Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo.For those not familiar with popery, St. Augustine, was a North African Roman citizen, scholar and rhetorician who after an ill spent youth, converted to Christianity, and became one of the most profound … Continue reading →
To put it another way. Picture a ramshackle house full of donkeys, with a weedy yard festooned with rusted cars and old appliances. Undiapered little donkeys run amok on the tilted front porch, scribbling obscenities with something suspiciously fecal directly … Continue reading →
Operative MC etches this secret message into a single oatmeal flake and slipped it into the Czar’s breakfast. It turned up the following morning. A STFU gun!Yeah, the “Japanese” invented it, wink wink nudge nudge, say no more. I love … Continue reading →
Some interesting ideas come out of the Michigan primary because the Czar believes Michigan is a pretty good miniature model of the United States: diffuse red with pockets of dense blue. And with an open primary, Michiganders of both parties … Continue reading →
The Czar has spotted something with considerable regularity these days, and hopes that it is the sign of a newly emergent trend. If not, it soon will be. Simply, note how Republican candidates—especially challengers—are touting their plans to cut spending, … Continue reading →
CNN hosted what they called the last debate of 2012. Promises! Except of course Oregon has one scheduled for March. Anyway, in the order they were seated at incredibly tiny tables, here is your debate roundup. Ron Paul was very … Continue reading →
So, kids, Dr. J was tossed the Knowledge Ball over dinner tonight at the Castle and came up with the idea that we should poll the minions as to who the GOP should nominate. The poll’s at left, it’ll be … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s buddy, Jamie Jeffords at the Eye of Polyphemus has been covering the Republican Primaries, and his predictions have been prophetic. He discusses the Santorum surge today. He makes five points regarding the surge. He writes: First, Santorum looks … Continue reading →
Readers know the Czar is most upset about the HHS letter; not for personal religious or political reasons, but because this is a brazen assault on our Constitution by a man sworn to defend it from exactly this type of … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is letting everyone else do his work for him today, as he has a crazy day at work. This, however caught his eye, and as such he recommends reading it, if only because the first graph was being … Continue reading →
This is a bit of a non-news-item, but it is worth mentioning. Art Laffer, supply-side economist, Reagan Administration economic adviser, and all-around great guy wrote an article in the WSJ endorsing Newt Gingrich’s tax plan. Dr. Laffer is an economist, … Continue reading →
Remember boxing great Cassius Clay? Dr. J. does. He often used a technique called the ‘Rope-a-Dope’ where he was able to sustain blow after blow from his opponent, and when his opponent was sufficiently worn out, Mr. Clay would kick … Continue reading →
Wow. As people (but not the media) start to go through the latest released information (and there is a lot) on Fast and Furious, the reality is becoming clear: Eric Holder is doomed as Attorney General. Not only has the … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. and Mrs. Dr. J. were having their morning at 0:Dark:45 yesterday morning, enjoying a little Fox and Friends before waking the Lil Resident and Lil Med Student for classes at the New Atlantis Jedi Academy. Rick … Continue reading →
ABC News is terrified to report… deep breath… Romney Failed to Disclose Swiss Bank Account Income!!!!!!!11!!!$!!!ELEVENTY!!!! !!1 !! The horror, the horror. Allow the Czar to summarize this horrible, horrible story, paragraph by paragraph. You might want to cushion yourselves … Continue reading →
Your second screed in a row from JAB and the kindly folks at the Doublewide, who seem to spend a lot of time chucking pebbles at cans set up on fences and luaghing to themselves: Your Czarness: What–you’ve watched another … Continue reading →
Well, the GOP surprised everybody by having another debate this evening. Is there one tomorrow morning, too? The Czar has lost track. Further, the Czar was going to skip this one tonight because he had stuff to do. But the … Continue reading →
As if right on cue, our esteemed Royal Mathematician writes in regarding Dr. J.’s post yesterday: A most happy New Year to all Gormogons whose calendar-origin-of-choice has recently passed, and general seasonally-appropriate greetings to the others: A quick word about … Continue reading →
