Calvin & Hobbes

Category: Democrats

  • Democrats dance to Hong’s tune

    None of the other 4 took after the poll leader. Do not sell Francesca Hong short. When she needs to, she can do the “Sidestep,” the song and dance number Charles Durning performed as “The Governor” in Little Best Whorehouse in Texas.  The angry young woman leading the five Democrats running for governor did a…

  • Madison is NOT mourning for Corey Ruiz

    But R.I.P. cowardly Democrats! BULLETIN: Due to heightened security concerns, the August 4 Madison Common Council and Executive Committee meetings will be held virtually (not in person) “to ensure the safety of community members, City staff, and elected officials.” It’s the cover of The Capital Times, Madison WI’s progressive proponent of grievance politics, open borders,…

  • Francesca Hong: ‘This was an execution’

    In WI governor’s race, Defund Police is back in play. Here we go again. Another white cop, another dead black man. Cue The Resistance. How many days before a mural dedicated to the latest undeserving martyr is splattered on a Madison WI wall? How many more events disrupted like last night’s Concerts on the Square?…

  • WI governor’s race coming down to Hong vs Stop-Hong

    and Paul Fanlund v John Nichols. Like any public opinion poll, there’s enough wiggle room to satisfy Harry Truman’s two-handed economist* in the latest Marquette Law School poll released today. For one thing, it was conducted before Sara Rodriquez pulled out and David Crowley got back in, which limits its predictive value. Professor Charles Franklin’s…

  • Nine big problems for Democrats running for WI governor

    or as Sara Rodriguez would say, ‘3 or 67 problems — maybe 32!’ No matter who Democrats wind up nominating for governor, they’re already backed up against their own goal line against Republican Tom Tiffany. (If we can use an analogy from the real game of football. The one that has what we like to…

  • Smoke and a few mirrors

    Republicans are promoting Hong on the tube. Canada thinks it can smoke us out. It’s Mark Carney’s revenge, the Canadian prime minister’s evil scheme to make the United States a province of Canada. Smoke hangs heavy over greater Madison WI this hot morning. Expecting golf league to be canceled this afternoon. → Check out today’s official…