From Monaco to Indianapolis and then Charlotte, Sunday is the day for racing.
NBC drops the flag with the Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco, starting at 7:30 a.m. As an appetizer, there's qualifying Saturday at 8 a.m. on NBC Sports network.
It's the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500, starting at 11 a.m. on ABC. NBC Sports network has pre-race events, with the Carb Day action Friday at 11 a.m. and Indy Lights at noon.
NASCAR finishes the big day with 600 miles at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Fox has coverage starting at 6 p.m., and ABC carries the Nationwide race Saturday at 3 p.m.
Baltimore hosts the NCAA men's lacrosse championship, with Duke against Denver at 1 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2. Maryland battles Notre Dame at 3:30 p.m., and the title will be decided Monday.
It's the midpoint for conference finals in the NBA and NHL. The Heat host the Pacers in Game 3 Saturday at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN, with Game 4 Monday at 8:30 p.m. while the Western final heads to Oklahoma City Sunday at 8:30 p.m. on TNT.
The Rangers host Game 4 against the Canadians Sunday at 8 p.m. on NBC Sports network. NBC carries the third game between Chicago and Los Angeles Saturday at 8 p.m.
Fox has its first baseball action of the season Saturday at 7:15 p.m., with Nationals at Pirates among the choices. Other parts of the country will see either the Cardinals meet the Reds or Royals against Angels. FoxSports1 has the Rangers and Tigers Saturday at 4 p.m., and ESPN offers Cardinals-Reds Sunday at 8 p.m.
The Orioles host Cleveland this weekend on MASN (Sunday afternoon on MASN2). The Nationals visit Pittsburgh on MASN2 Friday, and Sunday on MASN.
Comcast has the ACC tournament Friday starting at 11 a.m. as Florida State battles Maryland. It's Clemson-Georgia Tech at 3 p.m. and Virginia meets North Carolina at 7 p.m. Saturday's play starts at 11 a.m. with Miami-Duke, and Maryland takes on North Carolina at 3 p.m.
The title tilt is on ESPN2 Sunday at 1 p.m., with the SEC championship
at 4:30 p.m. FoxSports1 has the Big East championship Sunday at 1 p.m. and Big 12 at 5:30 p.m.
CBS has the PGA Tour's Colonial tournament Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. The best senior golfers hold their PGA championship Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
D.C. United visits New England Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on Comcast.
It's super regional weekend for the NCAA softball field, continuing Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 when Tennessee and Oklahoma battle. ESPN has games at 7 and 9 p.m. if needed to decide Softball World Series berths.
The second game between Baylor and Georgia starts the day Saturday at noon on ESPN. There's a decisive game scheduled at 3 p.m., then Game 2 of the Tennessee-Oklahoma series at 5 p.m. ESPN2 has a possible third game at 8 p.m., then top-seeded Oregon plays Minnesota at 10 p.m.
Sunday's action starts at noon on ESPN, with game 2 from Oregon at 5 p.m. and a decisive game if necessary on ESPN2 at 8 p.m.
NBC Sports network carries action from the World Ice Hockey Championship, with semfinals Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The final will be Sunday at 2 p.m.
The French Open starts on ESPN2 Sunday at 5 a.m. NBC has coverage at noon.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
They'll learn losing soon enough
The Blaze highlights a school field day in Michigan that doesn't want to emphasize "winning."
Don't worry.
These kids will learn about a life of losing soon enough.
Don't worry.
These kids will learn about a life of losing soon enough.
Hillary calls in the calvary
The Benghazi affair centers on the question - why wasn't aid sent when there was trouble.
Hillary wants aid sent when she's in trouble.
Four Americans would have liked to have Hillary provide help for them.
Hillary wants aid sent when she's in trouble.
Four Americans would have liked to have Hillary provide help for them.
Broken lantern
A good takedown of the "Green Lantern" theory of the presidency.
