Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
One of the things that made Reagan such a winner in 1980 was the fact that he was a happy warrior. Voters had a real choice between Jimmy Carter’s dour malaise (“it’ll be this way forever”) and Reagan’s ebullient optimism in America (“morning in America”). This year, voters have that
Continue readingGlenn Reynolds says that the 2012 election has the possibility to be a “ground glass” election for conservatives: Last week, I noticed this blog comment: “Romney was not my first, second, or third choice, but I will crawl over ground glass to vote for him.” A lot of Republicans —
Continue readingI honestly think this is Romney’s best ad: Incidentally, regarding Obama’s revenge remark, Jonah Goldberg had exactly the same thought I did: Revenge against whom? If you watch the clip itself, it’s not clear at all what Obama’s supporters are supposed to want revenge for. Obama mentions Romney’s name in
Continue readingOn Monday, November 5, an ad will run in the Washington Times with the names of almost 500 retired military officers from all of the different forces who support Mitt Romney. I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of the ad. The same email forwarding the ad asked
Continue readingBill Whittle explains very clearly why it’s a mistake in this election for those who dislike Obama to a protest vote for a third party, or not vote at all, in order to protest the fact that Republicans are so far from perfect. It’s a principled stand, certainly, but it
Continue readingThe Ohio Democratic Party Chairman, knowing that Mitt Romney is a wealthy man, who might have some extra millions lying around, has suggested that Romney give those dollars to a charity that helps Hurricane Sandy victims: Mitt Romney should have donated $10 million to the Red Cross instead of ‘taking
Continue readingHere’s today’s Progressive Facebook offering: Point by point, let me show why this poster is really, really stupid: His support of the middle class by encouraging the auto-industry to go bankrupt? If you’re not living in Victorian England, when bankruptcy meant that the man of the family ended up in
Continue readingA picture is making the rounds amongst my liberal Facebook friends, complete with the caption that “This says it all to me.” I’m actually not sure what “all” the picture says. That Romney smiles at people performing a service for him while Obama gives them a fist bump? If the
Continue readingWe all know crazy people. I don’t mean the kind of crazy people who believe that cats rule the world and that Satan is living in the begonia. I mean the people with personality disorders who assiduously work to shape reality so that it matches their own warped and damaged
Continue readingWhen it became obvious that Mitt was going to be the Republican nominee for President, I started doodling around with my strong sense that the November match-up would look very much like a contest between Ward Cleaver and Eddie Haskell, of Leave it to Beaver fame. In May, I put
Continue readingWhat one can say with certainty about the last presidential debate is that it is not a game-changer — which is good for Romney, because the game is currently scoring in his favor. In that way, it was a nothing of a debate. Nevertheless, there were aspects of the debate
Continue readingIf this election was a romance novel, Barack Obama would be the bad boy who promises that, if you just let him have his way with you, you won’t get pregnant (honest!). He then tells you that his friend Eddie will pay for your birth control. Eddie doesn’t follow through,
Continue readingSometimes my liberal friends surprise me. Buried amongst the snarky, ill-informed pictures they routinely post, I’ll occasionally find something thoughtful and important. Very, very important — such as this short video explaining precisely why Iran poses such a threat, not just within the Middle East, but to the whole world,
Continue readingIf you’ve been hearing good buzz about Romney’s performance at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner, that’s because he did a stellar job. Here is his star turn: Obama wasn’t bad either. I just don’t like him, which makes it harder for me to laugh at his jokes:
Continue readingHere’s today’s Facebook find: This poster, of course, comes from a liberal. What the liberal doesn’t realize is that Mitt was riffing right off the liberals’ own beloved New York Times when he said that the best way to deal with gun violence is to promote marriage. Just this July,
Continue reading