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Bill Straub: As ’24 Republican race for president heats up, is Rand Paul a vice presidential choice?

February 24, 2023February 23, 20231

Sen. Rand Paul ran an infamously inept campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 when he was under the…

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Bill Straub: Giving himself a birthday present, he’s writing about guns — and the insanity of no limits

February 17, 2023February 16, 20231

I’m writing this column on my 70th birthday. In so doing I find myself recalling the words of that great…

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Bill Straub: A Chinese spy balloon wasn’t the only thing full of hot air to get shot down this week

February 10, 2023February 9, 20231

That wasn’t the Sword of Damocles that went bob-bob-bobbin’ over the nation’s breadbasket last week. It was a ChiCom spy…

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Bill Straub: Comer is up to his neck in ‘brown gold,’ determined to get in deeper; but no civil rights

February 3, 2023February 2, 20230

Interesting article in The Guardian recently (hat tip to my friend Art Jester for pointing it out) about what is…

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Bill Straub: From calamity to farce, House speaker election highlights a GOP circus lead by the clowns

January 6, 2023January 5, 20230

Isn’t it bliss?
 Don’t you approve?
 One who keeps tearing around
 One who can’t move 
Where are the clowns?
 Send…

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Bill Straub: The ‘new/improved’ McConnell –a softie? an obstructionist? a liberal? a team player? a jerk?

December 30, 2022December 29, 20220

Could it be that the vaunted Grim Reaper is actually a softie – or (gasp) maybe even a liberal –…

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Bill Straub: Comer achieves the seemingly impossible with latest spate of nonsense

December 23, 2022December 22, 20220

From the Giving the Devil His Due Department, Rep. Jamie Comer is miraculously achieving something that anyone with the least,…

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Bill Straub: As it turns out, an ‘old crow’ can indeed learn new tricks, so McConnell-Trump game is afoot

December 16, 2022December 15, 20220

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is proving that even an “old, broken-down crow” can learn new tricks. Actually, in this…

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Bill Straub: Jamie Comer, the facinating Rubber Man, is turning into a MAGA hero before our very eyes

December 9, 2022December 8, 20220

It has become easy to view Rep. James Comer as the political equivalent of an especially painful hemorrhoid – he…

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Bill Straub: McConnell’s vote against the ‘respect’ for his own marriage is hard to explain — so he doesn’t

December 2, 2022December 1, 20220

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is usually as transparent as glass – whatever enhances the GOP politically, despite potential repercussions…

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Bill Straub: Jamie ‘Hee-Haw’ Comer just can’t walk away from Hunter Biden ‘investigation’; about John Y.

November 25, 2022November 24, 20221

Like Ali Baba chanting “Open Sesame” to enter the mouth of a cave holding great treasures, Rep. James Comer has…

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Bill Straub: Now that the election is over and R’s lost opportunities, let the games begin in earnest

November 18, 2022November 17, 20220

The election is over. Let the recriminations begin! What say we start with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, generally viewed as…

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Bill Straub: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose — but big loser Tuesday was definitely Donald Trump

November 11, 2022November 11, 20220

WASHINGTON – The late Al Smith, my old mentor, and a renowned raconteur used to tell a story about Frank…

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Bill Straub: Rand Paul’s viciousness could be put to real harm if he becomes chair of Senate committee

November 4, 2022November 3, 20220

Sen. Rand Paul is a buffoon. But he may soon become a buffoon with a microphone and a gavel, which…

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Bill Straub: Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has been challenged in the past — but never like this

October 28, 2022October 27, 20220

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, in what thus far has been a year of political discontent, seems to be picking…

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Bill Straub: Jamie Comer, with the governmental acumen of Goober Pyle, is puffed up with spotlight

October 21, 2022October 20, 20220

There’s a reason you ought not let a two-year-old handle a .44 Magnum, and it’s the same reason you shouldn’t…

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Bill Straub: McConnell will go down in history as worst majority leader ever; Trump may be his demise

October 14, 2022October 13, 20220

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell holds the only political position he has ever coveted and he has no desire to…

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Bill Straub: We live in strange times absolutely. Don’t believe it? Just listen to the Republican silence

October 7, 2022October 7, 20220

It’s the case of Addison Mitchell McConnell and the Curious Incident of the Dog That Didn’t Bark. In fact, a…

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Bill Straub: DeSantis treated immigrants’ lives like game board pieces in assault on common decency

September 30, 2022September 29, 20220

When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated…

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Bill Straub: It’s Massie again, showing devotion to lies and diverting attention from pursuit of truth

September 23, 2022September 22, 20220

During his 10 misbegotten years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Thomas Massie has done a terrible job proving that…

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Bill Straub: Stewing in their own juices, Jethro turns up heat on abortion, while women are pushing back

September 16, 2022September 15, 20220

In The Beverly Hillbillies, patriarch Jed Clampett was frequently called upon to clean up some bit of nonsense wrought by…

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Bill Straub: Big shot James Comer deflects from Trump’s ‘top secret’ docs to focus on Hunter Biden

September 9, 2022September 8, 20220

Rep. James Comer, who considers himself a big shot these days, judging by the countless appearances of his smug mug…

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