R and R in LA
A short summer hiatus
R and R in LA
Dick Polman, Inquirer National Political Columnist
I have two choices on my ballot today:
1. Write something.
2. Enjoy my day off, here in Los Angeles.
I vote for #2. I doubt I'll have as much fun as the boys on Entourage, but as British bluesman John Mayall once sang about California, "so many good things around." Even with a $26-billion budget deficit. Back on the blog next week.
Days off? Your obvious liberal bent is proven by this article. Why not write about how people can't hang confederate flags anymore? No wonder this paper is going down!— HandNik- Hilarious how conservatives say "the goverment's broke, we can't afford health reform" when it was the Bush administration, populated by nothing but conservatives, that, mainly with tax cuts and the war in Iraq, bankrupted the government. This is like a father saying to his daughter; "Sorry honey, I just can't afford to send you to college. Or to pay for that cancer treatment you need. Daddy blew all his money gambling." "But daddy, you're still going to casinos every weekend!" "That's a prior commitment that I cannot break." And hopefully the media will continue not covering it much.— CutterMcCool
Comment removed.- Cutter, keep your eye on the shiny object and repeat after me... the Bush debacle never happened, the Bush debacle never happened...ok you're getting sleepy— PA_Dutch
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- In plain english, this is what cutter is saying: The Republicans ran the country into the ground at full throttle. Now, comprende'?— Freerojo
- It's amusing how someone can remark on Cutter being loony after Handnik's comment. This is what's wrong with politics today-repeat after me: we're not at an Eagles game. You don't have to instantly disagree with everything one has to say, hate them, and call them names. Agree or not with Cutter on healthcare, parts of his views are spot on. The republicans have not been fiscally conservative for a long time. Cutting taxes while not cutting spending is not conservative. It's idiotic.— donde
- I think "hows that hope & change working out" is just a new login for the Xi Jah/Comrade Xi/Jwad multiple personality disorder.— Tony_From_PA
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- Bush was actually responsible for 5 trillion. 2 trillion is only the cost of the Iraq war— Tony_From_PA
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- Have a good weekend everyone:) Off to the shore! We will get back at it on Monday! Take it light:)— NEPhilly
- Girl Gone Wild Pelosi and Harry "I'm insane" Waxman are threatening the blue dogs with a floor vote on health car. Awesome. This is what happens when commie extremists run the democratic party. When Obama spoke about people being "stupidly" at is snooze conference the other night he should have been talking about Pelosi and Waxman. The cuckoos are running the democratic bus!— CD75
- Dallas sucks.— Phrossty
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Cited by the Columbia Journalism Review as one of the nation's top political reporters, and lauded by the ABC News political website as "one of the finest political journalists of his generation," Dick Polman is a national political columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He is on the full-time faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, as "writer in residence." Dick has been a frequent guest on C-Span, MSNBC, CNN, NPR and the BBC. He covered the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 presidential campaigns.
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