The Bear on Nov 20 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Election 08’
That’s the sound of my foot kicking the door shut on the era of white guilt. The rites have been muttered, the carcass lowered, dirt shoveled, and tombstone erected. Dead and buried.
The Bear on Nov 20 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Politics
The time has now come to rebuild. This will require two things: new faces in party leadership, and a return to the core principles that have historically made the Republican Party great.
The Bear on Nov 20 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Politics
The elements of the Reagan coalition remain alive and intact: practicing Christians and Jews, military families, investors, entrepreneurs – they’re all at least as large and probably larger than they were when Reagan convened them in 1980.
The Bear on Nov 19 2008 | Filed under: Culture
Americans cannot throw our constitutional heritage out the window for the promise of hope. The America we have known for over 200 years is an uplifting struggle for fairness, equality and a uniquely American idealism. It’s not perfect, but let’s not mess it up now.
The Bear on Nov 19 2008 | Filed under: Culture
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Now, decades later, CREEP is back. But this time, rather than being a target of the press, CREEP is the press. On election night, after news that Barack Obama had won enough electoral college votes to be president, reporters and analysts on cable TV were talking about how Obama was going to be unbeatable in [...]
The Bear on Nov 18 2008 | Filed under: Culture
If you bristle at the comparison and don’t want to wear the shoe, then the onus is on you to be vigilant, to make sure it never, ever fits.
The Bear on Nov 18 2008 | Filed under: Culture
It is this steady commitment to founding principles — and not our capacity for rapid change under the influence of a charismatic leader — that distinguishes America.
The Bear on Nov 18 2008 | Filed under: Culture
Forty-five percent (45%) of Republican voters are Very Confident that a candidate from their party will be the next president after Barack Obama, contrary to reports that suggest the GOP may be demoralized from the Democrat’s big win last Tuesday.
Another 33% of GOP voters say a Republican is at least somewhat likely to be the [...]
The Bear on Nov 17 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Election 08’
The reason Sen. McCain’s socialism charges didn’t stick is precisely because socialism means little to voters who don’t know what the term even means.
The Bear on Nov 17 2008 | Filed under: Culture
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