-
Mitt Romney's Vacuous Incoherence on Guns
Tweet Share on Facebook July 26, 2012 CommentWhile Mitt Romney is getting a lot of attention for the stumbling start to his European tour (new slogan: "I won't apologize for America ... I'm too busy apologizing for myself"), his comments on gun laws merit a little more scrutiny for their awe-inspiring incoherence and vapidity.
-
The Muddled Politics of The Dark Knight Rises
Tweet Share on Facebook July 23, 2012 CommentI wrote last week about Rush Limbaugh's silly comments about the homonymous coincidence of the name of the villain from the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, Bane, and the name of presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's most touted resume item, Bain Capital. But given some of the political overtones of the films trailers—"You think all this can last? You and your friends better batten down the hatches. There's a storm coming," Anne Hathaway's Selina Kyle asks Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne, sounding every bit the Occupy Wall Street radical. "You're going to wonder how you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us."—I was curious about the film's politics. Having seen the movie on Friday night, I can say they're mixed, at best, and ultimately incidental to the film's larger themes, like the relationship between truth and justice. Be warned: There are MAJOR SPOILERS ahead—don't read on if you haven't seen the film but plan to.
-
George Zimmerman and God’s ‘Plan’ To Kill Trayvon Martin
Tweet Share on Facebook July 19, 2012 CommentSo George Zimmerman has no regrets about the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. "I feel it was all God's plan," he told Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity in an interview Wednesday night. "For me to second-guess it or judge it" would, presumably (he trailed off at this point), be inappropriate. And which god would that be? The god of self-indulgent bulls**t?
-
Rush Limbaugh's Right: The Dark Knight Rises Is a Pro-Obama Plot
Tweet Share on Facebook July 18, 2012 CommentRush Limbaugh has come in for a lot of ribbing for his, umm, insight that the prospective blockbuster hit The Dark Knight Rises is a clever piece of pro-Obama campaign propaganda because the villain—Bane—has a homonymous name to President Obama's current adversary's old companies, Bain & Company and Bain Capital. But is it possible that Limbaugh is only scratching the surface?
-
Where Barack Obama Is Outspending Mitt Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook July 16, 2012 CommentIt's become an article of faith that despite the advantages of incumbency, there's a likelihood that Barack Obama and the Democratic Party will be outraised by Mitt Romney and the GOP, having been outraised two months running. The Obama campaign has taken to riling up supporters by saying that it will be the first incumbent effort in history to be outspent (though this assertion is under some dispute). But there's money and then there's money, and in the short term—the time in which Romney is being defined—the bulk of Romney's big bucks remain parked on the sideline, unable to enter the game.
-
Mitt Romney Raffles Meeting With Unnamed Vice Presidential Pick
Tweet Share on Facebook July 13, 2012 CommentThe veepstakes may, as I argued in my column this week, be an overrated nothingburger, but give Mitt Romney's team credit for monetizing the overwrought hype.