Dear Messrs. Ryan, Rubio, Jindal, Christie and Generic & Mmes. Haley, Martinez and Brewer, It is only 1461 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses! It is never too early to get your grassroots on and glad-hand the Iawonian masses. As … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s back at the keyboard after a well-deserved hiatus with friends and family. In his Christmastide meanderings south of the Mason-Dixon Line, ‘Puter managed to link up with GorT and OEV, as well as with their assembled multitude of spouses … Continue reading →
While everyone else is calling them the Hawkeye Cauci, Dr. J. would rather give a shout out to Iowa State and call them the Cyclone sessions. Nevertheless with ~40% claiming undecided status and with eligibility rules such that individuals may … Continue reading →
Bizarre what’s been going on with the Virginia Republican Party. But unfortunately explicable. In most states, you can get yourself put on a presidential ballot with only about 5,000 signatures. This seems reasonable, so that you can weed out nonsense … Continue reading →
As Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul turn the heat up on each other, it has become clear that neither man is destined nor desirable to become President. A cakewalk for Mitt Romney? Not so fast—a quick scan of some recent … Continue reading →
Ah, the payroll tax cut debate. A lot of mud is slinging on both sides, so the Czar thought he would clear things up for you, dear readers, on what is really going on. Warning: sausage making is featured. Presently, … Continue reading →
Well, um, okay. The simple truth is that the Czar did not watch the GOP debate last night; he elected to watched the marginally censored (but still uncomfortably dialogued) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation on the Family Channel. The kids know … Continue reading →
Tonight’s debate was one of the better ones, actually—obviously, the candidates all took the issue of national security seriously, because this was tonight’s theme, and all the question stemmed around it. We began with a nutty CNN intro that looked … Continue reading →
‘Puter read with interest this Eugene Robinson opinion piece in this morning’s Washington Post. Mr. Robinson identifies what he perceives to be the Republicans’ failing: they don’t have a convincing narrative about the economy. Mr. Robinson then spends the remainder … Continue reading →
As our readers know, ain’t none of your Gormogons all too pleased with the composition of the Republican presidential candidate pool, least of all ‘Puter. But, like it or not, it’s appearing more and more likely to ‘Puter that Romney’s … Continue reading →
Down in the depths of the Gormogons’ archives (still waiting for Marie to graduate and come organize them—we’re trying to talk GorT out of Dewey Hexavigesimal), word has reached Confucius* that the mass of GOP voters are unexcited about their … Continue reading →
Dr. J. has yet to decide who he will be voting for in the Republican primary. Indeed, he is taking his sweet time. New Atlantis doesn’t cast its (Cz, :p ) ballots until March 6th, so the race will be … Continue reading →
In case you did not realize it, the Republicans held their 85th debate tonight since the start of the year. Fox went for schtick with Google/YouTube supplying the questions; that got tiring, but when you think about it, the candidates … Continue reading →
Yesterday, David Axelrod stopped working on his résumé long enough to state that the President is in great shape for 2012. Members of the media have focused on the President’s approval ratings as if they existed in a black box…Following … Continue reading →
Chicago Sun-Times “columnist” (that’s how he’s billed, although this is a major stretch) Jesse Jackson…or more realistically, whoever is ghost-writing his crap…today accuses the Republicans of intent to commit voter fraud. Really. As the campaigns for the 2012 presidential election … Continue reading →
‘Puter knows he’s going to get pilloried, but he’s going to say it again. Ron Paul is bat-shit crazy. One cannot hold the positions Ron Paul does and be seriously considered to lead our country. ‘Puter freely admits that he … Continue reading →
The Czar wants you to know there was a debate this evening. Interestingly, this was the longest amount of time he has spent watching MSNBC. Evidently, they lean forward all over themselves. The questions were terrible, and to the candidates’ … Continue reading →
Jonathan S. Tobin over at Commentary posts a brief essay that dismisses any notion of a Rick Perry/Mitt Romney “feud.” Did you know about a feud? Tobin didn’t. Neither did we. So why are we not surprised? In obedience to … Continue reading →
The Czar took the family out to a really outstanding but noisy Mexican restaurant the other night. In the booth behind us, the Czar’s finely tuned ears picked out a woman saying “…the Democrats. They want to ‘tax the rich, … Continue reading →
