"And his wonderful family"

Does he think he needs to keep saying the word "family" to prove he likes families?  Or is he just reminding his followers that white, conservative families are the good families?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Eric Trump, All American

A very American assessment: They hate us for our freedoms.  They hate us because we great.

For the Republican Convention...Republican Values

Kid Rock, who will play at the GOP convention in Tampa and is the artist behind Mitt Romney's campaign song "Born Free," made an appearance at Paul Ryan's fundraiser here in Michigan Friday.
  Politico

Kid Rock:

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Yet Another Blackhawk Down

A US army helicopter, with four people believed to be on board, has crashed on a night mission in southwestern Afghanistan, a US defence official says.

[...]

Two US defence officials told the Associated Press news agency that four US troops were aboard the helicopter, identified as an Army Black Hawk, and one official said initial word from the scene was that officials "don't expect" that any of the four survived.

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While helicopter crashes occur with some regularity in Afghanistan, ISAF says they are rarely the result of Taliban fire.

  alJazeera

Of course not. Begging the question: what is causing “regular” helicopter crashes? If it's not Taliban fire, shouldn't we have fixed that problem?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Kee-Ryst

New GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich has signed a pledge from Iowa social conservative group The Family Leader that forbids committing adultery, according to the political blog The Iowa Republican.

  Raw Story

Why not? He already got his.

The pledge has already been signed by Texas Governor Rick Perry, Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) and Rick Santorum. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) have said they would not sign the pledge.

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Gingrich chose to sign today after initially declining to do so in August, when the text of the pledge claimed that African-American children were better off under slavery than they are today. That text has since been removed. He also vowed to uphold The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prohibits same-sex marriage.

I guess the Iowans think Newt might have a chance, and a promise is worth removing a public pronouncement about slave children.  They can still believe it. 

They are, I suppose, right there with him on the issue of putting today's children to work.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.