Archive for the 'Elections' Category

Mrs. Bill Clinton

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 [...]

Media people again fail to do their job

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 [...]

They serve us and we deny them the right to vote

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 [...]

Reaching out to women voters

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 [...]

It’s “random thoughts” day

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 [...]

A little perspective on the Democrats’ Fox debate debacle

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 [...]

Get out there and vote . . . or, maybe not.

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 [...]

The Barbie candidate complains about pretend vandalism

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 [...]

It should be about issues, not embarrassments

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 [...]

Obama cliche alert

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 [...]

There goes the Jewish vote

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 [...]

Taking on Emperor Obama’s new clothes

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 [...]

Ann at her best

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 [...]

The resume

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 [...]

Conspiracies — it’s all in how you look at them

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 [...]

Whither (or, maybe, wither) the Jews?

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 [...]

Sportsmanship

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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Checkmate — the ugly Watergate legacy

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 [...]

And now for the good news

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 [...]

You shall know them by their bedfellows

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, [...]

Post mortem

Unsurprised.  Depressed.  Worried.  Regrouping.  Mad at those who cut off their noses to spite my face.  Will return to coherence later.

I voted!

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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Who are the blog visitors?

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 [...]

Vote, vote, vote!

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 [...]

Telemarketing politics

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, [...]