Went on Time to read the piece. I’m really not convinced that hardcore Republican voters will go back to Codeine #3 when they’ve had the Fentanyl of Trump and Trump is still around, in prison or not. Trump sees and treats all of the people who worked for him (including Ron) as his creatures and he is not wrong.
As for Pence... part of it is his actions on Jan. 6, but part of it is directly his doing. After 40-plus years of arguing he was the proper moral choice for voters, he spent four years as vice president arguing you didn’t need to have Christian morals to be president. He literally argued himself out of the presidency.
Hi Bob--tonight I was scrolling on my phone on a tram in Warsaw when I opened this Time headline on the Yahoo news feed. As you can imagine, I'm not too crazy about Haley...but I was delighted to see your name on the byline! Congrats!
With regard to the editing which you describe by a New York Times article, this reminded me of a story that Molly Ivins told about being fired by the same newspaper. She was sent to cover a huge chicken barbecue; when she filed a piece that described the event as a “gang pluck,” her fate with the Times was sealed and she was fired shortly thereafter.
It is flattering and you deserve the compliment. Question- this Substack stuff seems a bit like people agreeing with one another constantly. I tried to send a criticism to Art C about his attempt to explain Trump voters to the East Coast editors. But I could not because his column only accepts comments from subscribers. I’m only a $10/ month subscriber. Am I missing something about the process? Or is Substack meant only to bolster each other?
Your editor's comment, that you live a cliche, really sums up the incredible divides in our country, doesn't it!? The rural-urban, tech-everyone else divisions just keep becoming larger. And our "leaders" keep feeding them.
HI Bob. Interesting article about Haley. I must say I don't have much respect for her, given how she changes her positions whenever politically expedient. I'm not sure she stands for anything except herself.
At the photo stop, did you go left or right at that fork in the road of editing?
Went on Time to read the piece. I’m really not convinced that hardcore Republican voters will go back to Codeine #3 when they’ve had the Fentanyl of Trump and Trump is still around, in prison or not. Trump sees and treats all of the people who worked for him (including Ron) as his creatures and he is not wrong.
As for Pence... part of it is his actions on Jan. 6, but part of it is directly his doing. After 40-plus years of arguing he was the proper moral choice for voters, he spent four years as vice president arguing you didn’t need to have Christian morals to be president. He literally argued himself out of the presidency.
Keep up the good work.
Tucker Carlson? It could happen.
Trump won Iowa in 2020. Any reason to think he wouldn't do that in 2024? That's assuming he doesn't wind up in jail.
Come to think of it, that might help him. He's the Eugene Debs of our time.
I covered "Billy Jack" star Tom Laughlin (and many others) as an Iowa reporter assigned to the caucuses.
He had a "path" to the White House. He knew it was not an open path. I suspect that is true of Haley as well.
Fantastic column and live the piece that ended up on the cutting room floor. Vivid language. And yes people in NY think we live a cliché. So do they.
Hi Bob--tonight I was scrolling on my phone on a tram in Warsaw when I opened this Time headline on the Yahoo news feed. As you can imagine, I'm not too crazy about Haley...but I was delighted to see your name on the byline! Congrats!
With regard to the editing which you describe by a New York Times article, this reminded me of a story that Molly Ivins told about being fired by the same newspaper. She was sent to cover a huge chicken barbecue; when she filed a piece that described the event as a “gang pluck,” her fate with the Times was sealed and she was fired shortly thereafter.
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If nothing else, the “you live a cliche” line is thought provoking. I’ve been rolling g it around in my head for the last 15 minutes or so.
It is flattering and you deserve the compliment. Question- this Substack stuff seems a bit like people agreeing with one another constantly. I tried to send a criticism to Art C about his attempt to explain Trump voters to the East Coast editors. But I could not because his column only accepts comments from subscribers. I’m only a $10/ month subscriber. Am I missing something about the process? Or is Substack meant only to bolster each other?
Your editor's comment, that you live a cliche, really sums up the incredible divides in our country, doesn't it!? The rural-urban, tech-everyone else divisions just keep becoming larger. And our "leaders" keep feeding them.
Pence's religious faith is telling him he can't have it both ways which shows in his facial expressions.
HI Bob. Interesting article about Haley. I must say I don't have much respect for her, given how she changes her positions whenever politically expedient. I'm not sure she stands for anything except herself.