Obama and leadership
For a long time, people said one of the problems with Obama was that he wasn’t a leader. But he is. The thing is, those people who said that were thinking about a different sort of leadership than he offers. … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Obama
From 2010: Obama’s irreversible damage
[NOTE: I first published this in March of 2010, over five years ago, in response to the question, “Has Obama does any irreversible damage so far?” I think it’s time to repeat it.] I believe the answer is “yes.” But … Continue reading →
Obama’s press conference: takes one to know one
You can watch it for me. I’m not into that much self-punishment. William Jacobson reports on it at Legal Insurrection. Obama is riding high, demonstrating most of his now-familiar techniques: impugning the motives of the opposition, saying they spread misinformation … Continue reading →
Selling Iran the rope
A quote from Lenin that’s been running through my head, post Iran deal: “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” Several commenters here have pointed out the ramifications of the Iran deal, particularly to … Continue reading →
Iran deal is reached
We knew it was coming. We’ve known it for a long, long time. So here it is (lots of articles and reactions at the link). These are my initial thoughts (I plan to write more a bit later in the … Continue reading →
Obama in a nutshell
In short: he’s a community organizer. Please read the whole thing. And in 2008 when Americans heard Obama describe himself that way, the vast majority didn’t understand that it meant the opposite of what it appears to mean. [ADDENDUM: Plus, … Continue reading →
Obama’s Iran deal
Evolving.
Continue reading →On the subject of the fast-track trade bill…
… otherwise known as Obamatrade, I trust Jeff Sessions far more than I would trust Ryan. Sessions claims: If, as promoters amazingly suggest, the President had more powers without fast-track, he would veto it. The authority granted in “Trade Promotion … Continue reading →
Obama does not ♥ Israel
John Podhoretz describes a new book written by Michael Oren: It’s called “Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide,” and I’m not sure that in the annals of diplomatic history there’s ever been anything quite like this astonishing account of … Continue reading →
“Is Obama trying to sway the Supreme Court?”…
…asks Atlantic writer Russell Berman: …[Obama’s] decision to champion his signature achievement in such pointed terms just weeks before the high court’s ruling is due raised the question of whether Obama was trying to jawbone the justices at the 11th … Continue reading →
The rising tide of anti-Semitism
A reader sent me a link to this article by Rich Cohen in Tablet Magazine about how the post-WWII golden age for acceptance of Jews in America is past: The horror of the Holocaust purchased us a 70-year vacation from … Continue reading →
I was thinking…
…how relatively quiet Obama has been lately in terms of news. For years and years there have been daily outrages from him, new initiatives or statements that have made the blood of all conservatives boil. Lately, not so much. It … Continue reading →