…about Obama’s foreign policy in the midst of such pressing domestic issues. But John Bolton is here to remind us, and it’s not a pretty picture. [ADDENDUM: This should also be a big, big story, although health care reform seems … Continue reading →
Most people now recognize that Obama has been lying about a lot of things. But it’s often said that’s just business as usual for politicians, and that anyone who thinks otherwise is being naive. Blogger Richard Fernandez of Belmont Club, … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →So, is the breaking of Obama’s well-known and oft-repeated C-Span promise, and his concomitant refusal to address that fact, a function of his contempt for the American public? Is it his idea that the majority of Americans won’t notice or … Continue reading →
None. Good old Andrew Sullivan is on the case of those who saw this official White House photo of Obama as condescending and arrogant: Obama’s supporters see the pose as James Bondish—although I can’t see how that would eliminate arrogance; … Continue reading →
Krauthammer gets it, Obama doesn’t: Obama reassured the nation that this [Knickerbomber] “suspect” had been charged. Reassurance? The president should be saying: We have captured an enemy combatant — an illegal combatant under the laws of war: no uniform, direct … Continue reading →
Shelby Steele writes another impressive article about President Obama. In it, he offers the following analysis: Mr. Obama won the presidency by achieving a symbiotic bond with the American people: He would labor not to show himself, and Americans would … Continue reading →
President Obama has often been compared to Jimmy Carter. But lately it occurs to me that there’s a lot of resemblance to presidential candidate Mike Dukakis, who failed a basic emotional test in his response to a hypothetical asked during … Continue reading →
Funny stuff: White House Reveals Obama Is Bipolar, Has Entered Depressive Phase Or maybe not so funny after all. [Hat tip: commenter “ms”]
Continue reading →I found this pithy and trenchant description of the Obama administration at Ace’s: All the ethical integrity of the Clinton administration combined with the economic acumen of the Carter administration and rounded off with the domestic policy and war-fighting expertise … Continue reading →
Obama was always a fluid if vapid speechmaker, although his off-the-cuff statements featured a lot of hemming and hawing. But I’ve noticed something that seems new: hesitancy even when he speaks from a prepared text. Obama now seems to go … Continue reading →
The NY Times readership is really really angry—at Janet Napolitano. Take a look at the comments section for this article; here’s a typical sentiment, one of the more moderate of the bunch: On Sunday—even as a supporter of President Obama, … Continue reading →