I’m really of two minds about disgraced Alabama Governor and amateur phone sex participant Robert Bentley’s resignation this week. On the one hand, he was a truly terrible Governor and by most accounts not a very nice person, the kind-of hypocrite that would talk about being a Christian as he’s denying Obama’s aid to the unemployed….
Category: Larger Editorials
How to Flip the South–State By State
Sure, I’ve posted videos today talking about how to win over Trump’s base and exploring why poor Southerners vote Republican, but how do we flip each state from red to blue? Here are at least some answers, ranking each state from “most flippable” to “hopeless.” Disqualified: Virginia and Oklahoma. Virginia is disqualified not because it isn’t part of the Southeast–it…
How Do You Flip Trump’s Base?
Alabama Liberal explains how you turn Trump’s base against him…
What’s the Matter with Alabama?
W-H-Y do poor states vote for Republicans? Alabama Liberal actually has an answer…
How Do Democrats Lose?
How do Democrats lose? Alabama Liberal explains how Democrats take a big issue and make it small while Republicans take a small issue and make it big.
How Do Republicans Get Away with This Shit?
How do Republicans get away with their scandals while Democrats are near-impeached for blow jobs? Alabama Liberal explains…
State’s Rights Leads to Regional Inequality
I’ve grown tired of state’s rights arguments, even if no one else agrees. For most people, the vague catch-all of “states rights” solves most problems outright. Liberals can trailblaze new environmental regulations, marijuana legalization, or gun restrictions whether The White House is occupied by Barack Obama or Donald Trump. And for their part, Republicans are…
Democrats Will NEVER Take Back America Until They Reclaim the South
As I pointed out in last year’s very well-aged article “The Southeast is Actually the MOST Important Area for Democrats”—which you should read if you haven’t already—there is no future for the Democratic Party that doesn’t include major gains in the Southeast. What is currently being thought of as “hopelessly lost Trump country” is the only way Democrats are…
Don’t Worry Bernie Fans, Tom Perez Winning Is Actually a Good Thing for You
“Oh great, Tom Perez won DNC Chair, same old, same old.” “Tom Perez is another corporate centrist!” “What do you call a party that does the same thing over and over again and expects a different results? The Democratic Party.” “Goodbye Democrats, I’m going third party! Demexit!” We heard all this and a lot more…
Twelve Painful Truths Democrats Must Accept to Rebuild the Party
I don’t want to sugarcoat it: the Democratic Party is in trouble. It is at its lowest level since the late 1920’s and possibly even worse than that when you consider Hawaii (one of only three states including Rhode Island and Delaware where Democrats control the state legislature trifecta and all congressional representation) wasn’t yet a state at that time….
How the Super Bowl Became a Part of the Culture Wars
Since when do so many people like the Atlanta Falcons? Since they were up against Tom Brady and the empire of evil, that’s when. You might have noticed that it seemed like an awful lot of people were pulling for the Atlanta Falcons this past Sunday, and there were a lot of broken hearts when…
Sole Complaint with Obama: He Didn’t Pardon Don Siegelman (Why it Matters)
Most of the complaints about President Obama are ridiculous (“he didn’t tear down the military industrial complex?” “War criminal!”), untrue (“he’s weak on defense” when he actually made us safer at home and abroad), or perhaps things that weren’t his problems to solve (“why didn’t he heal the divide between black and white Americans?”). The…
And No, Hillary’s Campaign Wasn’t Bad
Aside from the myth that Bernie could’ve won, we also hear that Hillary’s campaign was bad. This is the second persistent myth that basically lets the American voter (and the media) off the hook. The thinking probably goes “hey, our country’s not really dumb enough to vote for Trump against a good candidate, it’s gotta be Hillary’s fault!” It…