Bryan Preston has been a leading conservative blogger and opinionator since founding his first blog in 2001. Bryan is a military veteran, worked for NASA, was a founding blogger and producer at Hot Air, was producer of the Laura Ingraham Show and, most recently before joining PJM, was Communications Director of the Republican Party of Texas.
Welcome to PJM, Bryan. I generally don’t care for articles that turn a slip of the tongue into a gotcha headline. If you’re aguring that it’s a Freudian slip, you need some backing details and argument.
One of the things Romney should do in his campaign is to address this issue of how a global economy HELPS people become “middle-classed,” and point out that governmental micromanagement of opportunity (ala Obama and Marxists in general) hurts both American and foreign opportunity. He should point out that Obama has it exactly backwards when he says the American economy needs a strong middle class to grow. NO! YOU CANNOT take it for granted that a middle class will be there, in order to provide a business engine or a market for goods or services. A middle class grows organically FROM a healthy economy. This means that the rules are the key, not the income of some set of people. The rules are the incentives that get people TRYING to move up and trying to succeed, and working hard and risking. The middle class is not to be assumed, or mandated and supported (ala Julia) as another victim contituency, as so many other Democratic constinuencies are. This means embracing the deregulation, embracing the profit motive and profits themselves. The government should rewarding success with lower tax rates, and it should applauding international companies that are based in the U.S. which help American consumers afford goods produced overseas, with the understanding that this will, eventually help a Chinese or Indian middle class to be able to afford more American foodstuffs or natural gas. Romney can wipe Obama on these issues, if he just has the courage to do so.
I think he really needs to dial back the China bashing crap. It didn’t really work all the well for Donald Trump, and it appeals only to a small populist protectionist subgroup. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for fair tariffs, etc. But this issue is too esoteric and not a winner, IMO.
“Welcome to PJM, Bryan.”? I believe Preston help found, or founded, the Tatler. It’s more like welcome, Mickey Reno.
Altitude sickness? I don’t see how that is possible. He’s certainly been high enough before.
Please excuse Him. The Wohn was only channeling Mitt Romney.
Everybody knows that, and saying otherwise is waacist or summting.
“Let’s export more jobs!” Okie dokie, BO, you go first.
Bryan’s being sarcastic about the Al Gore comment of why Obama sucked. But keep preaching Mr Reno
Preaching? Where did that come from? I made one reasonable critique, which still stands.
There are tons of good reasons for despising the performance of Obama as President. And I do, as I suspect you and Mr. Preston do, as well. But an innocent slip of the tongue by Obama (which is what this was, if you watch the video) isn’t one of them. That’s all I’m saying.
“Is the President suffering from altitude sickness?” Yes, it’s called “the Peter Principle.”