TweetAs y’all know, all I want to happen with regard to the presidency is for Joe Biden to win reelection comfortably, and remain alive and healthy for four years, during which someone — I have no idea who — as suitable as he is emerges to succeed him. But as the philosopher said, you can’t […]
Tweet Doug Ross, earlier today, put it more harshly than I would have. But yeah, having Kamala Harris in line for the presidency is not a pleasant thought. I mean, it’s light years better than having a Donald Trump, but it’s still far from being a good thing. It’s about… I guess it’s about in […]
TweetSee the item on the far left of the image above. I saw this teaser for a story on my Washington Post app this morning. I certainly didn’t click on it. There will be hundreds of such stories in the coming months, and I will have an overabundance of opportunities to torture myself reading complete […]
TweetThe Op-Ed Page By Paul V. DeMarco Guest Columnist Scene: It’s the autumn of 2032. Jessie, an 8th-grader excited about her government project, stops by her grandparents’ house. Jessie (big smile, kisses him on the cheek): Hi Grandpa! I’m doing a project about the 2024 presidential election. Would you help me? Grandpa: Sure, honey. What […]
Tweet Here I am doing an Open Thread twice in one week. It’s almost like I’m getting serious about this blogging thing again. Well, that remains to be seen, but I hope you enjoy it… Joe goes to Europe — Here’s hoping the sane countries of the world continue to show a united front against […]
TweetJust a few random things… SC attorney tells court how he ‘misread the case’ and got Michael Slager 20 years — A couple points to make. Counselor, it wasn’t you. It was your client. You see, he shot a defenseless, fleeing man in the back five times. Tried to shoot him eight times, but missed three […]
TweetJust a normal, quiet day — the kind I was looking forward to when I voted last year. Which is nice. But here’s some stuff to talk about… What? It’s Mardi Gras already? — So tomorrow’s Ash Wednesday. What to give up? Or maybe I should say, what else should we give up? Cayce could be […]
TweetI just thought I’d throw out a few scattered thoughts, which is probably an appropriate way to deal with the odd time I spent watching weirdness on the Boob Tube last night. I’ll divide this into two chapters: People who were there, and people who were not. We’ll start with the weirdness — people who […]
TweetSome things I’ve been meaning to post about the last few days, but have been too busy: Mark Sanford considers presidential run against Trump — Yikes. Beyond that, this one actually has me speechless. Of all the people out there in the GOP who probably SHOULD run — John Kasich, anyone? — this is what […]
Tweet In a comment on a previous post, Scout was talking about how James Smith did better than Democrats usually do in her Lexington County precinct. She went on to say: James got significantly more votes than Sheheen did against Haley the first time around in actual vote numbers (not percentages), but the turnout was […]
TweetWell, here’s some bad news for Henry: Greenville businessman John Warren received a major boost Tuesday in his quest to unseat Gov. Henry McMaster in the Republican primary runoff for governor, landing the endorsements of Lt. Gov. Kevin Bryant of Anderson and Mount Pleasant labor attorney Catherine Templeton . McMaster got only 42 percent of […]
TweetI sort of hesitate to post about the Democratic gubernatorial debate last night, since not one of y’all commented on the GOP one the night before. I wonder: What was the viewership of those debates? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say it was probably lower than the deeply shameful turnouts […]
TweetI ran up to Lancaster yesterday to catch James Smith’s announcement of Mandy Powers Norrell becoming his running mate (an excellent choice, by the way — I’ll post video later). One of the highlights of the day was seeing John Spratt, whom I hadn’t seen in years. So I looked at this Tweet from the […]
TweetGoogle Adsense — the folks who place the more random-seeming ads on this blog — sent me this warning recently. I just wish I knew what it was I did that they don’t like — because while the money I get from Google for those ads is a tiny trickle, it’s better than nothing, so […]
TweetSources say Oprah Winfrey is “actively thinking” about running for president. Of the United States. Not long after that broke, former Nikki Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey tweeted this question: would you vote for @Oprah for (any) elected office? — Rob Godfrey (@RobGodfrey) January 8, 2018 Remind me to ask Rob sometime how you set up […]
TweetHappy New Year! Here’s what we’ve got at this hour: South Korea welcomes Kim Jong Un’s offer of talks — This could be a big deal — and could drive a wedge between South Korea and the U.S. First you-know-who pulls us out of TPP, now this. Stand on the Pacific Rim, and watch American influence disappearing […]
Tweet Been busy. Eating a lot. Training the Echo Dot I got for Christmas (or perhaps Alexa is training me). And I got Call of Duty WWII for my PC, and I’ve been having a lot of trouble with this one German in the fifth bunker on Normandy Beach. But here’s an Open Thread: Obama […]
TweetI haven’t done one of these in awhile. There’s certainly plenty of news for it: Senate GOP tax plan hits deficit snag, leaving leaders scrambling — Flake and Corker are refusing to agree to jacking up the national debt. Good for them. In the bad news column, John McCain has agreed to support the bill, […]
Tweet Remember the squirm-inducing video of Nikki Haley being interviewed by some pro-Confederate flag guys back in 2010? Remember how she meekly gave them the reassurances they sought, while looking like a hostage forced to say these things? Something caused me to look back at that (I think it was a comment on this blog, […]
Tweet Yow! I just watched this short video at thestate.com. Someone needs to contact the Guinness people, because this has to be the record for the most populist cliches packed into a minute and seven seconds. Wait, the phone’s ringing… It’s 2010 Nikki Haley, and she wants her Tea Party speech back… Let’s just hope […]