The “Will of the People” Post-Election Horror Show By James Bovard On the morning after elections, many voters wake up and instinctively quote Dorothy Parker: “What fresh hell is this?” “Will of the people!” is the correct answer – at least if a Democrat won the election. Actually, the notion that election results represent the […]
American Conservative, November 2, 2024 Kamala’s “Freedom From Freedom” Hoax Don’t be fooled—the Harris campaign promises old-fashioned government paternalism. by James Bovard In her closing spiel at the Ellipse on Tuesday night, Vice President Kamala Harris was flanked by giant banners with the word FREEDOM. Harris returned to her Democratic National Convention theme, along with the […]
Defining Dictator Down Won’t Make Us Free By James Bovard June 20, 2023 For 27 seconds last Tuesday night, Fox News posted a chyron beneath a video of President Biden: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.” That sparked a media uproar over what was portrayed as the […]
Biden the Bogus Benevolent Dictator by James Bovard On July 4, President Biden declared, “Liberty is under assault … rights we assumed were protected are no longer.” Biden, however, was referring solely to a few Supreme Court decisions he deplored, not to the federal supremacy he championed for almost 50 years in the Senate and […]
New York Post, November 19, 2022 Brace for more Biden vote-buying to save Dems’ Georgia Senate seat By James Bovard President Joe Biden is tottering on the edge of his most inefficient vote-buying binge yet. As the runoff race for Georgia’s Senate seat enters its final weeks, the Biden administration may rubberstamp a nationwide handout […]
New York Post, November 3, 2022 Biden’s ‘Big Lie’ on democracy By James Bovard In a lethargic yet indignant speech Wednesday from Washington’s Union Station, President Biden portrayed Republican voters as a deadly threat to the survival of democracy. But Joe Biden’s version of democracy contains a Montana-sized asterisk that magically exempts himself from his […]
