Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
One of the more telling political moments the other day occurred when Chris Matthews asked Texas State Senator Kirk Watson, a prominent Obama supporter, to name Obama’s legislative accomplishments. Watson was tongue-tied. Although I’ll be the first to admit to brain freeze when put on the spot with questions like
Continue readingThis following observation about Obama, which takes as its starting point the increasing number of youth oriented videos lauding him, is correct. It’s made more interesting by the fact that it comes from a Clinton campaigner, Simon Woods, with the irony being that he doesn’t recognize that it’s the liberal
Continue readingBarack Obama, a political nobody in terms of experience, has been thrust to the highest echelons in a matter of months, with the White House realistically within his reach. This is every politician’s dream, it’s the Hollywood movie, but it may not be quite the perfect scenario that Obama and
Continue readingA friend sent me an email that I found fascinating on two levels. The first level was the email’s content, which describes all the huge positive strides occurring in Iraq that somehow never manage to get into the mainstream media: Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their Embassies
Continue readingI’ve got a project, and pretty much exhausted myself writing this morning’s post (too much thinking, dammit!), so I’ll just give you links to some stories that caught my eye today. 1. John Hawkin’s writes about five top conservative female bloggers and discusses how they face different challenges from their
Continue readingSomething I never imagined would happen did, in fact, happen: For the first time in his adult life, I feel very sorry for Prince Harry. (I say “adult life” because I felt sorry for him back in 1997 when his mother died in the world’s most publicized car accident and
Continue readingOne of the things that puts the Kumbi-ya crowd into an absolute frenzy is President Bush’s refusal to deal directly with murderous dictators. Forgetting the example set by Neville “Peace in Our Time” Chamberlain, this crowd is certain that, if they can just wrest a smile from someone evil, they’ll
Continue readingThe headline caught my eye — “Right wing plays Muslim card against Obama” — since it was such an obvious attempt to smear all conservatives as, not racists, but religious-ists. As you now, while a conservative radio host did make a speech in which he emphasized Obama’s actual, real, true
Continue readingSpengler, writing at Asia Times Online, has one of the more fascinating attacks I’ve seen on Barack Obama, and one that exposes some Obama history about which I was blissfully unaware. I knew that Michelle Obama, in her role as candidate’s wife, has forced herself to speak positively about America,
Continue readingRick Moran takes a look at Obama’s dream Supreme Court. Read Rick’s article, then make sure you vote for McCain.
Continue readingI’ve made no secret of the fact that I dislike the idea of a Barack Obama presidency. Perhaps in 10 years, when the man has had some seasoning, I might like him more. Right now, however, when I believe we’re engaged Norman Podhoretz’s World War IV, I find extremely unnerving
Continue readingHere it is, my first day back from a long-ish vacation, and I’m not finding any blogging inspiration in today’s news. Instead, it’s exactly the same stuff that was in the news when I left: unrest in Pakistan; Hillary’s free-fall; alleged campaign shenanigans from the Hillary camp aimed at the
Continue readingDaniel Henninger and Dean Barnett have both written absolute excellent articles about Obama’s rhetorical style, both its assets and its limitations. I think you’ll find them very interesting reading, because they both point to the grip his words have on those in his audience, the fact that his speeches are
Continue readingWhat do you do when the person who matches you in the external identity calculus — say, she’s a woman and you’re a woman — proves not to be the women’s champion you hoped? Even worse, what do you do when the person who is the champion you hoped, doesn’t
Continue readingObama is going to revitalize our economy by having more government control over the economy and by ending the Bush tax cuts for upper earners. increasing taxes on the middle class. If by “revitalize,” he really means “Carterize,” I guess he’s right. Otherwise, I have grave doubts about the wisdom
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