The LuLac Edition #2186, September 6th, 2012

Former President Bill Clinton at Democratic Convention last night. 

CLINTON SCORES AGAIN 

Bill Clinton gave another barn burning speech last night for the re-election of the man who vanquished the Clinton dynasty. In his remarks before the Democratic Convention, Clinton touted the accomplishments of the presumed first term of President Obama. Here’s part of what Clinton said: We Democrats — we think the country works better with a strong middle class, with real opportunities for poor folks to work their way into it — (cheers, applause) — with a relentless focus on the future, with business and government actually working together to promote growth and broadly share prosperity. You see, we believe that “we’re all in this together” is a far better philosophy than “you’re on your own.” (Cheers, applause.) It is. So who’s right? (Cheers.) Well, since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats, 24. In those 52 years, our private economy has produced 66 million private sector jobs. So what’s the job score? Republicans, 24 million; Democrats, 42 (million). (Cheers, applause.) Now, there’s — (cheers, applause) — there’s a reason for this. It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics. (Cheers, applause.) Why? Because poverty, discrimination and ignorance restrict growth. (Cheers, applause.) When you stifle human potential, when you don’t invest in new ideas, it doesn’t just cut off the people who are affected; it hurts us all. (Cheers, applause.) We know that investments in education and infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase growth. They increase good jobs, and they create new wealth for all the rest of us. (Cheers, applause.) Now, there’s something I’ve noticed lately. You probably have too. And it’s this. Maybe just because I grew up in a different time, but though I often disagree with Republicans, I actually never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate our president and a lot of other Democrats. I — (cheers, applause) — that would be impossible for me because President Eisenhower sent federal troops to my home state to integrate Little Rock Central High School. (Cheers, applause.) President Eisenhower built the interstate highway system. When I was a governor, I worked with President Reagan and his White House on the first round of welfare reform and with President George H.W. Bush on national education goals. (Cheers, applause.) I’m actually very grateful to — if you saw from the film what I do today, I have to be grateful, and you should be, too — that President George W. Bush supported PEPFAR. It saved the lives of millions of people in poor countries. (Cheers, applause.) And I have been honored to work with both Presidents Bush on natural disasters in the aftermath of the South Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the horrible earthquake in Haiti. Through my foundation, both in America and around the world, I’m working all the time with Democrats, Republicans and independents. Sometimes I couldn’t tell you for the life who I’m working with because we focus on solving problems and seizing opportunities and not fighting all the time. (Cheers, applause.) And so here’s what I want to say to you, and here’s what I want the people at home to think about. When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation. (Cheers, applause.) What works in the real world is cooperation, business and government, foundations and universities. Ask the mayors who are here. (Cheers, applause.) Los Angeles is getting green and Chicago is getting an infrastructure bank because Republicans and Democrats are working together to get it. (Cheers, applause.) They didn’t check their brains at the door. They didn’t stop disagreeing, but their purpose was to get something done. Now, why is this true? Why does cooperation work better than constant conflict? Because nobody’s right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. (Cheers, applause.) And every one of us — every one of us and every one of them, we’re compelled to spend our fleeting lives between those two extremes, knowing we’re never going to be right all the time and hoping we’re right more than twice a day. (Laughter.) Unfortunately, the faction that now dominates the Republican Party doesn’t see it that way. They think government is always the enemy, they’re always right, and compromise is weakness. (Boos.) Just in the last couple of elections, they defeated two distinguished Republican senators because they dared to cooperate with Democrats on issues important to the future of the country, even national security 

THE BARTENDER AND THE MOP

I was dismayed today to hear the remarks of Democratic keynote speaker Julian Castro disparaged by right wing radio. Castro gave credit to his mother who he said mopped floors as a maintenance person in order for him to achieve. The radio people said that his playing that factor up was an insult to all people who use a mop. And yet last week when the GOP keynoter, Marco Rubio said that he was standing at the podium because his father stood as the banquet bartender in the back of the ballroom, they all went nuts. What is the difference? If anything the GOP should complain that Castro stole their idea. But that would entail actually listening to and understanding facts.

Matt Cartwright said on WILK yesterday that he wanted to meet Democrats who would help him hit the ground running if elected in November. Here is Cartwright with Representative Bruce Brailey from Iowa.

Normally seen on TV commercials and in Courtrooms, Attorney Marian Munley Cartwright is all smiles at the Democratic convention. 

