Racism in America

Name recognition is a vital part of gaining political office. I know there are those who think Trump is somehow anointed to become the nominee, and that all others are mere pretenders. But a lot can happen between the crowning of the king and the primaries. And in national politics, it is not unusual to make a first run at the presidency, and then make a successful one later. Certainly that was Reagan's path.

Swamy certainly did a marvelous job of rhetorically demolishing those disingenuous questions and assumptions. He might act as an example to help others put a little more calcium in their backbones. And as we've long stated here, ridicule of the other side is absolutely vital for political and social success.

This is certainly the case and Ramaswamy is getting a fair amount of this. However, to maintain this level of name recognition until the 2028 would require him to stay in front of the cameras for the next four years. If Trump were to win and Ramaswamy became part of his administration, then that would be fairly easy to do, but Ramaswamy claims he will go back to private life if he does not win the nomination. An interesting situation. 

While it is true that Reagan ran two or three times, he had significant name recognition before he stepped on to the political stage. Once he did, he won the California governorship twice. Only then did he start to run for the presidency. But the times are different so who knows how things will turn out. 

When I was much younger I recall seeing old people sitting on their porches or park benches, often just staring into space. I thought, how wonderful to have those experiences and to relive them in your minds eye. Now I am their age and I sit and stare for long periods, often at the floor or the wall. My mind fills with the past but the primary thought occupying my mind is not some deep philosophical revelation but a simple one. Where did I leave my keys?

Very nice. I don't think I  have ever listened closely to the lyrics before now. 

But we can all be proud of how far we have advanced since the 1930's. 

Classic

I frequently laugh at myself the number of times I've walked into the press room (which doubles as a kitchen and pantry) only to realize I have no idea what I'm doing there. Some of that is just due to multitasking in a hectic work day. But even so, I think it's aided and abetted by age.

A little quiet time and staring at the wall seem to be sensible pursuits...especially when contrasted with what I consider the insanity of staring into a phone screen for hours on end. Eternity in a grain of sand, and all that. But I don't know what they're looking for in social media and phone screens. But I suspect they'll never find it.

We have only the culture and people around us to measure ourselves against in terms of how we are doing. But as I've said many times, put down that measuring stick because the culture is bat-shit crazy. We are the true counter-culture. We are the rebels. We believe men have a penis, women have a vagina. We're practically James Dean incarnate, but with better driving habits.

Another priceless clip from Ramaswamy dissecting a dim-witted-robot-female "reporter." He doesn't accept her narrative and gets to the actual state of things. I was happy to see him point out that classifying something as a "hate crime" is in itself a political statement.

Dare I say it? I hate hate crimes. They fall into a similar category of control as the KFF and "Climate Change" in that they are so broad reaching and vague that they can easily be used by those with bad intent to stifle their opponents. In fact, that is the intent of such laws. The worst example of this type of tyranny is speech as a "hate crime." They are already convicting people of speech hate crimes in the U.K. We are not far off. 


Vivek

Estrogen meets reality. Happens all the time. Or used to. I admit that repealing the 19th Amendment wouldn't have kept this dingbat off the air.

Also, it is well know that there are two bottom-dwelling categories in regards to acumen, skill, and knowledge. That is, the least capable tend to gravitate toward these careers because the standards are so low: public teachers and journalists.

Bob Hope owns that song

He owns it in two ways. It was the theme music for his TV show and he wrote it. 

I kind of like the guy. He is smart, articulate and not afraid of the woke media. Does that mean he would be a good president? Maybe. I would like to see how he performs as an elected official before granting him acesss to the power of the president. I don't like his views on support of Israel, but he appears to have backed away from the extreme cut the funding position he had. So, he is still a big question mark.