Monthly Archives: January 2022

Today’s Snark: Sarah Palin COVID edition

What Sarah Palin frequently hears

Sometimes, politicians’ words come back to bite them. That seems to be the case this week, as failed Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin‘s defamation trial against The New York Times had to be delayed when Palin tested positive for COVID. Palin had already declared last year that she had been diagnosed with COVID,  but the trial judge in the current case noted that Palin still “is of course unvaccinated.” Indeed, Palin recently stated that she would get the Coronavirus vaccine “over my dead body.” Based on Sarah Palin’s own previous statements (some of them infamous), we can say the following:

1. COVID put its sights on Palin and said, “don’t retreat, reload.”

2. Palin is pallin’ around with COVID.

3. (To Palin) How’s that non-vaccinatiney thing workin’ for ya?

Photo by Ernest, used under Creative Commons license. https://is.gd/l7PycJ

Democrats use MLK Day to push for voting rights

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Washington, DC

Every year on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we hear platitudes from politicians honoring the fallen civil rights leader. At least Democrats mean their praise of Dr. King sincerely; Republicans clearly do not. Indeed, according to one recent poll, a majority of Republicans do not even think MLK Day should be a national holiday. But yesterday, many Democrats took an effective extra step: they linked Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with voting rights. Specifically, Democrats, including Dr. King’s own children, cited MLK Day to call for passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act that has been passed by the U.S. House and is currently pending before the U.S. Senate.

Such linkage between MLK Day and voting rights, for example was all over Twitter:

The Republicans’ War on America

Republican attack on U.S. Capitol

In his February 2021 annual letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett, considered to be the most successful investor of all time, wrote:

Our unwavering conclusion: Never bet against America.

However, looking back at 2021, the Republican Party certainly failed to heed Mr. Buffett’s advice. The Republicans bet against America when they disbelieved and then tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. They bet against America when they incited, supported and funded a terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol that was designed to stop the certification of Electoral Votes for then President-elect Joe Biden. They bet against America when they fought, and continue to fight, against sensible COVID protections such as masks, vaccinations, school accommodations, and social distancing. And they bet against America when they side with one of our most dangerous global opponents, Russia, to hurt American democracy.

Surely, the Republicans’ War on America presents some stark campaign fodder for the 2022 elections.