Sunday, November 11, 2007
Last evening, an hour after ISU won an unbelievable comeback victory over Colorado, on Senior Day, I was driving my daughter to work on the interstate, northbound. Southbound from Ames, the aftergame traffic. included several limos flying the American flag, accompanied by government SUV's and... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Piling On? Just You Wait Till Thursday Night
Problems facing Mrs. Clinton's campaign: 1. Less than a 10-point drop in many state polls since the Philadelphia Democrat Debate. 2. A new strategy among Democrat Candidates to "pile on" at the next debate. 3. A stripping away of the new softness to her image that her handlers have fought so hard to... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
New CNN PoLL Shows That Mrs. Clinton Has Slipped
The charge that Kathleen Willey has made in a new book, that "the Clintons murdered" her husband, was not taken into account in the new CNN poll. Clinton has sliped six points from fifty to forty~four. This was the first post-debate poll. Will Edwards hammering cease? Will Obama find his soul? Will... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
"The Perry Mason Moment" in the Debate, As Seen On Chris Mathews
The tag team of Edwards and Obama calling Mrs. Clinton a dishonest woman who lacks the ability to take a position and stick with it, was rewarded at the last of the debate by a moment when it appeared that Mrs. Clinton did not tell the truth. They say she approved of the drivers license for... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Return to the Ghost of Michael Dukakis in the 2008 Presidential Election
As I remember 1986, Michael Dukakis left the DNC Convention as nominee for the Democratic Party, ahead in national polls by 17%. The Republican nominee was George (the wimp) Bush who won the national election in a landslide. How? He pledged "no new taxes". "House Ways and Means Committee Chairman... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Giuliani Leads Hillary in National Poll for the First Time by Two..........
For the first time one national poll -- Rasmussen -- has Rudy over the Clinton Gulag by two points. Is this part of a sea change in public opinion based partly on the improved Iraq numbers, partly the gradual awakening to the near primaries, and partly the slow realization of what a Clinton... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Hillary and the Giant Tax Increase
Last week I wrote about Hillary, and the facts no one wants to face-- tax increases. I was fool enough to think that anyone would care. Now I see that in order to raise the taxes, they will have to disguise them as tax cuts. Like they did in 1989. For a clear discusion of the halloween tax increases... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Hillary Convicted of Racketeering?
Chinatown Dodge Hillary Clinton keeps having problems with donations from the Asian-American community. First her biggest bundler, Norman Hsu, turns out to be a convicted con man and the donations he bundled appear to have come from families whose modest incomes do not lend themselves to the large... Sign in to see full entry.
Fred Thompson Redeems Himself
Answering Wendel Golers' disrespectful question "is it true that you are lazy?" Fred answered folksy and smart, and showed why we love him. He gave part of his resume dating to his first family, sending us to Washington, D.C. Back to Tennessee and around the world, ending with his.present family of... Sign in to see full entry.
Fred used the phrase "teachers have taught to the test, students aren't all from Lake Wobegon, above average, and they make ninety on the test but they aren't learning anything." Wrong! The state standards represented in learning objectives. Well the test covers the objectives. Wrong! Saying that we... Sign in to see full entry.