My son Matthew sent me an email this morning that featured a brief comment from a former coworker at a mortgage banking company, who was pleased to see that Mitt Romney acquitted himself so well in the debate last night.
It reminded me of a brief conversation I had with my wife this morning about how, after working for a business for a while, you begin to absorb its values, including the way a business often views the world.
It was good to see a bona fide businessman onstage last night. And Mitt Romney reminded me that the too-often-conventional meme that businesses include people who are ravenous, ambitious, earth-destroying vultures is dangerously, hurtfully simplistic, and often untrue.
Because I was and am part of one of those businesses, and am proud to be so. It really was cool to see Romney up there last night. At times, he reminded me of highly-effective CEO's in business, men and women who lead large organizations of diverse people, who make a payroll each week, who create, develop and merchandise products which change our world for the better We are fortunate that such an effective and oft- proven leader may just be our next president.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Oh what a night
A few minutes after the Presidential debate began last night, I thought, "Romney landed a punch." And things, generally, continued to go his way over the course of 90 minutes. A little bored, I began to look at the tweets of Fox's Greg Gutfeld, and they got me laughing pretty hard. I began reading them to my wife.
This race isn't over. Far from it. But I've witnessed a few conservative victories over the last couple years, from the 2010 shellacking, to Scott Brown and Scott Walker, and last night's debate. There is reason to hope.
The best moment last night? When Romney referred to the words in the Declaration of Independence behind him. It was stirring to hear him refer to our God-given rights to life and liberty, particularly to religious freedom rights so recently trampled by O and Sebelius.
Why the outcome? Jim Lehrer did it. Obama wasn't prepared. Romney lied. O had an off night. Progressives missed the point, which is that their guy is tired, bereft of ideas and energy. O's sorry record, his lack of leadership, and the paucity of good ideas among progressive folk, absent the the ever-present media filter, told the tale of the tape.
In 2008, O was evanescent - no record other than a resume that was super-thin for him who would become the leader of the free world. The electorate was tired of war, tired of Bush, tired of economic crises, and many rolled the dice on one who promised "hope and change."
Last night, Charles Krauthammer said that Romney won the debate by two touchdowns. I thought it was apt. It ain't over, but the playoffs have at last begun.
This race isn't over. Far from it. But I've witnessed a few conservative victories over the last couple years, from the 2010 shellacking, to Scott Brown and Scott Walker, and last night's debate. There is reason to hope.
The best moment last night? When Romney referred to the words in the Declaration of Independence behind him. It was stirring to hear him refer to our God-given rights to life and liberty, particularly to religious freedom rights so recently trampled by O and Sebelius.
Why the outcome? Jim Lehrer did it. Obama wasn't prepared. Romney lied. O had an off night. Progressives missed the point, which is that their guy is tired, bereft of ideas and energy. O's sorry record, his lack of leadership, and the paucity of good ideas among progressive folk, absent the the ever-present media filter, told the tale of the tape.
In 2008, O was evanescent - no record other than a resume that was super-thin for him who would become the leader of the free world. The electorate was tired of war, tired of Bush, tired of economic crises, and many rolled the dice on one who promised "hope and change."
Last night, Charles Krauthammer said that Romney won the debate by two touchdowns. I thought it was apt. It ain't over, but the playoffs have at last begun.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
National media not doing its job
I am each day disappointed, flummoxed and frustrated by the Obama administration, and the way that most of the national media portrays it is, well, disappointing. So the ongoing nonsense in Washington is of a piece with how and what is being reported. I'd like to think that the nonsense couldn't otherwise exist, absent the compliant media professionals who owe us better.
But maybe I'm biased. I don't pay attention to the mainstream media much anymore, and maybe the content that I do see, read or hear is itself biased.
But the news coverage of the assassinations in Libya, followed by official fudging and - dare I say? - cover-up by government officials has been extraordinary and disheartening to witness, as a journalist and as an American.
Our ambassador to Libya, by all accounts a fine man who worked very hard for the Libyan people, and three of our citizens were killed, in a conscious act of terror.
And why? Could this have been provoked by an Obama foreign policy that acts as if his personal charm, driven by his implacable narcissism, might have failed miserably?
No, the video did it.
I don't know which was worse: the analysis of what happened, which parroted the silly pronouncements by the White House, or the non-reporting that followed. And that I lay at the door of the national media.
But maybe I'm biased. I don't pay attention to the mainstream media much anymore, and maybe the content that I do see, read or hear is itself biased.
But the news coverage of the assassinations in Libya, followed by official fudging and - dare I say? - cover-up by government officials has been extraordinary and disheartening to witness, as a journalist and as an American.
Our ambassador to Libya, by all accounts a fine man who worked very hard for the Libyan people, and three of our citizens were killed, in a conscious act of terror.
And why? Could this have been provoked by an Obama foreign policy that acts as if his personal charm, driven by his implacable narcissism, might have failed miserably?
No, the video did it.
I don't know which was worse: the analysis of what happened, which parroted the silly pronouncements by the White House, or the non-reporting that followed. And that I lay at the door of the national media.
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