Category Archives: Elections

Nevada GOP Establishment (GOPe) To Most Nevada GOP Voters: Your Voice Shouldn’t Count

Posted on September 25, 2023 by The Political Hat

     The Nevada Republican Party establishment (“GOPe”) has approved this past weekend a caucus to be held in the evening (right after most people get off work and just want to go home to their families) two days after the state … Continue reading →

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Politics As Faith

Posted on September 13, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Politics often results in emotions overriding reason. But increasingly politics has become a form of faith, with political saviors and a good vs. evil mindset that seeks to purge heathens and heretics aside. Most troubling is a certain gnostic view … Continue reading →

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The Fix Is In: The Real GOPe In Nevada Strikes Again

Posted on August 28, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Nevada will have a Presidential primary with all Republican active voters receiving a ballot.   Most Republicans in Nevada will assume their vote will count, but it won’t. The Nevada Republican Party executive officers (not even as of yet the … Continue reading →

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Learning About Propaganda

Posted on July 18, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Most people now-a-days thinks that propaganda is all about peddling lies, and that if it is true (or people believe it is true), that they aren’t being propagandized against. In reality, propaganda is about shaping perceptions of reality, even when … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Nixon Presidency

Posted on May 5, 2023 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      Republicans have ever been accused of bringing more government in the name of less government.   Richard Nixon … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: What Now for the Ghetto?

Posted on February 10, 2023 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      It seems that inner cities are returning to crime, homelessness, and political insanity.   Let us look back … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Role of Liberals in the Republican Party

Posted on December 9, 2022 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      The 1978 election was disappointing for Republicans, just as the 2022 election is today.   With many independents … Continue reading →

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Election Aftermath — A Snapshot Of Politics In Flux

Posted on November 18, 2022 by The Political Hat

Aside from that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?      In your humble author’s 2022 election prediction post, you humble author stated: “In a neutral environment, the Democrats were likely to lose the House of Representatives and be endangered in the … Continue reading →

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Post-Election Ballot-Counting Musical Interlude

Posted on November 10, 2022 by The Political Hat

     While the counting of ballot continues and continues, let us enjoy an apropos musical interlude. Tweet

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Word To Remember When Voting

Posted on November 8, 2022 by The Political Hat

     A decade ago, I was talking with a scientist who had immigrated from Bulgaria, had lived under Communism, and had become an American citizen. The words she spoke to me still gives me a chill of terror: Tweet

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