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
Romney Asks Rev. Billy Graham to Pray for Him
Romney asks Rev. Billy Graham to pray for him (via AFP) US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney met with Reverend Billy Graham on Thursday and asked the world-renowned evangelist to pray for him in the final weeks of the campaign. "I'll do all I can to help you," said Graham, 93. The Christian leader and his son Franklin Graham met with the Republican nominee… … [Read more...] about Romney Asks Rev. Billy Graham to Pray for Him
The Moderate Voice Will Live Blog the Vice Presidential Debate Tonight
TMV Assistant Editor Pat Edaburn will be live blogging the Vice Presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan tonight. Other TMVers will likely weigh in throughout the evening with their own posts. Check in often to TMV see the latest this evening -- and tomorrow. … [Read more...] about The Moderate Voice Will Live Blog the Vice Presidential Debate Tonight
Question
Does the fact that I won't be watching the debate tonight make me one of the few blond blue eyed Marxists born in Kenya? I'll be watching a movie instead. … [Read more...] about Question
Get Used To It Part II
About a week ago I did a post on Robert Gordon's idea that we have reached peak growth because of a lack of innovation I have thought we have reached peak growth for some time but because of diminishing and increasingly expensive resources. Gordon thinks it is because there have been really been no real new technological discoveries in several decades, only improvements on … [Read more...] about Get Used To It Part II
Prophetic Vice Presidential Debate Highlights: Imprison Elmo!
Prophetic Vice Presidential Debate Highlights -Debate moderator Martha Raddatz is replaced at the last minute by nun with large wooden ruler. Both Catholic candidates promise to follow agreed time constraints or at least go to confession. -Before debate, each candidate signs promise to understand two minutes as more a measure of time than a theoretical construct with no … [Read more...] about Prophetic Vice Presidential Debate Highlights: Imprison Elmo!
Darrell Issa’s Putting the Politics Cart Before the Facts Horse
The Obama administration may have royally screwed up by not foreseeing the attack on our Consulate in Benghazi on September 11 and in the handling of its aftermath. Knowing the genuine interest of the American people to find out what went wrong in order to take the right steps to prevent a recurrence and, yes, to see the heads roll of those who may have been derelict in … [Read more...] about Darrell Issa’s Putting the Politics Cart Before the Facts Horse
Bill Clinton Mocks Mitt Romney’s New “Moderate” Incarnation and Position Changes (MUST VIEW Video)
When they talk about a "happy warrior" in politics, the video below will be one that will be shown for many years. President Barack Obama and Democratic bigwigs seem unable to figure out how to communicate Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney's abrupt swerve to the center starting with Romney's monster debate win over President Barack Obama last week. (In fact, if you … [Read more...] about Bill Clinton Mocks Mitt Romney’s New “Moderate” Incarnation and Position Changes (MUST VIEW Video)