"...as president, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people. But at the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are. " Of all the moving and emotional components to Michelle Obama's masterful speech last night, one piece … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama’s Values Gambit
Bill Clinton Is Back (Cartoon)
LEGAL NOTICE ON CARTOON: This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Reproduction elsewhere without licensing is strictly prohibited. See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com … [Read more...] about Bill Clinton Is Back (Cartoon)
Wounded Veteran, Paralympian Tells Story of Perseverance
Navy Lt. Bradley Snyder, a member of the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Swim Team, is greeted by his coach, Brian Loeffler, after winning the qualifying round of the 100-meter freestyle swim during the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, England, Aug. 30. DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr. We briefly mentioned Navy Lt. Bradley Snyder, after he won both a gold … [Read more...] about Wounded Veteran, Paralympian Tells Story of Perseverance
Smart Answers to a Dumb Question
Add to the Ryan errata watch Mitt’s mate misplacing Ronald Reagan’s killer line from a 1980 debate with Jimmy Carter to the GOP convention. “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” the Gipper asked voters back then, and now Paul Ryan is out claiming to remember it as a ten-year-old and, as usual, getting it wrong. Whatever. The question deserves serious … [Read more...] about Smart Answers to a Dumb Question
Why you should read beyond the headline before claiming victory
I've seen several conservative bloggers link to this report's findings that the U.S. has slipped to seventh on the global competitiveness rankings: The United States has slipped further down a global ranking of the world's most competitive economies, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released on Wednesday. The world's largest economy, which was placed 5th … [Read more...] about Why you should read beyond the headline before claiming victory
Feminism and the Disposable Male
The #1 video on YouTube on the subject of feminism for the last year has been "Feminism and the Disposable Male" by Girl Writes What. If you don't believe it, just go to YouTube and type in the word "feminism" and if it's not some brand new sponsored video, this will be the top video. And unlike most videos that "go viral," it has seen not an explosion of views but a steadily … [Read more...] about Feminism and the Disposable Male
Michelle Obama: Reactions
First lady Michelle Obama wowed the delegates in Charlotte as she helped kick off the 2012 DNC. Mashable reported that Twitter loved the speech as well: 28,003 tweets-per-minute at its peak. I don't often listen to political campaign speeches, but I listened to this one. On YouTube. To the end. I wrote on Facebook: "If she could infuse him with just an ounce of her easy, … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama: Reactions
The Speech Obama Must Give
The underlying problem of reinventing an embattled President may go deep in this time of irrationality raised to the nth degree. Can the man Clint Eastwood wants to fire for not getting the job done say anything to reason with, inspire and persuade undecided voters? If that’s the question this week, the consensus of informed observers, despite recommendations of their own, … [Read more...] about The Speech Obama Must Give
Bob Schieffer is a Class Act
There's a lot to be said for being an elder storyteller like Bob Schieffer. He has lived long and is a fine looking, observant and stalwart soul who is 'bright on his feet' and long in comparable memories. Tonight, commenting on Mayor Julían Castro's energetic and high key but gritty speech at the Democratic Convention opener, Mr. Schieffer opined that Castro knew how to … [Read more...] about Bob Schieffer is a Class Act
Pres. Bill Clinton at the Convention, and During Football, Too
WASHINGTON - This is an all hands on deck moment for Democrats. That's why it was so stunning over the weekend that they couldn't answer the one question everyone knew was coming: Are you better off today than you were four years ago? The answer to this question, especially if you're a Democratic surrogate, a role I once played, is yes. Yet Democrats didn't figure it out … [Read more...] about Pres. Bill Clinton at the Convention, and During Football, Too
The First Night Of The DNC
Let me try to start out positive, because as a conservative, that's hard to do watching the Democrat's Convention. First and foremost, Tammy Duckworth, triple-amputated vet and Black Hawk pilot, was amazing, and her speech was great. First Lady Michelle Obama's speech was the best of the night. It gave warmth, and hit the right notes. But who was she kidding with saying "'I … [Read more...] about The First Night Of The DNC
