Month: August 2012

Pick of Ryan Leaves House GOP Defenseless

On April 15th, 2011, at 2:53 in the afternoon, the House of Representatives voted 235-193 for the Paul Ryan budget for fiscal year 2012. There was not a single Democrat willing to cross the aisle in support of the bill. And...

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Another Bad Day for Romney-Ryan

Good God, man. What are you doing? You are Romney’s communications director for Florida and you are telling the press, on the record, that your candidate is canceling a scheduled visit to Orlando because he’s...

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Feeling Old

I took my boy to visit his paternal grandparents and one of his uncles today. He likes to go because they have a model railroad there. My Dad had some spare reading glasses lying around, so I tried them out and found one pair...

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Paul Ryan: Wealth, Men, Power and Church Hierarchy

I did a recent write-up about Archbishop T. Dolan, Paul Ryan and Catholic Teachings. The happy Irish archbishop of New York reminds me of the jolly pastors of a different era. An era where their teachings only met approval and...

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The Veep Choice Matters

First Read makes an observation: “By selecting Paul Ryan as his running mate on Saturday, Mitt Romney did something that Walter Mondale, Bob Dole, Al Gore, and John McCain did in previous presidential contests: They used...

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