supremely Problematic
On Thursday, June 28, the Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, thanks to Chief Justice John Roberts figuring out that although the law’s individual mandate to buy health insurance was unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause, it is, nevertheless, just fine and dandy under another part of the Constitution pertaining to Congressional… Continue reading Tea Party Discovers that John Roberts Impeachment is Supremely Problematic