Mayor Cory Booker gave the first big speech and he brought down the house with this line: “Being asked to pay your fair share in taxes is not class warfare. It’s patriotism.” The crowd burst into applause and then repeatedly chanted, “U-S-A! U-S-A!” before Booker could speak again. Mayor Booker was referring to the Democratic … Continue Reading →
Watching the DNC on C-SPAN. I’m clearly biased but wow, what a different vibe at this convention. Joy and enthusiasm instead of anger and fear. And the choice could not be made clearer than it is here tonight. The city of Charlotte produced a promo for the DNC that made an important point: A video … Continue Reading →
While on the campaign stump, Team Romney/Ryan regularly pound the podium and tell us they “don’t want the U.S. to turn into Europe.” The problem is their economic prescription of slashing spending in tribute to the Austerity Gods would do exactly that. If you’re wondering what our country would look like after four years of … Continue Reading →
Mitt Romney, who claims he’s going to stand up to China on day one, is so tough he’s been reduced to whimpering that President Obama is being mean to him. In an interview on CBS news he whined: “The president’s campaign has put out a campaign that’s talking about me and attacking me. I think … Continue Reading →
Mitt Romney is so desperate to create a distraction from the growing call for release of his tax returns, he and his army of Republicans and other apologists, have taken to throwing out any and all smears they can think of with the hope that something sticks in the news cycle. The most alarmingly dishonest … Continue Reading →
Well we saw another bad jobs report this month. Third in a row. So what is the guy in charge going to say about it? “You guys are bright enough to look at the numbers. I came in and the jobs had been just falling right off a cliff, I came in and they kept … Continue Reading →
When you wake up on November 7th, one of two men will be President of the United States. The choice between the two has never been clearer in generations. Compare and contrast how President Obama and Mitt Romney spent this holiday week. President Obama hosted 1,200 veterans at a White House picnic on Independence Day. … Continue Reading →
One good thing about this presidential election is with Romney beholden to the extremists of the far right in order to get the support of the GOP base, the difference between the candidate’s two visions has never been clearer. Take for instance their positions on education policy. In other words Mr. Romney is effectively saying, … Continue Reading →
Facebook tells me gas is selling for $2.88 a gallon on the Georgia coast. Where I live it’s currently at $3.19 a gallon down from $3.38 when I filled up last week. It’s expected to continue to drop for everyone to under $3.00 this summer. Which is way less than we were paying in the … Continue Reading →
Mitt Romney just finished his “Every Town Counts” tour. Which I think is a pretty strange name for a tour that only included a handful of towns in six states. Guess “Every Town That’s Critical to Helping Me Win” wouldn’t fit on a bumper sticker. Be that as it may, Romney’s last stop was Michigan … Continue Reading →