1. Here are my comments on J. EDGAR. I didn’t add that one reason it flopped is nobody cares about Hoover one way or the other these days. 2. Mr. Ceaser is properly worried about Newtmania and admits that all Romney can do now is wait and keep ready. He is certainly right that Newt showed . . . . Continue Reading »
I just returned from a trip to New Hampshire, where I attended a town meeting with Mitt, at the veteran for foreign wars post in Hudson. Anyone interested in American politics has to have a soft spot for these kind of meetings; they provide a chance to see and judge the candidates “up . . . . Continue Reading »
So I got a complaint for a reader about the all-Newt blogging. I agree he doesn’t deserve the attention. And I think Pete, John P, Jim Ceaser, Carl, and I have told you he doesn’t deserve to be (and won’t) be president. So I’ve seen two of the new (not Newt) movies. J EDGAR . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Newt is a disreputable sophist who sold his soul to shill for causes he couldn’t have believed in, corrupt causes mainly enabled by Democrats that came close to ruining our country. 2. But, as the great man said, he’s still WINNING. And unlike Charlie, he seems substance-free and . . . . Continue Reading »
So this post tries to make a typical pop song important to one’s own (your own) reality. What is that big idea she had? To this day, you must still ask yourself. You may think that surely it had something to do with freedom and equality, but what that left for each of you was a bunch of deep . . . . Continue Reading »
I prefer that to “It’s a Beginning to Look a Lot Like Newtmas.” Pete and I certainly agree on the facts: Newt’s nomination would be a disaster. We seem to disagree on the current situation: Pete sees signs of Newt’s imminent collapse. I wish I did, but I don’t. . . . . Continue Reading »
So the one thing the debate showed last night is that Newt won’t be touched significantly by any of the existing evidence about his interesting past—including how he’s been earning his living over the last decacde—any time soon. Anyone who doesn’t think he’s . . . . Continue Reading »
So the debate started an hour later than I thought so I was able to watch it: 1. Gingrich just schooled Romney in their first clash. Total Gingrich win. Romney would do better to get it into his head that the salient difference between him and Gingrich has nothing to do with which . . . . Continue Reading »
The author of the magisterial Republics Ancient and Modern , Paul Rahe, has had two great pieces in Ricochet of late. Today , its a comparison of John Lindsay, late 60s/early 70s mayor of New York City, with the One. Lindsay’s is an interesting story on its own terms, and considering it . . . . Continue Reading »
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