Philosophy
With the upcoming elections, things have been heated up for the past few months. And though not to the same level, both major contenders, as well as the PACS and Super PACS that support them, have resorted to some cheap shots, ad hominem attacks and tactics that are unbecoming of our best ideals of civility and leadership.
So I was really glad to see Obama and Romney take a break this past week to lighten things up and engage in some humor at their own expense and that of each other.
Here's Romney, who actually did a lot better than I would have expected:
And here's Obama, more experienced in this kind of thing, and therefore doing a better job:
That joke about having been rested for the second campaign from the nap he took during the first one was priceless :)
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Philosophy
Obama and Romney Laugh It Up
So I was really glad to see Obama and Romney take a break this past week to lighten things up and engage in some humor at their own expense and that of each other.
Here's Romney, who actually did a lot better than I would have expected:
And here's Obama, more experienced in this kind of thing, and therefore doing a better job:
That joke about having been rested for the second campaign from the nap he took during the first one was priceless :)
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I find it fascinating that in the light of the political dust-up about Mitt Romney's work and filed forms about Bain Capital that Romney has demanded an apology from the President. It leads to the general question about the grounds that would...
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The Richard Grennell flap has me thinking. Mitt Romney hired a gay conservative who worked under John Bolton in the George W. Bush administration to be his spokesperson for foreign policy matters. Grennell is open about his sexual orientation. ...
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On the heels of yesterday's primary in New Hampshire, I want to explore the central claim in Mitt Romney's rhetoric. His argument is "I had a career in the business world, therefore I am better suited to fix the economy than the President...
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