“Sycophants…”
“…and we all know how that works.” Yes we do, Chris. Yes we do. [Hat tip: Bryan Preston at PJ’s Tatler.]
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Could conservatives be the reality-based community?
That’s an idea that must deeply trouble the left. Here’s a summary of why these scandals are so potentially dangerous to that side: For five years, this president has been making the case that a growing and activist government has … Continue reading →
The war against the Tea Party
Whether or not Obama or the White House or anyone high in the Democratic pecking order winds up being directly implicated in the IRS scandal, their influence has been strong. From the very start of the Tea Party movement, it … Continue reading →
Just because you’re paranoid…
…it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you—at least once in a blue moon. That’s another frame liberals are using to deal with the multiple scandals that have suddenly broken simultaneously—especially the IRS overreach. This article is typical. The … Continue reading →
I guess…
…Obama’s half-brother’s foundation didn’t have the words “Tea Party” in the name.
Continue reading →Escaping from the house of horror
[NOTE: I wrote the following post last night. In it, I speculated on some of the conditions under which the three Cleveland captives had been held, and how that might have made it virtually impossible for them to escape. When … Continue reading →
Methinks…
…there’s some heavy-duty symbolism at work here: There was a crash landing Sunday at the Duluth International Airport, but it didn’t involve airplanes. Rather, it was two bald eagles, which were fighting in midair when they locked talons. In a … Continue reading →
Ariel Castro and the monsters among us
Jack Dunphy has a piece at PJ about Ariel Castro and how ordinary he must have seemed to his neighbors and acquaintances, and how it would have been very difficult to perceive the evil that lurked within. Although I understand … Continue reading →
Obama: nobody ever tells me anything
They say the president’s always the last to know. Actually, they don’t say that. But Obama seems to be saying that—and he wants us to believe him. Either way it’s an exceptionally weak response: it makes Obama look clueless, or … Continue reading →
Obama’s no good, horrible, very bad week
I have no idea whether the revelations of the last week or so will end up eroding Obama’s support in any way that matters. But I do know that they appear to have presented him with the worst set of … Continue reading →
Why was there no Benghazi rescue attempt?
I’ve been thinking that the very simplest explanation is that unless the administration was assured of success they weren’t going to try, because the last thing they wanted was a failed mission. And just when I was thinking of writing … Continue reading →
Republicans on a witch hunt…
…is the agreed-upon MSM frame. Obama has had a bad week, probably the worst of his entire presidency, and it threatens to get even worse if the investigations and revelations continue. The MSM’s nightmare right along has been that there … Continue reading →