I was originally going to use the word “debate,” but when one party gets to ask all of the questions and has the advantage of throwing in “gotcha questions” it’s no longer really a debate. On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace decided the most pressing issue facing the country must surely be the repeal of the military’s policy on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT), which | Read More »
[promoted from the diaries] On Thursday, a friend and I made the trip to downtown Cleveland to check out the #OccupyCleveland protest. The Facebook page predicted there would be 800-ish people attending, but the actual number on opening day was closer to 200. We dressed to blend in with the crowd so we could fully embrace the experience, spending the better part of the day with | Read More »
“Taxpayers might be shelling out as much as $50,000 extra every weekend to pay cops overtime for the protest… “…On weekdays, the NYPD can pull cops off other beats to guard Zuccotti Park. But on the weekends, and for large marches, overtime cops must be called in, said [NYPD Captains Endowment Association president Roy] Richter. “Of an estimated 100 cops patrolling Zuccotti Park on weekends, it | Read More »
Promoted from diaries. – Moe Lane Comments about the live stream of the Wall Street protests on the Occupy Cleveland Facebook page: Decbaal Occupy Chattanooga Viatos Why does the crowd repeated everything a speaker says? Ally Burge because megaphones are not permitted, the crowd repeats what the speaker says when they pause so that everyone gets the message..its called something, i just cant remember right | Read More »
The other night on Red Eye (my occasional guilty pleasure), during a discussion about whether or not Chris Christie would get into the presidential race, someone asked a question to the effect of, ”Who else is there?” Host Greg Gutfeld threw out (as sort of an afterthought), “Marco Rubio?” There was a pause in the banter and then everyone moved on. I nodded my head | Read More »
In March the Ohio House passed HB 159, which introduced reasonable reforms to secure Ohio’s election process, one of which was to require a photo ID in order to vote in person. Parts of the bill were passed into law in June. However, the GOP-controlled senate and Republican Secretary of State, Jon Husted, balked at the photo ID requirement and it’s been held up in | Read More »
Published 9/19; promoted from Diaries 9/20 – DM Today the Cleveland Plain Dealer announced the resignation of Connie Schultz, wife of Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH). Schultz had come under fire recently for attending a Tea Party rally near Cleveland at which her husband’s likely opponent in 2012, Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, was a featured speaker. Schultz was spotted videotaping Mandel’s speech, but she conspicuously neglected to | Read More »
At this point it’s becoming clearer that it’s a two-person race. Whatever “forces” control this process are shoving Perry and Romney to the top of the pack and barring any major upsets, we will choose between the two of them. The professional pundits and establishment Republicans are telling us the important question is which candidate can attract Independents and conservative Democrats (an oxymoron if I | Read More »
Megyn Kelly just interviewed Tim Pawlenty on Fox News on his change of heart over Mitt Romney. She played clips and read quotes of T-Paw criticizing Romney on “Obamneycare” and nominating liberal judges. Here’s what Pawlenty said on Romney’s healthcare debacle in MA: ”Governor Romney has told me directly, as he has told the country, that his first order of business as president will be | Read More »
Sunday was a filled with many appropriately solemn and somber tributes to those who perished on that horrific sunny morning ten years ago. I was moved to tears watching some of the wives and children of those who died in the World Trade Center read the names of their loved ones and I was even touched by President Clinton’s speech at the Flight 93 Memorial | Read More »
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