Race 4 2008 Early Morning Essential Reads

23 Responses to “Race 4 2008 Early Morning Essential Reads”

1. alaska jake Says:
   December 26th, 2007 at 11:27 pm

   Aron. . .You’re nothing if not consistent. Aside from your obvious strong dislike for Romney, is there a legitimate reason you post mostly negative articles about him every day, rarely finding even a neutral objective source of information? Today, you even hopped across the pond to enlighten us with a column from an English newspaper written by a self-declared secular liberal who clearly has a hatered for all Christians, particularly Mormons. Is that the best you could do? You even managed to find more positive articles about Obama than Romney. And you posted five - count them, five - positive articles for Hillary, including hard hard-hitting, cutting edge blog entry from Glamour Magazine (definitely where everyone turns to for the best in American political discourse).

   Look, I have no problem with who you choose to support or who you choose to deny your support, in a typical front page post. But if you’re going to give us a list of “essential reads,” perhaps just once in a while you can bring yourself to cite an article that isn’t written by a member of the “I Hate Romney” club. Fair and balanced, that’s all I ask.

2. Aron Goldman Says:
   December 27th, 2007 at 12:49 am

   alaska jake,

   If you ever come across a positive news article about Romney that does not appear in the Essential Reads, please provide the link here in the comments section, and rest assured it will be promptly added.

   By the way, the only reason that piece in Glamour Magazine was posted was because it was written by Hillary Clinton.

3. alaska jake Says:
   December 27th, 2007 at 1:25 am

   Aron. . .here’s four: (sorry I don’t know how to imbed links in the article descriptions - cut and paste method may need to be used)

   Romney on spending money wisely on health care for Americans first:
   http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/12/26/politics/fromtheroad/entry3648492.shtml

   Romney on campaign promises and flip-flop accusations:
   http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=31482&cat=5

   On his father’s influence throughout Mitt Romney’s life:
   http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-romneydadson25dec25,1,5702018.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage&track=crosspromo

   A more balanced look at Mitt’s reputation in New Hampshire:
   http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071226/NEWS01/712260387

4. Aron Goldman Says:
   December 27th, 2007 at 2:31 am

   alaska jake,

   The first story from CBS has been posted. The second link is not from an actual news source. The third one from the LA Times was posted in the Afternoon Essential Reads on Christmas Eve under the original headline:

   “Romney hasn’t forgotten father’s best qualities
   The former Michigan governor made his share of mistakes, but the son also remembers his dad’s essential steadfast qualities.”

   And, the fourth one is a re-printed article from the Washington Post that was originally posted over two weeks ago.

   Thanks for looking out, though. Every set of eyes helps.

5. MetroRepublican Says:
   December 27th, 2007 at 2:35 am

   #s 2-4, that is hilarious.

   Nobody in the media wants to write anything positive about Mitt. I don’t blame them.

   They can leave that to all the Mormons at Race42008.

6. ThatLibertarianGuy Says:
   December 27th, 2007 at 2:35 am

   Every set of eyes helps? Not ones that aren’t paying attention…

7. alaska jake Says:
   December 27th, 2007 at 2:50 am

   #5. . .uncalled for.

   Aron - thanks for posting. My original point, I think, still stands, and it’s a point posted by others in the past. I love the essential reads list - hell I don’t know how you have the time to find them all. I know I don’t. A little more balance is all I (and others) ask for.

8. John Mark Says:
   December 27th, 2007 at 3:27 am

   7, It looks to me like Aron is probably trying to be balanced. It may just be that the Media doesn’t like Mitt. Its not like the candidate are entitled to affirmative action in the esential reads.

9. sampo Says:
   December 27th, 2007 at 3:42 am

   Someone should ask Mitt if he’s proud….
   http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=1316419&nid=104

10. alaska jake Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 4:19 am

    Sampo. . .Romney should be proud of the Big Dig. Sure the project had more than its fair share of problems, but problems are to be expected during the largest highway transportation project in American history. I used to live in Boston, and I can tell you from first hand experience that Boston was, by far, the worst city in the nation for commuters, and that includes DC and Philly. Today, an interstate highway system that was an outdated eyesore the day it was constructed in the 50s and had split the city into disjointed neighborhoods is now all underground, replaced by open park land, new airport tunnels, a spectacular world-class cable-stayed bridge, new Harbor Island parks which were once landfills now covered with Boston clay and soil, and of course much cleaner air. To Romney’s credit, he acted quickly when serious problems occurred, often going up against the Democratic legislature and the entrenched Boston political establishment, and fought hard for more state control over the project. The Big Dig took way too long to complete (six governors have served since ground was first broken), and construction errors and oversights cost millions extra in state and federal funding and caused the unfortunate death of one driver. But for anyone who remembers driving in pre-Big Dig Boston, it’s a long-time dream come true that has helped return a once great city to its former glory.

