This very blog mere days ago noted that the real scandal surrounding the “Mouthpiece Theatre” video entitled “Menage a Stella Artois” wasn’t what was said about the present U.S. Secretary of State, but, rather, the double standard of the contemporary American Left when it comes to humor. At that time, it was known that the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Democrats’
Leftward Opposition to Criticizing Democratic Officials Threatens Their Congressional Majority
A new week brought a new episode of The Washington Post’s “Mouthpiece Theatre” Friday. In a time when newspapers are waning, features such as this Milbank/Cillizza collaboration provide a refreshing perspective on humorous news commentary. These web savvy WaPo contributors routinely skewer the left and right with their biting commentary. The series, as the name [...]
My Healthcare Story or: How I Learned to Fear the Public Option
Unfortunately, I’ve been far too quiet around these parts for the past month. The biggest reason for this is that I have been struggling on a daily basis with a so far undiagnosed illness. Long story short, I have been in constant pain throughout my abdomen — so bad that I have incredible trouble sleeping, [...]
Sotomayor Nomination Reveals Much About Obama.
Judge Sotomayor’s record as a federal circuit court judge may not offer much insight to where she stands on the controversial issues facing the nation today. Her tenure as a jurist does reveal much about President Obama’s thinking. Of the many great legal minds of the federal circuit, left, right, and center, the President of the [...]
Health Care Policy Discussions Should Be Expanded
The discussion of health care reform has grown in recent weeks across various segments of American society. Debate is underway in Congress as bloggers reveal themselves to be an incubator for ideas, unlike the Republican Party bureaucracy. Fellow NextGenGOP contributor Gideon D’Assandro has offered valuable insights into this topic. Other collaborative political blogs (such as The Next Right [...]
The “Far Right,” The Filibuster-Proof Majority, and Young Voters
Over at left-of-center Mother Jones magazine, Jonathan Stein and Nick Baumann argue that “the far right handed Dems a 60-vote majority.” Stein and Baumann continue: The Republican Party has moved dramatically rightward in the age of Obama, and allowed people like Newt Gingrich, Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin to become its [...]
Jack Kemp’s death offers perspective on Specter’s career.
This weekend, a noteworthy Republican passed away. Years before the contributors to this site were born, Jack Kemp left his professional football career to run for Congress. From 1971 to 1989, Jack Kemp served in the U.S. House of Representatives serving his adoptive hometown in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. Kemp served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during [...]
A Few (New?) Thoughts
First of all let me say that I am extremely happy to have enough free time to continue writing on NextGenGOP. Many of you may not even know who I am since it has been several months since my last entry. You will be hearing from me weekly and I hope you are all as [...]
A Memo to Congressional Republicans: Keep Up the Fight!
Republicans should take note of recent polling data from Rasmussen Reports, consistently one of the most accurate polling firms in the nation. According to a Rasmussen poll released on January 23, 59% of U.S. voters are concerned that President Obama and Congress will increase government spending too much over the next one to two years. [...]
Nepotism in American Politics
Someone needs to tell the Caroline Kennedy the upper house of Congress is not the House of Lords. The party that claims to represent middle and working class Americans is seriously considering appointing a daughter of a former president with no public office experience to the Senate seat currently occupied by the wife of a [...]