Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

Jimmy Kimmel, free speech, and turning points

Posted on September 24, 2025 by David S. Meyer

When the Trump episode (epoch?) in American life ends, the brief suspension of a late night talk show host may well mark the turning point when Republicans and conservatives began to abandon this president’s authoritarian aspirations. And why not? It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Ben Shapiro, boycott, comedy, Disney, Donald Trump, free speech, George Bush, Gerald Ford, Hulu, humor, Jimmy Kimmel, Justin Amash, Lilith, Liz Cheney, MAGA, Mitt Romney, Sarah McLachlan, satire, Ted Cruz, television, turning point, women's march | Leave a comment

Moral choices to resist generally come unannounced

Posted on March 25, 2025 by David S. Meyer

The Trump Resistance I featured large numbers of people who went out of their way to confront legal and moral threats. Millions turned out for demonstrations, when they could have stayed at home. Thousands braved traffic or mass transit to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Kinzinger, airport protests, Antonin Scalia, Bob Corker, compliance, Covington and Burling, Danielle Sassoon, Donald Trump, Eric Adams, flattery, Hagan Scotten, J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jeff Flake, Justin Amash, law, Lawfare, Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, New York City, Paul Weiss, perkins Coie, resistance, women's march | 2 Comments

Capitol invasion splits badly for Republicans

Posted on January 10, 2021 by David S. Meyer

The dramatic, destructive, and disturbing attack on the Capitol building, incited by Donald Trump, and resulting (so far) in 5 deaths, doesn’t seem to be working out too well for Trump or his supporters. Protest polarizes. Social movements and their … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arizona, Ben Sasse, coalitions, Confederate, Congress, Donald Trump, Edmund Pettus Bridge, elections, John Danforth, Josh Hawley, Ku Klux Klan, Lindsey Graham, Lyndon Johnson, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Montgomery, Nazi, Pennsylvania, police, Republican Party, Selma, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, violence, Voting Right | 1 Comment

Loyalty

Posted on February 6, 2020 by David S. Meyer

Donald Trump is trying to destroy Mitt Romney. It starts with snarky side comments in front of reporters and on Twitter, continues through allies–and other Trumps–disparaging disloyalty and demanding that Romney be ousted from the Republican caucus, and will escalate … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Corker, conscience, Cory Gardner, Donald Trump, George Romney, impeachment, incentives, Jeff Flake, loyalty, Machiavelli, Michigan, Mitt Romney, punishment, Republican Party, Senate, Sherrod Brown, Susan Collins, twitter | Leave a comment

Making sense of tragic events

Posted on December 17, 2012 by David S. Meyer

The first few shots fired by a young man to kill his mother–who owned the gun–would not have broken through the orchestrated silence on gun control. The movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colorado didn’t, nor did a pointed question at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aurora, blame, Carolyn McCarthy, Gabrielle Giffords, gun control, Gun Owners of America, homocide, Joe Manchin, Louie Gohmert, Mark DeMoss, mass shootings, Mitt Romney, narrative, National Rifle Association, Newtown | 1 Comment

Occupy outcomes: community, rhetoric, and law

Posted on December 7, 2012 by David S. Meyer

The influence of successful social movements generally plays out over a longer time than the movements themselves. What happens afterwards is complicated and contingent, and activists aren’t always quick to claim credit for what they’ve done. Nationally, Occupy effected a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Brooklyn, law, Mitt Romney, Occupy, Occupy Sandy, outcomes, police, Red Hook, rhetoric | Leave a comment

Occupy and the 2012 elections

Posted on November 23, 2012 by David S. Meyer

Unlike the Tea Party, the Occupy movement wasn’t visibly invested in the elections. Occupy groups didn’t endorse candidates, even candidates who came out of the Occupations. Occupy groups didn’t raise money for the elections, didn’t form PACs, much less SuperPacs, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, conventions, elections, Elizabeth Warren, michele bachmann, Mitt Romney, Occupy, organization, primaries | 2 Comments

The Tea Party and the 2012 elections, part II

Posted on November 13, 2012 by David S. Meyer

Tea Partiers are frustrated about the Republican defeat in the 2012 election, and angry at politicians and pundits who blame them. All their energy, effort, and anger produced contentious campaigns, but also the reelection of President Obama and Democratic gains … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amy Kremer, Barack Obama, elections, health care, Herman Cain, immigration, Jenny Beth Martin, michele bachmann, military spending, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, same sex marriage, science, taxes, tea party, Tea Party Express, Tea Party Patriots | 1 Comment

The Tea Party and the 2012 election, part I.

Posted on November 12, 2012 by David S. Meyer

Post-mortems on the 2012 election are everywhere on the right right now, in all kinds of different forms: Analysts wonder why the internal polls that left conservatives confident of the outcome up until Tuesday night and Karl Rove’s televised meltdown … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, election, Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, Karl Rove, michele bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Olympia Snow, Orrin Hatch, Paul Ryan, polls, primaries, Richard Mourdock, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, tea party, Ted Cruz, Todd Akin | 9 Comments

Crisis and opportunities: Superstorm Sandy and climate change

Posted on November 1, 2012 by David S. Meyer

Catastrophes can be opportunities for activists prepared to exploit them. Hurricane Sandy looks like a good chance for climate change activists to put their concerns on a national political agenda that has been incredibly inhospitable. Their challenge is to attach … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accident, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, climate change, crisis, George Bush, Keystone Pipeline, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, nuclear power, Superstorm Sandy, Three Mile Island | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

Jimmy Kimmel, free speech, and turning points

Moral choices to resist generally come unannounced

Capitol invasion splits badly for Republicans

Loyalty

Making sense of tragic events

Occupy outcomes: community, rhetoric, and law

Occupy and the 2012 elections

The Tea Party and the 2012 elections, part II

The Tea Party and the 2012 election, part I.

Crisis and opportunities: Superstorm Sandy and climate change

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