Channelling TR? Should have gone for Andrew Jackson

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I wish the President would go back a little further and channel Old Rough and Ready, and then get rid of the Fed. It’s hard to fault him though, as he is grasping at straws.

The sad thing is, grasping at straws and just flicking that jab out  keeps the Republicans at bay while they desperately search for their fighter. Gingrich is coming out to toe the line, but if the Democrats ever wanted to design the perfect cartoon to represent the Republicans in the minds of their base its Gingrich. He embodies every stereotype that the Democrats wish were true of all Republicans: undisciplined, tool of the rich, flip flopper, uncaring, believes in differential outcomes while mouthing the words of equality of opportunity; accepts bribes, I mean he was a million dollar historian as a consultant.

That’s much different than Clintoon working with Corzine.

And now Gingrich says he will appoint John Bolton as Sec State: that will gain approximately zero independent voters, consolidate the left wing talking points and not convince any Republicans who aren’t already in his camp.

I’d buy ringside seats for a live unscripted debate though

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The power of family values and hard work

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No Road Map Necessary – http://nyti.ms/aR0cfu

there are no one-size-fits-all blueprints only design goals and values and a commitment to live life forward. A wonder example and an inspiration of the infinite adaptability of life-in-action. This is evidence of the need for open socities and equal opportunity. Most importantly, to me, it revea;ls the power of family values and culture which opens us to the possibilities of every moment, and engages the energy of dreams to the hard work of getting ahead.

There arent any handouts and quotas, but hard work and family values. Cultures that dont reward her family values and her goals, and the tradeoffs she made, are not good cultures; those would be cultures that limit inspiration and effort. The same cultures that will look at the endstate of her results and demand that they get part of her results but without putting in the work or taking the risks.

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