Attorney General Steve Marshall continues to show that he is all about pandering to his base, rather than putting real effort into fixing the problems that face Alabama.
Clete Wetli | January 24, 2020 | Alabama Opinion Editorials
Clete Wetli
Clete Wetli is former Chair of the Madison County Democrats and a liberal political activist.
Latest posts by Clete Wetli
- AL Attorney General Steve Marshall Dead Wrong, Again - January 24, 2020
- Republicans Paint Themselves Into A Corner - January 17, 2020
- Trump Wags The Dog - January 8, 2020
The point is that Republicans have decided to defend Trump at all costs, no matter what, truth be damned, and until the sad, inescapably bitter end.
Clete Wetli | January 17, 2020 | Alabama Opinion Editorials
Soleimani was evil and deserved his fate, but the problem is the dubious timing, the profound lack of articulated Middle East policy by Trump, and the lack of indisputable evidence that he was, indeed, posing an imminent threat.
Clete Wetli | January 8, 2020 | Alabama Opinion Editorials
If Byrne is so concerned about the darkness of the world, he and the rest of the GOP need to spend a little more time figuring out why the wealthiest aren’t paying their share of the light bill.
Clete Wetli | December 27, 2019 | Alabama Opinion Editorials
The House is certain to rightfully impeach Trump and the Republican controlled Senate will refuse to convict and remove him from office barring some miraculous ‘deus ex machina’.
Clete Wetli | December 13, 2019 | Alabama Opinion Editorials
It’s another sad example of Republicans vilifying the poor so they feel better about cutting necessary social service programs while they keep giving the wealthy huge tax breaks.
Clete Wetli | December 6, 2019 | Alabama Opinion Editorials
The Ungrateful spend their time talking about American exceptionalism and greatness, but cynically denigrate its institutions, values, and norms.
Clete Wetli | November 28, 2019 | Alabama Opinion Editorials
It’s beyond ironic that a party that has embraced constitutional originalism has green-lighted blatant obstruction of justice, obvious abuses of executive power, and clear violations of the rule of law.
Clete Wetli | November 21, 2019 | Alabama Opinion Editorials
If there’s one thing that the Republican Party has undeniably mastered over the last decade, both locally and nationally, it’s the art of misdirection. A misdirection is a tool that magicians and street corner hustlers use when engaging in sleight-of-hand trickery as a calculated way...
Clete Wetli | November 15, 2019 | Alabama Opinion Editorials
Moving forward, the ALGOP won’t be able to make absurd claims and comments unchecked and unchallenged.
Clete Wetli | November 7, 2019 | Alabama Opinion Editorials