The launch of the Affordable Care Act and the worsening of conditions at the Veterans Affairs Department are emblematic of Obama's inattention to the hard work of governing. He is slow to fire poor-serving Cabinet members and quick to dismiss controversies as "phony scandals." To the Obama administration, transparency is a mere talking point. The great irony of his progressive presidency: Democrats privately admit that Obama has done as much to undermine the public's faith in government as his GOP predecessor. The Green Lantern Theory is an excuse for failure.
Next is the Tinkerbell theory.
Clap your hands and it will work.
The launch of the Affordable Care Act and the worsening of conditions at the Veterans Affairs Department are emblematic of Obama's inattention to the hard work of governing. He is slow to fire poor-serving Cabinet members and quick to dismiss controversies as "phony scandals." To the Obama administration, transparency is a mere talking point. The great irony of his progressive presidency: Democrats privately admit that Obama has done as much to undermine the public's faith in government as his GOP predecessor. The Green Lantern Theory is an excuse for failure.
Next is the Tinkerbell theory.
Clap your hands and it will work.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Not the greatest
Powerline's Paul Mirengoff shares a story of the Job Corps, using his father's experience.
He used to tell the story of a Job Corps center in Indiana (I think) that trained welders. The welders, virtually all of whom were Black, would then seek employment at a shipyard in Alabama. Invariably, they would be rejected.
Inside the Department of Labor, the party line was that the man in charge in Alabama was a racist. But my father dug deeper. He called the guy, who said he was willing to take Job Corps alumni, but insisted they just weren’t good enough at welding.
My father invited the Alabaman to spend a few days at the Indiana center. He agreed.
At the end of his visit, he told my father, “Bill, not only are your welders not good enough to work for me, your teachers aren’t good enough to work for me.”
Great Society?
Not that great at teaching.
He used to tell the story of a Job Corps center in Indiana (I think) that trained welders. The welders, virtually all of whom were Black, would then seek employment at a shipyard in Alabama. Invariably, they would be rejected.
Inside the Department of Labor, the party line was that the man in charge in Alabama was a racist. But my father dug deeper. He called the guy, who said he was willing to take Job Corps alumni, but insisted they just weren’t good enough at welding.
My father invited the Alabaman to spend a few days at the Indiana center. He agreed.
At the end of his visit, he told my father, “Bill, not only are your welders not good enough to work for me, your teachers aren’t good enough to work for me.”
Great Society?
Not that great at teaching.
Bring the heat
Ace has tired of Obama's fake outrage, and wants some real outrage.
It's the only way to put some fire under the bureaucracy.
The press may now tut-tut at the VA bureaucracy, acting ruthlessly in their own bureaucratic interests while actually killing veterans through malicious paperwork, but who gave the Bureaucracy this idea that they could get away with murder with no consequences to their Phony Baloney Jobs at all?
Well, Obama did, of course, as the first actor, and then Holder and the rest of the Imperial Praetorian; but next came the media Palace Guard, backing up Obama on his decision that no matter what the fiasco, no matter how deadly the incompetency of the government or how viciously tyrannical its petty ministers treated the citizenry, no Heat whatsoever would be applied to the Bureaucracy, but rather that it would continue to be permitted to "work through the bureaucratic process" and investigate itself internally and so forth.
It's the only way to put some fire under the bureaucracy.
The press may now tut-tut at the VA bureaucracy, acting ruthlessly in their own bureaucratic interests while actually killing veterans through malicious paperwork, but who gave the Bureaucracy this idea that they could get away with murder with no consequences to their Phony Baloney Jobs at all?
Well, Obama did, of course, as the first actor, and then Holder and the rest of the Imperial Praetorian; but next came the media Palace Guard, backing up Obama on his decision that no matter what the fiasco, no matter how deadly the incompetency of the government or how viciously tyrannical its petty ministers treated the citizenry, no Heat whatsoever would be applied to the Bureaucracy, but rather that it would continue to be permitted to "work through the bureaucratic process" and investigate itself internally and so forth.
Trashing the turf
Peter King looks at the first astroturf in the NFL - and the physical problems caused.