11. sampo Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 4:39 am

    If Willard is proud, then why does he mention it ONCE on his entire website:
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22big+dig%22+site%3Amittromney.com&btnG=Google+Search

    let’s see how many times he mentions health care:
    WOW 5,460 times!
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22health+care%22+site%3Amittromney.com&btnG=Google+Search

    how bout the olympics?
    399 times!
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22olympics%22+site%3Amittromney.com&btnG=Search

    Mitt started running from the big dig years ago and hasn’t looked back since.

12. alaska jake Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 4:55 am

    Actually Sampo what I said was he should be proud. Romney inherited a Big Dig project already running in deep trouble for many years under several governors when he himself became governor, and he did his best to stop the bleeding and get the project back on track and completed. He never ran from the Big Dig. On the contrary, he was the first governor to try to yank the project away from the political machine that managed to get its gready hands on the billions of dollars and bring the project nearly to a screeching halt. And he went after those responsible for the problems, only to have the Democrats in control get in his way.

    Look I’m a Romney fan, and I’m the fist to admit that he’s got a number of issues which can be legitimately debated by his opponants, but the Big Dig is definitely not one of them. Nice try, though.

13. sampo Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 5:00 am

    Then pass on that suggestion to Mitt. Who knows? Maybe you can bridge that rift between Mitt and yourself.

14. alaska jake Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 5:08 am

    I’m not sure I understand what rift you’re speaking about between Romney and myself. I thought I was pretty clear that I was a Romney supporter. What suggestion should I be passing on to him?

15. sampo Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 5:14 am

    You think Mitt should be proud of the big dig. By you opening sentence in post 12 it’s pretty obvious that you think Mitt disagrees. Perhaps you should tell Mitt he should write a book on the Big Dig like he did on the Olympics. On his site, he could also mention what a great job he did on it 400 more times like the Olympics. Or perhaps 5,000 more times like he did of health care.

    Oh, this is odd: Health Care is mentioned on his site 5000 times. And even though Romney is on record saying Mass Care is a “fabulous program” he only mentions it once by name on his site. Now THATS having it both ways!

16. alaska jake Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 5:21 am

    Well once again Sampo I have no idea what you’re talking about. I just spent two posts explaining why he was the best governor for that massive project and somehow you got from them that I think Romney isn’t proud? I guess I wasn’t clear, so let me rephrase:

    Former Governor Mitt Romney was a great governor of Massachusetts, specifically with regard to the Big Dig Project, for which he should be proud of himself, as I’m sure he is.

    Was that clear enough?

    You Romney haters amuse me.

17. sampo Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 5:40 am

    Will he write books about his great Big Dig leadership like he did about the olympics? Not in our lifetime.

18. alaska jake Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 5:48 am

    You’re right Sampo. He probably won’t write a book about the Big Dig. Hey, I bet he won’t write books about a lot of things he’s done. Hmmmmmmm. Thanks, Sampo, you’ve enlightened me and convinced me. I guess now I’ll vote for someone else.

    Thanks for making me laugh.

19. Swint Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 7:34 am

    I also noticed that the Mitt articles were all negative, I would’ve given it a pass today, except that nearly all of the Rudy stories seem positive for him. I chalk it all up to an anomaly today, but I hope this does not turn into a trend. One thing I love about $408 is that it is balanced. Let’s keep it that way.

20. Paul S Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 8:10 am

    Balanced? Thats a laugh. This site is a total joke as a “news” source. It is pure partisan blood sport.

21. Jason Bonham Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 9:37 am

    Aron,

    Perhaps you should note that the union leader article is written by a Guiliani supporter.

22. Colin Jones Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 3:36 pm

    http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTExNmE0MzY3YjBlYWEwZDkzOThkMWJiM2JmZGQ2NDE=

23. Colin Jones Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 3:43 pm

    http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/jpodhoretz/1684