The 27%
My mother is 90 years old. She was born and raised Idaho and eastern Washington. She probably never saw an African American until she moved to Portland in her late teens. But she is part of the 27% who wouldn't vote for an African American. Her parents and grandparents were born in Sweden and her grandmother refused to learn English. My mother watches Fox News but she … [Read more...] about The 27%
Why America’s Republicans have No Foreign Policy (Gazeta, Russia)
Should the Russians, or the Chinese for that matter, take the Republican platform or Mitt Romney's foreign policy statements seriously? For Russia's Gazeta, columnist Fyodor Lukyanov examines the party, the Republican nominee, and most of all his running mate, and concludes when you come right down to it, today's Republicans, while uttering the phrases Americans came to know … [Read more...] about Why America’s Republicans have No Foreign Policy (Gazeta, Russia)
The debt story that the media seem to willfully ignore
If I asked you which contributed the most to our ongoing debt crisis -- the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or TARP et al or the Bush era tax cuts (2001, 2003) -- which would you choose? Me, I thought it was the war effort. But I was wrong. This chart gives me a headache: What it shows -- plainly -- is that the Republican tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 and then … [Read more...] about The debt story that the media seem to willfully ignore
Castro Introduces Himself To America
In a keynote speech that electrified the convention, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro introduced himself to America and quite possibly set the groundwork for a future Presidential campaign of his own. Much like Chris Christie did at the RNC last week Castro connected with the audience by discussing his own background and how he felt that the Obama White House would do more … [Read more...] about Castro Introduces Himself To America
Ted Kennedy Eviscerates Mitt Romney in DNC Tribute, Reince Priebus Calls Democrats ‘Classless’
The Democratic convention is off to a good start and I must say I loved the tribute to Ted Kennedy in which he eviscerated Mitt Romney (the perpetual candidate for office) about his flip-flopping on health care. This speaks volumes -- Ted Kennedy slammed him back in 1994 for his history of flip-flopping and fast forward to 2012, we are still dealing with Mitt Romney's … [Read more...] about Ted Kennedy Eviscerates Mitt Romney in DNC Tribute, Reince Priebus Calls Democrats ‘Classless’
The National Conventions, the War and the Troops (Updated)
Update: Former Army Lt. Col., assault helicopter pilot, commander of an entire Blackhawk helicopter company and Iraq War hero Tammy Duckworth just delivered her speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Her speech alone had more stirring references to our troops, to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, to the veterans of those wars, to women in the … [Read more...] about The National Conventions, the War and the Troops (Updated)
A Declaration of RINOhood
I have been branded with the epithet "RINO" by most of the internet right -- at least, those who view themselves as true blue, or "real" conservatives. But "RINO" may be a misnomer. I have never been a "party man" in the almost 8 years the Nuthouse has been on the net, although I have had my partisan moments to be sure. The ideologues who have tarred me with what they believe … [Read more...] about A Declaration of RINOhood
America’s Unsettling Political ‘Hate Speech’ (China Daily, People’s Republic of China)
Could the recent anti-Obama documentary by conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza be compared to the communist propaganda generated during the Cultural Revolution - or that of Nazi Germany? For China's state-run China Daily, U.S. correspondent Chen Weihua writes that even more unsettling than seeing The Dark Knight Rises after the Colorado massacre was viewing D'Souza's 2016: … [Read more...] about America’s Unsettling Political ‘Hate Speech’ (China Daily, People’s Republic of China)
Everybody Want’s to Cut Government Spending but…..
....they don't actually want to cut any thing. James Joyner directs us to this post by Stan Collender: Question 6 of this latest poll from Ipsos Public Affairs tells you all you need to know: No matter which political party the respondents identify with, there's no majority for cutting any of the major areas of federal spending among these registered voters. In fact, there … [Read more...] about Everybody Want’s to Cut Government Spending but…..