It is impossible to know with any certainty the exact role artificial turf played in Dierdorf’s—or any player’s—physical breakdown. Long-retired players suffer not just from the surface that lay beneath their feet, but from the collisions that impacted the rest of their bodies. How the blame is apportioned is anybody’s guess. Yet Dierdorf’s is the extreme version of a common narrative from players in the 1970s and ’80s. “I don’t’ know anybody who liked playing on the artificial turf that we had back then,” says ESPN analyst Herman Edwards, who spent all but one of his 10 seasons in the NFL on the notorious carpet at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. “It was like playing football on concrete.”
This much is not up for debate: Players disliked early turf, they dislike modern turf a little less. Nearly all of them prefer grass.
It is impossible to know with any certainty the exact role artificial turf played in Dierdorf’s—or any player’s—physical breakdown. Long-retired players suffer not just from the surface that lay beneath their feet, but from the collisions that impacted the rest of their bodies. How the blame is apportioned is anybody’s guess. Yet Dierdorf’s is the extreme version of a common narrative from players in the 1970s and ’80s. “I don’t’ know anybody who liked playing on the artificial turf that we had back then,” says ESPN analyst Herman Edwards, who spent all but one of his 10 seasons in the NFL on the notorious carpet at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. “It was like playing football on concrete.”
This much is not up for debate: Players disliked early turf, they dislike modern turf a little less. Nearly all of them prefer grass.
Not all liberal websites
Vox tries to explain the "not all men" meme.
At first look, it's women upset that men state a truth - don't generalize about all men when discussing your problem.
Individuals do things - not a group.
Not all liberal websites understand that.
Wait, probably none understand that.
At first look, it's women upset that men state a truth - don't generalize about all men when discussing your problem.
Individuals do things - not a group.
Not all liberal websites understand that.
Wait, probably none understand that.
Post needing "trigger warning"
Jonah Goldberg explains "trigger warnings" for those needing to know what to mock.
Before I continue, I should explain what a "trigger warning" is.
They started on left-wing and feminist websites. Like a "spoiler alert" in a movie review or a more specific version of the movie rating system, trigger warnings are intended to alert very sensitive people that some content might set off, or trigger, their post-traumatic stress disorder or simply deeply offend some people. According to most accounts, this was a conscientious accommodation of people who'd been raped or otherwise horribly abused.
But soon the practice metastasized. Trigger warnings were provided for an ever-increasing, and ridiculous, list of "triggers."
These warnings have triggered great mockery among conservatives.
Thanks for the entertainment.
Before I continue, I should explain what a "trigger warning" is.
They started on left-wing and feminist websites. Like a "spoiler alert" in a movie review or a more specific version of the movie rating system, trigger warnings are intended to alert very sensitive people that some content might set off, or trigger, their post-traumatic stress disorder or simply deeply offend some people. According to most accounts, this was a conscientious accommodation of people who'd been raped or otherwise horribly abused.
But soon the practice metastasized. Trigger warnings were provided for an ever-increasing, and ridiculous, list of "triggers."
These warnings have triggered great mockery among conservatives.
Thanks for the entertainment.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Denied with no appeal
Hot Air finds lots of holes in the Obama team's VA response.
Good to see more in the media noticing.
National Journal’s Ron Fournier blasts the Obama administration handling of the communications surrounding the VA scandal. He deems it a “20th century” strategy of lying over and over again and assuming people couldn’t check the references for themselves. Just how dumb, Fournier asks, does the White House think we all are?
Good to see more in the media noticing.
National Journal’s Ron Fournier blasts the Obama administration handling of the communications surrounding the VA scandal. He deems it a “20th century” strategy of lying over and over again and assuming people couldn’t check the references for themselves. Just how dumb, Fournier asks, does the White House think we all are?
What's going on in India
Legal Insurrection has the good news about India's new leader.
Indian-born writer Vijeta Uniyal believes that the election signals a sea change both politically and economically, with India looking to Israel for technology and investment to jump start the moribund Indian economy, India’s PM-elect Narendra Modi: a friend of Israel.
Good news for India, and Israel.