Well, now, this is just really great prose: My subject, however, is the recurring Democratic complaint—or, more properly, talking point—that the Republican Party has now ‘strayed’ so far to the right that its onetime standard bearers, from Abraham Lincoln to … Continue reading →
Ah, the end of summer: baseball is winding down, kids are going back to school, and the media starts to ridicule conservatives for things they say. We all know how the game works: when Democrats say stupid things, it’s because … Continue reading →
The Czar shall now speak on the Republican debate this evening. This was much livelier, and more engaging to watch. Some candidates really dislike the others, that’s for sure. But the questions were unbalanced or staged (why no economic questions … Continue reading →
The New York Times has a house editorial today excoriating Republicans for signing on to pledges, such as Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge and the Susan B. Anthony list’s pro-life pledge. The NYT also lists two pledges ‘Puter has never heard … Continue reading →
‘Puter doesn’t know what debt ceiling debate Eugene Robinson is writing about in today’s Washington Post, but it’s sure as heck not the one going on in Washington. Mr. Robinson’s premise is that Republicans are solely to blame for the … Continue reading →
Hey, whatever happened to Rocky Burnette? Anyway, since Tom “Petty” Petty doesn’t want Michele Bachmann using “American Girl,” maybe Rocky will let her use the more appropriate “Tired of Toein’ the Line?” The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима … Continue reading →
Sometimes things start to take on a life of their own. President Obama continues to slide—even more precipitously—in the polls. At this point, it appears that a half-loaded stapler stands a very good chance of defeating President Obama in the … Continue reading →
Well, the Czar grabbed a couple of frosties and put his feet up on the couch to watch this evening’s debate, accompanied to his delight by the Царица (who thought that Michele Bachmann had an awesome hairstyle) and the Цесаревич … Continue reading →
If there’s one good thing about ‘Puter, it’s that he’s fair enough to call out shenanigans on the Right. If there’s two good things about ‘Puter, it would be news to us. More to the first point, we want our … Continue reading →
More and more people are concluding that Barack Obama is one of America’s worst presidents. And that’s just among his office staff. The GOP, as this site has warned ad nauseum, has to be extremely careful to pick the right … Continue reading →
No less a celebrity than one Emily Grace has “graced” us with an email. You all know her: she is one of our biggest promoters, particularly on Twitter, where she has personally linked us to several thousand followers (until ‘Puter … Continue reading →
Dear The Czar, There is much talk today about the debt limit. At the National Tea Party Convention, the Republican leadership were given a warning that raising the debt ceiling without real changes in spending will result in primary challenges … Continue reading →
Let us put some pieces together. 1. Donald Trump, suddenly advocating a lot of Tea Party things, jumps up in GOP polling to where he is right with Mitt Romney. 2. He then begins putting out a lot of stereotypical … Continue reading →
All right, the Czar will put this as delicately as he can. Mitt Romney is not a great choice for a presidential candidate. Not against the marketing muscle of Barack Obama, anyway. Now for the disclaimers. First, Obama is not … Continue reading →
Dread & Awful Czar, It is clear to Dr. J. that President Obama has not done the best job as President since taking office. Indeed he’s gone left every time Dr. J. would have gone right. Like the Czar, he … Continue reading →
Man, the Czar wishes he wrote this. He could have, at least stylistically. But indeed, this is an actual letter from Wisconsin’s Senate Majority Leader, Scott Fitzgerald, to absentee democratic Senator Mark Miller. Enjoy every word: March 7, 2011 Sen. … Continue reading →
Well, goodness, look at the time. Here we are, March of 2011, and we still do not know who the GOP candidate for president will be. This has so badly torn up the news media that the poor kids are … Continue reading →
What an unusually honest and balanced piece of editorial writing. CNN, of all folks, has an opinion piece on its website by Ed Rollins, a GOP strategist, on whether President Obama can be beaten in 2012. You can read it … Continue reading →
‘Great Ghettoputer, Yes, it appears that Dr. J refers to himself in the third person. The Czar takes no responsibility for this, as the Czar sometimes refers to himself in the third person. Sometimes we refer to ourselves in the … Continue reading →
