Presidents are civilians, but they are also Commanders-in-Chief. Generals advise them in times of war, but there is an inherent conflict present in the relationship. The buck stops on the president’s desk. But especially when he has no military experience … Continue reading →
One of Krauthammer’s best.
Continue reading →It’s official: Rio in 2016 for the Olympic Games. When I first heard the news that President Obama was flying to Copenhagen to plead that Chicago be tapped as the venue for the 2016 Summer Games, I was flabbergasted. Despite … Continue reading →
Here’s one of the many differences between Obama and Reagan, both considered effective orators. In Reagans’ farewell speech he said: And in all of that time I won a nickname, “The Great Communicator.” But I never thought it was my … Continue reading →
With all the news swirling around lately it seems that Obama’s approach to the financial crisis, a topic that was the main focus of the early months of his presidency, has gone on the back burner. But as his more … Continue reading →
I’m not a Hillary Clinton fan. But I must say she has surprised me with the depth of her subservience to the Obama foreign policy vision, and her ability to compromise whatever integrity she might have had left as she … Continue reading →
Watch this; it’s spooky-scary. Obama’s fixed smile is described thusly (the nearly-fixed head position, which in my opinon is even more revealing, is not specifically mentioned): Ladies and gentlemen, your President is a robot. Or a wax sculpture. Maybe a … Continue reading →
Obama has an interesting take on the idea of victory. Watch (and by the way, kudos to the journalist asking the question): To hear this question and then go immediately to a sports metaphor is surpassingly strange, and deeply revealing … Continue reading →
A man, no plan, a war, Afghanistan. That may not be a proper palindrome, but it describes the relation between President Obama and the Afghan War: According to McClatchy, some members of McChrystal’s staff said they don’t understand why Obama … Continue reading →
Back during the campaign, Obama was fond of saying things like this during speeches, to thunderous applause, “Last point, Guantanamo. That’s easy. Close down Guantanamo.” Like so many things Obama thought in his pre-election arrogance, it hasn’t turned out quite … Continue reading →
…to thinking your politician’s got a secret strategy that’s smart, instead of all the dumb things he’s actually said and done, then you’re in trouble. Note, also, the many disappointed and frustrated Obamaphile commenters who take heart from the same … Continue reading →
And here we thought Obama was going to make the Europeans love us again—for the first time since VE day, which was a temporary anomaly anyway. But no; French President Sarkozy is clearly alarmed at what he hears from the … Continue reading →