Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Presidents get photographed hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of time. Each photograph captures a mere moment. Some are flattering; some less so. Many, however, go on to become iconic. My generation, the 1970s generation, is deeply imprinted with this photo of Richard Nixon flashing the victory sign: Then there is
Continue readingI’ve now received five emails bringing to my attention a post at Hillbuzz, a blog that (as best as I can tell) is written by two gay Hillary supporters. (And thanks to all of you who did bring it to my attention.) What makes the post at Hillbuzz so unusual
Continue readingThere’ve been accusations and counter-accusations flying about Obama fiddling while Afghanistan burns. Cheney accuses him of being a do-nothing. Gibb claims Bush did nothing. Jake Tapper looked into the matter and discovered that, while Iraq was a priority, Bush indeed did little with troop requests, struggling to fill them, but
Continue readingPaul Krugman is shocked! shocked! (albeit not surprised) that Republicans are exhibiting a certain amount of Schadenfreude when it comes to the rebuff the IOC delivered to Barack Obama: So what did we learn from this moment? For one thing, we learned that the modern conservative movement, which dominates the
Continue readingI’ve been thinking a lot about responses to my post regarding the gal who is running for town council, the one who donated to Obama, and who nevertheless seems to be a fiscal conservative. I asked how she can live with the cognitive dissonance. Several of you pointed out, in
Continue readingI belong to a wonderful — indeed, scintillating — email group. Today, the group has been having a healthy debate about comparing Obama’s latest decision to talk directly to children (no parents necessary) to Hitler’s deliberate plan to wean a generation away from its parents and into the Nazi party.
Continue readingIt occurred to me that, two times in as many days, I’ve alluded to the first couple’s Messiah complex. Yesterday, I noted that Michelle and Barack are pretty sure that John 3:16 applies to their willingness to “give” Obama to the American people and, just a few hours ago I
Continue readingCharles Johnson, at Little Green Footballs, has been urging less heat on the Obama bow matter because, as he and Newt both point out, Bush bowed too. I agree with Johnson that hysteria on the subject is badly placed — although I think hysteria on any subject is badly placed.
Continue readingI’m no great fan of Jon Stewart’s almost nihilistic humor, but this one pretty much nailed it: The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Changefest ’09 – Obama’s Inaugural Speech Barack Obama Interview John McCain Interview Sarah Palin Video Funny Election Video
Continue readingI think I’m processing history wrong, and I need your help filling in the gaps. As you know, Obama invited Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration (a much better choice, I might add, than Wright would have been). Some in the gay community, however, are very
Continue readingAs you may recall, Obama simply couldn’t get around to visiting wounded troops during his whirlwind European tour. Many suspected that his unwillingness to make those visits was the fact that the cameras would have to stay outside the hospital doors. George Bush is a different kind of politician, that’s
Continue readingI’ve noticed an interesting trend in the comments to my Barack Obama posts lately whenever liberals wander by. I’ll put up a post pointing out something very specific we’ve learned about Obama, despite his rather thin resume. I might blog about his relationship with Rezko and the peculiar coincidences of
Continue readingThe story is amazing and the source — the normally anti-American Spiegel (a German magazine) — is equally amazing. According to this story, things in Baghdad are going really well, and the citizens have a renewed sense of well-being and purpose: There is an unexpected air of normalcy prevailing in
Continue readingThere is an absolutely staggering editorial in today’s Washington Post — it admits that, John Rockefeller’s “official” indictment to the contrary, Bush did not lie. If anything, Rockefeller, in his official Senate Intelligence Committee report is lying by reaching conclusions at odds with his own evidence: Search the Internet for
Continue readingYou all know Aesop’s class tale of the race between the tortoise and the hare: At the starting gate, the hare picks up so much speed that it soon vanishes completely, while the tortoise plods on behind. Within sight of the finish line, however, when the hare looks backwards and
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