‘Opinion’ Articles
The Ron/Rand Paul hidden agenda
If Ron Paul is moving to position his son as his successor on the presidential trail, he should come out and at least acknowledge the point. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) himself should begin to echo the case of what his father stands for, and how he believes he could carry that mantle in his own unique fashion. After all, the Tea Party movement is [...]
Is that a wrap?
MANCHESTER, N.H. — On Sunday morning, if you read the paper or watched television, to check in on the GOP 2012 nomination battle, you would have heard that none of former Gov. Mitt Romney's rivals attacked him at the ABC News debate on Saturday night, that he would walk to the nomination, that the Rick Santorum surge was ebbing, and that former [...]
Mitt Antoinette likes firing people, he says!
If you believe it was a smart thing for Mitt Romney to say he enjoys firing people at a time when jobs are the No. 1 issue nationally, and the Romney record of layoffs at Bain Capital are a major issue in the GOP campaign, raise your hand.I cannot resist dubbing the former liberal governor of Massachusetts Mitt Antoinette! I could state the [...]
Tony Blankley
Tony Blankley taught me the art of the spin.He said to me, with his slight British accent, “First, you have a conversation off the record with the reporter, where you establish the facts, and then you give them something on the record which gives them your analysis.”Blankley was Newt’s press secretary at the time, and I was Tom DeLay’s [...]
Ron Paul on Israel: ‘Hong Kong of the Middle East’
Israel, in its current incarnation, can be seen in its post-war generations; warriors like Moshe Dayan, old-world kibbutzniks like Golda Meir, Carter, Clinton and Bush allies, and these are characterizations shared by American sympathizers and Jewish Israelis alike. But in 2012 it is safe to say that these generations are passing into history and [...]
Team Romney: Walk like a man
The hit musical “Jersey Boys” is currently playing in Washington. If you haven’t seen it, check it out. It’s a great show depicting the rough-and-tumble life of Frankie Valli — frontman for the Four Seasons beginning in 1960.Early in the group’s career, 1963 to be exact, Valli released his third of several No. 1 hits — “Walk Like a [...]
Santorum is Wrong on Gay Issue: A Conservative’s Take
By John Romano(YBH) - Rick Santorum is wrong on gay marriage. He is also wrong on his idea of homosexuality being an aberration. That is what I believe.The question simply comes down to whether people are born gay or if it is nurtured in them by society, or I guess caught like the flu in a public place. "I can't go out with you [...]
Some Facts Behind the Cordray Recess Appointment
By John Romano(YBH) - Yesterday, President Obama effectively declared war on Congress by ignoring decades of legal precedent by appointing Richard Cordray as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Republicans had been stalling Cordray's nomination in order to get the White House to agree to changes in how the CFPB was [...]
