August 2012 - Paul Stanley

CORPORATE WIFE? GIVE ME A BREAK

Below is an outstanding piece written by my friend Penny Nance, who heads up Concerned Women For America. It addresses Fox News correspondent Juan Williams comments about Ann Romney coming across as nothing more than a "corporate wife" during her speech at the Republican National Convention. No further introduction is needed since Penny sums it up so well. Maybe it's the fact that we just have too many professional commentators who simply must comment on every little detail at a moment's notice, but the comments by Fox News' Juan Williams following Ann Romney's speech yesterday were just not appropriate and, as a woman, I feel must not go unaddressed. I like Juan Williams as a commentator, he's a really nice guy, but I think he got this one wrong. Commenting on her performance, Williams said she looked, "like a corporate wife." A corporate wife? What in the world was he talking about? What could Ann Romney have done not to look like a "corporate wife?" Would a little less make up do it? Maybe if she would have worn her hair in a pony tail? I've got it. Maybe she could have worn jeans and a Planned Parenthood t-shirt. Would that have done it? [...]

By Paul Stanley|2012-08-31T10:24:40-05:00August 31st, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off

Did Labeling FRC a ‘Hate Group’ Prompt Shooter to Target Christian Nonprofit?

There has been much written about the unfortunate shooting Wednesday at the Family Research Council offices near the nations Capitol in Washington, D.C. The gunman, Floyd Corkins, entered the lobby with a bag that held about 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches and a 9mm handgun. Corkins shot FRC's building operations manger Leo Johnson in the arm. Johnson the subdued the shooter until the police arrived. Honestly, I don't know if I could have exercised that much patience if I had been shot. But Johnson's decision was the right one. I'm sure we'll get more details in the coming days but one remaining issue that warrants discussion is why the Southern Poverty Law Center classifies FRC as a "hate" group, along with the KKK and other neo-Nazi groups. Really - a "hate" group? Comparing FRC to a group that wants to exterminate non-whites is like comparing Billy Graham to Charles Manson. It is simply hard to wrap your mind around the similarities shared by the two. But one of the best op-ed's I've read on the issue is by one of The Washington Post's more liberal writers, Dana Milbank. Just as he makes the point that he doesn't see eye-to-eye with FRC's Christian [...]

By Paul Stanley|2012-08-16T22:23:39-05:00August 16th, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off

Biden Warns That Romney Will ‘Put You Back in Chains’

Speaking to an audience in Virginia on Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd of about 1,000 – half of whom appeared to be African American – that Republican Mitt Romney would unleash Wall Street and put people "in chains." The comment drew an immediate response from the Romney campaign, saying the comment was a "new low." Biden's comments came after he took a swipe at what he said would be Romney's policies during his first 100 days in office if he were to be elected in November. "[Romney] said in the first hundred days, he's going to let the big banks write their own rules – unchain Wall Street." Then the vice president offered an even greater prediction. "They're going to put y'all back in chains," said Biden. Romney spokesperson Andrea Saul jumped on the comments, referring to them as "slanderous" and demanding that President Obama confirm if he indeed supports the vice president's remarks. "After weeks of slanderous and baseless accusations leveled against Governor Romney, the Obama campaign has reached a new low," Saul said in a statement. "The comments made by the Vice President of the United States are not acceptable in our political discourse and [...]

By Paul Stanley|2012-08-14T16:54:37-05:00August 14th, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off

The ‘Budget Wonk’ Next Door: Meet Paul Ryan

Mitt Romney's selection of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his GOP running mate on Saturday gave voters a brief glimpse to the 42-year-old, seven-term public servant. Ryan's focus on the nation's fiscal issues have earned him the reputation as a "budget wonk," as someone who spends an inordinate amount of time crunching numbers in an effort to reduce the nation's deficit. Here are a few more things you might not know about him. Ryan grew up in Janesville, Wis., where he currently resides with his wife Janna and their three children. The youngest of four children, his idealistic childhood suddenly changed in 1986, when he found his father dead of a heart attack. It was at this point he decided to help support the family by taking a part-time job at McDonald's. "I stayed in the back because the manager didn't think I had the social skills to work the counter," recalled Ryan in previous comments about his first job. His brother Tobin told The New York times that it was about this time his younger sibling's political views began to take shape. "Some of his political views did begin to coalesce around the time of my father's passing." His [...]

By Paul Stanley|2012-08-14T08:15:02-05:00August 14th, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off

Chick-fil-A Protest Is Not About Gay Marriage, It’s an Effort to Destroy the Church

REMINDER: Wednesday, August 1 is Eat at Chick-fil-A Day As a journalist I’ve written three stories within the past week about the controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A (CP has written a total of 18 in 8 days) that began with comments made by the company’s president, Dan Cathy regarding his company’s belief in traditional marriage. Yet one thing Christians must keep in mind is that calls to boycott Chick-fil-A over the company's commitment to support pro-family values is not simply a protest over same-sex marriage. It is a protest to silence Christians and the Church. In case you need a refresher on the chronology of events surrounding the most recent Chick-fil-A sage, here is a brief recap of what has taken place over the past few weeks: • In a July 2 story published by Biblical Recorder and later reposted by Baptist Press, Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy asserts his support for traditional marriage by saying the company was "guilty as charged" when asked about the opposition his company was facing for supporting traditional marriage. • Actor Ed Helms and leading gay rights activists express outrage over Cathy's comment and suggest yet another boycott of the company's products. • Soon after Cathy’s comments [...]

By Paul Stanley|2012-08-01T08:56:41-05:00August 1st, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off