Bookworm on Nov 16 2007 | Filed under: Elections, Hillary Clinton, Presidential elections
John Hawkins has written a really scathing indictment of Hillary Clinton attacking, not her political positions, but the fact that she is doing nothing more than ride on Bill’s coattails, having no independent experience of her own that would justify making her President of the most powerful nation in the world during a time of [...]
Bookworm on Oct 29 2007 | Filed under: Elections, Media matters
Would it surprise any of you to learn that the media’s coverage of the President horse race accords more coverage, and more favorable coverage, to the Democratic candidates? It didn’t surprise me, but it’s still useful to see it in black and white:
Campaign coverage of the 2008 presidential election has been both biased and [...]
Bookworm on Sep 25 2007 | Filed under: Elections, Military
I was impressed by the temperate tone in this Stars and Stripes article, because I was just incensed when I read that our troops, who are putting their lives on the line for us, as a result of bureaucratic inefficiency, are being denied that most fundamental of all American rights, the right to the vote:
Overseas [...]
Bookworm on Aug 31 2007 | Filed under: Democrats, Elections, Presidential elections, Republicans, Women
In an inspired Wall Street Journal article, Kimberley Strassel points out that Republican candidates, at their peril, are ignoring women, while Democratic candidates, knowing that women voters are the statistical difference for them between success and failure, are wooing them aggressively. This wooing needed go well. Strassel explains that the Democrats are locked in the [...]
Bookworm on Aug 05 2007 | Filed under: Abortion, Anti-Semitism, Anti-war, Britain, Children, Elections, England, Europe, Israel, Judges, Judicial activism, Marriage, Media matters, Mitt Romney, Multiculturalism, Muslim violence, Presidential elections
I’m on another vacation, sitting in a cyber cafe, working at a small computer with a microscopic keyboard, so it must be random thoughts day. Thank goodness DQ is doing the heavy lifting.
The first thing that caught my interest is what Mitt said at the debate, which I really liked:
But it was Romney forced [...]
Bookworm on Mar 12 2007 | Filed under: Democrats, Elections, Presidential elections
Seraphic Secret gets to the heart of the insanity behind the Democrats’ decision to hide from Fox TV:
So let me get this straight. According to the Democrats, Israel is supposed to sit down and chat with Hamas, a terrorist gang dedicated to Israel’s annihilation.
According to the Democrats Israel is also supposed to sit down and [...]
Bookworm on Mar 10 2007 | Filed under: Elections, Presidential elections, Silly Stuff
I am, apparently, worthy of voting. I bet you, my regular readers, are too. But if you’re in doubt, take this test:
I have to admit to having slipped up on one question, but my excuse is that I’m not a very visual person, and photos are involved. It is worrisome that, of [...]
Bookworm on Mar 08 2007 | Filed under: Elections, Presidential elections, Silly Stuff
I know it’s unkind of me, but ever since I saw that video of John Edwards preening to improve his pretty-boy self, I think of him as a sort of Barbie doll — or, maybe, I should say a Ken doll. That’s why I found it exquisitely funny that this plastic candidate is complaining [...]
Bookworm on Mar 08 2007 | Filed under: Elections
Daniel Henninger has a really brilliant article about the fact that the focus of the Presidential primaries, on both sides of the political divide, is entirely wrong, with form (and the hunt for public humiliation) dominating when substance should matter:
The world beyond America’s borders isn’t dormant; it is a globalized world trembling with problems and [...]
Bookworm on Feb 20 2007 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Democrats, Elections, Media matters
As you know, I agree with Ann Coulter, who considers Obama a singularly uninspiring orator. She thinks he’s given a pass because he’s black. I think he’s given a pass because, in our inarticulate age, he’s able to string sentences together (something, sadly, that President Bush can’t do). Take, for example, Obama’s [...]
Bookworm on Feb 20 2007 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Democrats, Elections, Israel
John Edwards is clearly attempting to attract the European vote. It was Europeans after all, who opined in large numbers that Israel is the most dangerous nation in the world. In a clear effort to attract Europeans to the polls in 2008, Peter Bart’s column reports on this gem: “Perhaps the [...]
Bookworm on Feb 15 2007 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Elections
I am pathetically grateful to Ann Coulter for saying what’s been bugging me for some time: Obama may have charm (although it eludes me), but he is not a gifted orator. He is banal and pedantic, like most lawyers, included Harvard educated lawyers:
Only white guilt could explain the insanely hyperbolic descriptions of Obama’s [...]
