Monthly Archives: August 2012
Eastwood Keeps It Real [Bad]
By Michael Baker Last night, the RNC handed the podium over to a “surprise speaker,” the only speaker of the entire convention who was allowed to ad-lib his speech. Now I understand why these things are always so scripted. Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood rambled through his loosely planned remarks for about twelve minutes. What he […]
Mitt Romney Had His Moment
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) The Republican National Convention ended Thursday with a very enthusiastic crowd reacting to Mitt Romney’s speech. The crowd roared, laughed, loved and all in all it was a good week for the Republicans. I, however, disagree with the Republican idea that came up repeatedly throughout the week that Obama has failed […]
Paul Ryan Goes Par for the Course
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) Chris Christie became the first Republican heavyweight to speak at the RNC Tuesday night. (By the way, that wasn’t a fat joke. This aside is.) Wednesday really got the convention rolling with speakers Mike Huckabee, Condoleezza Rice, and Paul Ryan. Let’s face it. Presidential elections are a lot like the U.S. […]
Mitt Romney Attempts to Cash in on the Conspiracy Theorist Vote
By Michael Baker “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place where we were born and raised.” – Mitt Romney, August 24, 2012. The now-official Republican nominee for President really has stooped to the lowest common denominator. The “birther” argument is probably the cheapest of all the […]
Paul Supporters Boo, Isaac Continues to Steal Show
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) The Republican National Convention was originally supposed to run Monday through Thursday of this week. Due to all the rain caused by Tropical Storm Isaac the convention cancelled Monday. On Tuesday as now Hurricane Isaac made landfall in New Orleans, the convention got underway but is being outshined nationally by hurricane […]
Isaac Ain’t Katrina
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) With the Republican National Convention delayed the news cycle needs a story. “I’ve got a great idea. Let’s blow this Tropical Storm Isaac thing way out of proportion”, says the TV executive with a huge salary. It’s a little frustrating to me that this comparison is being made so strongly. There’s […]
Caught in the Crossfire
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) There’s been a lot made of the fact that in the Empire State Building shooting (hate the name) all the wounded civilians were shot by police. I just don’t understand why this is a story. The perpetrator was wielding a gun. So the two police shot and killed him. This just […]
Facts Schmacts
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) “10 shot at Empire State Building”, “Cops: Two dead after Empire State shootout”, and “Two dead, nine wounded in Empire State Building shootings, police say” were three of the headlines I read as I was reading through the news this morning. My initial reaction is one that a lot of people […]
Insular Communities and You
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) “We are talking civil unrest, civil disobedience, possibly, possibly civil war. … I’m not talking just talking riots here and there. I’m talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms, [and] get rid of the dictator.” Those were just some of the comments made by Judge Tom Head who in recent interviews has […]
The Empire Strikes Back
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) I didn’t pay to much attention to the Republican deadline to allow Todd Akin to withdraw from his Senate race because I just assumed that he would. When I look back on it why should he give up his spot in the Senate race? The threat was that Republican leadership would […]
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