Indian-born writer Vijeta Uniyal believes that the election signals a sea change both politically and economically, with India looking to Israel for technology and investment to jump start the moribund Indian economy, India’s PM-elect Narendra Modi: a friend of Israel.
Good news for India, and Israel.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Let's go Peay
Three months until college football season.
Will Austin Peay get its field fixed in time?
Will Austin Peay get its field fixed in time?
Rubber ducky, we love you
If you head to Norfolk this week, you can see a giant Rubber Duck floating outside the museum of art.
But hurry.
Ernie picks him up after Memorial Day.
But hurry.
Ernie picks him up after Memorial Day.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Time to hate the Swiss?
Voters in Switzerland went to the ballot box Sunday to decide several issues, including creating the highest minimum wage in the world.
It went down.
Do you blame Swiss voters to going against their interest?
I don't think Rush Limbaugh is on the radio there.
It went down.
Do you blame Swiss voters to going against their interest?
I don't think Rush Limbaugh is on the radio there.
Rise of the Kochs
The New York Times visited Charlottesville recently to learn more about the Koch brothers, including David's run for Libertarian Party vice president in 1980.
Powerline found the article, which tells lessons learned from the run.
You can also find how things haven't changed in 34 years.
He denounced the “harassment” of Koch Industries and implored the activists to make the party “a force that will roll back the coercive force of government.”
Powerline found the article, which tells lessons learned from the run.
You can also find how things haven't changed in 34 years.
He denounced the “harassment” of Koch Industries and implored the activists to make the party “a force that will roll back the coercive force of government.”
Should Rove apologize?
The big news on the Sunday shows is Karl Rove's discussion of Hillary Clinton's health.
Should he apologize for what he said?
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Should he apologize for what he said?
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Honor for D'Antoni
It's not been a good few weeks for former Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni.
His 100-year-old dad has been doing better, earning an honorary degree from Concord University Saturday.
He congratulated the graduates of 2014 from the podium, noting, “I know that you are anxious to receive your diplomas. Seventy-seven years ago, I was in the same situation, waiting to receive my diploma.
“I would like to tell each graduate that the world is waiting for you, so I say to you, go after them. ... I want to wish you the best of health and a happy life.”
No one was protesting his speech.
His 100-year-old dad has been doing better, earning an honorary degree from Concord University Saturday.
He congratulated the graduates of 2014 from the podium, noting, “I know that you are anxious to receive your diplomas. Seventy-seven years ago, I was in the same situation, waiting to receive my diploma.
“I would like to tell each graduate that the world is waiting for you, so I say to you, go after them. ... I want to wish you the best of health and a happy life.”
No one was protesting his speech.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Just wait 'til the next life
Aleister at Legal Insurrection notes the Satanists feeling like victims after their plans for a Black Mass.
Here’s the MSNBC segment featuring the head of New York’s Satanic Temple. He clearly thinks he and his fellow devil worshipers were the victims in all this. Chris Hayes is all to happy to indulge them.
With what they were trying to do, have they thought about their reception in the next life?
Here’s the MSNBC segment featuring the head of New York’s Satanic Temple. He clearly thinks he and his fellow devil worshipers were the victims in all this. Chris Hayes is all to happy to indulge them.
With what they were trying to do, have they thought about their reception in the next life?
Facebook quote of the week
There is nothing worse than cold rain hitting the top of your head #bald
Friday, May 16, 2014
Guess what day it is
If you're tired for the Geico camel commercials, there's reason to look at them differently.
They bring out the idiot in some liberals.
Kevin D. Williamson asked this question earlier -- do leftwing students at these less-prestigious schools think they can increase the prestige of their school by out-radicalizing better schools?
Do they think that they can boost their own schools' mediocre academic standing by simply carrying on like petulant little dum-dums?
I've noticed this myself. The dummies in the dumber schools tend to be more stupidly radical than the not-quite-so-dumb dummies at the better schools.
We've now heard of this college.
We're not impressed.
They bring out the idiot in some liberals.
