Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Ann Coulter nails the real game playing and hypocrisy behind the Foley scandal, and it goes far beyond one warped man’s abuse of his own power. I’ll say again: I’m not excusing Foley. I’m just saying that this scandal is about politics and not about his conduct. And to the
Continue readingAs more facts and counterfacts dribble out regarding Mark Foley, I’m slowly getting a handle on a bigger picture. Here’s what I see: Foley was, until recently, a closeted gay. As of about a year ago, the Republican leadership knew that Foley had sent emails to pages. The emails were
Continue readingI’ve now watched two episodes of Aaron Sorkin’s new show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Well, to be completely honest, I sort of watched two episodes, sinced I slept through most of the second. The show has the usual Sorkin trademarks — incredibly rapid-fire dialogue, some of it clever;
Continue readingA few Harry Truman quotations: “A President cannot always be popular.” “A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment. ” “If you can’t stand the heat,
Continue readingDrudge this morning greeted me with the announcement that George Clooney has decided not to run. I think that’s a smart choice. I’ve amused myself in the past by running through a mental list of Hollywood types who have switched from movies to political office. Unless I’m missing something, it’s
Continue readingIf you’re Jewish, you need to read this Ed Lasky article. It has fact after fact describing increased Democratic hostility to Jews and Israel. What’s striking is that the hostility to Israel isn’t simply phrased in neutral terms of “it’s not good for America to support Israel,” something with which
Continue readingJonah Goldberg has a great point today, and one I think I touched upon about a year ago: it wouldn’t be a desperately bad thing if the Democrats were to win the House in 2006. I don’t think Americans, ultimately, will be that thrilled with Democratic rule, and it will
Continue readingI have just witnessed a single change in local voter demographics. My mother, who has always voted Democratic, says that she does not intend to vote for the Democrats any more. She is “disgusted” with them, since they seem ineffectual and have absolutely no plan about any of the woes
Continue readingOne of the most popular posts at WordPress today is musically entitled “America — F*** YOU.” It’s an interesting post in that it’s a microcosom of everything that’s ugly about today’s Left. This strain has always lived in the fringe Left, but it’s worth noting now, as these views move
Continue readingIf you don’t have the stomach to wade through the banal, silly comments at MoveOn.org in order to find the more sinister and distasteful anti-American, anti-Semitic comments that pepper that same site, take heart. Some brave bloggers have stepped forward to do it for you. Check out MoveOn.org, Please Move
Continue readingJimmy Carter has come in for his share of deserved bashing for the heinous interview he gave in Der Spiegel. Now, one of Jimmy Carter’s employees is in the limelight for a bit of racist talk himself: Civil rights leader Andrew Young, who was hired to help Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Continue readingThe past couple of days have seen two huge stories — Ned Lamont’s victory and the foiled terror plot in England — and I’ve had little to say about either. Part of it is that they managed to occur during a week when my plate is way too full anyway,
Continue readingEarly reports from Drudge are that Lamont (with a third of precincts reporting) is winning and McKinney (with a tenth of precincts reporting) is losing. McKinney’s probable loss is scarcely surprising because she had a viable opponent and was becoming too nutsy to be of any value to her constituents.
Continue readingYou remember the popular mean girl at high school, don’t you? Lots of people wanted to be in her ambit, but no one really liked her. I was irresistibly reminded of that iconic American high school figure when I read this article about Hillary polling in New Hampire (hat tip:
Continue readingAs I know because I spent the majority of my life on the Democratic side of the political divide, the conservatives still can’t shake the reputation as haters that they picked up during the 1950s, thanks to the John Birchers. Interestingly, the conservatives also got tangled in the reputation of
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