Rick Snyder left his debate weapons at home, allowing Virg Bernero to keep firing.
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Never Take a Knife to a Gunfight
October 24th, 2010 · 1 CommentTags: Winning The Day
Granholm Reflects on Palin Act
June 3rd, 2010 · No CommentsGranholm Reflects on Palin Act June 4, 2010 70 million and one viewers watched the V.P. debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin on October 2, 2008. That “one” had a huge vested interest as she watched intently from her Lansing home with her hubby and friends gathered around the tube. Periodically there were shouts: [...]
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Teacher Retirement Push Nothing to Brag About
April 22nd, 2010 · 4 CommentsTeacher Retirement Push Nothing to Brag About April 23, 2010 Next time you are out with a group of friends, ask each one to answer this question: “Who was the teacher who had the most influence on your life?” You will be surprised on two fronts: everyone will have an answer and won’t sit there [...]
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Campaign Arm-Wrestling
April 22nd, 2010 · No CommentsCampaign Arm-Wrestling by John Lindstrom Gongwer News Service April 23, 2010 In the fabled land of Klopstokia, the president was he, or she, who could out arm-wrestle everyone else. Cabinet meetings always began with the president, played by W.C. Fields in the picture Million Dollar Legs, outwrestling his cabinet members. It was a land of [...]
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Reinstitute Fairness Doctrine to Improve Public Debate
April 16th, 2010 · 8 CommentsReinstitute Fairness Doctrineto Improve Public Debate Guest Column by Robert Nelson April 16, 2010 Earlier this year, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow called for hearings on whether or not to reinstitute broadcasting’s Fairness Doctrine, or something similar to it, as a way to bring “accountability to the airwaves.” The doctrine, first adopted by the Federal Communications [...]
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Truth in Advertising
February 25th, 2010 · 4 CommentsTruth in Advertising by Tim Skubick February 26, 2010 When the Snyder for Guv guys were fact-checking their notorious Nerd commercial, they missed one huge error. The announcer claimed that business guy Snyder had a Ten-Point Plan that the typical career politician would not understand. Turns out, every politician will understand. That’s because much of [...]
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