Tag Archives: Tea Party

Newsweek: Katie Couric- ‘Sarah Palin’s: Five Biggest Gaffes’

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Daily Review  “Former Republican nominee for Vice President Sarah Palin has made some huge gaffes during her political career. Here are the top five, including when she insisted that being able to see Russia from Alaska counted as foreign … Continue reading →

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The Daily Beast: Simon & Schuster- Rick Wilson- ‘Everything That Donald Trump Touches Dies Today’

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Derik Schneider

Source: The New Democrat I’m going to take you down my memory lane and talk about the Republican Party that I grew up with as a kid in the 1980s and early 90s and see if anyone remembers that GOP … Continue reading →

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Salon Magazine: Andrew O’Hehrir- Interviewing Rob Reiner: On Why Neither Party Works Today

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Derik Schneider

Source: The New Democrat I disagree with Rob Reiner on one thing in this video that Donald Trump wasn’t vetted at all. I would argue that he wasn’t even vetted properly. We know all about how dangerous, undisciplined, unqualified, bigoted, … Continue reading →

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CBPP: Opinion: Robert Greenstein: Budget Deal, Though Imperfect, Represents Significant Accomplishment and Merits Support

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Derik Schneider

Source: CBPP: Opinion: Robert Greenstein: Budget Deal, Though Imperfect, Represents Significant Accomplishment and Merits Support Looks like the parents for the House Republicans finally came home from their long extended vacation and took control over their house and children. But … Continue reading →

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Bad Lip Reading: Michele Bachmann- A BLR Soundbite

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Derik Schneider

  Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus Just to state a fact here and hopefully not my only one in this post, it is kind of funny to hear from Rachel Maddow and really anyone on … Continue reading →

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Chris Rabideau: HBO’s The Newsroom- Gun Control

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus Don’t get me wrong, I’m in favor of what I call and others on the center-left call common sense gun control. And no that doesn’t mean gun prohibition and outlawing the … Continue reading →

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HBO: The Newsroom- The Greater Fool Broadcast

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus This is my first satire about voter id and that is because this is a very serious issue. Because we are literally talking about perhaps the most anti-democratic pieces of … Continue reading →

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Chiu Na-Ying: Video: HBO’s The Newsroom: Debt Ceiling Debate

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on WordPress I swear that and I probably believed this when, but in early 2011 when House Republicans just took control of the House of Representatives, that their so-called Tea … Continue reading →

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Gingery Oddity: Video: HBO’s The Newsroom: Maggie on Michelle Bachmann and Christianity

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on WordPress What the Maggie character from The Newsroom didn’t mention and perhaps didn’t think of, is that perhaps Representative Michelle Bachmann’s whose career in Congress will be over in … Continue reading →

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Kittens McTavish: HBO’s The Newsroom- Spreading Lies, Right-Wing Propaganda at it’s Worst

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Derik Schneider

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus I’m going to start this post off with a few expressions that may sound cheesy today, but explain what I’m getting at perfectly. “Fool me once, shame on you, fool … Continue reading →

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