Archive for January 16th, 2008
Fred Thompson’s version of “Straight Talk”
January 16th, 2008
I really like this ad. No personal attacks, no talking “at me.” Just good old conservative values and thoughts.
Will it work? Is it effective enough? Will the former Senator continue his run for the Presidency following the South Carolina primary?
We’ll know soon enough.
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A Window Into History
January 16th, 2008
These newly released pictures of Lincoln’s Second Inauguration are fascinating.
From the Library of Congress:
Details of Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration come into clearer focus with the recent discovery at the Library of Congress of three glass negatives that show the large crowd gathered at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., for the president’s address on March 4, 1865.
These negatives had been labeled long ago as being either the Grand Review of the Armies or the inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant. Carol Johnson, a curator of photography at the Library of Congress, spotted the misidentification on Friday, Jan. 4, while checking old logbooks and finding the annotation “Lincoln?” in the margin. Only two other photos of Lincoln’s second inauguration were previously known, but a careful visual comparison confirmed that these three negatives portray the same event.
“These negatives add to our knowledge of this special event,” said Johnson. “They show what that wet Saturday looked like with the massing of the crowd. They also convey the excitement of the people.”
How wonderful to be given the opportunity to get a glimpse of such an important part of the history of the United States.
HT:Hot Air
Simply Stated
January 16th, 2008
The sixty four dollar question.
While watching the endless pundit blather on TV tonight after the Republican Michigan Primary and Democratic Nevada Debate and reading the various opinion meisters commentaries online, I had one of those rare zen moments of simplicity. It all comes down to a simple question:
Who would you like to be in the White House if Pakistan fell to al Qaeda and the Islamists gained control of its nuclear arsenal?
Read the rest here.
A Mistake Easily Made
January 16th, 2008
Someone was a bit red in the face last night:
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Republican Party mistakenly sent out a news release Tuesday night congratulating John McCain for winning the state’s GOP primary.
It quickly issued a second statement praising Mitt Romney for his win.
“Heading into tonight, this race was too close to call, so we prepared a release for either scenario,” state GOP spokesman Bill Nowling said. “We simply pushed the wrong button.”
The Associated Press named Romney the GOP winner when polls closed in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula at 9 p.m. EST.
As fluid as all of these races have been, something like this was bound to happen.
Now let’s see, we have had Mitt, John, and Mike each take a prize. Maybe next, Fred, followed by Rudy? This is a real horse race at the moment.
Here is a terrific site for comprehensive results from the Michigan Primary.
There’s No Droning On In this Commercial
January 16th, 2008
Other than perhaps the Super Bowl, I don’t have many memories of terrific television commercials..until now.
This is by far one of the best advertisements I have seen in years. What fun! (I don’t want to spoil it for those who choose to take a look, so I’ll say no more.)
