DNC: The Job You Don't Have Should Cover Your Birth Control For Free
I stole the headline from Ramesh Ponnuru, who does a good job of summing up where things stand after the DNC convention. Of course, very few at the DNC talked about the crisis of unemployment in this country.
Having had so many loved ones who are part of that crisis, I remain thankful to Clint Eastwood for highlighting the problem of joblessness. He had said he cried at the unemployment figures, adding that they're "a disgrace, a national disgrace, and we haven't done enough, obviously -- this administration hasn't done enough to cure that." (If, like me, you enjoyed Eastwood's speech, you'll love this interview he just gave about the experience.)
Few people will argue that President Barack Obama did a good job with his speech last night. Most agree that this morning's job report -- fewer than 100,000 jobs added in August and nearly 400,000 Americans gave up even trying to find work -- reinforce disappointment with how his Administration has handled the economy.When you look back at either convention, it turns out the most memorable thing about either of them was the prophetic empty chair.
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May '10
Re: DNC: The Job You Don't Have Should Cover Your Birth Control For Free
The interview is great Mollie, but my favorite line is, "But in a wide ranging interview with the Pine Cone..."
Jun '10
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Okay, so even left leaning pundits and publications didn't think much of the speech. Is this based on dissatisfaction with Obama in general? Is the press preparing to abandon him because internal polling results show things much worse than anyone is willing to admit? I have a sneaking suspicion this might, in fact, be the case.
Edited on September 7, 2012 at 4:34pmMay '10
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~Paules: Okay, so even left leaning pundits and publications didn't think much of the speech. Is this based on dissatisfaction with Obama in general? Is the press preparing to abandon him because internal polling results show things much worse than anyone is willing to admit? I have a sneaking suspicion this might, in fact, be the case. · in 0 minutes
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That doesn't explain why my rabidly left Facebook feed, which was over the moon after Clinton and Michelle, is crickets this morning. The only posting from yesterday over Gabby Gifford's pledge of allegiance.
I think the speech just disappointed.
Feb '11
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I think the speech just disappointed.
Speaking is the only thing the President has ever been really good at... only he isn't really that good... Unpleasant truths can be hard. Like math!
Sep '10
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I saw the link for the Eastwood interview on Instapundit, and I couldn't agree with you more! He's not been swayed one centimeter from his RNC stand—if anything, he's clarified and intensified his earlier forthrightness, describing Obama as "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." And what a great medium, his local paper, to give the interview. Merry. Direct. Thumb in the eye of his humorless critics. Perhaps more collectivist scales will fall from the eyes of the so-called movers and shakers in Hollywood and DC, from the American citizenry. Certainly a Damascus moment is called for (internationally as well as domestically). Eastwood's antics might just help such a heroic thing take place.
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I loved so many lines in that interview, from Eastwood's bold claim that Obama is the "greatest hoax ever perpetrated on American people" to his easy dismissal of reporters who hated the speech as people who "are obviously on the left."
Apr '11
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Perfect Title. You were right to borrow it.
Jun '10
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Trace Urdan
That doesn't explain why my rabidly left Facebook feed, which was over the moon after Clinton and Michelle, is crickets this morning.
I think the speech just disappointed. · 6 minutes ago
Anecdotal evidence, but I'm seeing the same comment mentioned more and more. If Obama can't motivate his base, he's toast. I'd be much more sanguine if we had some reliable hard data. Such may not be available if the electorate is playing it close to the vest with regards to the pollsters. Something is not adding up.
Edited on September 7, 2012 at 5:17pmFeb '11
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Yesterday evening in the grocery store, there was a big TIME "Icons" magazine cover featuring Clint. It made me smile every time I looked its way...
I've tried to post the image here, but I couldn't, so instead here's a link to a site that has the magazine cover, featuring a nice full-size picture of "Blondie" from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
Apr '11
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Mollie I read and thoroughly enjoyed Clint Eastwood's interview and found it just as honest, pointed and unscripted as his convention speech.
To me he painted the most clear picture for America's choice in this election that cuts through all the rhetorical BS that now masquerades as statesmanship.
The empty chair is a perfect metaphor for this president's soul I believe.
Whenever I hear him speak I'm reminded of the essays we all had to write in our days at school where we shoveled "it" on so thick to satisfy the word amount requirement that eventually it said nothing, it just reeked.
All I hear is condescension toward us the be-knighted and what amazes me is that people are dazzled by it all.
Empty promises as in the "empty chair", no jobs, no hope for recovery , no defense of the constitution only his vision and the "Dreams of his father".
He is so enamored with himself, which by the way is the only sincerity he expresses, while everything else about him remains so transparent.
Jun '12
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~Paules
Trace Urdan
That doesn't explain why my rabidly left Facebook feed, which was over the moon after Clinton and Michelle, is crickets this morning.
I think the speech just disappointed. · 6 minutes ago
Anecdotal evidence, but I'm seeing the same comment mentioned more and more. If Obama can't motivate his base out, he's toast. I'd be much more sanguine if we had some reliable hard data. Such may not be available if the electorate is playing it close to the vest with regards to the pollsters. Something is not adding up. · 20 minutes ago
Obama is still seen as the "cool" candidate, and people -- being human -- want to fit in and be seen as cool, so, yes, I believe there is a good deal of fibbing to the pollsters.
Punching your ballot in the privacy of the voting booth is quite a bit different than talking to a pollster on the phone.
Apr '11
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That could be the next great contest for Ricochet Mollie.
What headline sentence would best sum up your impression of the DNC convention.
Aug '10
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DNC : I watched Dirty Rotten Scoundrels instead. More instructive and less pedantic.
RNC : Watched and was buoyed .
That said, Missourians are akin to take down McCaskill, and strangely enough the polls show a dead heat.
Jul '10
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flownover: DNC : I watchedDirty Rotten Scoundrels instead. More instructive and less pedantic.
RNC : Watched and was buoyed .
That said, Missourians are akin to take down McCaskill, and strangely enough the polls show a dead heat. · 40 minutes ago
You've been a naughty boy, Ruprict.
Apr '11
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It seems that the interview from the lowly Pine Cone is going to gain tremendous currency. It was one of Rush's topics today, amid his general lambasting of O 's timeworn speech.
Apr '11
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Wish I was able to hold dual citizenship in the state of my birth, if only just for the ability to aid my fellow Missourians in unseating Claire McCaskill. Of course, I'll still rejoice with them from over here on the Kansas side of the line.
It will be a spice to the elixir of sweet victory come November 7th if Dear Leader is deposed AND his Missouri vassal.
flownover: DNC : I watchedDirty Rotten Scoundrels instead. More instructive and less pedantic.
RNC : Watched and was buoyed .
That said, Missourians are akin to take down McCaskill, and strangely enough the polls show a dead heat. · 2 hours ago