Category Archives: Politics

‘The fix is in’ — a cliche, but how true

Posted on April 19, 2019 by oddmanout215

No collusion… No collusion… No collusion. I could hear Donald Trump’s mantra through the window yesterday as I was hanging clothes on the porch at my shack. But it wasn’t Trump speaking; it was William Barr, the attorney general, who … Continue reading →

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D.C. is a cesspool, not a swamp

Posted on March 19, 2019 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was reading from a newspaper column by a guy who dissed the Trump administration for hesitating to ground all of Boeing’s 737 Max airliners, even though two airplanes of this type have crashed and burned in the past … Continue reading →

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GOP still clings to Trump’s sinking ship. Good.

Posted on February 28, 2019 by oddmanout215

The heater in my shack broke down yesterday, so Swamp Rabbit and I put on heavy coats and huddled around a space heater to watch newly disbarred lawyer Michael Cohen testify at the House Oversight Committee hearing. Cohen started with … Continue reading →

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The ‘national emergency’ is Trump

Posted on February 17, 2019 by oddmanout215

From The Hill: President Trump said on Friday that he “didn’t need to” declare a national emergency but did it to speed up construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. “I want to do it faster. I could do the wall … Continue reading →

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Trump to Democrats: Stop digging, or else

Posted on February 7, 2019 by oddmanout215

From Donald Trump’s State of the Union address: An economic miracle is taking place in the United States — and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics or ridiculous partisan investigation… If there is going to … Continue reading →

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Soup’s on, Manafort!

Posted on November 30, 2018 by oddmanout215

What’s up with the smooth operator in the ostrich-skin jacket? He made a deal to tell the truth to the special prosecutor, ostensibly to get some years shaved off his prison time, but then he continued to lie for Donald … Continue reading →

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Trump’s snake oil still potent

Posted on November 7, 2018 by oddmanout215

Yesterday I showed Swamp Rabbit a line from a pre-election news story: Two years of political volatility will culminate Tuesday, when voters for the first time since the stunning 2016 election render a nationwide judgment on whether Trumpism is a … Continue reading →

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A referendum on Trumpism

Posted on November 6, 2018 by oddmanout215

Donald Trump’s unwitting accomplices in the media were at it again this weekend, helping spread the lie that Democrats may have tried to “hack” Georgia’s voter registration files. The accusation was made by Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, who also happens … Continue reading →

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The scariest news story of them all

Posted on November 5, 2018 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was trying to choose the Halloween week’s scariest story. It was Donald Trump threatening to rescind the 14th Amendment, he said. Or it was Trump’s statements blaming the media for the pipe bomb mailings and the slaughter of … Continue reading →

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If you’re going to lie, lie bigly

Posted on October 26, 2018 by oddmanout215

Republicans will totally protect people with Pre-Existing Conditions, Democrats will not! Vote Republican. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24, 2018 I showed Trump’s tweet to Swamp Rabbit. “Do you believe this guy?  Have you ever encountered such a low-down, … Continue reading →

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