Category: Politics, Religion & Money

The final Republican argument for Romney

“Vote for Romney, because if Obama is re-elected we will continue to refuse cooperating with him and continue the legislative gridlock in Washington. Even if we don’t take control of the Senate, Democrats will accept defeat and go along with Romney like they did in Massachusetts.”

This summarizes some of what I’ve been hearing lately. The thing is, Democrats didn’t go along with Romney in Massachusetts, he went along with them. Back in September, 2011 I predicted that Romney would get the nomination and win tomorrow’s election. I’m hoping I was only half-right.

Mitt Romney will be the GOP Presidential candidate, and I’m betting he’ll win the White House.

Dr. Horrible for President

Joss Whedon takes a secular view of the Endtimes, but he arrives at the same place as those on the religious right, who welcome its coming.

“It’s a brand new day…”

P.S. Whedon’s comment about “ungoverned corporate privilege” has some irony to it, considering that his movie The Avengers grossed more than $1.5 billion before going to video, and yet Disney-Marvel has no money for Jack Kirby, without whom the Avengers wouldn’t exist. With Whedon signing to direct the Avengers sequel, I’d like to think he can bring some pressure to bear on the studio to propose a settlement with Kirby’s family.

Colbert says…

Stephen Colbert was really ablaze last night. First, about the claims of foreign policy failure being leveled against the Obama administration for the tragic deaths in Libya at the American embassy…

… and then Indiana Republican Richard Mourdock’s comment about rape.

My own take on Mourdock’s opinion, which he insists is heartfelt and the result of lengthy consideration, is that his Christian thought process is seriously flawed, because it leads to the conclusion that the act of rape is of God and not Satan, which means that everything humans do must be from God. I was taught that most sinful acts do not come from Satan, but I would say that, according to Mourdock’s faith, rape should be one of them.

A President vs. an automaton

For a supposedly religious man, Mitt Romney sure does lie an awful lot. He’s taken every position on every issue there is, depending on the audience of the moment, and he denies that he’s ever changed his mind. The second half of his one term as governor here in Massachusetts, he was already off running for President, badmouthing the state in the process. And now, in all three debates, he’s been saying how wonderful we are and taking credit for it! Despite that, Mitt says he wants to abolish the Affordable Care Act, which was patterned after legislation that he signed. What’s wrong with this guy?

Watch The Choice 2012 on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

I haven’t watched Frontline’s The Choice 2012 documentary yet, but I will. The New Yorker is the only print magazine subscription we have, and its endorsement of Obama is well worth reading.

There is, come to think of it, one reason to vote for Romney. If he wins, Jon Hamm can play him in a TV movie bio-pic.