Archive for 'General Politics'

The Health Care Summit

March 2nd, 2010 – 10:41 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

There are two distinctly different versions of the Health Care Summit circulating this week. Curiously enough, I’m pretty sure both were written and ready to roll before the meeting even began. In summary, the two stories are:
A) President Obama graciously invited the Republicans to participate in a Health Care Summit. He did so with the [...]

A New Low

February 23rd, 2010 – 9:30 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: General Politics

The Democratic Party of the State of Florida has tunneled their way to a new low this week with a brazenly unveiled character attack on Adam Putnam. For those of you in one of the other 49, less sunshiny states, Adam Putnam is Florida’s political wunderkind. He became a congressman at the age of eight [...]

The Politics of Pride

February 17th, 2010 – 9:03 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: General Politics

National pride is a good thing.  All around the world, love of one’s country has been a staple of good citizenship.  Except, of course, in 21st century America, where national pride is synonymous with arrogance.
Watching the opening weekend of the Winter Olympic Games has been like watching one long infomercial for Canada.  Oh, the majestic [...]

Political Roundup

February 10th, 2010 – 9:19 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: General Politics

There were a few stories that caught my eye this week. First off, the president’s visit with the congressional Republicans was something to see. If you missed it, you missed out. President Obama fielded questions from a whole horde of congressional Republicans on a wide variety of issues. The whole thing [...]

Scott Brown

January 27th, 2010 – 9:56 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

We here at Camp Campaign are not unwilling to admit when we’re wrong. It’s just that it never has happened before. So, it is with humble hearts and full disclosure that I admit that I was wrong about Scott Brown.
Last week I wrote that Brown could not win in Massachusetts. I was convinced that the [...]

The Beantown Beatdown

January 20th, 2010 – 11:00 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

The biggest story in politics this week is the race between Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakely to become Ted Kennedy’s replacement in the Senate. This story is huge for two reasons. First, it shouldn’t be a tight race. This is a special election to choose a replacement for Massachusetts’ dearly [...]

Harry Can Say What He Wants

January 13th, 2010 – 10:08 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: General Politics

Can you imagine the uproar if a Republican had used the word “negro” in any context related to President Obama? I know, the Internet is full of posts decrying the inexcusable bias of the main stream media. You’re aware of it, and either you care or you pretend it doesn’t exist.
Still, this one gets to [...]

Feel the Pain

January 6th, 2010 – 10:14 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

Remember when President Bill Clinton famously told us, “I feel your pain”?  It was a deceptively simple, yet powerful, statement to show his empathy with the working man and our plight in tough economic time.  With just four words, President Clinton effectively communicated the heart of the time-tested Democratic message that more recently has won [...]

Parker Griffith

December 30th, 2009 – 9:16 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

Tergiversate (verb) – to abandon a party or cause
Representative Parker Griffith is a freshman senator from the state of Alabama. This week, less than a year into his first term, Rep. Griffith tergiversated from the Democratic Party to join the Republican Party. It is unusual, but not unheard of, for a politician on [...]

The Lie of the Beholder

December 22nd, 2009 – 10:56 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: General Politics

A report on CNN recently caught my eye because of the catchy headline, “The Lie of the Year”. Knowing that CNN is rudderless without a Republican president or Congress to attack, I took a peek to see what Conservative they were going to lionize with their ‘award’.  It turns out that the award is [...]