A Stitch in Haste

Mitt Romney, January 14, 2008:
Michigan is enduring a one-state recession, and the problem has only been exacerbated by poor choices made by some of the leaders in Lansing to raise taxes and take that course instead of cutting spending.
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A lot of Washington politicians are aware of the pain, but they haven't done anything about it. [...]

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So my plan was merely to attend the morning sessions of "LGBTQ Law 2008: Where Do We Go from Here?" at Columbia Law School and then head home. I've been going to these sort of symposia for years and they tend, quite frankly, to be rather redundant. The talk from one of the lawyers who [...]

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David Broder seems to think that the (astonishing?) fact that there are some Republican governors still in office could signal the resurgence of the GOP:
After the celebrations of the success of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and the congressional Democrats, it is time to tip the hat to some other people — with names such as [...]

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Dear Shaman Clayton,
If someone were to walk up to me, hit me in the face for no legitimate reason and walk away, then I would probably not chase him down just to hit him back.
But when someone walks up to me, hits me in the face for no legitimate reason and then tells me it's [...]

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Or, perhaps better stated: Do the Democrats even understand the implications of their proposals?
Powerful House Democrats are eyeing proposals to overhaul the nation's $3 trillion 401(k) system, including the elimination of most of the $80 billion in annual tax breaks that 401(k) investors receive.
House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-California, and Rep. [...]

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On Tuesday, the American electorate exchanged the "soft bigotry of low expectations" for the hard bigotry of low intelligence and lower morals.
Florida is a mosaic of communities that, each on its own, is an insular political minority: snowbird Jewish retirees, Cuban-Americans (and other Hispanics), undereducated and underachieiving beach bums, panhandle hillbillies, etc. Yet their shared [...]

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I saw little point in writing a (non-)endorsement blogpost this election.
I had at one point contemplated writing a post along the lines of, "Why I Condone Voting for Barack Obama," but I'm no longer sure that I actually do condone it. Here were the bullet points:

Supreme Court — McCain appointing even one Justice is simply [...]

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I've never selected a CuteTuber™ for the sole purpose of mocking the person making the video, and that's not necessarily my intention here.
Nevertheless, I think we should take a moment to reflect on the notion of our fate as a nation, and as individuals with supposedly unalienable natural rights, being decided by millions — perhaps [...]

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A remarkably oblivious op-ed on the recent despicable vote by the City Council to extend their own term limits, from a former New York City politician:
But those who want to maintain a democratic check on the executive branch should welcome the result. For while Mr. Bloomberg himself may benefit from the change (if New Yorkers [...]

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Barack Obama, October 27:
No matter what Senator McCain may claim, here are the facts – if you make under $250,000, you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime – not your income taxes, not your payroll taxes, not your capital gains taxes. Nothing. Because the last thing we should do in this [...]

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