October 26, 2012
Thanks, Mr. President, For Proving the Case FOR Photo ID to Vote
So this is pretty amusing. For MONTHS, the very Obama-friendly MSNBC has been telling us that requiring photo ID can lead to disenfranchising black voters and that maximizing early voting is crucial because many black voters cannot make it to...
October 26, 2012
The Declining Art of Subtlety
There is no subtlety in politics anymore. And that’s a shame. I was thinking about that when I watching television the other day. Sandwiched between brutal attack ads, where Obama was slamming Romney for being a capitalist and Romney was...
October 25, 2012
Why Obama Lost
Historians will come up with their own theories as to why Barack Obama lost his bid for reelection. I am going to get a jump on them. Some will say it was white racism that sunk the President’s chances. Others...
October 24, 2012
Unforgiven
Contains spoilers for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby. In 1992, Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman revitalized the Western genre when they starred together in Unforgiven. Eastwood was a notorious gun-slinger who desperately wanted to get out of the gun-slinging business....
October 23, 2012
The Comedian and the Straight Man
It was the final battle between the comedian and the straight man. The contrasting styles of the two candidates was on full display last night. The President was sarcastic. He filled the night with sharp one-liners, cheap-shots,...
October 22, 2012
Debate #3
Debates can be tricky, especially when it comes to foreign policy. Gerald Ford lost his debate with Jimmy Carter when he said that the people of Poland were not being dominated by the Soviet Union. That certainly wasn’t what the...