As you might know, for a long time, I’ve had a pet peeve with the Democratic party having a jackass for a mascot.  So much so, that I wrote The Donkey Chronicles, a 3-part series about this subject. In Part I: A Donkey? Really? I wondered whose bright idea was it to pick an animal...

I am a proud Democrat.  I am proud to belong to a party that defends the rights of the everyday man (and woman).  I am proud to belong to a party that has given us the most intelligent (and articulate) presidents. However, I get furious at the utter incompetence of my party when it comes to...

After I’ve questioned it, fought it, accepted it, and psychoanalyzed it (see Donkey I and Donkey II), I now discover that: THE DONKEY IS NOT THE OFFICIAL MASCOT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY! This is the startling news I found when digging a little deeper into this whole donkey mess. I hope my...

It took me a while to accept him as the Democratic Party’s mascot (see Donkey Chronicles Part I).  I had to go into obscure little sites that lauded donkey attributes.  I had to brainwash myself to focus only on the positive. I had to ignore the fact that most cultures consider the donkey...

For quite some time I’ve been bothered by that damn donkey.   You know the one, the Democratic donkey, the party’s mascot.   What I want to know is whose bright idea was it to choose this animal as the symbol of American Democrats? In the most charitable view, the donkey is seen as...

I’ve just received an email from Jeremy Bird, National Field Director for Obama for America.  The title of the email is:  Introducing the Obama 2012 bumper sticker. I don’t know if it’s that introductory word “introducing”— that in the real world is usually...