NEVER WERE'S Archive

A monument to Confederate denial is rising again in Biloxi Mississippi, with 90% of the cost paid by federal and state taxpayers.
Cracker bitter-enders have rebuilt Beauvoir, Confederate President Jefferson Davis’s home destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and are now working on the accompanying “presidential library,” completely destroyed by the storm.
Things To Come: Enough Pillars? 
The […]

He’s Back! 
Pop strumpet Brittany Spears, wearing a saucy salute to our former leader:  will the fairytale like success of plucky outsider Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon spark a new generation of Nixon loathing and remembrance?
We can only pray.

Another dreaming of riding the hoped for tidal wave of Nixon mania is the breathlessly awaited The Watchmen […]

Shape Up, Punks! 
Michael Reagan is taking a break from identyfying New Reagans in order to diss the post-catastropy Republican field.

” We are attaching ourselves to certain individuals, and as a result we have become a party of people and not a party of principles. We are Romney-ites, or Huckabee or Giuliani […]

Hugh Hewitt: Leg Man?     
Indomitable or perverse: You make the call.  Like his mentor Richard Nixon, former Nixon Library Executive Director Hugh Hewitt will not accept defeat.
His mash note to Mitt Romney couldn’t save the Latter Day Hope, and the next horse Hewitt chose to ride is faltering.
#1: He Lost 
The Townhall impresario’s latest attempt […]

Who’ll Be Next In Line For Heartache
A relative unknown came to storied New Hampshire, home of America’s crustiest voters, seeking their backing for president. He rode the back roads aboard an iconic vehicle, taking his message to the faded mill towns which spawn our presidents.
No, not that one.
It was George Bush’s “Victory […]