Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
In 1992, I watched the three way Vice-Presidential debate, pitting Al Gore, Dan Quayle and last-minute Perot pick Admiral James B. Stockdale. I saw 90 minutes during which Admiral Stockdale opened with two philosophical questions (“Who am I? Why am I here?”) that made him look befuddled, not thoughtful, and
Continue readingWould you be surprised to learn that both ABC and CBS coincidentally managed to edit out of their interviews with Palin those moments when she expressed moderate, hands-across-the-water foreign policy views? No. I wouldn’t be surprised either. Hat tip: The Anchoress
Continue readingI haven’t gotten up to speed yet this morning for blogging, but my fellow bloggers have, and they’ve already posted some good stuff. The Anchoress has noticed that, as the debates draw near, the MSM is working diligently to prepare the American audience . . . by lowering expectations. Obama,
Continue readingDr. Rusty Shackleford has been investigating the myriad smears that sprang into life instantly the moment Palin arrived on the political scene. The smears appeared to be the result of grass roots efforts from concerned citizens. Shackleford’s research shows that the opposite is true — that a PR firm has
Continue readingIt’s Saturday and I’m posting at McCain-Palin 2008. As always, since I think it’s a wonderful cooperative blog, I’d like to get more traffic headed its way and, therefore, I’m publishing the beginning of my post here in the hope that you finish reading the rest of it there: Biden
Continue readingMany years ago, courtesy of Turner Classic Movies (my favorite TV station), I watched The Farmer’s Daughter, a 1947 film starring Loretta Young and Joseph Cotten. Over the years, I’ve carried a strong memory of liking the movie a great deal, and no memory at all of the plot. So,
Continue readingThe media is struggling with difficult decisions. On the one hand, media members have to ask themselves if they should report about Sarah Palin’s tanning bed, the fact that she was interested in seeing her ex-brother-in-law lose his job after issuing death threats to her father and tasering her nephew,
Continue readingAlmost three years ago, Thomas Lifson wrote what I think is one of the most important political analyses I’ve ever read — and one that goes a long way to explaining the way in which American voters are slowly abandoning Obama and coalescing around the McCain ticket. Thomas believes that
Continue readingFor many years, I’ve thought that people confuse fairly neutral conduct with bad motives, resulting in false syllogisms. I first came to this conclusion after reading John McWhorter’s wonderful Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America. Although my memories are a bit hazy about the details of the book, I
Continue readingThe McCain campaign is giving substantive responses to the attacks the Obama campaign is leveling against it: TO: Interested Parties RE: Empty Words And Insults Cannot Cover A Weak Record DATE: September 15, 2008 Over the last few days, the Obama campaign has watched their poll numbers falter and decided
Continue readingThe very clever Lionel Libson (father of our own Joseph Libson, who sometimes comments here) came up with this great Photoshopped image (click on image for a larger version):
Continue readingIt turns out that Charles Gibson has two different interview modes. If you’re male, black and a Democrat, it’s very loving. If you’re female, white and a Republican, it’s condescending, aggressive, and dishonest. I know that from all the articles I’ve read about each interview. Now, the Anchoress reprints a
Continue readingOne of the things that’s been playing through my head lately is the distance between the liberal worldview and actual reality. The media arguments directed at Palin, especially those that deal with women’s issues, really highlighted that divide for me. Let’s begin with the way in which liberals distinguish themselves
Continue readingCharles Krauthammer wrote a nice article tracking Obama’s swift rise and (probably inevitable) decline. In the section dealing with Obama’s peak moments, Krauthammer compares him to Reagan — and explains why the two men and the public’s reaction to those two men are completely different. If you substitute Palin’s name
Continue readingWe all know that the turning point in the public mind for John Kerry’s candidacy was his famous “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it” when speaking of his ultimate vote against military appropriations for Afghanistan and Vietnam. Voters were left with the impression
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