Donkey Chronicles Part I: A Donkey? Really?
Also in this series: The Donkey Chronicles Part II: A Donkey? Not Really. The Donkey Chronicles Part III: A Donkey…No More. For quite some time I’ve been bothered by that damn donkey. You know the one, the Democratic donkey, the party’s mascot. What I want to know is whose bright idea was it to choose this animal as the symbol of American Democrats? In the most charitable view, the donkey is seen as a strong, loud and stubborn animal, if slightly lacking... Read More
Michele Bachmann: Double Agent for the Democratic Party
We want to tell Chris Matthews to take a chill pill and to not get so incensed about the things Michele Bachmann says. For example, in an interview during the mid-term elections, Chris asked Ms. Bachmann if she, as part of a Republican-led Congress, would use congressional subpoena power to investigate Democratic members of Congress for “un-Americanism.” He was referring to her 2008 Hardball appearance, during which Bachmann had called upon the media to investigate “un-American”... Read More
Donkey Chronicles Part III: A Donkey…No More
Also in this series: Donkey Chronicles Part II: A Donkey? Not Really and Donkey Chronicles Part III: A Donkey…No More After I’ve questioned it, fought it, accepted it, and psychoanalyzed it (see Donkey I and Donkey II), I now discover that: THE DONKEY IS NOT THE OFFICIAL MASCOT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY! This is the startling news I found when digging a little deeper into this whole donkey mess. I hope my internet sources are wrong. Yes, I mean it,... Read More
Donkey Chronicles Part II: A Donkey? Not Really.
Also in this series: Donkey Chronicles Part I: A Donkey? Really? and Donkey Chronicles Part III: A Donkey…No More. It took me a while to accept him as the Democratic Party’s mascot (see Donkey Chronicles Part I). I had to go into obscure little sites that lauded donkey attributes. I had to brainwash myself to focus only on the positive. I had to ignore the fact that most cultures consider the donkey to be a very stupid animal. So what? What do... Read More
