Welcome to your Monday open thread. It’s Monday so you’re no doubt ready and raring to go! Right? Share your thoughts below.
Conservatives have weird obsessions. Especially with so-called “manliness.” I’ll spare my usual observation that you talk to most about that which you feel most insecure.
I think the hug lacked dignity. It did not send a message of American power and forcefulness. So I fret about the reaction around the world to this kind of fraternity-like emotionalism in full public view.
Why not just a dignified, stand-up, serious handshake? That’s what Reagan would have done. A strong handshake shows friendship, respect, and even affection. But a big fat hug seems to go over the line.
Perhaps I’m overreacting to this. But when it comes to the presidency and the behavior of our top leaders, I think the image we want to send at home and abroad is one of serious strength of purpose. Not some kind of collegiate squeeze. Somehow the Obama-Emanuel embrace seemed demeaning — to the presidency, to our officialdom, and to our strength of purpose.
Let us behold the horror:
I just don’t know how America can hold its head up high anymore. 🙄
Are the DNC’s September fundraising numbers more evidence of the closing of the “enthusiasm gap.” The DNC had a record-breaking haul in September.
The Democratic National Committee will report today that September was the committee’s best fundraising month of the election cycle, besting its previous high, in March, by a significant amount.
Brad Woodhouse, a spokesman for the DNC, said the organization plans to report raising more than $16 million last month; in March, the committee raised about $13.3 million.
Even better for the Democrats, most of that money came from the kind of contributors who fueled the Obama for President campaign in 2008: low-dollar donors who gave online or sent small checks in the mail.
I hope the enthusiasm gap is closing. The return of Republican rule could mean a disaster for our economy.