Bookworm on Dec 07 2006 | Filed under: Crime and punishment, Democrats, Elections, War crimes
Ann Coulter can be too mean sometimes, and I think she undermines her points when she is. Sometimes, though, she’s right on the money, as she is in this article, some of which I quote here:
The “bipartisan” Iraq panel has recommended that Iran and Syria can help stabilize Iraq. You know, the way Germany [...]
Bookworm on Dec 04 2006 | Filed under: Democrats, Elections
Here’s the resume:
45 year old male.
Columbia University graduate
Worked with a Church-based group in a poor neighborhood.
Harvard Law School graduate, President of Harvard Law Review
Seven years in the Illinois State Senate, focusing on Earned Income Tax Credit, early childhood education programs, and videotaping confessions in capital crime case.
One year in the United States Senate, where he [...]
Bookworm on Nov 16 2006 | Filed under: Democrats, Elections
Last night, Mr. Bookworm pointed out to me that gasoline prices have started to rise again. “They fall right before an election and go back up again after. If that isn’t a Republican conspiracy, I don’t know what is.”
I told him that this is a regular annual cycle, with prices falling after Labor [...]
Bookworm on Nov 15 2006 | Filed under: Elections, Jews, Media matters
What were Jewish voters doing last Tuesday? To hear the MSM tout it, they were returning to the Democratic fold in droves, at least according to one exit poll. However, Richard Baehr rides to the rescue to say, “Not so fast, my fine MSM friends.” It turns out that the single exit [...]
Bookworm on Nov 09 2006 | Filed under: Democrats, Elections, Republicans
I know I’m neither the first to notice or comment, but I still feel compelled to point out that, when Dems lose an election, they claim Republicans cheated. When Republicans lose an election, they immediately try to figure out how to do better next time. It’s a very different mindset.
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Bookworm on Nov 09 2006 | Filed under: Bush Derangement Syndrome, Elections, Media matters
The movement is afoot — despite Pelosi’s claim that impeachment is not on the agenda, the rank and file is beginning to call for Bush’s impeachment (posts about this trend are here and here). It’s easy enough to lay the blame on Bush Derangement Syndrome, but I think the problem goes much deeper than [...]
Bookworm on Nov 08 2006 | Filed under: Elections
Despite the rout — and it is a rout — many conservative bloggers are finding reasons for cautious optimism. So, here’s my short round-up of why things aren’t so bad.
Patrick, with a gracious nod in my direction (thank you!), takes us to Arthur Brooks and Dean Barnett, both of whom see reason for celebration [...]
Bookworm on Nov 08 2006 | Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Elections
If nothing else confirmed me in my belief that I no longer have anything in common with the Democratic party, it’s the sounds of rejoicing from certain factions abroad. The political bedfellows cheering on the Democratic victory are a singularly distasteful, immoral, and dangerous group. Those who vocally supported the Democrats before the election included Hamas, [...]
Bookworm on Nov 08 2006 | Filed under: Elections
Unsurprised. Depressed. Worried. Regrouping. Mad at those who cut off their noses to spite my face. Will return to coherence later.
Bookworm on Nov 07 2006 | Filed under: Elections
I’ve earned the American version of a purple finger — although certainly without showing the bravery of this Iraqi woman whose picture became so famous in January 2005:
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Bookworm on Nov 07 2006 | Filed under: Blogs and Blogging, Elections
One of the nice things about having a bit more traffic is that people sometimes find me to deliver interesting information. I got an email today from someone who owns (manages?) a search engine called Compete.com, which also runs a blog about blog usage. As far as I can tell, their blog culls computer generated [...]
Bookworm on Nov 06 2006 | Filed under: Elections
Vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote! And in case I forgot to mention it, vote!
I’ll remind you of something Thomas Lifson pointed out months ago, and that I reiterated here: The silly season is over and people have suddenly stopped happily telling pollsters things that make Democrats happy. It’s serious season tomorrow, and people seem [...]
Bookworm on Nov 06 2006 | Filed under: Elections
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve received phone calls from Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton, among others. Very rudely, I’ve hung up the moment they identified themselves. After all, with a call beginning “Hi, this is Bill Clinton…” I must have been hanging up on a real person, right? Wrong, [...]
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