Kevin D. Williamson asked this question earlier -- do leftwing students at these less-prestigious schools think they can increase the prestige of their school by out-radicalizing better schools?
Do they think that they can boost their own schools' mediocre academic standing by simply carrying on like petulant little dum-dums?
I've noticed this myself. The dummies in the dumber schools tend to be more stupidly radical than the not-quite-so-dumb dummies at the better schools.
We've now heard of this college.
We're not impressed.
Coalition of the unwilling
The Spectator looks at an issue likely to split Democrats - the Keystone Pipeline.
It has now become obvious that the economy is never going to improve under Obama because he and his supporters don’t want it to. It might hurt the planet. So it’s procrastinate and procrastinate and procrastinate until the next election and maybe even the one after that.
The pipeline is the keystone to our economy - sorry environmentalists.
It has now become obvious that the economy is never going to improve under Obama because he and his supporters don’t want it to. It might hurt the planet. So it’s procrastinate and procrastinate and procrastinate until the next election and maybe even the one after that.
The pipeline is the keystone to our economy - sorry environmentalists.
Less powerful than Powerline
Powerline notes the problem faced by the New York Times seeking a strong internet presence - traffic count.
On page 23 of the report, there are charts showing the paper’s internet traffic. The Times currently gets around 6 million page views per day. That is a lot, to be sure. But Power Line averages over 200,000 page views per day. On a big news day, we may get more than 500,000. So day in and day out, the New York Times gets around 30 times the traffic that we do.
No wonder the Times has trouble finding a viable business model! We are four guys running a web site in our spare time. We have no expenses other than hosting fees of around $1,000 a month. We have no payroll and no advertising expenses. And yet the vast, expensive apparatus of the nation’s supposedly premier newspaper can muster only 30 times our traffic.
Keep working hard to the news, but we're not eating at your table.
On page 23 of the report, there are charts showing the paper’s internet traffic. The Times currently gets around 6 million page views per day. That is a lot, to be sure. But Power Line averages over 200,000 page views per day. On a big news day, we may get more than 500,000. So day in and day out, the New York Times gets around 30 times the traffic that we do.
No wonder the Times has trouble finding a viable business model! We are four guys running a web site in our spare time. We have no expenses other than hosting fees of around $1,000 a month. We have no payroll and no advertising expenses. And yet the vast, expensive apparatus of the nation’s supposedly premier newspaper can muster only 30 times our traffic.
Keep working hard to the news, but we're not eating at your table.
Weekend watchdog
It's been the longest run without a Triple Crown winner since the races started in the 19th century.
California Chrome hopes to keep its championship hopes alive at Pimlico Saturday.
NBC carries the Preakness Stakes, starting at 4:30 p.m. If California Chrome wins, it's off to Belmont for a shot at the Triple Crown. If not, it's wait until next year again.
The Kings and Ducks have their series-deciding game Friday at 9 p.m. on NBC Sports network. The conference finals start Saturday at 1 p.m. when Montreal hosts the New York Rangers on NBC. Chicago plays the winner of Friday's game Sunday at 3 p.m.
It's down to the Final Four for the NBA. The Heat and Pacers start the Eastern Conference finals Sunday at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, and the Spurs and Thunder will start their series on Monday.
The Orioles head to Kansas City, with games on MASN2 for the rest of the weekend. The Nationals host the Mets on MASN Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
ESPN offers the Red Sox and Tigers Sunday at 8 p.m. The Pirates visit the Yankees on FoxSports1 Saturday at 4 p.m.
On college diamond, Comcast offers North Carolina at Miami Friday at 7:30 p.m. Florida travels to Tennessee Saturday at 1 p.m. Kansas State hosts Texas Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on FoxSports1.
FoxSports1 carries the NASCAR all-star race Saturday at 8:30 p.m., after the all-star qualifying race at 7 p.m. ESPN has the Nationwide race from Iowa Sunday at 2 p.m.
The field for the Indianapolis 500 will be set after qualifying Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. on ABC.
