Monthly Archives: March 2016

It’s Still 239 days to the General Election and I already have an acute case of Trump fatigue

Posted on March 14, 2016 by a1skeptic

It’s still months from the General Election, and I already have an acute case of Trump fatigue. It’s still almost eight months – 239 days to be exact – until the November 8th Presidential election date, and I’m already completely … Continue reading →

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Our Hypocrisy is not like theirs, part 4

Posted on March 12, 2016 by a1skeptic

Here is just a small hypocrisy that I found on Facebook, but so typical of the overheated right: Bill O’Reilly asking the question of how dare Obama not attend Nancy Reagan’s funeral. So, it turns out that Presidents historically don’t … Continue reading →

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Our Hypocrisy is not like theirs, part 3

Posted on March 9, 2016 by a1skeptic

This is the third installment of my mini-three part series on how our hypocrisy is not like theirs. In the last two installments we had reviewed: How the Republican’s flatly refused to cooperate with Obama after his 2008 election on … Continue reading →

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Our Hypocrisy is not like theirs, part 2

Posted on March 8, 2016 by a1skeptic

Yesterday we began a three part series on false equivalence, and how our hypocrisy is not like theirs. Today we’re going to focus on the deficit reduction task force from 2010.[1] Deficit Reduction Task Force of 2010 Back in 2010, … Continue reading →

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Our Hypocrisy is not like theirs, part 1

Posted on March 7, 2016 by a1skeptic

It’s popular in the world of cynicism and discontent to conclude that the hypocrisy of all politicians is equally bad. But it’s not. Our hypocrisy not like theirs. This is the first of a three part series. One of the … Continue reading →

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We haven’t completely lost our minds in the Commonwealth

Posted on March 6, 2016 by a1skeptic

Last Tuesday night, as the results from Super Tuesday were coming in, I got a text from my friend Helen, now in Seattle but having grown up in Boston, who basically said, “WTF?!” How was it that Massachusetts gave Donald … Continue reading →

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Another thing the Pundits seem to have missed

Posted on March 5, 2016 by a1skeptic

One of the things that we’ve been hearing a lot about since last week is the passion of the Trump voters, and how much he’s bringing new voters into the election booth. Rachel Maddow has consistently been warning about this. … Continue reading →

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It’s a day late and a dollar short, Mitt Romney

Posted on March 4, 2016 by a1skeptic

It’s nice to see Mitt Romney call out Donald Trump for being the asshole that he is, although it may be a day late and a dollar short. As it is for all the Republican establishment. Romney is a decent … Continue reading →

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Political Pundits and Social Scientists have clearly not figured this out

Posted on March 2, 2016 by a1skeptic

After the Super Tuesday elections, in which both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump emerged as big winners, political pundits and social scientists, among others, are scrambling around, trying to make sense of these election results. They’re not having much luck. … Continue reading →

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Untold numbers of people are going to jerk a lever for Donald Trump today

Posted on March 1, 2016 by a1skeptic

A story appeared last week in the Boston Globe that Whitey Bulger was put in solitary confinement for “sexual activity.” Sexual activity? Whitey managed to get himself a girl inside the prison? It turns out that he was only jerking … Continue reading →

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