David M. Rubin
"ASSEMBLYMAN CHRIS MURPHY IS ABOUT TO BE TESTED (FINALLY)
The virtually uncontested political career of Republican Assemblyman Chris Murphy may, after eight brutal years, be nearing an end. He...
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David M. Rubin
- Sep 25, 2022
- 3 min
Nancy Says "No" Again -
How Nancy Mace has been an obstructionist to every effort to upgrade Democracy. Send her home. Dr. Annie Andrews is her replacement
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David M. Rubin
- Sep 6, 2022
- 4 min
The State Assembly Launches Its Assault on Women
In its first response to the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, white male Republicans in the South Carolina Assembly...
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David M. Rubin
- Jul 30, 2022
- 4 min
CAN WEAVER MEET THE MASTER'S DEGREE REQUIREMENT?
DAVID M. RUBIN dmrubin@syr.edu South Carolina law requires that whoever is elected to be Superintendent of Education must possess "a...
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David M. Rubin
- Jul 18, 2022
- 4 min
ELLEN WEAVER, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE FOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
JULY 18, 2022 DAVID M. RUBIN dmrubin@syr.edu In the classic 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate, Chinese Communists brainwash a captured...
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David M. Rubin
- Jul 5, 2022
- 4 min
REPUBLICANS WILL REAP THIS WHIRLWIND
JULY 5, 2022 DAVID M. RUBIN dmrubin@syr.edu The world must seem so simple to Governor Henry McMaster. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court...
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David M. Rubin
- Jun 29, 2022
- 4 min
IS THE SLEEPING GIANT OF AMERICAN POLITICS ABOUT TO AWAKEN?
If you need evidence of how discombobulated REPRESENTATIVE NANCY MACE is by the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling on abortion, try to parse...
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David M. Rubin
- Jun 15, 2022
- 3 min
NANCY MACE'S UVALDE PROBLEM
Now that Rep. Nancy Mace has weathered the wrath of Donald Trump and defeated his preferred candidate in the Republican primary for the...
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David M. Rubin
- Jun 2, 2022
- 4 min
IT TAKES THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO CREATE UVALDE
At 8:15 pm on May 24, about three hours after Salvador Ramos killed 21 people, including 19 children, inside a school building in Uvalde,...
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David M. Rubin
- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
GIL GATCH, PASTOR TURNED POL
MAY 13, 2022 DAVID M. RUBIN dmrubin@syr.edu The 94th Assembly District in the Summerville area was the launching pad for one of South...
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David M. Rubin
- May 5, 2022
- 4 min
FROM FIELD OF DREAMS TO FIELD OF SCHEMES
Is anyone surprised that our naive Governor Henry McMaster is just as dazzled by the glamour of the National Football League as the...
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David M. Rubin
- Apr 15, 2022
- 4 min
"BAD ROADS ROBBY: THE CULPABLE COMMISH"
One doesn't have to be a civil engineer to know how dangerous and aggravating South Carolina roads are. Rough pavement, potholes, poor...
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David M. Rubin
- Apr 1, 2022
- 4 min
AN APRIL FOOL'S ROUNDUP OF REPUBLICAN AFFRONTS (BUT IT'S NOT A JOKE)
When a politician responds to a journalist with the words "I didn't know until you told me," you can be sure it's a lie. A Kaiser Health...
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David M. Rubin
- Mar 23, 2022
- 4 min
THE PLIGHT OF UKRAINE AND THE CONTINUING SHAME OF REPUBLICANS
(On Saturday, March 19 I spoke at a meeting of the Dorchester Country Democratic Party. Congressman Jim Clyburn was in attendance. He...
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David M. Rubin
- Mar 14, 2022
- 4 min
REPUBLICANS TAKE AIM AT THE MORNING AFTER PILL
When the Supreme Court reverses Roe v, Wade later this spring, do not assume that anti-abortionists will declare victory and cease their...
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David M. Rubin
- Feb 24, 2022
- 4 min
REPRESENTATIVE LIN BENNETT: THE FULL TRUMP
Thanks to recent Republican gerrymandering, Democrats who have been moved into the re-drawn 114th Assembly District will come face to...
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David M. Rubin
- Feb 15, 2022
- 4 min
ULTIMATE FIGHTING COMES TO CHARLESTON
Representative Nancy Mace thought she was on a glide path to the Republican nomination to keep her seat in the House. Her election...
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David M. Rubin
- Feb 9, 2022
- 3 min
ROGER WICKER, THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SENATOR
Just to establish the bona fides of our subject, Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker was the ONLY member of the United States Senate to vote...
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David M. Rubin
- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
MCKISSICK EXPLAINS WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE FOR
Credit President Joe Biden for putting on the table the reasonable question: "What are Republicans for?" The chairman of the South...
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David M. Rubin
- Jan 26, 2022
- 4 min
REPUBLICANS TO ABSENTEE VOTERS: "DISAPPEAR!"
If Republicans had a time machine, they would take us back to Election Day in South Carolina in the 1950s, a Norman Rockwell experience. ...
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