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“The Hillary Rx”October 5th, 2007 | 2 Comments | Posted in Arkansas, Democrats, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Humor, Mitt Romney, Slow News Day, Video
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Romney’s Campaign Offices Burglarized |
From the AP:
Romney’s Campaign Offices Burglarized
By GLEN JOHNSON – 2 hours ago
BOSTON (AP) — The campaign headquarters of Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney was burglarized over the weekend and a television and computers stolen.
A campaign spokesman for the former Massachusetts governor described the crime as “a routine burglary” and did not believe it was politically motivated.
“Several laptops and a TV were stolen,” said campaign spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom. “All the computers are password-enabled and the hard drives are encrypted. The only thing they’re good for is parts.”
The Boston Police Department was called to the scene, an office building overlooking Boston Harbor in the city’s North End, but a report was not immediately available, said Officer Eddy Chrispin.
The incident is the third of its kind recently involving a presidential contender.
Last month a man was arrested and charged with breaking into a Hartford, Conn., office belonging to Sen. Chris Dodd, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. The accused lived in a city shelter and had a lengthy arrest record, and a city police official said that crime likely was prompted to support a drug habit.
In July, the Davenport, Iowa, campaign headquarters for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was burglarized. Two laptop computers and campaign literature were reported stolen.
A burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate building in Washington on June 17, 1972, triggered a coverup that ultimately led to the resignation of President Nixon.
There is also a really funny poll at MyManMitt.com called Who dunnit?
~Nate Gunderson
An Enviromentalist Shares His Real Reason for Buying a Prius |
We’ll mark this as a slow news day story. I saw an article on Honda’s new hybrid strategy. I like Honda and I rather like the idea behind hybrids, so I looked it up and here’s the first section:
Peter Kessner, a devout environmentalist, bought a Honda Civic hybrid four years ago to show everyone that he wants to save the planet. The only problem: no one noticed, since, other than the hybrid badge on the trunk, it looked like a regular Civic. So he traded it in for a Toyota Prius. Suddenly, strangers began stopping him on the street to ask about his hybrid, with its space-age styling and miserly mileage. “That’s a big part of why I bought the Prius,” says the Floral Park, N.Y., retiree. “It opens up conversations, and I push my theory that we’ve got to do our best to conserve.” The Honda, on the other hand, didn’t deliver what Kessner craved: green street cred. “If I’m driving a hybrid,” he says, “I want people to know it.”
Wow. So he ditched a perfectly good car just so that people would NOTICE how environmentally friendly he was. That’s not only remarkably egotistical (”Look at me! Look at me! I care, you don’t.”), but also incredibly bad environmentalism. Cars don’t exactly come without an environmental toll all by themselves. And I’d think the batteries alone would make a hybrid car even worse. This guy’s environmentalism basically comes down to a status symbol.
The larger question: Will hybrids ever gain mainstream support people that buy them refuse to buy mainstream models? Ah environmentalists, always too cool for their own cause.
BTW, I like the clean diesel idea. I’ve been advocating that we look at diesel again for the last couple of years.
~~~Thomas
The Democrats’ Message of Our TimeAugust 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Posted in Barack Obama, Cartoons, Democrats, Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Humor, Mitt Romney, Radical Islam, Slow News Day
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“The quickest way to end a war is to lose it.”
— George Orwell
Yesterday, I heard a caller to a radio program point out that Mrs. Clinton has made a dramatic shift in her political rhetoric that seemed to go unnoticed. He said until recently whenever Clinton referred to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, her speeches referred to it as “Bush’s War”, in one form or another. But now that she, and other leaders of the Democrat Party, cannot ignore the fact that the surge has been succeeding, Mrs. Clinton is using words like “America is winning!” Now that the new strategy — approved by our Commander in Chief — is obviously working and she is faced with the reality of an amazing turnaround (where have I heard that word before?) in Iraq, Mrs. Clinton wishes to make the not-so-subtle shift in language to snub President Bush. By doing so, she wishes to have it both ways. If it is “Americans” who are now winning in Iraq, was it not “Americans” who were losing in Iraq when she was spewing words of retreat and surrender? If it was “Bush” losing the war in Iraq before, is it not “Bush” winning the war in Iraq now?
