There’s been much reaction to Obama’s stated reasons for not tying the terrorists to the Muslim religion they so obviously espouse. Before I add mine, let’s look at the heart of his explanation/excuse: [ISIS and al Qaeda] try to portray … Continue reading →
…it’s their actions. Look, I’d love for all presidents and spokespeople to stop the claptrack and call the enemy what it is: vicious jihadi terrorists espousing a wing of Islam that is especially extreme. I don’t want that for merely … Continue reading →
Extremist Muslim terrorists shout their religion to the skies and cite chapter and verse—but to Obama, they have nothing to do with Islam. When they target Jews for slaughter in kosher grocery stores, Obama has some difficulty making the connection, … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting piece in Commentary by Seth Mandel on Obama’s ignorance of history. It’s part of the old “knave/fool” dilemma that’s been discussed so much already on this blog. Although the article emphasizes the “fool” aspect in regard to … Continue reading →
We’re very used to Obama denying that the Muslim religion has any connection with terrorism. But in the president’s interview with Matt Yglesias of Vox he also declined to state the obvious fact that in the Paris grocery attack the … Continue reading →
David Axelrod has made an admission in his new book: Barack Obama misled Americans for his own political benefit when he claimed in the 2008 election to oppose same sex marriage for religious reasons, his former political strategist David Axelrod … Continue reading →
Obama is preparing to veto the Keystone pipeline bill, issuing the first of what promises to be a blizzard of vetoes of legislation due to be passed by the current Congress. Never mind that the Keystone bill was bipartisan, passed … Continue reading →
I get weary when I read things like the text of President Obama’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast: And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the … Continue reading →
President Obama sees everything through the prism of race combined with whatever political advantage he can obtain from the use of race in his rhetoric. Thus, an early political utterance (June, 2008) emphasized his race and insinuated that his opponents … Continue reading →
We often talk about Obama’s approach to Iran, offering theories that run the gamut from “fool” to “knave” to various combinations of the two. Here’s an excellent article by Michael Doran in Mosaic that fleshes out the details of a … Continue reading →
One of the most disturbing things about the Obama administration’s reaction to the prospect of Netanyahu’s addressing Congress isn’t just the discord it reveals between Obama and Israel; that’s old, old news. For example, as early as May of 2009 … Continue reading →
Andrew J. McCarthy attempts to figure out why Obama is so very reluctant to call the Taliban terrorists. In his opinion, it seems to boil down to this: Obama wants you to believe that there is just a dizzying array … Continue reading →