Posts by Carter Wrenn
The Third World
Bill Clinton teed the ball up and drew a laser-beam-line from the ball to the target for President Obama but then Obama walked right past tee, ball and target to make a speech with the same old same old litany of promises ending with promises of hope. This election there’re three different ‘worlds’ in…
Read MoreBubba Speaks
This blog is also posted on The Charlotte Observer’s DNC blog site. Gary, I’m guessing you slept very well last night and woke up this morning with a smile on your face. If I had a lick of sense I’d hang out a sign today that says “Gone Fishing” instead of writing about Bill…
Read MoreGetting Out of the Ditch
This blog is also posted on The Charlotte Observer’s DNC blog site. It’s not about the conventions – it’s about the stories the conventions are telling. The Republicans’ story goes like this, Obama hasn’t done the job, let ‘em go. The Democrats’ story goes this way, We are more like you than Mitt…
Read MoreThe Swing Voter
This blog is also posted on The Charlotte Observer’s DNC blog site. In case you missed it there’re two new polls this week but nothing’s changed. Republicans are still voting rocklike for Romney, Democrats are still rocklike for Obama, and if you want a portrait of a swing voter she’s a mother with young…
Read MoreWelcome to Charlotte
This blog also posted on The Charlotte Observer’s DNC blog site. One hundred and eighty years ago, back in 1832, the first Democratic Convention was an enclave of white men – today the Democratic Convention is an enlightened convocation with a Women’s Caucus, a Black Caucus, a Hispanic Caucus, an Ethnic Caucus, a Native…
Read MoreThe Fact Checkers
There’s not much doubt there’s a lot of half-truthin’ and even some outright lyin’ going on in the Presidential campaign but the ‘Fact-Checkers’ who’ve proclaimed themselves the ‘truth-tellers’ in this election are starting to look a little blowsy themselves. Last Wednesday night Paul Ryan said Obama “funneled $716 billion out of Medicare.” ‘Not…
Read MoreThe Convention – The Last Night
In the end the Republican Convention came down to two lines: Clint Eastwood saying, “When somebody doesn’t do the job, you gotta let ‘em go.” And Mitt Romney saying, “Obama wants to save the planet – I want to help your family.” All the rest – the political rhetoric – was window dressing.…
Read MoreTwelve Minutes
It’s odd: Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio didn’t fret the liberal pundits much at all but in twelve minutes Clint Eastwood sent them into orbit. After Eastwood’s speech Andrea Mitchell at NBC looked so shocked it seemed she was about to have a stroke. Twitter and the e-world exploded with…
Read MoreThe Convention – Chris Christie
Most of the politicians at the Republican Convention stood up talked about what ails America: Too much government. Too much spending. Too much debt. Except Chris Christie. Instead of what’s wrong, Christie talked about why it’s wrong. He began with a story of his Sicilian mother, who’d been raised by her own…
Read MoreThe Convention – Ann Romney
The first night of the convention the Romney campaign set out to ‘humanize’ Mitt and after living with Mitt Romney for thirty years Ann Romney surely knew his virtues but by the same measure also knew his warts – which created a conundrum for Romney’s campaign staff. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of…
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