A pair of ACC teams try to advance to the NCAA lacrosse final four Saturday, with Maryland facing Bryant at noon followed by Albany-Notre Dame.
D.C. United hosts Montreal Saturday at 7 p.m. on Comcast.
It's time for the Byron Nelson Championship on CBS Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Portland plays San Jose in Arena Football on ESPN2 Saturday at 10 p.m.
The NCAA softball tournament starts Friday on ESPN2 with South Florida-South Carolina at 4:30 p.m. followed by Fordham-Florida State. Play continues in the Tallahasse regional on ESPN Saturday at noon, with three games before heading to Tucson at 7 p.m. The regional finals are Sunday at noon in Tallahasse and Tucson at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
New York plays Chicago in WNBA action Saturday at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
The Tour of California continues with stages Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. on NBC Sports network. Stage eight will be Sunday at 1 p.m. on NBC.
California Chrome hopes to keep its championship hopes alive at Pimlico Saturday.
NBC carries the Preakness Stakes, starting at 4:30 p.m. If California Chrome wins, it's off to Belmont for a shot at the Triple Crown. If not, it's wait until next year again.
The Kings and Ducks have their series-deciding game Friday at 9 p.m. on NBC Sports network. The conference finals start Saturday at 1 p.m. when Montreal hosts the New York Rangers on NBC. Chicago plays the winner of Friday's game Sunday at 3 p.m.
It's down to the Final Four for the NBA. The Heat and Pacers start the Eastern Conference finals Sunday at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, and the Spurs and Thunder will start their series on Monday.
The Orioles head to Kansas City, with games on MASN2 for the rest of the weekend. The Nationals host the Mets on MASN Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
ESPN offers the Red Sox and Tigers Sunday at 8 p.m. The Pirates visit the Yankees on FoxSports1 Saturday at 4 p.m.
On college diamond, Comcast offers North Carolina at Miami Friday at 7:30 p.m. Florida travels to Tennessee Saturday at 1 p.m. Kansas State hosts Texas Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on FoxSports1.
FoxSports1 carries the NASCAR all-star race Saturday at 8:30 p.m., after the all-star qualifying race at 7 p.m. ESPN has the Nationwide race from Iowa Sunday at 2 p.m.
The field for the Indianapolis 500 will be set after qualifying Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. on ABC.
A pair of ACC teams try to advance to the NCAA lacrosse final four Saturday, with Maryland facing Bryant at noon followed by Albany-Notre Dame.
D.C. United hosts Montreal Saturday at 7 p.m. on Comcast.
It's time for the Byron Nelson Championship on CBS Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Portland plays San Jose in Arena Football on ESPN2 Saturday at 10 p.m.
The NCAA softball tournament starts Friday on ESPN2 with South Florida-South Carolina at 4:30 p.m. followed by Fordham-Florida State. Play continues in the Tallahasse regional on ESPN Saturday at noon, with three games before heading to Tucson at 7 p.m. The regional finals are Sunday at noon in Tallahasse and Tucson at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
New York plays Chicago in WNBA action Saturday at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
The Tour of California continues with stages Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. on NBC Sports network. Stage eight will be Sunday at 1 p.m. on NBC.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Rush rides to the win
DaTech Guy noticed Rush Limbaugh won an award for his Rush Revere book.
And the spin attacking the book.
Which was just that - spin with no proof.
She said this was the seventh year of the awards. I asked he about press coverage in the past and she told me every year press releases would be sent out announcing nominations and winners. I asked if the press had contacted her about the awards in past years and she answered they had.
I then mentioned the AP story above and asked if in any past years the press had inquired about the integrity of the voting for the award. Not only did she say the press never had questioned the integrity of the award in the past but stressed that there was absolutely no reason to question the integrity of the vote this year either.
Good thing more people read Rush Revere than read the critics.
And the spin attacking the book.
Which was just that - spin with no proof.
She said this was the seventh year of the awards. I asked he about press coverage in the past and she told me every year press releases would be sent out announcing nominations and winners. I asked if the press had contacted her about the awards in past years and she answered they had.