Americans, both Democrat and Republican alike, see right through the “blame-Americans-first” politicians who only know one thing when it comes to war: Cut, run, retreat, surrender, negativism. America will win every time we allow our women and men in uniform the freedom to do their job without the naysayers who would pull the rug out. Our military men and women are optimistic. This little piece of art so aptly represents Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, John Edwards, and Barak Obama:
Artwork by Michael Ramirez — Courtesy of IBD Editorials
~ Vic
This Week — This Site — QuotesAugust 18th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Cartoons, Economic Growth, Humor, Mitt Romney, Slow News Day, This Site
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Today is a slow news day. I am taking a small liberty and a slight tangent for this post. This does not apply to Gov. Mitt Romney directly or indirectly; I admit it. That said, I found these two cartoons not only funny, but telling. Clearly, impacts to our lives in the economy today will be inherited by Gov. Romney if he is elected President.
My career has been in mortgage banking and I have seen four major economic downturns; I believe this one could easily be the worst of them all. By nature, I am very optimistic, but this downturn has four major components not seen together before: 1) Consumer spending that has been fueled in part by people taking equity out of their homes; that is now evaporated, especially for the less credit-worthy borrower, 2) Liquidity sucked out of the markets like I have never seen, 3) Housing prices falling back to equilibrium that in my opinion have only just begun, and 4) Worldwide impact that could be significant. I hope I am wrong, but I think we are just seeing the very beginning of these impacts. If not contained by the end of this year, we could experience big aftershocks and echoes throughout the US and world economies. Of all ~20 presidential candidates, which one is best suited to handle these crises? I will need to think a longtime on this one.
On a lighter and more positive note, starting with this post, I plan to add a small quote at the end of many of my posts from someone influential in American history. The quote may not always be from an American leader, but if not, I will strive to choose quotes that naturally cause one to pause and to think; quotes that I hope will inspire.
Quote:
“It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it [The Constitution] a finger of that almighty hand which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in the critical stages of the revolution.”
— James Madison, Federalist No. 37, January 11, 1788
~ Vic
Barak Hussein Obama SummitAugust 2nd, 2007 | 1 Comment | Posted in Barack Obama, Cartoons, Democrats, Humor, Mitt Romney, Slow News Day
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Artwork by Michael Ramirez — Courtesy of IBD Editorials
~ Vic
Failure as Best Strategy: “At All Costs”July 28th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Analysis, Commentary, and Editorials, Cartoons, Congress, Democrats, Humor, Mitt Romney, National Security, Radical Islam, Slow News Day
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Artwork by Michael Ramirez, courtesy of IBD Editorials
~ Vic
Democrats’ StrategiesJuly 26th, 2007 | 6 Comments | Posted in Barack Obama, Cartoons, Debates, Humor, Mitt Romney, Slow News Day
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Artwork by Michael Ramirez — Courtesy of IBD Editorials
~ Vic
Please Join — It is FreeJuly 25th, 2007 | 2 Comments | Posted in Mitt Romney, Netroots, New Media, New To Romney, Slow News Day
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If you are a new Romney supporter or if in the past you did not have time, please take out 15 seconds now and go over to UltiMitt and join them. It is free and their site will have tremendous influence down the stretch.
Please join by clicking on ULTIMITT and by pressing the “Join Now!” button. To those who have already joined, THANK YOU!
You might be very surprised to see which of your friends and other influential people have already joined UltiMitt. Once you register, click on “My Home” at the top, and then on the next page, click on “Member List” and you can find members’ names by state, name, or join date. There are some really influential people who have joined UltiMitt. Please join them to make a difference down the stretch!
When this blog was posted, there were 606 members from all over America!
~ Vic
Run, Harry Run!July 20th, 2007 | 6 Comments | Posted in Cartoons, Congress, Democrats, Humor, Mitt Romney, Slow News Day
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First of all, I want to thank every author on this site who has been stepping up this summer to post at this awesome site to promote Mitt Romney for President. I want to thank Ann Marie especially for the privilege it is for each of us to contribute in our small way to influence others to know truth about the man, Mitt Romney. Everybody is so very busy and so many people are out on summer vacations, etc. Thank you to Kyle, Thomas, Mike, Nate, Ben, Scott, David, Darren, Chris, Jeff, and all the other bloggers who are constantly thinking of content for the site for the doldrum days of summer.
