Category: Blithe Spirit
Woe is us: the stupid party at work
Exclusive – Inside Orca: How the Romney Campaign Suppressed Its Own Vote
Wrong PINs, systems down, volunteers stiffed. Colorado, Virginia, Massachusetts, Florida . . .
Before the election, there was much fear-mongering on the Democratic side about the Republicans’ supposed plans to suppress turnout among Obama voters. After the election, GOP strategist Karl Rove accused the Obama campaign of “suppressing the vote” by running a negative campaign against Romney that kept voters at home.
The truth is much worse. There was, in fact, massive suppression of the Republican vote–by the Romney campaign, through the diversion of nearly 40,000 volunteers to a failing computer program.
There was no Plan B; there was only confusion, and silence.
Shit.
Disappointed at election results?
Some golden thoughts for the politically disappointed, or for any other kind, for that matter:
“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.”
— Michel de Montaigne
[Michel Eyquem De Montaigne] (1532-1592) French Renaissance scholar, philosopher, writer
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Michel.de.Montaigne.Quote.357B
“I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.”
— Pietro Aretino
(1492-1556) Italian author, playwright, poet and satirist
10 May 1537
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Pietro.Aretino.Quote.52F3
“Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?”
— William Lloyd Garrison
(1805-1879) American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/William.Lloyd.Garrison.Quote.FC36
These gems and more at http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/
Quoting the great sleuth
Like when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, we now know what happens when a candidate so weak anybody can beat him meets a candidate so weak he cannot beat anybody. Americans vote for the status quo. $6 billion later, Americans voted for the status quo. Karl Rove, call your donors.
Republicans will keep the House. Democrats will keep the Senate. Obama will keep the White House.
It is what it is. The next two years are going to be some of the most fun* and exciting years within the modern American conservative movement.
The game afoot, and all that.
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* Fun-filled, he means, “fun” being a noun.
Where you going? fellow asks me, he coming out of George’s on Oak Park Avenue.
Good question, say I, quipping.
He laughed good-naturedly, but the two of us are 80, and I might have said, Heading for the last roundup.
Oh boy. Aren’t we all?
Miscamble a do-not-miss at Catholic Citizens Dec. 14
Union League Club, lunch. He’s in the belly of the beast where devil takes hindmost in struggle for soul of Notre Dame.
Heshima Kenya in Nairobi
Heshima Kenya makes a difference in the lives of girls in Nairobi.
Excellent interview with co-founder.
CEO Threatens to Fire Employees If Obama Is Reelected and Raises Taxes
Now, the economy is falling apart and people like me who made all the right decisions and invested in themselves are being forced to bail out all the people who didn’t. The people that overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed 42 years of my life for.
‘Tain’t fair.
I hadn’t heard the expression before, but Gov. Mitt Romney nailed it when he said President Barack Obama believes in “trickle down government.” (Here,here and here.) That’s an unforgettable line from tonight’s debate between the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.
Excellent observation. So good, in fact, that Blithe Spirit has been there.
I take exception to the esteemed columnist.
Having little regard for Richard Roeper’s taste or even his feel for the gestalt of things, I find his comments about the TV show “Homeland” helpful. They mean I will have eventually to look at this show when it comes to the library.
Especially what he says about Clare Danes the female star:
Claire Danes has always been an acquired taste. Rarely has an actress so often resorted to going wide-eyed and then even wider-eyed to convey her emotions. Sometimes its heartbreakingly effective; just as often, its as distracting as Kristen Stewart biting her lip every 30 seconds or Jennifer Aniston constantly playing with her hair.
Thin stuff, I grant you. Pats her on head, then gives back of hand, more or less. But this is Richard, not quite sure but that’s enough. For me, anyhow.
Ms. Danes, the lady in question:
at MuchMusic, for the program…
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