“Netenyahu would like to have an impact on who Americans elect as president. He’s endorsed Mitt Romney.” – Ellis Henican An Israeli official said the White House had refused Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu’s request to meet Obama when the Israeli leader visits the United States to attend the U.N. General Assembly, telling the Israelis “the president’s…
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“Keep the political pageantry short and sweet”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, September 9, 2012 The conventional wisdom is already in: Mitt Romney did well enough in Tampa, Fla., to remain competitive. Barack Obama delivered a solidly stirring acceptance speech, though Bill Clinton kinda stole the Charlotte, N.C., show. And pound for pound, the Dems put…
DetailsBill Clinton stood in front of the swooning crowd at the DNC and for 50 minutes there was love in the air. The hall was filled with frequent shouts of “We love you, Bill Clinton” – in fact, over on Twitter, even Republicans were feeling it. After Clinton’s almost flirtatious shout-out to the First Lady –…
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“A cut above low expectations”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, September 2, 2012 Oh, the gift of low expectations! May we all be so lucky as to have little expected from us. Here was Mitt Romney on the big stage in Tampa, delivering a perfectly fine acceptance speech. Reading smoothly. Applying volume and emotion at appropriate…
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“I think it’s going to take more than one speech remembering Mom fondly.” – Ellis Henican The Republican National Convention wrapped up with an acceptance speech from Mitt Romney. How did the GOP’s candidate do? Did he manage to appear more accessible? In two words, he was good enough…but, the bar was pretty low. The…
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“Bloomberg’s persistent call for gun control”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 26, 2012 “Once again, there’s an awful lot of guns out there.” Michael Bloomberg, one of the few politicians in America willing to speak frankly about gun violence, was raising the topic again. How could he not? A seething middle-aged man, fighting demons real…
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“Can home explosion be wake-up call?”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 19, 2012 Ron Fried said it best. “Plumbers need to be licensed — and as far as I know, water doesn’t explode.” Fried, a novelist and television producer with a new house in Greenport, was reacting to the news of a propane explosion that…
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“This election, groups PAC a dirty punch”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 12, 2012 We should all have our own super PACs, pseudo-independent hit men doing our dirty work while pretending to operate entirely on their own. “Really?” we could ask, feigning extravagant surprise. “Someone just berated my noisy neighbors? Someone just disciplined my unruly…
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Here’s a questions for all you budding politicians: What’s worse than not releasing your tax returns? Maybe the answer is releasing your tax returns. Harry Reid has been relentless in his attacks and taunts — successfully putting the GOP on the defense — asking why a presidential candidate wouldn’t voluntarilly release his federal tax…
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