Tag Archives: All the King's Men

Is Kevin McCarthy a Macbeth? Nah

By Robin Bates | Published: January 5, 2023

Is Kevin McCarthy like Macbeth? A little bit yes when it comes to ambition but more no.

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Cruz Is No Willie Stark or Richard III

By Robin Bates | Published: February 24, 2021

Ted Cruz? More Willie Stark crossed with Chevy Chase or Richard III played by Mr. Bean?

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Trump’s Willie Stark Cynicism

By Robin Bates | Published: October 6, 2019

Trump’s view of humanity resembles that of Warren’s Willie Stark: Everyone is corrupt. (And therefore no one is accountable.)

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Kavanaugh as Privileged Teen

By Robin Bates | Published: September 19, 2018

Attempted rape accusations when Brett Kavanaugh was a teen invite comparisons to another privileged teen, Tom Stark in “All the King’s Men.”

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Donald Trump as Willie Stark

By Robin Bates | Published: September 8, 2015

Donald Trump calling out the GOP establishment is like Willie Stark calling out the Democratic establishment in “All the King’s Men.”

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Out of Denialism and into Responsibility

By Robin Bates | Published: February 20, 2014

Denialism such as we are seeing with regard to climate change is well describe in “All the King’s Men.”

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Chris Christie as “Boss” Willie Stark

By Robin Bates | Published: February 17, 2014

Chris Christie resembles Willie Stark in “All the King’s Men” in more than a few ways.

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Sarah Palin and All the King’s Men

By Robin Bates | Published: February 16, 2010

The political world seems to be agog over Sarah Palin these days, with Joel Klein of Time and  David Broder of The Washington Post, two columnists I respect, telling us to take her very seriously.  This has got me thinking of fictional populists, especially Willie Stark in Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men (1946), one of […]

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Shadow Projections on the President

By Robin Bates | Published: September 18, 2009

A couple of months ago I wondered on this blog whether some of the vitriolic attacks on Obama (as distinguished from reasoned disagreement) were driven by racism, and now I see that others are wondering the same, including Maureen Dowd and Jimmy Carter.  But a reader of Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish has a more […]

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