You may have noticed…
…that today I’ve given in fully to my addiction. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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Alternate universe: Obama against D-Day
This is pretty funny: In a speech today presidential candidate Barack Obama maintained his steadfast disapproval of the D-Day landings of June 6th, 1944, despite the historical evidence of it as a smashing Allied victory over Nazi Germany. “Even knowing … Continue reading →
More indications that Obama thinks he’s already President
Here’s another fine quote, this one about Obama’s address in Berlin to mulitudes: “It is not going to be a political speech,” said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background. “When the president of the United … Continue reading →
He bows to nobody
Obama was arrogant to begin with, but it seems that the adulation he has gotten from the press and the public in his race towards anointment as Democratic Presidential nominee has driven him and his crew to new heights of … Continue reading →
Iraq, the surge, and Afghanistan: Obama’s mind is a difficult thing to change
Obama has long been trumpeting Afghanistan as the important front in this war, and so he has to keep on doing it. Going to Iraq and talking to Petraeus was a smokescreen; Obama knows much better than Petraeus what’s important. … Continue reading →
A twelve step program is needed…
…for those who can’t stop writing about Obama. I take
Continue reading →Obama’s Grand Tour
Obama’s trip abroad has the trappings of a coronation rather than a visit by a mere Presidential hopeful. And Obama knows it, treating the European media much as he’s treated our own: with disdain. After all, does the King need … Continue reading →
The Times says no equal time for McCain: his op-ed’s not the news that’s fit to print
Obama’s recent op-ed piece in the NY Times was pretty easy to skewer. And yet somehow the Times found it good enough to print. But the schoolmarms at the Grey Lady have rejected McCain’s return offering on the subject, saying … Continue reading →
Obama’s not your father’s Dukakis—and don’t you dare diss Michelle!
Remember one of the main agents of the downfall of Presidential nominee Mike Dukakis? It was his failure to respond with sufficient vigor to his wife Kitty’s rape-murder when posited as a hypothetical in one of the Presidential debates. Here’s … Continue reading →
Press worth more than fifteen points for Obama?
Query: If, as Evan Thomas of Newsweek said in a moment of unguarded candor: The media, I think, want [Democratic presidential candidate John F.] Kerry to win. And I think they’re going to portray Kerry and [running mate John] Edwards…as … Continue reading →
When trolls attack…
…and try to mess up the comments, perhaps I should take it as a compliment.
Continue reading →Obama and getting his facts straight
Will John McCain end up regretting his challenge to Obama to finally visit Iraq for himself? Obama’s trip is starting to resemble that of a rock star, with an entourage and a press corps the likes of which even the … Continue reading →