While I believe that Herman Cain made a real hash of things with his remarks to Piers Morgan about abortion, after watching the interview multiple times I now believe that the context modifies his words in a way most people are failing to understand or choosing to ignore. By example, when Newt Gingrich uttered his infamous line about “right-wing social engineering” conservatives of all stripes | Read More »
The battle for the GOP presidential nomination was greatly clarified in recent days in the wake of the Las Vegas debate and candidate statements in various interviews. The Las Vegas debate showcased yet another flaw in Mitt Romney’s make up: He has a glass jaw. If this were a boxing match he’d still be on the canvas. His hysterical over-reaction to Rick Perry regarding Lawngate | Read More »
I’ve been an interested observer of presidential elections for most of my life. As a teenager I laid in bed with an AM radio pressed to my ear listening to the Kansas City Republican Convention as the roll was called and Ronald Reagan narrowly lost to Jerry Ford. The most important words in that paragraph are the last seven: “Ronald Reagan narrowly lost to Jerry | Read More »
That is what we have become, the Grand Old Whining Party. Just about all of us have grumbled at one time or another about the candidates we have running this cycle. What a bunch of malcontents we are. Imagine if you were Chairman of the Board of a huge company whose current president had nearly destroyed your ability to compete and survive. Imagine too that | Read More »
Forty-seven years ago Ronald Reagan, then 53 years old and likely at the height of his intrinsic abilities, gave a speech that resonates as relevantly today as it did when the Beatles ruled the music charts. <embed id=VideoPlayback src=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-1777069922535499977&hl=en&fs=true style=width:400px;height:326px allowFullScreen=true allowScriptAccess=always type=application/x-shockwave-flash> </embed> When you realize it was four presidential terms and 16 years before the man speaking above was sent to the White | Read More »
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