Change you can believe in
I doubt he caused this situation, but Obama, during his political tenure in Chicago and later in the Illinois Senate, manifestly didn’t fix it.
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Finally — an Obama joke
The New Yorker magazine highlighted the fact that there are no Obama jokes. For one thing, the candidate himself is too thin skinned to tolerate any humorous remarks about him. For another thing, because of a combination of Obama worship and the fear of being called a racist, the usual
Continue readingSleight of hand in the Obama campaign
Obama campaign is clearly a masterful example of the illusionist’s art. As you may recall, he managed to get the press to tout one of his rallies as one of the largest political rallies ever, although it subsequently emerged that it was mostly a big rock band event. He’s also
Continue readingFisking a political speech
All of us know that political speeches to special interest organizations — and this includes all political speeches, from both Left and Right — tend to rely on a certain amount of hyperbole to reach the chosen audience. Tom Elia, however, caught Obama piling on the hyperbole exceptionally high, to
Continue readingIt’s official: Obama doesn’t flip flop, he just does nuanced “rephrases” *UPDATED*’
For those of you who think Obama flip flops, your worries are over. Hendrik Hertzberg, who writes the political op-eds at The New Yorker, explains that you’re just blind to the gossamer nuances of Obama-speak, nuances that place him squarely in the ring with all prior politicians (emphasis mine): Winning
Continue readingThat New Yorker cover
I know that you’ve already read about, and probably seen, the New Yorker’s latest cover, the “parody” of “right wing” views about Mr. and Mrs. Barack Obama. I think Charles Johnson has the best summation of the New Yorker‘s thinking (along with a reproduction of the cover): The cover is
Continue readingThe benefit of a low, stable tax base
Democrats have one attitude towards taxes: raise ’em. The higher they are, they think, the more money that government will have to redistribute to those the Democrats deem worth. They never seem to grasp that low, stable taxes are infinitely more beneficial to the economy, in both boom times and
Continue readingWho do you trust, McCain or Obama?
TigerHawk has an interesting article on Andrew Sullivan’s comments about our recent successes in Iraq. The article includes this quote from Sullivan: Of course, this all makes Obama’s 16 month withdrawal timetable more and more feasible. It really now is a question of prudence and strategy in how best to withdraw
Continue readingSocialized medicine
I heard on Dennis Prager today a call from a British man who pointed out that, in the 10 years of Tony Blair’s socialism, every major institution in Britain declined. And the more the government meddled, the greater the decline. Today’s British papers offer yet another example: The dental portion
Continue readingPatriotism, pure and simple v. tortured
I have two wonderful things for you to read on the subject of patriotism. The first is from Zabrina, at Thought You’d Never Ask, in which she dispenses some words of wisdom to a child about to head off to college. The second is from Jonah Goldberg, who explains why
Continue readingSurreal logic *UPDATED*
I was pondering whether to post about Wesley Clark’s latest inanity, to the effect that McCain’s experience as a POW does not prove his leadership abilities. A conversation I had today with a beloved liberal (that would be my dear, dear mother) made me decide to do so. A lot
Continue readingThe anti-mensch
“Mensch” is a fairly unique Yiddish word, in that, in this single word, Jews have managed to encompass vast discourses on our fundamental humanity — or lack therefore. For those who know German, “mench” is a prosaic word that simply means person. For Jews, however, the notion of what it
Continue readingMust-hear podcast
If you haven’t already heard it, please listen to Dennis Prager’s June 26th interview with Dick Morris about Morris’ new book Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies … Are Scamming Us … and What to Do
Continue readingObama’s lies are catching up with him
I don’t need to tell you that Obama’s lies are catching up with him. What I wanted to point out is that others are catching up to the unique nature of Obama’s lies, something I blogged about here and here. My example is Ed Morrissey, who says neatly in one
Continue readingNot what you expect from NPR
From 1987 through 2003, I listened to NPR with religious fervor. It was my church. Everything I knew, I knew from NPR. In 2003, I discovered the internet and began following up on stories I heard on NPR. I learned for the first time that NPR had not only an
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