Lock and Key
Several readers point out another key difference between Bachmann and Palin — their approach to criticism. Bachmann, at least so far in the campaign, has shown a willingness to acknowledge mistakes she makes on the campaign trail. Palin is notorious for doubling-down on perceived missteps, typically blaming a biased media for not telling the whole story. (The Fix - Washington Post, 6/28/2011)
The liberal media just love to talk about Republican "mistakes." Witness the standard question asked of George Bush at press conferences: "Mr. President, can you talk about the biggest mistake you have made as president?" Such question which has been sidelined for the past three years.
Revert To Form
One of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s top advisers met with the operators of the Indian Point nuclear plant last week and told them that the governor was determined to close the plant. (NYT, 6/29/2011)
Fresh off standing up to the public unions, Cuomo channels his inner Shumlin and turns his focus to the really important issues: closing down a major supplier of cheap energy and gay marriage.
There Are No Words
At the State Department this week, gay diplomats and bureaucrats held their annual celebration of gay-pride month, which included a roundtable discussion of efforts to promote gay rights overseas. Don Steinberg, the deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, decreed: “Our mission must be to promote social and legal equality for the LGBT community.” (Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 6/29/2011)
Did anyone else see this? The State Department has an "annual celebration of gay-pride month?" Has the government gone absolutely insane? The mission of the State Department "must be to promote social and legal equality for the LGBT community?" Are they kidding? How about this? How about an annual State Department celebration of the Creator? Or of America's legacy of aid and charity to poor nations? Or of patriotism? Or of the triumph of democracy? Or of....well, you get it. We can't mention God in the classroom, but the State Department can celebrate gay-pride month. This country is off its rocker. Stop the insanity. Vote Republican.
You moved away from Indian Point's plume so I guess you think every one else should too. Open up Yucca Mountain and maybe we could think about this but oh wait! Everyone in Nevada, regardless of party, is a NIMBY on this one. Slam it down there throats except it is a battleground state so neither party has the gumption to do that. The country suffers from a lack of leadership on this point (both parties guilty!) and that is why we cannot build new power plants to replace the worn out ones (and they are wearing out, look at the leaks).
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