CARTWRIGHT AT THE CONVENTION 

Last night we heard from San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, whose story reflects the President’s story and the American story. And we heard from First Lady Michelle Obama, who knows the President best and the values and experiences that drive him. Our convention is crystallizing the choice the American people face this election. It’s a choice between President Obama’s vision of moving America forward to an economy built to last with a strong middle class at its core, or Mitt Romney’s vision of going back to the same“top-down” economic policies that crashed our economy and punished the middle class. We’re hearing about the strong leadership the President has shown and the tough but often unpopular decisions he’s made to strengthen this country over the long term. And how those decisions have been rooted in fundamental American values: that hard work and responsibility should be rewarded, that everyone should play by the same rules and everyone has a fair shot and a fair shake. We’re hearing about the President’s constant fight for working and middle-class Americans and how he’s fought every day to rebuild an economy that’s meant to last – an economy built from the middle class out, not the top down. We’re doing what Mitt Romney failed to do: honestly and clearly laying out the President’s vision and plan to move America forward and restore the promise of middle-class security for all Americans. Finally, President Clinton will take the stage to talk about what the President has done to help the nation recover from the worst economic crisis ever handed a new president, and what he’s doing to create an economy built to last – one that’s built from the middle out, not the top down. Twenty years ago, President Clinton heard many of the same charges President Obama faces today, from a Republican Party who believed that if we gave tax cuts to the well-off and slashed Medicare and investments in our children and workers, prosperity would trickle down to the middle class. Fortunately, the country rejected that approach, and instead invested in education and innovation, paid down the deficit by asking the wealthy to pay their fair share, and laid the foundation for 23 million new jobs, historic small business expansion and a record surplus. It’s striking that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan want to go back to the policies that turned those Clinton surpluses into massive deficits, punished the middle class and crashed our economy.

WATCH PARTY TONIGHT 

Casey Evans invites all Democrats who would like to attend a Watch Party tonight to stop by Brews Brothers by the 8th Street Bridge. The watching and whatever else watchers do begin at 8PM. 

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 

MEDIA MATTERS 

ECTV

ECTV Live hosts Tom Munley and David DeCosmo will be remembering September 11th., 2001 on their next program. Their guest will be Patrick Devaney, a retired New York City Firefighter who was in the midst of the recovery operations after the terrorist attacks in 2001! ECTV Live can be seen on Comcast Ch19 each day at Noon and Midnight with selected showings at 6pm on selected days,

This blog editor and L.A. Tarone back together on Topic A. 

TOPIC A 

We return Friday night to Topic A on WYLN TV 35 with L.A. Tarone. WYLN TV is seen in Wilkes Barre on Service Electric Channel 7. The fun starts at 5PM for the "Ftiday On My Mind Edition".

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 

Join Shadoe Steele this week for another tremendous edition of Saturday Night Live At the Oldies”. You can hear the show on WILK AM and FM from 7PM to midnight with ABC News on the top of the hour. 

SUNDAY MAGAZINE 

This Week on Sunday Magazine...Brian Hughes speaks with Joe Leonardi about National Childhood Obesity Month during the month of September. And Brian speaks with Howard Grossman about the upcoming “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren” event sponsored by the NEPA Intergenerational Coalition, coming up Friday September 14th at Genetti’s in Wilkes Barre. Sunday Magazine, Sunday morning at 5am on Great Country 93.7, 5:30am on 97BHT, 6am on 97.9X, 6:25am on Magic 93 and 7am on True Oldies 590, WARM.  

PCN  

The Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) will provide LIVE gavel-to-gavel coverage of the state Supreme Court’s proceedings concerning the voter ID law and Pennsylvania’s latest legislative redistricting plan. LIVE coverage of the state’s highest court will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 13 in Philadelphia. The justices will hear oral arguments challenging the state’s voter ID law as well of those filed in response to the second state legislative redistricting plan that was approved in June. The state Supreme Court rejected the previous version of the redistricting plan in January. Recently a Commonwealth Court Judge upheld the voter ID law. Immediately following the conclusion of PCN’s LIVE coverage of the state Supreme Court’s session on the 13th, PCN will air a special LIVE PCN Call-In program about voter ID and redistricting. Viewers will be able to share their questions and comments on the topic by calling 1-877-PA6-5001 during the show. Guests on the program will include Michael Dimino of Widener University School of Law; Christopher Nicholas of the PA Business Council and Robert Jubelirer of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell and Hippel.

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