Tag Archives: GOP

Party Foul: The Soul-crushing State of Florida’s Two Major Parties

For those who follow Florida politics, it’s hard to know what to be more frustrated by: the depravity of the Florida Republican leaders, or the breathtaking incompetence of the Florida Democratic leaders. If just one of these two major parties could clean up its act, this would be a political paradise, at least relative to [...]

Danation: Notes From the Final Republican Presidential Debate

As my favorite political blogger, Charlie Pierce, would say, last night was the 10,575,629th, and last, debate of this primary season. There were no fireworks or confetti cannons to celebrate the event, though for those of us who have followed this damnable process since its outset, there very well should have been. It has been, [...]

Danation: Fair Districts Indeed

This past Friday, the Florida Supreme Court got its first taste of what will be the fight of the next election – redistricting. Florida passed two new state constitution amendments in the 2010 election, one that addressed statewide legislative elections and another that focused on the election of federal congressmen. Each of the amendments offered [...]

Danation: Mitt Romney Doesn’t Care About the “Very Poor”? Stop the Presses!

Much hay has been made over the last 48 hours about Mexican American presidential candidate Willard M. Romney’s quote regarding the very poor. (I could do the now-cliched bloggery trope in which I hyperlink each word of the preceding sentence to a different outraged column or opinion piece, but I think you’re all smart enough [...]

Danation: Now that Newt’s Out, the Time of the Mexican Mormon Is at Hand

There was a time when this would have been a fun primary to write about. The rise and fall of Michelle Bachmann, laid low by her own stupidity. Then the rise and fall of Rick Perry, laid low by his stupidity and/or hunting camp. Then the rise and fall of Herman Cain, laid low by [...]

Newsmax Makes Its Move

Amid a Republican primary season rich with conflict, one skirmish has been largely overlooked: the battle between conservative news outlets for the rights to kingmaker status. Squarely in the thick of this battle is a cynical, spam-belching, spin-happy website from West Palm Beach called Newsmax [...]

Florida Republicans: You Have My Sympathy (But Not My Vote)

To the Republicans of Florida: I’m writing to discuss with you that sense of foreboding that haunted your polling places on Tuesday; that evil shudder that crawled up your backbone and down your arm, causing your fingers to jag ever so slightly toward the name “Newt Gingrich” before proceeding on their foreordained course to “Mitt [...]

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C&I Studios: The Art of Production and Altruism in Fort Lauderdale

by Monica Uszerowicz

You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]

Tonight: Littman Theater Makes Tribute to Venezuelan Composer, Aldemaro Romero