"Poly-ticks" Archives • SK Figler

The Rules of Partisan Politics

Regarding the current Supreme Court mess... The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg — like Thurgood Marshall, a civil rights giant, who demanded that the United States live up to its ideals — has created the fourth time in the last six decades that liberals may turn over a seat to conservatives. Aware of this possibility, some legal scholars and writers...

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 SK FiglerClarence Thomas, Democrats, elections, Hugo Black, Lyndon Johnson, Obama, Republicans, Richard Nixon, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, Trump2 Comments

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What explains Trump?

Too many people try to explain Trump's actions and motivations rationally, when he has shown us for many years to be primarily if not totally irrational. The latest is Heather Cox Richardson writing on today's Bill Moyers On Democracy blog (billmoyers.com.) As I wade through the flood of news today, all of it trying to tilt the playing field toward...

September 4, 2020 SK FiglerBill Moyers, Donald Trump, Heather Cox Richardson, Republicans4 Comments

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What Explains Trump’s “Base?”

As bizarre and lie-filled as the recent Republican Convention was, one would think that it could only do damage to the Cause of Trump. And yet 35 to 45% of our country remain rabid Trumpists. Is it simply that they are stupid? It's certainly not rational what he and they say about "evil" Democrats. Is it getting back at Democrats...

August 30, 2020 SK Figler2020 Republican Convention, Donald Trump, fear, Jim Crow laws, resentment, Tories, W.J. CashNo Comment

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Anger in the RNC

I watched all four nights of the delightful Democratic Nominating Convention and have felt compelled to watch the first two nights of the Republican Convention. I think I won’t watch tonight, because I feel that I’ve learned what I can learn from this version of Republicanism. I had hoped to some extent to be surprised by the Republicans, but I...