I will start out by saying that McCain ran a decent campaign in 2008 given the circumstances, and he conducted himself honorably. That having been said, he made one mistake that created a massive problem for the Republican Party, picking Sarah Palin as his running mate. The pick of Palin did not hurt the Republican Party by dooming the 2008 ... Read More »
I was watching Hardball this afternoon, and saw an interesting comment by Howard Fineman. He said “the Republican Party is the nostalgia party. They think of a simpler world, a world where the verities they believe in still apply in simple terms.” I though this comment fitted in with my article about two Americas the other day. You often hear ... Read More »
On Monday Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan was asked why voters should not vote for Ron Paul. To be fair to Ryan, which I rarely am, Ryan’s answer was calm and collected. My response would have been “because he’s not on the ballot you goddamn idiot.” Ryan, though, answered “Do you want Barack Obama to be reelected? Then don’t ... Read More »
I have always predicted this election would happen. An election where the candidates and their policies were basically irrelevant and the issue would be “real America” vs. actual America. I just thought it would be in 2024 or 2028. Let’s explore the difference between the two Americas, the Republican “real America” and its Democratic counterpart actual America. I call our ... Read More »
Republicans up and down the ticket are down in the polls. The Republicans down ticket are increasingly looking up ticket tom explain their woes. Republicans candidates, columnists, and radio hosts have all been blaming Mitt Romney for the GOP’s woes. Candidates could hardly wait to distance themselves from Romney’s now infamous “47%” remarks, and donors are starting to get stingy. ... Read More »
Once again science news lagging to be covered in main stream media blows by what could be the biggest thing to effect man kind since the moon landing. It would actually make landing a man on the moon look like a walk in the park compared to what was presented on September 14 at the 100 Year Starship Symposium. The ... Read More »
Is this thing over yet? This nightmare started in August of 2011 when Michele Bachmann won the Iowa Straw poll. This catapulted her to 5% in the Iowa Caucus. Rick Santorum won the caucus which only extended the delusional Republican belief that they were going to nominate someone other than Mitt Romney. The next few months followed a set pattern. ... Read More »
Let me ask you a few questions? Are you utterly convinced that you and people exactly like you are the only ones who contribute to society? Do you think that the Federal Budget spends 90% of your tax dollars on welfare because blacks and Hispanics just won’t work? Do you think despite the fact that not a single black or ... Read More »
Mitt Romney did not have a good day today. The day started out with a flurry of articles about how dysfunctional his campaign has become. It is not unusual for a campaign that is behind at this point to divide into different factions with different ideas on how to fix things. Apparently the Romney campaign is too chaotic to even ... Read More »
Last Friday Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan Spoke to the Value Voters Summit. In his speech he laid out theRepublican ticket foreign policy. His foreign policy remarks were about a paragraph long. He criticized the Obama Administration for the attacks on dissidents in Syria, Iran’s further attempts at developing nuclear weapons, attacks on U.S. embassies, and he finished by accusing ... Read More »
