No Republican in modern history has made it to the White House without winning Ohio, and, for that reason, Mitt Romney has been spending a disproportionate amount of time crisscrossing the buckeye state with relevant, of-the-moment cultural icons who can really help him connect with the masses, like super-wealthy golf course designer Jack Nicklaus, and […]
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Ohio seems to be swinging toward the bright light of modernity… let’s hope that it continues
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 47%, automotive bailout, Bain Capital, Big 3, campaign finance reform, Detroit, empathy, empathy fail, Jack Nicklaus, Josh Mandel, Koch brothers, Obama, Ohio, Presidential politics, Sherrod Brown 10 Comments
Romney’s Freeloading 47
Surreptitiously recorded video of Mitt Romney addressing wealthy supporters at the Boca Raton home of controversial private equity manager Marc Leder, as most of you probably know by now, was made public yesterday afternoon by David Corn, the Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones magazine. Recorded on May 17, the video shows the ruggedly handsome […]
Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 47%, big government, class warfare, Earned Income Tax Credit, entitlements, freeloaders, Freeloading 47, health care, income tax, Marc Leder, Muslim rage, personal responsibility, Presidential politics, racism, scapegoats, taxes, victimhood, welfare 34 Comments
The subject of poverty finally makes its way into the presidential campaign
As I’ve mentioned before, I was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the day before Robert Kennedy arrived there to begin his tour of Appalachia. I don’t know that it explains why, over the course of my life, I’ve been so drawn to Kennedy, but it’s an odd coincidence, I think, and I find it hard to […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Appalachia, assassination, Baptists, Bruce D. Meyer, budget cuts, Bush tax cuts, Christian, Christianity, Conference of Catholic Bishops, entitlements, faith based initiative, homelessness, hunger, hunger in America, James X. Sullivan, Jesus, John Edwards, Kairos Prison Ministry International, Kentucky, Lexington, Martin Luther King, Matthew Yglesias, MLK, National Association of Evangelicals, Obama, poverty, poverty tour, Presidential politics, RFK, Robert Kennedy, social safety net, tax the rich, The Circle of Protection, wealth inequality, welfare 14 Comments