Will Alabama Send in a Marine?
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Quin Hillyer is a conservative columnist and political commentator who has written for numerous publications including the Washington Examiner, American Spectator, and National Review. He contributed political commentary to The Weekly Standard from 1996 to 2016, with particular focus on Alabama and Louisiana politics as well as national elections and Republican Party dynamics.
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Donald Trump, scourge of Gotham, running roughshod over all convention, meanly belittling all in his way, ugly red hair ablaze above remarkably histrionic gestures and facial expressions, is an almost perfect avatar of Batman's nemesis The Joker (Cesar Romero version).
A year ago, the Louisiana Democratic party seemed as dead as its allegedly habitual voters from New Orleans cemeteries. Yet with a governor’s race quickening to its November 21 conclusion, Republican senator David Vitter is proving the Democrats’ greatest necromancer.
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Wise old hands know that almost no political victory is permanent. Unfortunately, reformers in Alabama are relearning that lesson.
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Your Scrapbook item "Worried About Dole? Join the Crowd" (July 8 & 15) reports the breathtaking news that Bob Dole is having trouble making his own case. This follows some umpteen other reports in your magazine making the same point. Enough already!