I then mentioned the AP story above and asked if in any past years the press had inquired about the integrity of the voting for the award. Not only did she say the press never had questioned the integrity of the award in the past but stressed that there was absolutely no reason to question the integrity of the vote this year either.
Good thing more people read Rush Revere than read the critics.
Teen wants to go to Charleston
West Virginia held its primary Tuesday.
In the Eastern Panhandle, a high school senior won the Republican primary - in a Republican-leaning district.
Blair campaigned on an antiabortion, pro-Second Amendment platform, offering her cellphone number to constituents and pledging not to go negative. She spent about $4,800 on her campaign, state finance records show (Kump, a former lobbyist, only spent $1,800 on his reelection bid).
“I think I’m fully capable of doing the job, and I don’t think it’s rocket science by any means — not if you just listen to the people,” Blair told the Hagerstown Herald-Mail this week.
She can run for President in 2032.
Will you join her campaign?
In the Eastern Panhandle, a high school senior won the Republican primary - in a Republican-leaning district.
Blair campaigned on an antiabortion, pro-Second Amendment platform, offering her cellphone number to constituents and pledging not to go negative. She spent about $4,800 on her campaign, state finance records show (Kump, a former lobbyist, only spent $1,800 on his reelection bid).
“I think I’m fully capable of doing the job, and I don’t think it’s rocket science by any means — not if you just listen to the people,” Blair told the Hagerstown Herald-Mail this week.
She can run for President in 2032.
Will you join her campaign?
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
The newest Tea Party star
Ben Sasse won the Republican nomination for Senator in Nebraska.
Rich Lowry looks at his line of smart decisions.
Sasse established his identity as a fierce opponent of Obamacare early on, and — in a strategic risk — went up with TV advertising very early. The campaign did this even though it knew it didn’t have the funds to stay up on TV and would have go dark for a long stretch during the heart of the campaign.
The advertising drove attendance at town-hall meetings, which were basically the only campaign events Sasse did. He was doing them all around the state when he was no longer up on TV, driving his message and establishing personal contact with a big swath of the primary electorate. His campaign robo-called local Republicans to get them attend, and even if they didn’t show up, they heard a brief version of Sasse’s campaign pitch on the phone. Sasse brought a 9.5-foot tall stack of Obamacare regulations to every town hall, almost guaranteeing a picture of him and the stack in every local paper.
Time to watch and learn, Republicans.
Rich Lowry looks at his line of smart decisions.
Sasse established his identity as a fierce opponent of Obamacare early on, and — in a strategic risk — went up with TV advertising very early. The campaign did this even though it knew it didn’t have the funds to stay up on TV and would have go dark for a long stretch during the heart of the campaign.
The advertising drove attendance at town-hall meetings, which were basically the only campaign events Sasse did. He was doing them all around the state when he was no longer up on TV, driving his message and establishing personal contact with a big swath of the primary electorate. His campaign robo-called local Republicans to get them attend, and even if they didn’t show up, they heard a brief version of Sasse’s campaign pitch on the phone. Sasse brought a 9.5-foot tall stack of Obamacare regulations to every town hall, almost guaranteeing a picture of him and the stack in every local paper.
Time to watch and learn, Republicans.
Who has "brain damage?"
DaTech Guy tips his hat to Karl Rove's comment about Hillary Clinton's health.
Consider: You want to interject an issue into the political conversation (Hillary’s Health & her concussion) when you are facing a press that is not only universally against you but dedicated to protecting the target of your attack.
You give them a statement designed to get your foes to charge like a bull:
That's the difference that it makes.
Consider: You want to interject an issue into the political conversation (Hillary’s Health & her concussion) when you are facing a press that is not only universally against you but dedicated to protecting the target of your attack.
You give them a statement designed to get your foes to charge like a bull:
Thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, she’s wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury? We need to know what’s up with that.The reaction was all that he could hope for people jumped all over him Rove game them a full news cycle of attacks on him, the Today Show, CNN and the NBC nightly news.
That's the difference that it makes.
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