Not to bad of an article here… ==== When Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson accepted the reality that they could not effectively govern the nation if they sought re-election to the White House, both men took the moral high ground and decided against running for a new term as president. President Obama is facing a similar reality—and he must reach the same... Read more
Archive for the ‘Party Politics’ Category
The Divider vs. the Thinker – Noonan
October 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Party PoliticsPeople are increasingly fearing the divisions within, even the potential coming apart of, our country. Rich/poor, black/white, young/old, red/blue: The things that divide us are not new, yet there’s a sense now that the glue that held us together for more than two centuries has thinned and cracked with age. That it was allowed to thin and crack, that the... Read more
“Rape and robbery…” – Biden
October 20 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, Party PoliticsWhere is the “objective” press? Where? Do we need an APB for the press? ========== The Co-Chair of the Republican National Committee released the following statement in response to remarks made by Vice President Joe Biden in which he used rape and robbery as a metaphor in supporting the American Jobs Act. Yesterday in Philadelphia, Vice President Biden decided to express his support... Read more
Compromise Hasn’t Served Conservatives Very Well — Letters to the Editor – WSJ.com
September 13 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsSome good responses – especially the first one… ============ Peter Berkowitz cautions conservatives not to demand uncompromising purity from their politicians (“The Myth of Conservative Purity,” op-ed, Sept. 7). Mr. Berkowitz argues that achievement of basic conservative goals requires clarity of principles, but also pragmatism that gives “due weight to settled expectations and longstanding practices” (e.g., public education and state assistance to... Read more
How Politics Is Like Magic
September 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsSuspending our disbelief. A great way to put it. =============== By PENN JILLETTE I’m a Las Vegas magician. One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They’re all hanging from a thread—sometimes literally. Now, I don’t know jack about politics or economics. But what’s... Read more
War, and “The Army”
September 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, The LeftAh, the loyal opposition… =========== Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa speaking at a rally for President Obama in Detroit on Sept. 5: We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the tea party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one... Read more
