National Riposte is a satirical take on public life—told through purported firsthand accounts, speeches, and straight-faced narrative reporting. Maybe half true.
The site is organized into three sections: Bottom Line publishes speeches and statements, presented as received. Let Me Be Clear delivers first-person opinion and commentary. The Beltway Circuit reports in straight-faced third-person narrative.
It’s more than a slogan—it’s our commitment to you. Where the truth ends and the dream begins, only you can decide.
“Gripping and salacious.” — Jack Slack
“[National Riposte] offers a window of insight into the political world that, until now, didn’t exist.” — Reportage Of Congressional Undersight
“A scandal of proportional magnitude ten or twelve that’s sure to make you go, ‘Where is censorship when we need it?'” — Chuck Schumer
We at National Riposte believe that politics is a twenty dollar Las Vegas slot machine that politicians play with our taxes. And every pull is a jackpot.
Seeking ever-greater altruism, politicians graciously and courteously gift the winnings to us in the form of yearly tax returns and endless tax-funded public benefits.
Politics, therefore, is a goldmine.
Our politicians are on the adventure of a lifetime, using and being used, victimizing and being victimized, deceiving and being deceived. They are gaming the system and being gamed by it. Actors and those acted upon. Performers and spectators. Movers and shakers, they are the most moved movers and mostly shaken.
The site is full of words, both true and false. Consider the following:
