The Competent Conservative

It’s come to this… Romney’s little joke suggests that he understands that his most glaring weakness may be his lack of a poetic flaw, a useful element in a politician’s essential task of connecting with other human beings. Romney’s perfect hair and perfect family, his abstinence from petty vices (alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine), and his [...]

No, its not exactly the same thing as we are experiencing now between Newt and Mitt but, it does remind us that Ronald Reagan never took himself too seriously (unlike a certain former Speaker of the House) as evidenced by his invitation to Mr. Rickles to perform at his inaugural.  Besides, its good to lighten [...]

  Well, the whining from the Gingrich campaign is reaching “can’t look away” embarrassing .  We first heard today that Mr. Gingrich’s less than stellar performance at last night’s debate was due to the Romney campaign “stacking the deck” with their supporters.  Well, even if this were the case, if the Gingrich campaign couldn’t muster [...]

It has been argued that Newt Gingrich’s win in South Carolina was at least in part due to his “fiery” performance in the debate just prior to the primary.  I will grant that Mr. Gingrich can be quite passionate, at times, and this can be a good thing when he stands for correct principles.  However, [...]

So, after demanding Mitt Romney’s tax returns in an effort to make him look like he’s just another greedy, rich Republican , the returns show that Mr. Romney donates 15 times more to charity than the President of the United States.  I guess all those multi-million dollar vacations to Hawaii, Spain and other swanky, super [...]

I, along with other Conservatives, have been quite dismayed over the last few weeks by the tactics of some Republican candidates in their quest to achieve the nomination of their party to run against Barak Obama. I was taken aback by Newt Gingrich’s assault on Mitt Romney’s business record which came straight out of Ted [...]

Growing up, I watched a lot of British comedies.  From Monty Python to “The Young Ones,” I was an avid fan (and still am) of dry, British wit.  One of the best of those shows was “The Two Ronnies” starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.  They had a special gift for playing with the English [...]

What a difference two years makes. Prop 8 has been overturned and, as President Obama likes to say, it provides us with a clear and unmistakable “teaching moment.” Cast your minds back to 2008 when Prop 8 was passed by 54% of the voting public.  How did the losing side react? Vandalism, violence, threats of [...]

We are told that the imam in NYC who wants to build a Muslim cultural center just feet from Ground Zero wants to “bridge the great divide” between Muslims and the rest of America. He may well be serious about this. However, if we grant his good intentions, it becomes difficult to grant his sincerity [...]

In a recent article it was announced that Alec Baldwin has decided he is no longer interested in acting.  Mr. Baldwin, apart from his roles in such movies as “The Hunt for Red October” and “Glengarry Glen Ross”, is also know for being a highly opinionated man with a volcanic temper.  He has, in the [...]