That the Czar believes Senator Harry Reid to be as senile as he is vicious shall come as no surprise to our highly educated readers. NRO Online has the following quote from the Senate Narrow Majority Leader that shows how … Continue reading →
Over at the Corner, Douglas Holtz-Eakin says when we’re done celebrating, it’ll be time to wake up and realize nothing has been guaranteed: The reality is that Republicans will not set the agenda. The Tea Party will not set the … Continue reading →
Hello, readers. Do you remember a recent post in which the Czar predicted that the Tea Party seems to be implementing a new phase of attack? This one, we thought, would be aimed at Republicans, not Democrats, and that the … Continue reading →
This jives perfectly with what the Mandarin and the Czar were discussing at lunch this week. Pat Sajak nails our mutual opinion perfectly: the GOP had better realize they will not be given a second chance…this is their second chance, … Continue reading →
What an election. And out come the bad moves. Sure, every party makes mistakes during an election: openly false comments are made and disproved just as quickly. Third parties put out advertisements with patently wrong accusations. Words are twisted in … Continue reading →
Congressional GOP’s “Pledge to America.” Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. www.gormogons.com
Continue reading →Doesn’t 2007 seem like it was a decade ago, politically? A Republican president was being trashed by a cabal of Democrats, leftist journalists and Hollywood and university professors. A Democratic Congress was spending money stupidly, and the GOP was simply … Continue reading →
Maybe you heard. The Republicans could potentially win the Senate. In fact, the Czar thinks the odds of this are much better than the media is reporting. No, it’s no done deal, but it’s moved past “theoretically plausible” into “strong … Continue reading →
And so Murkowski conceded the election yesterday, as she really should have done. Miller will be the candidate going forward. Does it seem to you that the conservative media is making too much of this, when the liberal media isn’t … Continue reading →
Tom DeLay is prudently cautious about the upcoming elections, warning GOP supporters that a landslide victory in all areas against Democrats ain’t gonna happen. In fact, DeLay warns, the Democrats have a really solid game plan that will make life … Continue reading →
Well, DT, the GOP will likely find itself in the same position it did during and after the Reagan recovery—the media-academic complex will rabidly attempt to deny them credit, but most people who lived through it won’t forget, and they’ll … Continue reading →
One always hesitates to disagree with the Czar, but the fact is while Jews vote the way they want, they overwhelmingly want to vote for Democrats. Jews have voted in overwhelming numbers for the Democratic candidate since the Progressive Era … Continue reading →
Dr. J, in a letter your Volgi’s been remiss in posting, waxes a bit despondent about the looming threat of Obamacare. The bulk of his missive concerned the Slaughter Stratagem, ginned up by ’Puter’s neighbor, Weezy. Since that seems to … Continue reading →
‘Puter mistakenly caught a bit of Morning Joe on MSNBC today. ‘Puter’s spawn thought Pokemon was on that channel. After beating said spawn for incompetence, ‘Puter noticed that the shrill harpies were feasting on Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), lambasting him … Continue reading →
GorT and family attended the local Labor Day parade. Intermixed with the dozens of fire fighting vehicles (literally, if there were a major fire in the neighboring municipalities, the parade would have lost 50% of the vehicles in it), was … Continue reading →
Not that the Czar trusts Rasmussen any better than anyone else, but he quickly acknowledges that Rasmussen seems to produce the most interesting poll results. As you have heard, one in two Americans is not digging Hope and Change, and … Continue reading →
HR 3200, Pages 601-700 To read the Czar’s review of HR 3200, pages 501-600, please click here. We now move into rather sinister territories. By now, proponents of the bill will be wagging their fingers at the Czar’s post from … Continue reading →
…was the Republican son of ex-hippie, earnest-liberal parents. But that’s only the kind of stuff that happens in sitcoms, not to Commie celebrity royalty. Or does it? Get your mind around… Arlo Guthrie, Republican. ’Puter, come for the shock value, … Continue reading →
Your Volgi sent us this little link, which explores why scientists hate Republicans. The Czar appreciates the assumption that it is worthless asking whether or not scientists actually do hate Republicans—by God, actually they do. The article covers the Pew … Continue reading →
