An Open Letter to the 2012 GOP Also-Rans

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Wednesday October 19, 2011 · 6:00 AM PDT

2011/10/19 · 06:00

Dear Republican Also-Rans:

It is time to give it up.

You will not be the Republican nominee next year. You will never be Commander-In-Chief. You will never deliver a State of Union address. You will never call 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue “home.” Your wives, or husband in the case of Michele Bachmann, won’t be choosing a fabulous gown for a series of swanky Inaugural balls. You will never be President of the United States.

Am I making myself perfectly clear?

Karl Frisch

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Wednesday October 12, 2011 · 6:15 AM PDT

2011/10/12 · 06:15

The 1956 Broadway classic My Fair Lady tells the story of lowly Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle who embarks on a mission to pass as a proper English lady with the help of professor Henry Higgins, a speech therapist.

Higgins does help Doolittle transform. But in the end, we realize that she had it in her all along. She was the ugly duckling so to speak.

Deep down inside, I wish there was a modern professor Higgins who could work his courtly English magic on the Republican Party. Only he wouldn’t be focusing on their diction, posture, wardrobe, and manners… well, maybe their manners. If I had my druthers, he’d zero in on their homophobia.

Karl Frisch

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Wednesday October 05, 2011 · 6:00 AM PDT

2011/10/05 · 06:00

A virus has taken hold within the modern conservative movement. No one knows for sure what has caused this plague but many believe it is transmitted through close contact at boisterous tea parties.

The most obvious, visible symptom is the incessant need to refer to oneself as a "constitutional conservative."

To give you an idea of how far the illness has spread, here are some examples from the Republican wild.

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Are you a Constitutional Progressive?

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Are you a Constitutional Progressive?

Yes

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Undecided

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Tea Partiers Should Seriously Consider Holding Their Applause

Karl Frisch

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Tuesday September 27, 2011 · 9:20 AM PDT

2011/09/27 · 09:20

"I can't trust Obama. I have read about him and he's not, he's not, uh, he's an Arab."

Those words, spoken by an elderly woman on microphone steps from Senator John McCain during a campaign rally, were among the defining moments of the 2008 election, which was plagued by racially charged tensions.

To his credit, McCain took the microphone from the easily mocked seasoned citizen and informed the audience that contrary to the woman's assertion, Obama was "a decent family man and citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues."

You know things are bad when you look back on the rancor and race-baiting of 2008 with nostalgia.

Karl Frisch

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Tuesday September 20, 2011 · 6:36 AM PDT

2011/09/20 · 06:36

Apparently the President started another war on Monday and it has Republicans playing the role of hippy peacenik -- not to offend hippy peaceniks.

This isn't a war of bullets, missiles, known knowns or known unknowns. It is a war of words. Well, two words to be exact.

Class warfare.

Karl Frisch

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Wednesday September 14, 2011 · 9:24 AM PDT

2011/09/14 · 09:24

"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds," reads the unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service.

I guess no one ever thought it would be the Republican Party finishing off the Postal Service when those words were borrowed from the ancient Greek and chiseled in granite over the entrance to the James Farley Post Office in New York City on Labor Day in 1914.

Our postal system is quite remarkable if you think about it for a minute.

Karl Frisch

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Tuesday January 11, 2011 · 9:07 PM PST

2011/01/11 · 21:07

Growing up, my father -- now retired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after 35 years of service -- frequently took me shooting and to just about every gun show within a 100-mile radius of our Southern California home.

In fact, as I write this, several of the guns from his collection are on display at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia.

I may be a progressive but I have absolutely no problem with private gun ownership.

If we are to learn anything from the horrible tragedy in Arizona that claimed the lives of six including a nine year-old girl and federal judge and injured 14 including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) it should be that law abiding, mentally stable Americans should be allowed to own firearms while people like Jared Lee Loughner should not.

Karl Frisch

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Wednesday December 08, 2010 · 2:07 PM PST

2010/12/08 · 14:07

Originally posted at Cagle.

I grew up in Los Angeles, so the notion of living in or around snow was romantic -- the thing of movies. Living in Washington, D.C. for the past several winters has proven to be an entirely different experience.

Don’t get me wrong, the calm quiet brought to my neighborhood by several feet of fresh powder blanketing the streets and sidewalks can make for some amazing photos or an impromptu snowball fight or two. But Republicans and conservatives have spoiled the Rockwellian images that I’d always associated with snow in my youth.

Like clockwork, every time even a few inches of snow fall, out come the conservative anti-science crazies. To them, cold weather proves what they already believe: that there is no global climate change.

Karl Frisch

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Wednesday December 01, 2010 · 7:53 AM PST

2010/12/01 · 07:53

Originally posted at Cagle.

Nine months after nearly 400,000 servicemembers and over 150,000 spouses of active and reserve component servicemembers were surveyed by the Pentagon for their views on a potential repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," the results are in.

In what’s been called "one of the largest surveys in the history of the U.S. military," more than 70 percent of the 115,052 service members who completed the survey said the impact of repealing the policy that bans openly gay men and lesbians from serving in the armed forces would be positive, mixed or nonexistent.

Of course, such decisive findings will likely mean nothing to those opposed to lifting the ban including obstructionist-in-chief John McCain, who is now serving out his twilight years as the nation’s elder, bitter, not quite statesman.

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Which best describes McCain?

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Which best describes McCain?

Cranky

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Bitter

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Mean

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Petty

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All Of The Above

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How does Congressman Glenn Beck Sound?

Karl Frisch

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Wednesday November 24, 2010 · 7:11 AM PST

2010/11/24 · 07:11

Originally posted at Cagle.

In just a few weeks, Republicans will take control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since the 1994-midterm elections brought them to power after nearly half a century in exile.

The freshly minted majority knew just who to thank for its 1994 victory: nationally syndicated conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. With great fanfare the GOP bestowed upon its cheerleader the unique title of honorary member of Congress.

Karl Frisch

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Thursday November 04, 2010 · 1:18 PM PDT

2010/11/04 · 13:18

Originally posted at Cagle.

Who was the big winner in this week’s midterm election?

The Republican Party? No.

Former half-term Governor Sarah Palin? Not hardly.

Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner? Nope.

The Tea Party movement? Think again.

Tuesday night’s big winner was undoubtedly Fox News. It did more than just about anyone to weaken President Obama, peel off Senate seats and wrestle control of the U.S. House of Representatives from Democrats.

Karl Frisch

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Wednesday October 27, 2010 · 2:40 PM PDT

2010/10/27 · 14:40

Originally posted at Cagle.

The Republican Party could regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next Tuesday’s midterm elections for the first time since losing power four years ago.

How’s that for a scary Halloween trick?

Sure, there are familiar faces among those hoping to take power — people like Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the GOP’s leader in the House. The pumpkin skinned, chain smoker has complained for years that President Obama and Democrats have not reached across the aisle enough with the hope of finding "common ground."

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Are frightened by the prospect of a GOP majority?

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Are frightened by the prospect of a GOP majority?

Yes

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You Betcha

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