Author Archives: David Scott Whinery Esquire
Whinery: Republican Convention Recap & Future President Alert
Having taken a few days to digest the results of the Republican Convention, I’ve come away with a somewhat jaded opinion of the whole thing… For starters, I only saw one President take the stage and it wasn’t Mitt Romney. … Continue reading
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Whinery: Republican Convention 2012, Night Two
Finally, some electricity from the convention floor last night… Not surprisingly it was led by none other than vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan. I take back everything bad I ever said about him! He’s managed to do the impossible, make Medicare … Continue reading
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Whinery: The Republican Convention 2012 – Day One
Suffering through the Republican Convention – so you don’t have to – here are a few observations on the first nights speeches… Ann Romney: The nominee’s wife gave a decent speech… She made some strides in “humanizing” Mr. Romney. Explaining … Continue reading
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Whinery: The Skinny on Kevin Yoder’s Nude Dip in Galilee Sea
Now for the non-story, story of the day – we have U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas skinny dipping “controversy’… During a non-taxpayer funded trip to Israel, in the Sea of Galilee- where Jesus performed most of his ministry- the fine … Continue reading
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Whinery: There is a (Missouri) Politician Dumber Than Joe Biden
And his name is Todd Akin – the Republican candidate for Senate in the Great State of Missouri and biggest political idiot the World has ever seen… See, Akin thinks that women have the magical ability to stop conception while … Continue reading
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Whinery: Paul Ryan for Veep, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Not really sure how I feel about this pick… Part of me wants to be really excited, while other parts are terrified and incredulous over the selection of Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate. THE GOOD– Ryan is young and … Continue reading
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Whinery: You Might be a Psychopath if…
Do you have REAL friends? Enjoy privacy? Do you not feel compelled to share your life on the Internet via Facebook? Then you might be a psychopath! According to recent media reports, an increasing number of employers and psychologists believe … Continue reading
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Whinery: The End of the World as We Know it Update
Where do I even start? The war in Syria is in full swing and I find myself once again thinking “pseudo-treasonous” thoughts by backing the Assad Regime. Almost every Arab country that’s gone down this path: Egypt, Iraq, Libya is … Continue reading
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Whinery: THE REPUBLICAN VEEPSTAKES
We’re about a 110 days out from the most important Presidential Election this Country has ever seen…
Against the dynamic personality of President Obama, the Republicans have settled for Mitt Romney as their nominee. Unfortunately, Romney’s not the most charismatic fellow. Which is why his choice of Vice-President is of utmost importance.
Here’s what I’m afraid of…
I like Mitt Romney, he’s a likeable guy – but there’s not much about him that gets people fired up to go to the polls. He’s also not handling criticism of his career at Bain Capital very well. He needs to realize he’s in a street fight against “Chicago Machine” politics and they don’t apologize for “unfair” attacks – or for anything else they do to win.
