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Let Mrs. Obama Eat Red Velvet Cake

Aaron Goldstein — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:16:20 +0000

First Lady Michelle Obama leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Last week, the First Lady appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to cajole him to eat his veggies. For his trouble, Leno had to eat a slice of veggie pizza with zucchini and eggplant (yuck), baked sweet potato fries (well, at [...]

Is Mitt Minding The Store?

Aaron Goldstein — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:42:30 +0000

Mitt Romney’s performance in last Thursday’s GOP debate in Jacksonville was widely praised for his assertiveness against Newt Gingrich and it may have effectively neutralized the former House Speaker’s victory five days earlier in South Carolina. If Romney earns a decisive victory in Florida, it could prove to be the turning point in winning the [...]

Mitt Throws a Fit

Aaron Goldstein — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:28:10 +0000

Mitt Romney is mad, but does he have a good reason? Wouldn’t you be mad if you had double digit lead in the polls in South Carolina only to squander that lead in a matter of days and then lose to Newt Gingrich by twelve points? Wouldn’t you be kicking yourself not releasing your [...]

Mitt & Mop

Aaron Goldstein — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:52:11 +0000

When Newt Gingrich criticized Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital, he raised the ire of many conservatives and may have unwittingly mobilized a Republican rank and file now prepared to bestow Romney with the GOP nomination on a silver platter. Rush Limbaugh called Gingrich’s criticisms “out of bounds for those who value the free [...]

Consideration for Cooperstown Revisited

Aaron Goldstein — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:04:12 +0000

Three more players I believe should be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Shortly before the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) voted in Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven into the Baseball Hall of Fame last year, I wrote an article about players I believed deserved greater consideration for Cooperstown. (1) Well, the [...]

Will President Obama Fool America Again?

Aaron Goldstein — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:59:10 +0000

To paraphrase Pete Townshend of The Who, “Meet the new year; same as the old year.” (1) That was my reaction to Andy McCarthy’s New Years Eve article at National Review Online about President Obama recruiting Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi to mediate secret peace talks between the United States and the Taliban. (2) As McCarthy notes [...]

The Worst of Obama in 2011

Aaron Goldstein — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:54:30 +0000

Since I highlighted President Obama’s lowlights for both 2009 and 2010 why should 2011 be any different? Since I highlighted President Obama’s lowlights for both 2009 and 2010 why should 2011 be any different? (1)(2) There is, of course, plenty to write about and I shall only scratch the surface. If I have omitted [...]

My Twelve Favorite Christmas Songs

Aaron Goldstein — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:38:19 +0000

Although I do not celebrate Christmas I do enjoy many of the songs that have been written about it. Granted, I think it’s a bit much when I start hearing Christmas songs in October. If it were up to me, the playing of Christmas songs would begin after Thanksgiving. With that, here are my twelve [...]

Newt Gingrich & Corn Flakes: Voters Are Having a Taste of Him Again for the First Time

Aaron Goldstein — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:33:41 +0000

The best way to describe Newt Gingrich’s ascendancy in the polls may be comparing him to a bowl of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. Over the years Newt Gingrich has been likened to many things. But I think this is the first time he has even been compared to cereal. But allow me to explain. [...]

Why Mitt Must Debate Newt

Aaron Goldstein — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:06:36 +0000

Say what you will about Newt Gingrich. The man isn’t afraid of having a debate.

I would dare say that Gingrich loves debating in the way some people love baseball or cats. And why shouldn’t Gingrich love a good debate? He went from being yesterday’s man to now being in the position [...]