Archive for June, 2009

Defending the Indefensible

June 30th, 2009 – 10:29 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted this week that he has been carrying on an extramarital affair. That was the second most shocking thing that he admitted, the first being that he ditched the responsibilities of his office and his family to spend a week with his floozy… ahem, mistress in South America.
Sanford, the [...]

Call Me “Senator”

June 23rd, 2009 – 10:24 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

Camp Campaign is proud to present the only political blog on the entirety of the Internet that will not focus on the President of The United States of America swatting a fly this week.
This week Barbara Boxer managed to re-insert herself into the news cycle by dressing down Brigadier General Michael Walsh at a Senate [...]

It All Depends on Your Point of View

June 16th, 2009 – 9:41 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

There were two big stories that highlighted the great political divide this past week. In case you missed one or the other: Republicans are furious with David Letterman and Liberals are furious with Carrie Prejean. In both instances, the offender said something that the offendee didn’t like one little bit.
In Letterman’s case, he mocked Alaska [...]

To Israel from the US

June 9th, 2009 – 9:50 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

Dear Israel,
Hi. It’s me, your old pal the United States. We’ve been friends for a long time. In fact, I remember the day you first became a country. I’ve seen you grow up. I was so proud the day I saw you quell your first insurgency. It’s hard for me to believe that you’re over [...]

The Political Spectrum of a Lifetime

June 4th, 2009 – 5:19 am Posted by TK

I recently had a great conversation with Bill Hirsch, author of the best selling book – Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect Bill had some clear and astute thoughts about how people move from liberal to conservative at different points in their lives.
The political conversation was so passionate that I wanted to [...]

Taking Offense

June 2nd, 2009 – 10:20 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

I’m offended. Actually offended. I’m not the easily-offended type. I don’t think I’m even the regular-offended type. It takes a lot to truly offend me. I may not agree with you. I may not like what you say. But to find something at which I actually take offense [...]