To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Monday, May 20, 2024

Observercast

Mother’s Milk

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH News alert: Mitt Romney is raising a lot of money. A whole lot. So much that in the past three months, he’s been out-raising the incumbent president, which is no easy feat. So much that the chattering class is beginning to wonder whether the president’s team has been spending too much too […]

The People’s Choice! Only, Not Really

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER If you thought right-wing politicos couldn’t get any goofier, take a peek at Texas on “Cruz Control.” Ted Cruz is America’s latest Tea Party darling, having just pulled off a political contortion in Texas that few would’ve thought humanly possible: He got to the right of Gov. Rick Perry! The “Oops” governor […]

The Grand Old Party’s Breaking Up

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BY FROMA HARROP When traditional Republicans tell their Tea Party wing that they have to negotiate with Democrats, the radicals’ frequent response is: No, they don’t. One side has to win. But before that fistfight at the edge of the falls can take place, one side has to win within the Republican Party. Civil wars […]

A Wall Street Devil Gets Religion … And An Apt Epitaph

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Hallelujah and Holy Smokes! Wall Street has had a “come to Jesus” moment – the biggest sinner on the Street has repented! He is Sandy Weill, the once-lionized dealmaker who turned our banks into financial “supermarkets” that tie us everyday depositors and Main Street borrowers to the profiteering schemes of unbridled Wall […]

Romney Does It Again

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Last spring, when he was ever so carefully seeking the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney’s scripted, straight-from-the-briefing-book style made him a favorite of the comedians on Saturday Night Live. On the other hand, when he went off script – the Cadillacs and the NASCAR owners – it was even worse. That’s when Democrats […]