Wondering who won the night at the 2012 VP debate? It depends on whom you ask. From my seat, Joe Biden won hands down. Congressman Ryan discovered all his vague pseudo-wonkery falls apart when he’s pressed to provide details or show us his math. He couldn’t do it, because then he would have to tell … Continue Reading →
Vice President Joe Biden channeled Raging Biden, but Rep. Paul Ryan held up, holding serve for Romney’s initial debate lead. Starting from foreign policy, leading to the economy, and on to Medicare/Medicaid, we seem to learn more about policy from the people who actually won’t be president. The vice presidential session felt like a real … Continue Reading →
What’s the unemployment rate? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it’s 7.8% and looking better by all accounts.
Anyone who lived through 9/11 will never forget that day. For myself, I still remember everything I saw and felt in minute detail. The disbelief. The horror. The concern for my friends in the city. And the creeping certainty that nothing would ever be quite the same again. Much has been said on this day … Continue Reading →
Joe Biden told a Pinocchio-sized whopper in Detroit on Wednesday: Under Romney “a half trillion (in tax cuts) will go to 120,000 families. . . . The average middle class family will see their taxes go up $2000 a year.” Two days later, in Commerce Township just north of Detroit, Mitt Romney told a gaffer: “No one’s … Continue Reading →
Joe Biden parachuted into the heart of Detroit Wednesday, a Democratic city suffering under a 20 percent unemployment rate, the nation’s worst public schools, a federal-welfare-induced implosion of the nuclear family, violent gangs of fatherless young men, and labor unions whose fat contracts have brought the city to the brink of bankruptcy. “Four more years!” … Continue Reading →
If not for the glaring hyposcrisy, the latest conservative faux outrage over Joe Biden would be funny. No conservatives, your new found concern for the feelings of the black community does not impress me. We all know Joe Biden is not a racist. And no matter how hard you try to spin the words “y’all” … Continue Reading →
This is destined to be quote of the week. Joe Biden speaking to a Hispanic group about Mitt Romney’s tax returns: “Romney wants you to show your papers, but he won’t show us his. It’s kind of fascinating!” It’s useful to remember that Romney was being considered for John McCain’s VP spot. He gave the … Continue Reading →
When Joe Biden comes to town, be sure and have your bull manure shovels ready. Last fall, the veep used Flint as a prop to bash Republicans opposed to the president’s $500 billion jobs bill, claiming that murder and rape had tripled as a result of a cut in funding for officers. He implied further … Continue Reading →