Tuesday, October 09, 2012

He said it

“You kind of expect your soldiers to go home at night and play Xbox and drink beer — which they do — but I’ve heard them talk about [the election] quite a bit,” the Army captain said. “They’re more dialed in than some might think.”

Military Times, "Military Times Poll: Romney bests Obama, 2-1," October 7, 2012.

Monday, October 08, 2012

On having Mitt Romney at Exit 13

Last Friday, I went with the girls to the Coal Country rally for Mitt Romney, and spotted my dad on the other side of the walkway. In this picture, my dad is taking a picture of Mitt Romney. Romney gave his standard stump speech, modified only to add emphasis on coal and to take out the reference to the unemployment rate as more than 8 per cent, on account of the new figures that came out that day.