In a recent post about American culture, a reader named “Josh” left a comment gently criticizing the content of the blog. The content was excellent, but not specific to Governor Romney or presidential politics. His challenge was accurate, but the day it was published was a slow news day for both presidential politics and for Romney. It is far easier to post nothing than to create content. As you will see for this specific blog, it is marked with a category called “Slow News Day.” That category has existed since Ann Marie created this site.
It has been an honor to work shoulder-to-shoulder with the bloggers Ann Marie has selected. Every one is amazing in different ways.
I’m interested to know from our visitors what your preferences are as they relate to Romney blogs in general and to this specific site. Do you prefer to only see pointed, specific content about Mitt Romney (and his family) or do you also enjoy the broader analysis related to political winds, competitors, polls, primaries, etc?
For example, this political cartoon just below has nothing whatsoever to do with GMR. You may have noticed that from time to time I place content involving Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. I do so for a couple of reasons. One is that his policy statements epitomize the polar opposite of those of GMR and the other is that many people choose to focus on GMR’s religion; since Reid is also a devout Mormon, it is a great contrast to show that GMR and Reid are not being directed by their religious leaders, as some would suggest GMR would be if elected President. By the way, how cool would it be to see GMR on stage with Harry Reid in a true debate for, let’s say three hours? One thing would for sure happen: Harry Reid would want to run away after about 10 minutes with GMR!
Artwork by Michael Ramirez, courtesy of IBD Editorials
So please, if you feel so inclined, leave us your candid, even frank comments and opinions. We strive always to create and maintain a very high level of excellence in our work. We will continue to work very hard to bring you content that is unique and analysis that is thought provoking and which can be used to influence many. Please don’t be shy. Josh wasn’t. Help us by giving us your thoughts and preferences.
And thank you!
~ Vic
Some Yummy Tidbits |
A few good reads (I guess one is actually a view), that have nothing to do with each other:
1. Here is a poignant 55 sec. speech by Kentucky Rep. Geoff Davis. Short and oh so sweet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRXsfdsNjeE
2. The Salt Lake Tribune recently did a highlight on Spencer Zwick who is Romney’s National Finance Director. It’s called “Romney’s ‘Sixth son’ Handles Campaign Money”.
Zwick was originally brought on to translate Olympic documents because he speaks Spanish and Thai. Romney was quite impressed with his work ethic and innovative ideas. Zwick has hardly left his side since. Zwick is currently only 28 years old! How old does that make him when he first started working for Romney?
3. From SC for Romney we learn how “Down to Earth” Mitt Romney is. The writer of the article points out several instances of Romney doing things that you wouldn’t find your average multi-millionaire doing: Fixing a rain gutter in the middle of a storm, directing traffic during the Olympics, and showing up to help a neighbor move even though his shoulder was injured.
There’s just something unique about Governor Romney and his willingness to serve others. We often get so jaded towards humanity that this kind of sincerity seems impossible. There is enough evidence in the life of Mitt Romney to prove otherwise. If ever a politician had sincere intentions with regard to a presidential bid–it would be this man.Thanks for the great example, Governor!
Read the article. It’s for your own good. 
~Nate Gunderson
UPDATE: I just found out that the article from SC for Romney was written by Andru Blomquist who is also a blogger here at this site, so I’ll give credit where credit is due. Andru (in an e-amil) was wondering if any one else out there had personal stories of Mitt Romney that would give us more insight into his character. Please share them in the comments section if you do.
East Coast Heros — Dunder-Mifflin |
http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/
Latest Clip (wait for load)—> THE OFFICE
Hero: Dwight Schrute III
Hero: Michael Scott, Manager
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~ RHR
Noonan’s August Opinions Lack DignityApril 13th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Posted in Analysis, Commentary, and Editorials, Character, Slow News Day
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http://www.opinionjournal…n/?id=110009932
At first I thought this Op/Ed piece by Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal was either an odd spoof of some kind or just a tongue-in-cheek piece. After reading it a couple of times, I am convinced she is serious.
Presidential candidates seem to get criticized every which way. They get criticized for seeming too serious and stiff. They get whacked for perfect grooming. And then here Noonan picks a few excerpts to show they “lack dignity” and that America is devoid of “stature” in her presidential aspirants. They are too light-minded.
