By Bronwyn's Harbor on Jan 17, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Valerie Jarrett bullied GOP law makers Sunday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, perhaps violating “IRS tax rules for churches’ political activities. …”
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Jan 16, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments
“With Huntsman gone from the Republican presidential primary race and throwing his support to Romney, five candidates will square off Monday in pivotal Fox News/Wall Street Journal debate ahead of South Carolina vote.” – from Fox News Network’s home page today. In the pre-debate story, “Conservatives talk social issues in South Carolina, but money is [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Jan 16, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments
The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive So this is Stephen Colbert’s notion of a knee-slappin’, rollickin’ chuckle of a joke about Mitt Romney’s view of corporations as humanoids? Okay, I can see how that could be amusing. But my problems with Colbert’s poking fun at Romney are 1) [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Jan 14, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments
* Bumped Up & Renamed * “When a corporation farts, I’ll believe it’s a human being.” – Dylan Ratigan said Friday (01/13/12) on Morning Joe, referring to the Supreme Court decision that gives corporations the same First Amendment rights as individuals, permitting corporations (and very wealthy individuals) unfettered abilities to “speak” with unlimited cash donations [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Jan 11, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Preface: The other day, an analyst corrected other analysts on the program, admonishing them not to use the word capitalism because it was a word created by Karl Marx. Instead, he advised, we are to use “FREE ENTERPRISE.” I refuse to call them GOP turncoats. These candidates don’t deserve to be acknowledged as members of [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Jan 10, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments
6:00 p.m.: Fox News Network is reporting some exit polling results. document.write(”); Below the fold, enter your own vote, and let us know …
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Jan 8, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments
That means 6 a.m., yawn, PT. The NBC Meet the Press/facebook debate, hosted by by MTP’s David Gregory, runs 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. ET. From the Meet the Press site: This Sunday, David Gregory will moderate the final presidential debate before the all-important New Hampshire primary on Meet the Press. Visit our Facebook page to [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Jan 7, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Prior to and during the debate, we’ll critique the candidates’ prospects, knowledge, and communication skills. In “Republican Candidates Ready to Rumble …,” ABC says “six candidates will square off Saturday night in Manchester [9-11 p.m. ET] at an ABC News/Yahoo! News/WMUR debate that has the potential to be the most explosive one yet.” In “NH [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 29, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Five days. I can’t wait for Iowa to be over. So over. Every four years, I get angry that such a vanilla state, so atypical of many states in the nation, demands, and gets, the right to first choice. Then there’s the astonishing amount of money that gets poured into a state where only — [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 24, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Talk about an OOPS! Perry disqualified from Va. primary ballot Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said. … Perry’s campaign [claimed] it had submitted 11,911 signatures, but a Republican source [says] that the Texas governor did not submit the required [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 21, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
WILD! PAUL SHAFFER and GUEST GET IT ON: “The Dark Horse,” op-ed at The Washington Examiner:
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 21, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Ordinarily, spouses don’t (shouldn’t?) be considered in contention for the presidency. That said, when spouses interject themselves in political discussions, imho they are fair game. As you’ll see below the fold, according to Politico’s story on Callista Gingrich, “Callista dings Mitt on Twitter,” she makes herself fair game. What grabbed me were the reactions in [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 20, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Jon Huntsman, the twice-elected governor of Utah, learned to speak Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkein at age 19, working in Taiwan. He was later named U.S. Ambassador to Singapore. As U.S. Trade Ambassador under President George W. Bush, Huntsman helped negotiate dozens of free trade agreements with Asian and African nations. Recently, he was the [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 18, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
UPDATE: Below, “Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman hail death of ‘tyrant’ Kim Jong-il as opportunity for North Korea.” I first heard about his passing on Fox News, which reported that the 69-year-old leader had a “massive heart attack.” The Washington Post reports that “North Korea [will try] to pass power to Kim’s youngest son, Kim Jong [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 16, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
BELOW: Haley endorses Romney … Newt is sexist (Red State gets it while CNN flunks) … Huntsman refuses to pander … Debate drinking games … RIP, Christopher Hitchens … UPDATE: Gingrich may get $20 million donation from billionaire Today, Nikki Haley, the sharp conservative governor of South Carolina — whose voters get to choose their [...]
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