Newt should have hit the lobbying charge out of the park yesterday

By: wet_rat (Diary)  |  January 24th at 07:39 AM  | 

Newt should have been able to hit another home run on that exchange about lobbying last night. Here is a very simple formula for setting the record straight. 1. Mitt either doesn’t know what lobbying is all about or is taking advantage of the fact that most of the public doesn’t know what lobbying is all about. 2. Newt’s company was engaged in teaching its | Read More »

What don’t you know and how will you learn it?

By: wet_rat (Diary)  |  October 9th at 09:10 AM  | 

The last question of Tuesday’s debate was submitted by Peggy Silva, a high school teacher from Amherst, New Hampshire. The question was “What don’t you know and how will you learn it?” According to today’s Nashua Telegraph: Tom Brokaw is a friend of Silva’s daughter’s father-in-law, who e-mailed Brokaw right away to tell him who asked the final question. Small world? Silva also has been | Read More »

McCain Message: A Cr*p Sandwich

By: wet_rat (Diary)  |  October 2nd at 10:56 PM  | 

Here are a few thoughts regarding upcoming opportunities for McCain: Use a good phrase “Obama thinks America’s hate of George Bush runs so deep that he can sell a cr*p sandwich of tax increases and surrender.” Continue with an appeal to the middle “Bush has made some huge mistakes, and many times I’ve called him on it, but if you are consistently opposed to someone | Read More »