Another Senate race has been getting a lot of attention recently. The race out of West Virginia has been quite contentious because of a GOP candidate named Don Blankenship, a coal baron with a sketchy past. Even if his past as arguably one of sleaziest employers in American history wasn’t enough, his adverts and statements have been courting a fair amount of controversy, which is putting a delicate spin on it. Even Donald Trump is, unequivocally denouncing Blankenship, and Trump couldn’t even bring himself to do that for Roy Moore, and that guy was accused of sexually assaulting a number of teenage girls. Despite Trump’s attacks on him, Blankenship is surging ahead in the Republican primaries, ironically, using a number of Trump-like tactics, like embracing conspiracy theories and engaging in mudslinging with colorful nicknames of people he doesn’t like. And considering his ties to the coal industry, an industry that Trump is fighting tooth and nail to save, something about this guy is bad enough for even Trump to want to pull out the rug from under him.
Tag Archives: GOP
It’s Not Exaggeration Anymore
A Neo-Nazi, like an actual one, is the nominated GOP candidate for an Illinois senate seat. Arthur Jones is a former leader of the American Nazi Party. Now he’s an official GOP candidate. I mean, come on…The GOP is seriously in need of a rebranding. At the very least, they should publically proclaim they are not down with Nazis. Because it used to be that something like that didn’t need to be said, but clearly we have moved well past that point.
Tweet Free or Die Hard
Adventures at Comic Con pt.4-New Friend
Debate Round 1
Reading about the debate prep of the candidates is fascinating. Where Hillary seems to be approaching things methodically, pouring over research, fine tuning her presentation, Donald appears to be doing things a bit more laid back. Hanging out, eating junk food and testing out zingers. It should be quite a show.
Call the Kettle
Intolerance will not be tolerated
Yeah. Donald’s gonna be fine.
“We’re all mad here”
People often misinterpret Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as a metaphor for drug use, when in reality, Charles Dodgson (under the pen name Lewis Carroll) was an Anglican deacon and mathematician, and Alice’s Adventure was his view on absurdity on a world that didn’t make sense to him. And while the particular world he was referencing was Non-Euclidean mathematics (Imaginary numbers? Insanity!), moving through a world that makes no sense feels more and more relevant.
Sacrifice
Mind the Exit 