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If you log on to the Old Jarhead blog and get this notice, please check back. From time to time, Google’s Spam Filter pulls my blog. They restore it when I appeal, but they don’t seem to have the technical ability to fix the problem. I hate to move to another platform with page views running to 10k a week and over 1,150 followers here.
The 99%
Cartoon.
The Coming Collapse of the American Republic
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It's the Values, Stupid: Why Character Counts in 2012
Excellent column that makes many good points. --Ron P. Excerpt: The Pew Research Center recently did a survey asking for one-word impressions of the candidates. When you look at the breakdown of words used about Herman Cain, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (especially among Republican voters), the vast majority of words used had nothing to do with issues and everything to do with character impressions or traits or even biography points. For example, Republicans aren’t supporting Cain primarily because of his tax plan, they are supporting him because he is likable, smart, conservative, different, and a businessman. And Romney’s vulnerabilities (and why conservatives are reluctant to support him) don’t really have to do with issue positions; they have to do with character impressions related to trust and authenticity. So let’s look at the debate this week among the Republicans and President Obama’s standing with the public with the dynamic of character impressions in mind, rather than issues.
During a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration last week, Chris Crane, the president of a union that represents Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, testified that ICE headquarters told their agents not to arrest illegal immigrants who do not have a prior criminal conviction.