I fully realize that what I am about to write may come across as heresy to those who have placed Peggy Noonan on a pedestal (myself included) as the brilliant speech writer to President Reagan, not to mention great author. So I obviously have no place to criticize her writing, nor would I. However, I do disagree with her opinion in this editorial.
As the perfect example of stature and dignity, she starts off with McCain as the rock of immutable character for standing tough on the war. As if his unwavering position was the most important character trait in a president. What about McCain’s rather myopic approach to the broad and complex issues a president must master? Do these not matter? It is superior to be undeterred in an important issue (the war) while lacking deep knowledge of all the other critical issues a president is faced with on day-one of taking office? McCain clearly lacks the interest in many of the other issues, let alone in-depth knowledge and grasp of them. But he has “dignity” and “stature.” So did Jimmy Carter as President. So?
Here is a Noonan excerpt on Giuliani:
There is a sort of stature gap in the presidential campaign so far, isn’t there? A lack of personal height among the candidates, a lack of the bearing that befits the office they seek.
Here was Rudy Giuliani this week in a speech in California. No one much noted it–he was lucky it was subsumed by the Imus wave. But this is how Mr. Giuliani opened a speech to citizens considering his candidacy for the American presidency. “Thank youse all very much for invitin’ me here tuh-day, to this meeting of the families from different parts’a California.”
He was imitating Marlon Brando in “The Godfather.” (The rendering comes from a Newsday report.) Actually the character of Don Corleone, as drawn by Mario Puzo, was possessed of a certain verbal elegance, but never mind. Mr. Giuliani’s imitation was clear enough to inspire in the audience a smattering of applause and, apparently, laughter.
Earlier in the week, in reaction to a spate of critical stories about his wife, Judith, he asked reporters to leave her alone: “I am a candidate. She’s a civilian, to use the old Mafia distinction.”
Ah. Can’t have enough candidates for president who whimsically employ the language of mobsters.
Rudy is No. 1 in the GOP polls, but he has been displaying the worst stature gap on the trail. He can’t see why his wife sets people’s teeth on edge; he can’t see why it would disturb us to have her at cabinet meetings; he assures us she actually won’t be at cabinet meetings. This was followed by his statement that of course he continues to be pro-choice on abortion, and yeah, actually, he’s probably also for taxpayer funding of abortion, but maybe not.
On this specific point of Giuliani’s rather ad-hoc approach to answers on the trail, I agree with Noonan. But so what if he pokes fun at himself using references to the mob? He is Italian. He has the Mafia in his family tree. He is from NYC. He defeated the mob. Can’t she take a joke? One thing I like about Giuliani is that he is both an intense leader and he doesn’t always take himself too seriously. The next president will have plenty of time to allow the pressures of the office to fully suppress any sense of humor they may have today.
Then Noonan drops a line about Romney hunting varmints as if this is some kind of example of the smallness of the man Romney.
Her commentary is more about simple gaffes by presidential hopefuls, who are sometimes giving many speeches in one day, than it is about dignity and stature. But if her piece were about gaffes, nobody would read it and she probably knows that.
Noonan closes with:
“Candidates on the trail today would be better off keeping as their template for the office Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln–the unattainable greats. It’s no good to just be thinking, At least I’m better than Clinton, at least I’m better than Bush.
Something to reach for even if you know it will exceed your grasp. But it’s good to be reaching upward, not stooping.”
I do understand the desire to raise the bar in substance and meaning as the national debate among the candidates heats up. In fact, Mitt Romney is doing exactly that. For each of the gaffes she quotes, I could cite another ten examples of candidates with the poise and presence of the best of our past American leaders. Clearly I am biased, but Mitt Romney is the best among them all in articulating his vision of America and putting substance around that vision.
Maybe this was a slow news day for Peggy Noonan. Very few of Romney’s competitors compare to him in dignity and stature after carefully examining and comparing executive experience, qualifications, competence, and talented leadership. In fact, most of Mitt Romney’s competitors among Democrats and Republicans alike are legislators, not executives. And most of them have little experience at that.
Dignity? Stature? Noonan missed it on this one.
To read her entire editorial, click:
The Incredible Shrinking Candidates
Why is there so little dignity in the presidential campaign? By Peggy Noonan
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~ RHR
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