The crowds confirm what polls have been showing and gut instincts telling us: American voters, bless their inattentive hearts, are buying the new, improved product that Barack Obama so carelessly helped launch a week ago. Can anything slow the Romney sales momentum? Certainly not the VP debate, a sideshow after the main infomercial has done its work. The get-out-the-vote … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney, Man of the People. Really?
Joe Biden Shows Paul Ryan How a Seasoned Politician Debates, Attacked Him Fiercely On All Fronts During Vice Presidential Debate
The vice presidential debate was one of the best I have ever watched, far better than Joe Biden vs. Sarah Palin. Joe Biden had a mission, to help blunt the effects of President Obama's "empty podium" performance at the first presidential debate last week and that he did. He challenged his opponent Paul Ryan on every issue he raised, even asking "so you're Jack Kennedy now?" … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Shows Paul Ryan How a Seasoned Politician Debates, Attacked Him Fiercely On All Fronts During Vice Presidential Debate
Paul Ryan’s BIG Workout. Not So Much?
Ok, I'm 67 years old any minute now, and I lift. But only beginning less than six months ago and 3x a week for 2.5 hours each time, cardio and weights. So perhaps I dont know what I'm talking about, given I havent had years "of years and years' of lifting. I see that Time magazine has run some pics of Paul Ryan working out. But there are things in the pictures that dont … [Read more...] about Paul Ryan’s BIG Workout. Not So Much?
If You Want My Vote Please Stop Pandering
As we enter into the final month of Election 2012, we are soon to be flooded with wall-to-wall campaigning and this will no doubt bring about lots of political pandering. I am not here talking about the more open pandering of offering bribes and promising big spending programs. I am also not talking about the requisite payoffs to the interest groups, be they the religious right … [Read more...] about If You Want My Vote Please Stop Pandering
Obama ‘Could Not be Prouder’ of Biden After Debate
Obama 'could not be prouder' of Biden after debate (via AFP) US President Barack Obama said he "could not be prouder" of Joe Biden after his vice president clashed with Republican Paul Ryan in a fiery debate in Kentucky. In an unusual statement delivered under the wing of Air Force One, Obama said he especially appreciated Biden's strong defense of the … [Read more...] about Obama ‘Could Not be Prouder’ of Biden After Debate
Is Mexico’s Drug Violence Scaring Off the Next Generation of Journalists? (Guest Voice)
Is Mexico's drug violence scaring off the next generation of journalists? (via The Christian Science Monitor) Grenades have exploded in newspaper offices. Reporters have been kidnapped and murdered, sometimes dismembered and stuffed into garbage bags. Several journalists have fled Mexico for their safety. It’s not exactly a selling atmosphere for Mexican … [Read more...] about Is Mexico’s Drug Violence Scaring Off the Next Generation of Journalists? (Guest Voice)
Thoughts on the 2012 Vice-Presidential Debate
(For some comprehensive commentary, in addition to the great stuff here at TMV, see our pre-debate, mid-debate, and post-debate posts over at my place.) Biden won. And, it would appear, that's the general consensus. He was feisty, forceful, and clear, showing the sort of experience and determination that one has come to expect from him but that was all the more stark with … [Read more...] about Thoughts on the 2012 Vice-Presidential Debate
Joe Biden Paul Ryan Vice Presidential Debate: A Draw or Not? Extensive News and Weblog Roundup
EDITOR's NOTE: A technical glitch wiped out the headline on this post for several minutes. Did Americans watching the Vice Presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Congressman Paul Ryan get culture shock? It was a different world -- or galaxy -- from the Presidential debate a week earlier between a lethargic President Barack Obama and his … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Paul Ryan Vice Presidential Debate: A Draw or Not? Extensive News and Weblog Roundup
AFP’s Ongoing Blogging of Vice Presidential Debate
US vice presidential debate: Live Report (via AFP) This ends the AFP Live Report on the Vice Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan. The next debate will be between the men at the top of the ticket, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on October 16. 0232 GMT: The two men wrap up by outlining their positions and the debate ends. Both needed to… … [Read more...] about AFP’s Ongoing Blogging of Vice Presidential Debate
For Ryan regarding War Being an Answer.
Hell hath no fury like a non-combatant. ~C.L. Montague … [Read more...] about For Ryan regarding War Being an Answer.
TMV Live Blogs the Joe Biden Paul Ryan 2012 Vice Presidential Debate (COMPLETED)
Polls rolling in: CNN has it a tie with 48% giving it to Ryan and 44% to Biden CBS has it a Biden win 50-32% though the CBS poll has seemed to trend Dem (they had it much closer in the Obama/Romney debate for example). Other polls to come. One big winner in this debate was the moderator, she did an amazing job keeping this on flow Looking to the networks it's … [Read more...] about TMV Live Blogs the Joe Biden Paul Ryan 2012 Vice Presidential Debate (COMPLETED)
Paul Ryan Tries to Tell How to War Through the Seasons
There's a saying in the military, you can always tell the warmongers from the frontline soldiers. One prays for destruction, the others pray for peace. here's Mark Twain in his anguish on praying for the terrors of War to rain down on others during the seasons, summer, winter, all the year... "O Lord our God, help us tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our … [Read more...] about Paul Ryan Tries to Tell How to War Through the Seasons
To Paul Ryan from Herman: re “Scaring People” as a Campaign Feature.
"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." ~Herman Goering … [Read more...] about To Paul Ryan from Herman: re “Scaring People” as a Campaign Feature.
for Martha Raddatz on The Importance of the Press
"Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government." ~Hugo Black, Supreme Court Justice … [Read more...] about for Martha Raddatz on The Importance of the Press
Ryan “Put Two Wars on A Credit Card”, blaming others for Econ Mess.
That's Joe Biden's memorable phrase: Ryan voted to "put two wars on a credit card..." "In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt … [Read more...] about Ryan “Put Two Wars on A Credit Card”, blaming others for Econ Mess.
From General Eisenhower to Mitt Romney and Ryan re Knowledge of Real War
"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity." ~Dwight D. Eisenhower … [Read more...] about From General Eisenhower to Mitt Romney and Ryan re Knowledge of Real War
From Rand and Lincoln to Joe Biden re “War Should Always be the Last Resport
"Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy..." Abraham Lincoln speaking on some persons' lusts for war over other means. "Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing." Ayn Rand … [Read more...] about From Rand and Lincoln to Joe Biden re “War Should Always be the Last Resport
Advice From Lincoln to Paul Ryan re About His Idea of Making Enemies “Change” their Minds
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose—- and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Abraham Lincoln … [Read more...] about Advice From Lincoln to Paul Ryan re About His Idea of Making Enemies “Change” their Minds
Joe’s Turn
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden knows how to deliver a one-liner. Remember way back what he said about Rudy Giuliani? A little flash back with the video above. But it's Mitt Romney's policies Vice President Biden is debating. "Let's just take a look at Paul Ryan's convention speech. It was packed full of lies..." - Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama [The … [Read more...] about Joe’s Turn
Issa: November and December ‘a Good Nonpartisan Time’ for More Investigations
Buoyed by his Benghazi hearings “success” and apparently not happy with the dramatic drop in the September unemployment rate from 8.1% to 7.8%, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) told Fox News on Wednesday that he would hold hearings into these job numbers, “buying into a widely-discredited conspiracy theory that President Obama faked last month’s figure to … [Read more...] about Issa: November and December ‘a Good Nonpartisan Time’ for More Investigations