Newt is Right by Michael Reagan Tom Brokaw has written a book about the Greatest Generation, a generation that grew up with fathers in the home who saw it as their duty to instill in their sons a work ethic. The Greatest Generation went on to win World War II. Newt Gingrich is right when he warns that the newest generation does not understand or appreciate the value of … [Read more...] about Newt is Right (Guest Voice)
The War on Christmas
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Quote of the Day: Romney Versus Gingrich and the Question of Temperment
Our political Quote of the Day comes from columnist David Brooks who contrasts former Republican front runner for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with the current front runner for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination former House Speaker Mitt Romney. Brooks makes it clear that he most agrees with Gingrich on issues but is … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Romney Versus Gingrich and the Question of Temperment
They’re Piling on Newt Gingrich
They're piling on former House Speaker and front runner for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination. Who are they? They conservative intellectual pundits ("intellectual": that lets talk show hosts out..). … [Read more...] about They’re Piling on Newt Gingrich
Newt Work Ethic
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CBS News Poll: Obama Doesn’t Deserve Second Term
As the Republicans eat each other up or engage in the eternal quest for an Anti-Romney, polls continue to show the GOP is being handed a historic opportunity: President Barack Obama's poll numbers are setting records for their lowness -- and the latest CBS News poll says voters don't believe he deserves a second term: Less than one year out from Election Day 2012, voters … [Read more...] about CBS News Poll: Obama Doesn’t Deserve Second Term
Another OOPS Moment from Rick Perry
Why doesn't he just have as his campaign slogan: "Duh...": His recent anti-gay ad has also lead to some spoofs and has become an Internet sensation (we'll just give you the LINK HERE since some of it is somewhat less family friendly than we embed on TMV). … [Read more...] about Another OOPS Moment from Rick Perry
American Credit Rating Agencies Lose Influence (Financial Times Deutschland, Germany)
Are the once all-powerful credit-rating agencies, the most important of which are American - becoming irrelevant to the markets and those who invest in them? According to this editorial from Germany's Financial Times Deutschland, despite the fact that Standard and Poor's threatened to downgrade eurozone debt last week, European markets have hardly moved. The editorial board … [Read more...] about American Credit Rating Agencies Lose Influence (Financial Times Deutschland, Germany)
The GOP’s Constipated Congress
This is the week Barack Obama declared political war on an obstructionist GOP, invoking Theodore Roosevelt. In Osawatomie, Kansas, the President cited TR who came there in 1910 and “was called a radical...a socialist—-even a communist. But today, we are a richer nation and a stronger democracy because of what he fought for in his last campaign: an eight-hour work day and a … [Read more...] about The GOP’s Constipated Congress
Pres. Obama Fails Women, Chooses Politics Over Science
WASHINGTON - First it was Bart Stupak. Then came poor women in Washington, D.C. Now it's Pres. Obama putting politics before science, while making Kathleen Sebelius the first H.H.S. secretary ever to overrule the F.D.A. In a statement, FDA Administrator Margaret A. Hamburg said she had decided the medication could be used safely by girls and women of all ages. But she … [Read more...] about Pres. Obama Fails Women, Chooses Politics Over Science
Canadian Republicans?
At the end of his reflection on the border security agreement which Stephen Harper and Barack Obama signed this week, Lawrence Martin writes: In many respects, we have what might be described as our very own Republican Party at the helm in Canada. Public opinion prevents it from going as far in social areas as the GOP. But on war, on the security file, on trade and in … [Read more...] about Canadian Republicans?
Politics as Reality TV
WASHINGTON -- I guess I was wrong. I thought Republicans surely would have come to their senses by now. Instead, they seem to be rushing deeper into madness. With less than a month to go before the Iowa caucuses, Mitt Romney, the candidate shown by polls to have the best chance of defeating President Obama, evidently remains unacceptable to most of his party. He has … [Read more...] about Politics as Reality TV
Virginia Tech Shootings: Gun Nuts Yet Again Politicize A Tragedy
The gunshot-riddled body of a Virginia Tech police officer making a traffic stop was not even cold yesterday afternoon before the gun nut lobby rushed in to politicize the tragedy on the campus where a student shot and killed 32 people in 2007. A second person who may be the gunman was found dead in a parking lot about a quarter mile away. First up to the plate was Students … [Read more...] about Virginia Tech Shootings: Gun Nuts Yet Again Politicize A Tragedy
How To Explain Drinking-and-Tweeting Staffers?
Update: : video on MSNBC.com Three staff members in the office of Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) were outed Thursday for tweeting about drinking on the job. The Congressman's office reported that the three were fired within an hour of their learning about the tweets. News reports identify the three as Seth Burroughs, Elizabeth Robblee and Ben Byers. I learned about the story … [Read more...] about How To Explain Drinking-and-Tweeting Staffers?
Gringrich’s Mojo
Gingrich's mojo: It's all about what he did to Democrats, stoopid. I have seen a lot of other commentators bring up versions of this point, but there is a reason why Republicans, especially conservative Republicans, see Newt Gingrich as by far their most qualified nominee and why they have been willing so far to excuse his periodic lapses from conservative … [Read more...] about Gringrich’s Mojo
A Sacred Christmas Tree Stands in Austin Once Again
As we have done for the past 16 years, my wife and I brave the unseasonably cold Austin, Texas weather to attend a ceremony that has now become a tradition, albeit a sad one, in our lives -- the Tree of Angels ceremony at a local Church. Every year for the past 20 years, a wonderful organization, People Against Violent Crime, has provided a most reverent and appropriate … [Read more...] about A Sacred Christmas Tree Stands in Austin Once Again
More Congressional “Chutzpah”
Congress has done it again, giving their members special consideration other Americans can only dream of. For some time now, Congressional insiders have been able to enrich themselves on the basis of knowledge not available to the public. (Washington officeholders have access to a treasure trove of economic data not available to ordinary citizens.) After prime time exposure … [Read more...] about More Congressional “Chutzpah”
Not the Way to Handle the Remains of our Fallen Troops
Throughout the earlier years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars -- and before then -- our government had the policy of not allowing the American people to see images of the flag-draped coffins, our fallen heroes, arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the first contact with U.S. soil since leaving foreign battlefields. When Obama became president, there were numerous … [Read more...] about Not the Way to Handle the Remains of our Fallen Troops
Good Sense Spreading In GOP: Bachmann and Perry Also Nix Donald Trump Debate
NEWS FLASH: Toss out the conventional wisdom. There is an epedmic (on this subject at least) of good sense spreading in the GOP among the 2012 Presidential wannabes: now Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Michele Bachmann have nixed participating in a debate that'll be televised on ION TV hosted by reality show and famous birther Donald Trump: Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and … [Read more...] about Good Sense Spreading In GOP: Bachmann and Perry Also Nix Donald Trump Debate
A Christmas Carol Updated
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