http://www.bookwormroom.com She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Sat, 17 May 2008 01:08:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm beginning to think that incrementalism is one of the most dangerous things out there, whether it's the way Obama leaks out the truth about his big lies or the way in which the jihadists keep asking for little things from us -- no pigs, no dogs, no occupied territories.  ... http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/16/the-myth-of-the-occupied-territories/ Don Surber got to ride for a while on McCain's Straight Talk Express.  He blogs about it here.  It's an amusing read and it does give you more of a sense of McCain's personal charm (not to mention Surber's personal charm). On a more serious note, Harold Kildow looks at the ... http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/16/two-posts-for-you-one-fun-and-one-serious/ This came to me as an email, but I was able to find it as someone's post. http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/16/what-in-the-world-would-freud-say/ In two preceding post, I've talked about the studied incrementalism of Obama's lies (here and here). Obama is now taking a page out of the Hillary play book on lying and simply denying, outright, easily ascertainable truths. UPDATE:  And yet another blatant Obama lie -- although this one may be ... http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/16/lies/ One of the first things you learn as litigation defense counsel is that you will lose if you let the plaintiff control the case's message. It's easy to let this happen, because the plaintiff comes out of the gate like gangbusters, and the defendant finds himself, logically, in a ... http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/16/controlling-the-debate/ Danny Lemieux sent me a link to what must be one of the clearest statements ever written about the media fetish regarding Democratic candidates generally, and Obama specifically. The author is Gerard Baker, writing in the London Times. After describing media love affairs with presidential candidates from Kennedy ... http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/16/a-clear-view-of-obamania-from-overseas/ I would have missed this if Danny Lemieux hadn't sent it my way.  You'll want to watch it -- all two minutes. http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/16/obamatopia/ In a delightful post about how the parties choose their Presidential nominees, Patrick (the Paragraph Farmer) gives a perfect description of Barack Obama and why he may not be the savior people hope: Barack Obama has the top of the Democratic ticket all but sewn up, in spite of having spent ... http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/16/fine-phrasing-indeed/ I don't doubt that something unsavory will pop up about Matthis Chiroux, the media's latest conscientious objector poster boy, simply because something unsavory always seems to be lurking around these keys (not that the MSM lets its readers know). So that's not what interests me. What caught me ... http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/16/the-media-really-hates-the-military/ Cliff Thier talks about the far-reaching implications of the Court's (and the government's) "fundamental rights" language. The WSJ's editors take on the election ramifications of the decision -- a bit of unexpected, and undeserved, good luck for Republicans in a terribly managed campaign season. As was to be expected, National Review quickly ... http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/05/16/links-to-good-discussions-of-the-calif-supreme-court-decision/