Why are the Republicans even bothering to put up a fight on Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation? The Democrats have the votes not only to confirm Judge Sotomayor on a party line vote, but to also vote cloture on any threatened Republican … Continue reading →
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Stalin), if this has not been said too many times here, is an outrageous idiot. By now you have heard this statement, from a radio interview he gave: “It appears that the Republican Party leadership in the … Continue reading →
Maybe the GOP is reading us here.h/t Michael Goldfarb at The Weekly Standard GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. … Continue reading →
A video and some articles for clicking through if work is slow, or if you find yourself belangoured on the weekend. On Pajamas TV, FotG David Frum continues his argument for the GOP’s forming “new majority” by presenting itself differently … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s going to get heretical here, and expects to be roundly beaten down by his Gormogon brethren (and, maybe if we can find women who can stand us some day, sistren). Here goes. ‘Puter thinks the Republicans should introduce legislation … Continue reading →
The Czar is getting overwhelmed, and frankly a little tired, of blog after blog focused on what Republicans and/or Conservatives need to do in the Age of Obama. So much so, that he decided to write his own. Interestingly, almost … Continue reading →
And now, another Obama apointee has some brutal questions to answer about his past. In between the tax scandals, the foreign policy gaffes, the market-dropping-every-time-he-talks horror, the bailout fiasco, the banking industry preferring to risk failure rather than do business … Continue reading →
President Obama has criticized Republicans in Congress for their “just say no” approach to Obama’s budget. President Obama has chided the Republicans for not putting forth alternative ideas. OK, President Obama, here’s a freebie. For your FY 2009-10 budget, spend … Continue reading →
With his unique brand of Republican analysis! During our Bermuda summit many gambits were proposed to win back America’s elite electoral precincts from the left; sponsoring various hip hop colloquia at the better Ivies, supporting integration of gays into Nascar, … Continue reading →
In celebration of Black History Month (‘Puter’s always late), ‘Puter offers the following quote from fellow D.C. Area native (although, forcibly so) and Upstater by Choice, Mr. Frederick Douglass. I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, … Continue reading →
That‘s what FotG David Frum’s site NewMajority.com is about assembling, and this is the best piece of practical analysis in that direction I’ve seen there. This guy argues you have to start with this fact: That’s right: according to the … Continue reading →
As mentioned below by the ‘Puter, all the Chicago / Illinois politicians are making visits on the Republic Doors & Windows sit-in. That is, all but Gov. Blagojevich (D). He’s enjoying a little stay behind bars for trying to sell … Continue reading →
Great magazine this week. For your delectation: Ethan Gutmann’s cover story on the Chinese organ-harvesting complex will give you nightmares. No one lacerates the French like the French. Great piece on Saakashvili’s visit to Paris. Former Colleague of a Gormogon … Continue reading →
I’m not one to put my political or social beliefs on a bumpersticker. In fact, if you can summarize your beliefs in these areas on a bumpersticker, I’d be really worried. Having said this, I can summarize my feelings about … Continue reading →
Everyone’s giving free advice concerning the Grand Conservative Reawakening. ‘Puter’s going to get in on the action and offer some of his own free advice. First, don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Bedrock conservative ideas (lower taxes, smaller … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been doing more drinking and thinking. That is, in his spare time after watching a production of Legally Blonde: The Musical. Seriously. Don’t ask. Anyway, ‘Puter was thinking about the fundamental differences between a liberal philosophy and a conservative … Continue reading →
Hey, inside the Beltway Republican gurus! Wanna know why rank and file conservatives are starting to run screaming from you and your brand? Try this one on for size. The (for the time being) Republican controlled New York Senate made … Continue reading →
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) claims that Republican attacks on the Community Reinvestment Act are racially motivated. Rep. Frank is wrong on the merits as usual. Rep. Frank must be Karnak the Magnificent. He has the uncanny ability to know what … Continue reading →
