unity with boston. that s a rarity. it is a rarity, right? i think folks have taken i think folks did make an effort to offer a very methodical level of communication from the white house. and i think that helped the situation. look, i think we forget how important a president is in stuff like these moments that bring americans together. we can get in the weeds and start nitpicking, but overall, you saw the president, cudos, reagan was good at this, bill clinton was i would argue up until this moment the master of the heal er in chief, he overcae bill clinton. speaking to values, speaking to exceptionalism and rallying around boston. i thought it was brilliant. the white house has been clumsy dealing with some of these issues as you said. him personally as president as healer in chief, he was
because the idea behind the choice, she may be nuts. i think she is nuts and you know something that is a question that is not answered yet. i give her cudos for raising the question. who raised the question. no one raised a question. because she has migraine headaches. she is accused of being nuts. you haven t talked to enough conservatives. they think she is off balance. chris matts said she looked dazed when she did the rebuttal. but jon stewart saying it is a cheap shot there is validity to tina brown s list. and conservatives are saying she is off. anybody i talk to. conservatives and i mention that as a extreme example. you can t sit there without smiling and think she came
and the people that need to pay that income tax rate were sitting right in front of him. wasn t this the place to make that case to them? that they will be investing in a better country by paying their fairer share of taxes? i think that was a mistake on the president s part. the president got a lot of cudos for mentioning he wasn t going to extend the bush tax cuts again, he did not do that here. this was a little of tell them what they want to hear and leave the other stuff out. that i think was a mistake. look, the business community has in the past been socially much more responsible than they are now. i totally agree with this inequality stuff. and it is not a left, right issue. the fact of the matter is when social inequality and wage inequality gets too large, you have social instability. we are in a position now where we are in trouble in this country. i wouldn t say we could be egypt next week, but people really are disillusioned by the government
and the people that need to pay that income tax rate were sitting right in front of him. wasn t this the place to make that case to them? that they will be investing in a better country by paying their fairer share of taxes? i think that was a mistake on the president s part. the president got a lot of cudos for mentioning he wasn t going to extend the bush tax cuts again, he did not do that here. this was a little of tell them what they want to hear and leave the other stuff out. that i think was a mistake. look, the business community has in the past been socially much more responsible than they are now. i totally agree with this inequality stuff. and it is not a left, right issue. the fact of the matter is when social inequality and wage inequality gets too large, you have social instability. we are in a position now where we are in trouble in this country. i wouldn t say we could be egypt next week, but people really are
administration despite the rhetoric of the candidacy has continued the tradition established by president obama. cudos to the administration for gaining a sense of the reality that we are deal width prisoners. i am sorry it took so long. miss to the hollywood academy for refusing to give oscar nomination to two profoundly and influential documentaries of the last year waiting for super man and the lottery. appalling state of the education under the teacher s unions and the hope of school choice. maybe this is not a surprise for the industry that is under the thumbs of unions and academy that uses nomination to score political points. but if you looked for a excuse to not watch the oscars there it is. i don t need an excuse. and going to karl kruger