Dog bites man…
…and Politifact’s designated “Lie of the Year” (by Mitt Romney) turns out to have been true.
Continue reading →…and Politifact’s designated “Lie of the Year” (by Mitt Romney) turns out to have been true.
Continue reading →A lot of bloggers have recommended reading this Boston Globe piece on why Romney lost. It’s probably good, with a lot of inside info, but I could only get through about a third of it because (a) the topic has … Continue reading →
DrewM. at Ace’s takes on that “Lie of the Year” Romney supposedly told, and why it wasn’t actually a lie, much less “of the Year.” That PolitiFact piece naming Romney’s ad the Lie of the Year was the featured story … Continue reading →
Here’s my theory about the missing two million (or whatever it turns out to be) McCain 2008 voters: it represents mostly blue-collar men and women who were turned off by Romney’s rich-elitist-Bain persona and decided to stay home. In that … Continue reading →
You’ve probably noticed lots of photos of the huge crowds Romney has been drawing lately. And perhaps you’ve read some of the articles I’ve read, pro and con on the subject of whether crowd size at rallies matters. They tend … Continue reading →
The other day I watched the last half of a movie on TV that I’d never caught before: “Independence Day,” made in 1996. A few minutes into it Bill Pullman, the actor playing the US president, came into view. I … Continue reading →
But my question is: why was she ever fooled by Obama in the first place? This is the mystery to me: the spell Obama wove over bright people who should have known better. I know, I know: he’s a con … Continue reading →
And very very well, too: And let me just say, at the risk of being thought shallow, that nobody can do white tie like Romney can do white tie. As he acknowledged: “It’s nice to finally relax and wear what … Continue reading →
…even to the point of a ridiculous fastening on a phrase whose meaning is quite clear in context, and non-pejorative. Thus, the binder brouhaha. The left believes it necessary because Mitt Romney cannot be seen as he really is, a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I couldn’t post last night during the debate because I was driving home from New York City and listening to it on the radio. So I’m a bit late to the non-party.] First, the debate: seemingly a draw. But … Continue reading →
John Hawkins has some great photos of Romney, mostly candid family ones. My personal favorite:
Continue reading →There’s a curious piece on Mitt Romney in The New Yorker, by Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia School of Journalism. It’s called “Transaction Man,” and the first half of it (approximately) is just about what you’d expect, although with … Continue reading →