Seeing as my post supporting Senator Rand Paul's (R-KY) filibuster on Wednesday, received some responses that made me feel like my Democratic bona fides were being questioned, I thoughtI would respond and am am showing them to you. This photo is a tattoo I have. It is the ...read more
Richard A. Arenberg has written a much more eloquent defense of the filibuster than mine. He is a former Senate staffer for Senators Paul Tsongas, Carl Levin and George Mitchell (who spent time as majority leader -- all three senators were Democrats.). "The right in the Senate ...read more
Welcome to this weeks edition of The Daily Banter Mail Bag where Bob, Ben, and Chez answer reader's questions on a variety of Banter worthy topics!! Today, we discuss John McCain's partial redemption, Romney's retroactive retirement, and Anthony Weiner's proposed comeback to ...read more
Senator McCain in 2009: Senator McCain in 2011: This is another classic example of the United State's contradictory and hypocritical stance on foreign leaders. In 2009, Gaddafi was an 'interesting man' apparently worthy of obtaining American military hardware as an 'important ...read more
by Chalan Moon In 2000, twenty members of the House of Representatives presented voter suppression complaints to a joint-session of Congress. Hundreds of thousands of voters, predominantly black, had been disenfranchised and refused their right to vote. They also requested ...read more
by Chalan Moon Political ideology panders to the imagination very much like pundits persuade the intellectually meek and corruptible. I imagine the efforts of a candidate. He or she boldly delivers unabashed honesty and everyone recognizes it as such. My vote is clear and ...read more
