Former Governor and current presidential candidate Mitt Romney apparently does not want the good economic news in states like Ohio, Florida and Michigan to distract from the message that he’s spreading that the economy is horrible and President Obama has only “made it worse.” In late May, several news reports surfaced that Romney’s operatives were asking those governors to pipe…
Romney — The Great Unknowns
There is so much about Romney that we do not know.
A Tax Cut Reality Check
I was extremely impressed by Fareed Zakaria's recent GPS program broadcast that opened with a very clear and lucid description of tax cuts. He reminds us that not only has US Presidential candidate Romney promised more tax cuts if he's elected, but that tax cuts have constituted a large portion of the economic stimulus measures that the Obama administration has…
So Much Gay-Bashing, Where to Start?
There has been a lot of gay-bashing by church people lately. It’s a little disheartening. OK, it’s very disheartening. There’s this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/tim-rabon-north-carolina-pastor-gay-marriage-_n_1478735.html He’s trotting out the old nutcase argument that if we allowed gay people to marry each other then of course people would want to marry their family pets, or apparently, other animals. This is truly nuts. If gay…
The Manufactured Brouhaha
There has been considerable brouhaha over the last several days stemming from one comment Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen made on the April 11 CNN program "AC360." However, rather than being legitimate, the brouhaha was completely artificial and manufactured by Ann Romney. The thing that tells me that the Hilary Rosen/Ann Romney flap was disingenuously manufactured is this: When Hilary said…
10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage Is Not the American Way
This has been around in a variety of versions. I think it is terrific and want to share it: 1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning. 2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall. 3.…
Church
“I don’t go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.” I was browsing the web today and found this quote attributed to the great director Billy Wilder. I am not sure whether it was given to a character in a film, but I think it’s clever. It says something both funny and serious about going to church, prayer, and taking something…
Rick Santorum, Gay Parents and Prisoners
Many people have said that in an ideal world, children would be raised in households with two parents, and not just one. But at a presidential campaign event on Jan. 6, 2012, Rick Santorum railed against gay parenthood, saying that a child would be better off with a father in prison than in with two gay parents. Hearing this, I…
Cleveland!
My plane did not land until nine at night, and I was expecting a hungry evening. What a surprise, then, to walk out of my hotel, near ten o’clock, and find East Fourth Street packed with people, the restaurants jammed, the air alive with excitement. This was not the vision I’d had. via www.ruthreichl.com Yes, Ruth, there is good food…
Perry’s Oct. 28 Very Un-Presidential Speech in New Hampshire
U.S. Presidential candidate Rick Perry made a bizarre and un-Presidential speech which lasted 25 minutes in New Hampshire on October 28. Is this how the United States President should present himself? (The clip I used shows the moments that are most unusual; it includes Rachel's Oct. 31 introduction to her show, and then moves into the Perry footage, which is…