Happy Blame Someone Else Day (Tanka)
Today, May 13th, is the first Friday the 13th of 2011, which makes it Blame Someone Else Day. I thought I’d celebrate it with a tanka (a haiku plus two more seven-syllable lines). Blame Someone Else...
View ArticleThe So-Called Liberal Media Strikes Again
Steve Benen points us to yet another example of the media blaming the wrong political party. According to the Washington Post, the Democrats, in resisting Republican precedent-changing demands for FEMA...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To The Not-So-Super Committee
The blame game is going strong with the customary false equivalencies. Limerick Ode To The Not-So-Super Committee By Madeleine Begun Kane The Super Committee’s derailed, And now we are being regaled...
View ArticleFinger Pointing Blues (Limerick)
When a political party loses big time, the way the Republicans lost on Tuesday, there are two ways to go: 1) Careful introspection; or 2) Blame game. Guess which route the Republicans picked. Finger...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Mitt “Sore Loser” Romney
Mitt “Sore Loser” Romney doesn’t use the word “bribes” in rationalizing his loss to his donors, but he sure comes mighty close: A week after losing the election to President Obama, Mitt Romney blamed...
View ArticleSequestration Blame Game (Limerick)
John Boehner’s 2011 PowerPoint presentation provides ample proof that sequestration originated with the Republicans. But even if we didn’t have that smoking gun slide show, the GOP’s attempt to label...
View Article“Party First” Politics (3-Verse Limerick)
“Party First” Politics (3-Verse Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane When the government runs out of cash And shuts down, then just who will you bash? If you’re paying attention, The party you’ll mention...
View ArticleDiscredit Where Discredit Is Due (Limerick)
Bad news from the Republican-controlled House: House Republicans will vote to pass a one-year delay of Obamacare in exchange for funding the government, a plan that drastically increases the chances of...
View ArticleThe “Mistakes Were Made” Game (Limerick)
The “Mistakes Were Made” Game (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane Simply playing the passive voice game Is a popular way to dodge blame. The “mistakes were made” line Is the best tell-tale sign That...
View ArticleSuccessful Soul-Searching Is Tough Sans A Soul (Limerick)
Conservatives, bummed and bereft, Due to Donald Trump’s poll number heft, After searching their brains To explain his huge gains, Found the cause: It’s Barack and the Left!
View ArticleTrump, The Scapegoater (Limerick)
In the Trumpian mindset, when stuff Goes terribly wrong, then he’ll huff And he’ll puff, placing fault On others (facts “alt.”) Ducking blame is Trump’s concept of “tough.”
View ArticleLimerick Ode to our Blame-Shirker-In-Chief
http://www.madkane.com/madness/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Blame-Shirker.m4a Headline: “Stock Market Rout Has Trump Fixated on Fed Chair Powell” Says Donald, The Fed is at fault For the stock market’s...
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