Bill Straub: Comer achieves the seemingly impossible with latest spate of nonsense
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
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is proving that even an “old, broken-down crow” can learn new tricks. Actually, in this…
Bill Straub: Jamie Comer, the facinating Rubber Man, is turning into a MAGA hero before our very eyes
It has become easy to view Rep. James Comer as the political equivalent of an especially painful hemorrhoid – he…
Bill Straub: McConnell’s vote against the ‘respect’ for his own marriage is hard to explain — so he doesn’t
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is usually as transparent as glass – whatever enhances the GOP politically, despite potential repercussions…
Bill Straub: Jamie ‘Hee-Haw’ Comer just can’t walk away from Hunter Biden ‘investigation’; about John Y.
Like Ali Baba chanting “Open Sesame” to enter the mouth of a cave holding great treasures, Rep. James Comer has…
Bill Straub: Now that the election is over and R’s lost opportunities, let the games begin in earnest
The election is over. Let the recriminations begin! What say we start with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, generally viewed as…
Bill Straub: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose — but big loser Tuesday was definitely Donald Trump
WASHINGTON – The late Al Smith, my old mentor, and a renowned raconteur used to tell a story about Frank…
Bill Straub: Rand Paul’s viciousness could be put to real harm if he becomes chair of Senate committee
Sen. Rand Paul is a buffoon. But he may soon become a buffoon with a microphone and a gavel, which…
Bill Straub: Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has been challenged in the past — but never like this
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, in what thus far has been a year of political discontent, seems to be picking…
Bill Straub: Jamie Comer, with the governmental acumen of Goober Pyle, is puffed up with spotlight
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…
Bill Straub: McConnell will go down in history as worst majority leader ever; Trump may be his demise
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell holds the only political position he has ever coveted and he has no desire to…
Bill Straub: We live in strange times absolutely. Don’t believe it? Just listen to the Republican silence
It’s the case of Addison Mitchell McConnell and the Curious Incident of the Dog That Didn’t Bark. In fact, a…
Bill Straub: DeSantis treated immigrants’ lives like game board pieces in assault on common decency
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated…
Bill Straub: It’s Massie again, showing devotion to lies and diverting attention from pursuit of truth
During his 10 misbegotten years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Thomas Massie has done a terrible job proving that…
Bill Straub: Stewing in their own juices, Jethro turns up heat on abortion, while women are pushing back
In The Beverly Hillbillies, patriarch Jed Clampett was frequently called upon to clean up some bit of nonsense wrought by…
Bill Straub: Big shot James Comer deflects from Trump’s ‘top secret’ docs to focus on Hunter Biden
Rep. James Comer, who considers himself a big shot these days, judging by the countless appearances of his smug mug…
Bill Straub: Is McConnell losing his mojo? He’s on wrong side of Trump, may be running out of gas
“Got my mojo working, but it – uh uh – just won’t work on you.’’ – Muddy Waters It’s time…
Bill Straub: When it comes to McConnell these days, who knows — maybe the craziness will work
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, in an unprecedented moment of candor, has acknowledged that at least some of his party’s…
Bill Straub: Donald John Trump is not president, took things that weren’t his — and it wasn’t a ‘raid’
Let’s play a quick game of who said this: “On political corruption, we are going to restore honor to our…
Bill Straub: Poor Mitch McConnell’s horrible, awful, horrendous, very bad month; looking for a way out
August has arrived and no one should be happier about the march of time than Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell,…
Bill Straub: There’s stupid and there’s mega-stupid, so credit legislators for hungry kids going hungrier
In the movie Heathers, a dark comedy released 34 years ago, believe it or not, a character named Veronica, played…
Bill Straub: After the deep-sixing of Roe v. Wade, are same-sex marriages next to go? Marching backwards
The sun has continued to rise in the east and set in the west since June 26, 2015. House sparrows…