Better Off
Dems have struggled with the “are you better off” question. Martin O’Malley, the governor of Maryland answered “no”, switched to yes, and was blown off the bridge of death.
46.7 million Americans were on food stamps in June, but things weren’t so hot 4 years ago either. Here’s a chart from the Atlantic that tracks private sector jobs since Obama came to power.
Clinton Speech
The fact checkers say the president is not gutting welfare reform. Mickey Kaus says otherwise.
Bill Clinton will place the name of his nemesis in nomination for four more years on Wednesday night.
VP Debate
It’s good to see the VP candidates reach across party lines. They both agree that government will enslave us.
The Washington Post editorial page considered those lines from Ryan’s acceptance speech an insult to voters. The Obama Julia ad sees it differently.
Ron Paul
Paul Ryan gave a great speech full of ideas last night. I’m still combing through it for cartoon ideas. The convention began with a fight over the seating of the other Paul’s delegates from Maine. Ron Paul still has not said if he will vote for Romney.
Other than the Paul delegates, the liveliest people at the convention so far have been deranged, race obsessed, commentators. Chris Mathews insists that talk about food stamps and welfare is a Republican “dog whistle” for playing the race card. Most people on welfare and food stamps are white, so Gingrich blew the whistle on Matthews for assuming they were black.
Yahoo’s Washington bureau chief, David Chalian, topped that by saying the Romney’s are “happy to have a party with black people drowning”. He was fired.
