“Why are we watching PBS?”

By Tom Quiner I ran upstairs to clean up the kitchen during a break in the Republican Convention. When I came down, my wife told me that Gwen Ifell said, “well, Republicans were able to find a black sheriff to speak who is actually conservative.” That’s it. Back to Fox News.

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Republican Party invocation

By Tom Quiner Beautiful invocation by a Catholic priest at tonight’s Republican Convention. So counter-cultural. So true. Trust Christ. Protect the poor and the aliens in our midst. The faithful in the convention hall had their heads bowed with respect, solemnity, and reverence for God. God bless America.  

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The Mohammad Ali of politics

There’s this guy who is on television all the time.

He has a ‘uge ego.

He has a big mouth.

He denigrates his adversaries.

He’s rich.

He’s been married a bunch of times.

He’s cheated on his wives.

He is famous and well-known.

I’m describing two men, actually…

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Patriotism and the Obama legacy

After 7 years of Obama rule, American’s belief in America has taken a shocking hit. Pew surveyed Americans in 2011 and asked if they think ‘America stands above other nations.’ In 2011, 52% of Republicans said yes compared to just 33% of Democrats, as you can see in the graph above.

By 2014, the numbers dropped to just 37% for Republicans and 25% for Democrats…

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