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...
top of page
Search
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...
21 views0 comments
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...
38 views0 comments
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...
22 views0 comments
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...
14 views0 comments
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...
25 views0 comments
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. ...
26 views0 comments
David M. Rubin
- Jul 30, 2021
- 3 min
A Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Bill? Not For Tim Scott, Our Senator “NO”.
At least Senator Tim Scott is consistent. Just as he voted "no" in July on the cloture motion to advance debate on the $1.2 trillion...
79 views0 comments
David M. Rubin
- Jul 17, 2021
- 4 min
"Entitlements For Me, But Not For Thee”: How McMaster Sees His Privileged World
If there is one number that ought to frighten Governor Henry McMaster as he launches his re-election campaign it is this one: 73. A...
33 views0 comments
David M. Rubin
- Jun 10, 2021
- 4 min
Scott, Mace, and the “Charleston Loophole"
The “thoughts and prayers” for gun victims just keep coming from cynical Republicans as the deadly toll in mass shootings mounts. Through...
58 views0 comments
David M. Rubin
- May 24, 2021
- 4 min
Time To Name The Gun Anarchists
For all its many faults, the Republican Party gets one thing right: messaging. It knows how to boil down a complex issue to its...
21 views0 comments
David M. Rubin
- May 15, 2021
- 3 min
Nancy Mace: Profile In Courage
While managing to Tweet on May 12 about how good her constituent service has been in her first few months in office, Rep. Nancy Mace did...
69 views0 comments
David M. Rubin
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
Mitch Tips His Hand
As President Joe Biden rolls out one major legislative initiative after another addressing the economy, infrastructure, climate change,...
44 views0 comments
David M. Rubin
- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
NIKKI HALEY’S TRULY FANTASTIC CLAIMS
Former UN Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley continues to prove she belongs in a circus as a tightrope walker. On April...
28 views0 comments
David M. Rubin
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
MCMASTER CAN’T HIDE FROM BOTCHED COVID RESPONSE
If Governor Henry McMaster chooses to face voters in November of 2022, one major issue will loom over his re-election bid: his cowardly...
68 views0 comments
David M. Rubin
- Mar 20, 2021
- 3 min
Tim Scott Talks Bipartisanship; Votes "No" on Biden Cabinet Choices
The jockeying in Washington to stake out who is more bipartisan is in full swing. Senator Tim Scott took to Fox News on March 12 to blast...
46 views0 comments
David M. Rubin
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Nancy Mace Already a Kevin McCarthy Clone
Rep. Nancy Mace’s slogan that headlines her newsletter to constituents claims she is “Working With Anyone Willing to Work with Me.” To...
43 views0 comments
bottom of page