By: Bradley Phillips As far as my political ideology, I suppose I’m somewhat ambiguous, lying in some sort of moderate/libertarian limbo. I am neither blue, nor a hog, and seeing as there was not a “Purple Wolf Report” anywhere, Mr…
Category: 2014
The Comedic Stylings Of Mark Darr
While it’s hard to compete with the kind of comic genius that considers “blogger” a punchline, we do our best to provide the Lt. Gov. with some better material.
Reefer Madness 2014: Starring Bob Ballinger & Bryan King
Arkansas House District 97 includes parts of Madison, Washington, and Carroll Counties in the northwest corner of the state. The district’s largest urban areas are the dual-county seat cities of Carroll County – Eureka Springs and Berryville. In 2012,…
Let's Broaden Our Circle – Worst Speech at the Value Voters Summit of 2013
Before you go believing Mark Levin and talking about an Article V convention, there’s something you should know: the math doesn’t work. Like, not even a little bit. That might not matter to the guy selling books, but it might matter to the people who want to know whether he makes any sense. (He doesn’t.)
An Open Letter Regarding Tort Reform In Arkansas
At its most basic, “tort reform” is nothing more than a direct assault on Arkansas Constitution and on the principles behind Bill of Rights. When you remove or limit the right of a citizen to have a trial by jury and have the community of his peers decide what his injuries are worth, you subvert Article 2, section 7, of the Arkansas Constitution and you imply that you think the Framers of the Constitution were off base when they included the Seventh Amendment.
SD-21: Primary Postmortem
Democrats
Baker: $10.88
Rockwell: $37.28
Kidd: $28.00
Roebuck: $31.34
Republicans
Cooper: $15.75
Sullivan: $31.75
Niell: $99.26
A Highly Ironic Email, Courtesy of Mark Martin's Office
The Secretary of State’s Office accidentally released an email that shows an employee engaging in political activity from his state computer on state time.
I know! The irony is fantastic! But the whole thing gets even better when you dig a little, as these things often do.
He Makes His Livin' Off Other People's Taxes: Mark Darr Takes The Money And Runs
If there’s one thing I’ve noticed over the past four years, it’s that reimbursements and access to money for gas seem to give Arkansas politicians an absurd amount of trouble. For many, including Tea Party types who ran on “smaller government . . . more accountability“[foot]Choice…
Brief Thoughts On The End Of A Brief Campaign
So, Lt. Gov. Mark Darr dropped out of the Fourth Congressional District race this morning, just over a week after the first tales of his questionable campaign spending broke on someone’s “personal blog.”[foot]I love Brummy, so I am only needling…
Fixing the Campaign-Finance Problems: A High-Tech Proposal
Last Friday, shortly after I filed an ethics complaint against Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, I saw his public comments regarding the entire fiasco. Suffice it to say, I don’t think that, “this was my first race for public office, [so]…