A losing combination—for America. Obama bows, disses his predecessor, and praises himself. So, what else is new? Read the whole thing. [ADDENDUM: In addition, by referring to himself as “America’s first Pacific pesident,” was Obama making a pun?]
Continue reading →Some entrepreneur in China has designed a hot little item just in time for Obama’s Asian tour. Feast your eyes: In case you can’t quite tell, let me explain that the T-shirt shows President Obama in the uniform of the … Continue reading →
The Obama justice department has made a very poor decision: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 planners are to be tried by the civilian criminal justice system in New York. They will be detained in federal prison in New … Continue reading →
Here’s my new PJ article about the ways in which Obama resembles a con artist. Let me count them.
Continue reading →Now comes the news that President Obama has rejected all “of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team.” Instead, he wants to clarify the exit strategy first, and turn over responsibility to an Afghan government that he … Continue reading →
Obama went to Berlin before his election, on a triumphant campaign tour. He had time to go to Copenhagen to plead for a Chicago Olympics. And he will make time for an extra-special Oslo jaunt in order to receive his … Continue reading →
In discussions on this blog and others about the Fort Hood shooting, quite a few people have noted Obama’s lack of appropriate affect in his remarks right afterwards, as well as in his introduction to those remarks (a light-hearted “shout … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’ll be adding comments as the night goes on.] So far McDonnell is projected the winner by a longshot in Virginia. New Jersey is unknown, and New York 23 likewise. Random observations: (1) I was watching CNN for a … Continue reading →
Too little, too late, many Independent and Republican voters who voted for Obama have woken up with a splitting headache: Pauline McAreavy voted for President Obama. From the moment she first saw him two years ago, she was smitten by … Continue reading →
Here’s a wonderful piece by Rich Lowry about Obama’s failure to visit Berlin for the anniversary of the fall of Communism. In it he calls the snub “the most telling nonevent of the Obama Presidency.” The excuse Obama has given—that … Continue reading →
The White House is now at war with the Edmunds.com car site, disputing its critique of Cash for Clunkers. Business Insider writes: Seriously, what’s the point of this? Clunkers is over. It just makes The White House look thin-skinned, though … Continue reading →
…while Obamalet dithers. From Spiegel: What the US military wants is clear. General Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Afghanistan, has called for up to 40,000 more troops… So far Obama has only made it clear that he doesn’t intend … Continue reading →