Clete Wetli, Author at Bama Politics
ALGOP Officially Sells Its Soul To Trump
Sadly, the Alabama Republican Party thinks that the president extorting Ukraine for his own personal gain, and engaging in an unprecedented cover-up, is a crisis that can be twisted into a massive fundraising effort.
Continue To ArticleNancy Worley’s Last Stand
The reality is that hundreds of thousands of Alabamians still lack access to affordable healthcare. The reality is that the state has slashed unemployment benefits and continues to neglect people who genuinely need help. The reality is that Alabama needs prison and education reform. In fact, Alabama has real problems and it needs real solutions.
Continue To ArticleJoe Biden Correct: “Hate is on the rise again.”
Biden is absolutely correct in his observation. Although he didn’t mention Trump or other prominent Republicans by name, they’ve been guilty of giving the hate a whole lot of oxygen and done their best to coax it out from under the rocks.
Continue To ArticleThe Sharpie Effect in Alabama Politics
An integral part of effective leadership and sound statesmanship is accepting responsibility for mistakes and errors. It should also go without saying that making things up is unquestionably wrong on every level.
Continue To ArticleStop Scapegoating Mental Illness for Mass Shootings
Indeed, if mental illness was to blame for mass shootings, then other countries would have the same issues we face in the Unites States.
Continue To ArticleDNC Gives Alabama Democrats a Scintilla of Hope
In an unprecedented rebuke of the current leadership of the Alabama Democratic Party, the DNC voted unanimously last week to strip ADP Chair Nancy Worley and ADP Vice-Chair Randy Kelley of their DNC credentials.
Continue To ArticleTuberville Fails with Education Comments
It’s worth noting that Tuberville has zero experience in politics and he somehow thinks that it makes him even more qualified for the position. Well, that might be how they pick head coaches in college football- oh, wait- they would never dream of that- oops, scratch that.
Continue To ArticleAL Rep. Mo Brooks and the Straw Man of Socialism
Brooks has built his whole career on creating straw men that he haphazardly associates with his opposition in defiance of facts and logic.
Continue To ArticleAlabama Gun Worship Must End
So, instead of recognizing the obvious epidemic and widespread carnage of growing gun violence, Alabama politicians keep pushing bills to make gun ownership easier and less accountable. In fact, the cliché of all clichés in Alabama is to watch a conservative campaign ad with the candidate firing a gun.
Continue To ArticleWhat Channel Is AL Sen. Candidate John Merrill Watching?
So, that’s why Merrill wants voters to blame cable television, because he thinks the world would be so much better if it just looked more like Mayberry, right?
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