It's 2012, an election year, and one that is bound to be a long, unpleasant struggle on the media stage until pretty much everyone on both sides is sick and tired of the whole mess. With Obama up for a second term and anyone's guess as to who will be on the Republican ticket, things seem uncertain. And one thing that makes many people uncomfortable is uncertainty.
Obama is in a difficult spot. One of the reasons for his first victory was the turnout of people who traditionally don't show up at the polls. He got the youth vote to
So What Has Obama Actually Done?
by Jessica B. January 3rd, 2012 | Democratic Deliberations, Presidential Election
A Dog of a Different Color
by Ronald A. Rowe July 28th, 2009 | Congress, Democratic Deliberations, General Politics, Republican Reflections
Back in the day, John McCain was the darling of the national media. The main stream news-types wrote no end of stories, lauding McCain as a “maverick” because he broke with his party on a number of issues. The media mainly loved writing these stories because they made President Bush look like a bad leader.
McCain has long since fallen out of favor with the media when he challenged the Wise and Benevolent Obama for the presidency, to which Obama clearly was entitled without the annoyance of a challenger. The “maverick” was suddenly the old, bedraggled, racist conservative
McCain has long since fallen out of favor with the media when he challenged the Wise and Benevolent Obama for the presidency, to which Obama clearly was entitled without the annoyance of a challenger. The “maverick” was suddenly the old, bedraggled, racist conservative
What If?
by Ronald A. Rowe July 7th, 2009 | Democratic Deliberations, General Politics, Presidential News, Republican ReflectionsThis week, just for fun, let us consider a “What If?” scenario. What if the right-wing extremist conspiracy-theory nut jobs (RWECTNJs) are right about President Obama’s birth certificate? I know, I know. These are the same tinfoil hat wearers who argue that the moon landing was faked and the government is holding bigfoot’s skeleton next to the bodies of the Roswell aliens. But for the sake of this exercise, just go with me.
In case you tune out the rumblings of the RWECTNJs, there has been a constant stream of rumor, conjecture, and innuendo that perhaps The
Defending the Indefensible
by Ronald A. Rowe June 30th, 2009 | Democratic Deliberations, General Politics, Republican Reflections
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 Chief Executive Officer of the proud state of South Carolina (I believe their state motto is: The War isn't over; we can still win this thing) ran away from home for a week without telling anyone. His office came up with the brilliant cover
Sanford, the Chief Executive Officer of the proud state of South Carolina (I believe their state motto is: The War isn't over; we can still win this thing) ran away from home for a week without telling anyone. His office came up with the brilliant cover
It All Depends on Your Point of View
by Ronald A. Rowe June 16th, 2009 | Democratic Deliberations, General Politics, Political Opinions, Republican ReflectionsThere 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 Governor Sarah Palin and made very crude assertions about her 14 year old daughter. The Right-wing argument against Letterman goes like this: he abused his freedom of speech by saying things that are hateful. The Leftist defense is that he can say whatever he wants
