The Local Crank

Musings & Sardonic Commentary on Politics, Religion, Culture & Native American Issues. Bringing you the finest in radioactive screeds since 2002! "The Local Crank" newspaper column is distributed by Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.

: Name: The Local Crank; Location: Cleburne, Texas, United States

Just a simple Cherokee trial lawyer, Barkman has been forcing his opinions on others in print since, for reasons that passeth understanding, he was an unsuccessful candidate for state representative in 2002. His philosophy: "If people had wanted me to be nice, they should've voted for me."

View my complete profile

Friday, April 27, 2007

Right Wing Amnesia...

...sadly claims another victim: House MINORITY Leader John Boehner.

Labels: Right Wing Amnesia

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Right Wing Amnesia Strikes Again

You see, it's only "giving aid and comfort to the enemy" and "harming the troops" when the war is in Iraq and Democrats oppose it. If the war is in Somalia and Republicans (like the Blessed St. John McCain) oppose it, well that's an entirely different matter. More here from Glenn Greenwald.

Labels: Iraq, John McCain, Right Wing Amnesia

Monday, December 04, 2006

Son of Right Wing Amnesia...

...that strange congenital condition whereby Conservatives' memories are selectively erased, seems to have struck Powerline! Fortunately, TPM Muckraker is here to help.

Labels: Blogosphere, Conservatives, Right Wing Amnesia

Monday, September 25, 2006

Kay Bailey Hutchinson "Emboldens Al Qaeda"

From Unclaimed Territory, Glenn Greenwald brings us another astonishing case of SRA (Selective Rightwing Amnesia) Syndrome, by pointing out that it was Republicans, including Hutchinson, who were calling for the US to "cut and run" in Somalia. Now would be as good a time as any to hop on over to Barbara Ann Radnofsky's place and give her some love.

Labels: Al Qaeda, Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Right Wing Amnesia, Somalia

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

More Right-Wing Amnesia

From Glenn Greenwald, more of the sad congenital condition of selective amensia in Republicans that prevents them, for example, from remembering anything Bill Clinton ever said or did about Osama bin Laden.