Maybe this explains why Karl Rove tried to bully FOX “News”… November 8, 2012 …into retracting their call that Ohio was going to Obama. A lot of angry billionaires. “The billionaire donors I hear are livid … There… Continue Reading
Eastwood wasn’t playing by Karl Rove’s playbook September 1, 2012 which is getting the billionaires to kill Obama with kindness – but not Todd Akin. On the final morning of the Republican National Convention,… Continue Reading
Dick Morris echos Karl Rove’s optimism for GOP October 24, 2006 Dick has never forgiven the Clintons for brushing him off so whether these results are truly positive for the GOP or simply part of… Continue Reading
Karl Rove’s Failure October 16, 2006 Karl Rove had a dream of keeping Republicans in power for a generation. This Chart from the New York Times shows how miserably he’s… Continue Reading
Rove fooled himself and the Prez too November 13, 2006 Evidently Karl meant it when he said the Republicans would keep control of Congress. Continue Reading
100 day plan Bs August 2, 2024 I am and will likely remain a political Sisyphus. My resolve is born of forty years – fifty almost – of being annoyed with… Continue Reading
Time Juggling for a candidate of one May 16, 2022 Posted under Harry’s Diary (category 47) and WeltyforCongress 2022 (category 149) Had the first good uninterrupted nights sleep in two weeks. six plus hours…. Continue Reading
Wake up call July 4, 2018 My 65 second riff last night on Trump’s unhealthy admiration for murderous tyrants and threats to democracy could become soul crushing should it get… Continue Reading
92 pages into Dark Money and a change of scenery May 17, 2017 I am reading Jane Mayer’s book Dark Money. It is an intensely serious exploration of the unscrupulous but entirely legal attempt to subvert any… Continue Reading
Graduation Ceremony – Harry’s Diary May 8, 2017 Claudia and I left early Saturday for the Twin Cities with our grandsons. The occasion was the following day’s graduation ceremony for the United… Continue Reading
False Memories April 5, 2017 I finished yet another book today, Mr. Speaker. Its the second book covering American politics leading up to my very Republican Grandfather’s adulthood. Thomas… Continue Reading
Get the lead out September 15, 2016 After I was nearly finished scraping and painting the sides of my house this summer I began thinking that I should have at least… Continue Reading
Welty for School Board Committee July 30, 2013 The first thing I did this morning upon leaving my house was to head to my daughter’s construction site. (She really wants me to… Continue Reading
Cravaack endorsement from the Corporate HQ October 22, 2012 In a different time I could vote for Chip Cravaack. I can’t now that the GOP is held in the clutches of unchallenged high… Continue Reading
Bad News for Mitt? August 29, 2012 While perusing the PEW website I noticed this story with this graphic about who the middle class blames for a terrible decade. The middle… Continue Reading
Israel as America’s Serbia October 5, 2011 One of the things I remember liking about the George Herbert Walker Bush administration is that he kept Israel on a tight leash. He… Continue Reading
GOP – winning at any cost [BIGOT ALERT] September 17, 2011 By the way. What the Pennsylvania Republicans are thinking about doing is legal. It might very well insure that Obama loses in 2112. It… Continue Reading
Render unto Caesar that which is Caeser’s… August 24, 2011 …because Caesar is a Christian and he’s busy fending off the Demons who are running America. In my lifetime: first there was the apolitical… Continue Reading
