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Romneys, father and son

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Much has been written about the contrast between Willard, a man whose lack of principles is astonishing even for a Republican politician, and his father, who was a man of high principles. The latest I’ve seen is this article quoting at length from a letter from George Romney to Barry Goldwater, warning of the dangers […]

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Who owns the 47%?

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Okay, this is why, as I keep telling my wife, who totally lacks sympathy with my plight, why I should retire from my day job, let her support me, and be a full time blogger. But I must not bemoan the unfairness of the world, in which I, like my Obama supporting brethren, firmly believe […]

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Tough guys

Friday, September 14, 2012

Ed Kilgore reports: In a poll done by Langer Research Associates for Esquire and Yahoo that was pre-released yesterday, when asked which presidential candidate “would win in a fistfight,” 58% chose Obama and only 22% picked Romney. Maybe all the conservative yammering about “Chicago politics” and the victimization of Mitt Romney has backfired. (via Political […]

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A tired meme

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Could it be that the Republican party is having trouble keeping young and up with the times? This is the party that for the last 40 years has beaten the Democrats so well at messaging that they manage to win their fair share of elections even though they (including the sainted Reagan) pretty much destroy […]

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Romney Jumps the Shark

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Apparently Romney is being rightly condemned by almost everyone for trying to make political hay out of the killings in Libya, but I can’t agree with the argument made by Kos, (which may be tongue in cheek) that Romney had no choice but to attack. If you’re losing, you don’t intentionally go out and do […]

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News Flash: Romney Flips

Monday, September 10, 2012

It is, perhaps, a measure of the extent to which Romney perceived the Democratic convention as a success,that he felt the need to try to pander on health care. He was, wasn’t, was, and then wasn’t again for preserving the ability of people with pre-existing conditions to get health care, until he finally settled to […]

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Mitt: Profile in Courage

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

CNN gets it right: “In 1968, France was a dangerous place to be for a 21-year-old American,” Borger says, “but Mitt Romney was right in the middle of it.” (via Mediaite) Not too many now remember the deep seated fear that we all had of going to France in ’68. I remember. The mass protests, […]

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The plutocrats are flaunting it

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Remember when John Kerry was caricatured as an out of touch elitist when he went windsurfing? And the press ran with it. One must wonder if we will hear more about this, or whether it will sink beneath the waves: Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign toasted its top donors Wednesday aboard a 150-foot yacht flying the […]

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The Ryan Pick: A gift from the gods

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Romney has grooved a fastball right over the middle of the plate. The question is, will the Democrats smash it out of the park, or pop it up? I agree the Ryan choice is all about nailing down the right-wing base, and that Romney is still not sure of their support. I'm also sure that […]

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Serial Liar

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

One of the rules of American politics is that we are not supposed to remember things, at least we are not supposed to remember bad things about Republicans or disparate treatment meted out by the “liberal” media based on the political affiliation of the person being treated. Some of us do remember, though, and one […]

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