Romney’s Craven Equivocations on Immigration
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 25th, 2011 5:31 am by HL
Romney’s Craven Equivocations on Immigration
Greg Sargent, Wash Post
If the Dem strategy against Mitt Romney will be to paint him as someone with no core beliefs and principles who will say and do anything to win, this remarkable episode seems like another key data point.Yesterday at the GOP debate, Newt Gingrich said he would not be in favor of kicking illegal aliens out of the country who have been here a long time, because it risked destroying “families who have been here a quarter century.” This was a major gamble in a GOP primary, and Mitt Romney’s campaign immediately pounced on Gingrich, claiming he believes in…
Newt’s Right: Put the Kids To Work
Kevin Williamson, National Review
From Williamson’s Political Dictionary, Vol. 1: newt, [noot; nyoot] v., to put one’s foot in it while putting one’s finger on it.The usual half-wits (and quarter-wits, and hemidemisemi-wits) are having a great deal of fun with Newt Gingrich’s characterization of child-labor laws as “truly stupid,” a comment that launched a thousand Dickensian exaggerations. Never mind that Newt Gingrich was undeniably correct, even if he does have a knack for saying the right thing in a way that makes it sound wrong.
Obama’s Catholic Friends and Enemies
E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
WASHINGTON – Any time the Obama administration touches issues related to the Roman Catholic Church, it seems to get itself caught in a rhetorical and moral crossfire that leaves all involved wounded and angry. This is what's happening in the battle over how contraception should be covered under the new health care law.Partly because it mishandled the issue at the outset, the Obama team seems destined either to leave supporters in the reproductive rights community irate, or to put the president's Catholic sympathizers in a much weakened position.When Congress enacted health reform,…
DC’s Corrupt Culture: Throw Them All Out
Jim Antle, Washington Times
Three years ago, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul, made Hillary Rodham Clinton’s success with cattle futures look like a child’s lemonade stand. The credit card giant Visa was holding an initial public offering, among the most lucrative ever seen. The Pelosis were granted early access to the IPO as “special customers” who received their shares at the opening price, $44. The lucky investors turned in a 50 percent profit in just two days.Starting on March 18, the speaker and her husband made the first of three Visa stock buys,…
