The following is an assortment of unordered commentary on the people, politics and policies from the Iowa ABC/Yahoo GOP nomination debate. Gingrich vs Romney et al: This was the first debate where Gingrich was now a clear front runner and it showed by many people going after him much as
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Gingrich plans to be next rising of Netanyahu: Palestinians are ‘invented’ people
Showing that he has lost none of his talent for shooting-in-the-foot hyperbole, Newt Gingrich has gone all likud Netanyahu, diminishing the Palestinian people in a sweeping statement of support for Israel: “I believe that the Jewish people have the right to have a state, and I believe that the commitments
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: A note on Mitt Romney’s Mormonism
GOP front runner Mitt Romney In the GOP presidential nomination contest, the long standing front-runner, Mitt Romney, has never managed to really break out of the low to mid twenties in national polls, and now faces considerable competition for the nomination from a surging Newt Gingrich. One problem for him
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: GOP Leadership Contest: The Likeability Factor
Pundits seem to love to profess multitudes of differing explanations for the see-sawing GOP leadership contest that has seen, respectively, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain and now Newt Gingrich surge to the front of the pack in challenging Mitt Romney. These alternative explanations range from the simple to the complex,
Continue readingLeDaro: Herman Cain gone, now it is between Mitt and New-it
Can Newt Gingrich land a knock-out punch on Mitt to throw him into the political pit? Is it possible that Gingrich will be the nominee? Herman Cain is accused of infidelity while Gingrich admits to his infidelity. It is going to be interesting.
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: A Half a Century Later and We are Losing Half a Century
The Canadian Manifesto: How the American Neoconservatives Stole My Country In researching the conservative movement on both sides of the border, one thing becomes clear. In the U.S. they don’t like to be referred to as Republican any more than Stephen Harper likes to be called a Tory. They are CONSERVATIVE,
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Gingrich & Romney: The Tale of the Intensity Chart
A very interesting chart by Gallup measures the intensity of support of Republicans of their candidates for the presidency. It takes the positives and deducts the negatives. Since July the chart has been bad news for Mitt and wonderful news for Newt: As for the rest of the motley crew
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: A Man of Steadiness & Constancy
An amusing summary of Mitt Romney’s reversals on… everything.
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Mitt Romney Endorses Obama
Because context no longer matters…
Continue readingLeDaro: Mitt Romney: Flip Flop Champion
Flip flopping is not easy. It is hard on poor Romney and he should get an Oscar for his performance. “With Romney’s positions evolving on everything from abortion to gay rights, embryonic stem cell research to health care, the Republican presidential candidate has faced charges of political opportunism from Republicans
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Piquante Sauce and Why Mitt Romney May Lose the Nomination Race
David Horsey wrote recently that Mitt Romney was the only adult in the GOP Kindergarten Race. He’s probably right. However, will it matter? Since the Republican Party was taken over by the Conservative Movement in 1964, they have a different criteria for a leader than simply the ability to win
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Newt Gingrich leaves The Clowns in his dust
It’s taken a long time, but finally Republican voters have sifted through the hapless gang who wish to be their nominee to take the presidency from Obama, and are moving in droves away from the clueless clowns (Parry, Bachmann, Cain, Paul) to the one man who actually seems to have
Continue reading"I’m a Mor(m)on"
Just in time for Mitt Romney’s likely run against Obama for the US presidency, the Mormon church is spending millions to upgrade its image from “secretive,” “cultish,” “sexist,” “controlling,” “pushy,” “anti-gay” to the kind of phony Americanism plastered on billboards, TV screens and magazine ads promoting every other phony product.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: GOP Foreign Policy Debate: Iran, Covert Ops, and Sanctions
While most of the CBS GOP Presidential Nomination debate on foreign policy in South Carolina was predictably following the standard script, there was one issue that somewhat surprised me. That is, the extent to which multiple candidates were very empha…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Koch Brothers Behind Push To Dismantle EPA
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During last week’s Americans For Prosperity (AFP) event, a common theme kept creeping into the speakers’ presentations: Dismantle the EPA. And as the major funders of…
Continue readingLeDaro: Rick Perry trying to recover from his oops!!
Perry makes fun of himself on David Letterman show. He also reveals that he has a crush on Mitt Romney.:)
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Mitt’s Pursuit of Futility
Mitt Romney’s pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination has cost him a great deal — a great deal of money, a great deal of time, and a great deal of integrity. At the last candidates’ debate in Nevada, he was in everybody’s sights. His health …
Continue readingLeDaro: Rick Perry and Mitt Romney: October 11 Debate
I watched the October 11, 2011 GOP presidential candidates debate. Romney and Perry got tough with each other.Caution: Language is quite strong.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Thoughts on the Nevada GOP debate
This post is a collection of miscellaneous thoughts regarding the Nevada GOP nomination debate. There is no particular order or theme.
Cain and 9-9-9:
In the previous New Hampshire debate, just after Herman Cain’s ascendancy in the polls, he sp…
LeDaro: Pastor Robert Jeffress calls Mormonism a cult
Robert Jeffress is a kook and this kook supports Rick Perry. He does not consider Mitt Romney a Christian as he is a Mormon. Rick Perry has not disassociated himself from this kook. That speaks volumes about Rick Perry.
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