by Frumpzilla on January 31, 2010
Well, frumps, the past week turned out to be quite a rhetorical showcase in the tumultuous world of 21st Century American politics. Most Americans, regardless of political affiliation, agreed that President Obama sailed through the dangerous shoals of the State of the Union address in a fairly seaworthy manner. Democrats characterize his performance as “getting [...]
by Frumpzilla on November 4, 2009
Well, frumps, I started out this week a little “under the weather” but there’s something magically restorative about the spectacle of a gang of overheated “ideological purists” hoist with their own petards. Forget about the gubernatorial races, I’ll take House seats anytime; and of course, the sauce that makes that particular NY-23 House [...]
by Frumpzilla on September 28, 2009
Well, frumps, sometimes the Sunday political roundups make me feel like a visitor from another galaxy, far, far away. And sometimes they make me wish I were and that I could go “home,” thank you very much.
Now I certainly don’t think of myself as any major league political wonk. I’m like most people, a political [...]
by Frumpzilla on September 10, 2009
“I am not the first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.” President BARACK OBAMA, in his address to Congress on health-care reform
Well, frumps, for me last night was one of those defining moments in a presidential term when I decide to stay on board or get off [...]
by Frumpzilla on May 14, 2009
There was a time when Dick Cheney seemed only a rumor, flitting from one “undisclosed secure location” to another – a mere occasional whiff of sulfur on the winds of power – obedient to the presidential axiom that veeps should be seen and not heard. Alas, those days are over.
Now he won’t shut up. Never [...]