(Updated Oct. 3, 2012) According to Philip Rucker, National political reporter at The Washington Post covering Mitt Romney and the 2012 presidential campaign, the flag pin with the Secret Service logo was a gift to the candidate from his USSS agents. _____________ Not long after I wrote about Mitt Romney’s flag lapel pin and speculated about … Continue reading More on those Romney/Ryan flag pins
(Updated Nov. 11, 2012) According to Philip Rucker, National political reporter at The Washington Post covering Mitt Romney and the 2012 presidential campaign, the flag pin with the Secret Service logo (a star; see below) was a gift to the candidate from his USSS agents. _________________ I’ve noticed, I’m curious, and I can’t find a definitive … Continue reading What’s on Romney’s flag pin?
I love Clint Eastwood. I’ve loved him since he first appeared as Rowdy Yates in the TV series “Rawhide,” way back in 1959. I loved him through all the spaghetti Westerns and Dirty Harry movies and everything else he’s done. I probably loved him most in Gran Torino as a cantankerous old Korean army vet. But I … Continue reading Eastwood upstages Romney at RNC
As shocking as it was, Rep. Todd Akin’s recent comment about women, rape, and pregnancy was a gift to Democrats. In the days after Ryan joined the Romney ticket and a week before the GOP national convention, it blew the Romney/Ryan campaign completely out of the headlines. It reminded voters that Ryan and Akin were … Continue reading We were women first
The Bad Lip Reading meme. I’d never heard of it until I saw it over at Time Goes By. Bless Ronni for posting it. Laughter is such good medicine, and if I didn’t find a way to laugh at the current state of politicking in this country, I’d be screaming. This had me howling in … Continue reading More Mitt: That lip reading thing
Maureen Dowd at The New York Times sharpened her claws and went after Mitt Romney yesterday. If you haven’t had enough of that sort of thing already, you might enjoy her piece. It includes a pretty good summation of both Mitt the Man and Mitt the Twit. Actually, there isn’t much difference. Check out “Mitt’s … Continue reading Mitt’s Olympic meddle
