Did I miss…
…where Obama condemned this random act of random hostage-taking by random violent extremists?
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What can the Republican Congress do?
Let me begin by stating my point of view. I’m with commenter “Harold,” who writes: Not only should Republicans break the filibuster, they should break, bend, ignore every rule and tradition in the Senate. Republicans don’t seem to get that … Continue reading →
Obama vetoes Keystone
Of course he does. And he will have no hesitation to veto everything else the Republicans pass that doesn’t have the votes to override. And since the Democrats tend to hang tough, that will be just about everything the Republicans … Continue reading →
Obama and Iran: the shape of agreements to come
Scott Johnson at Powerline alerts readers to news on the current state of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, pointing to this AP article as well as this piece by David Horovitz at The Times of Israel. The AP … Continue reading →
Obama: taking the gloves off at last
Back in November of 2010 I made a prediction that frightened me: The American people are a generally genial and forgiving (not to say trusting) lot, predisposed to like [Obama], and by [2012] he may indeed have rehabilitated himself in … Continue reading →
So, does Obama love America?
[NOTE: More on this topic here.] I don’t think he loves it in any conventional sense. You don’t want to “fundamentally transform” something you love. Or do you? For example, a family can get together in an intervention to try … Continue reading →
The religious omission Obama hasn’t addressed
In all the uproar about Obama’s refusal to label terrorists of the Muslim faith as being terrorists of the Muslim faith, what’s gotten somewhat lost is Obama’s failure to explain why he won’t label their Christian victims as Christians, and … Continue reading →
Obama explains the strategy behind his refusal to say the terrorists are Islamic
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 →
The problem is not so much their words…
…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 →
ISIS declares war on Christianity, and Obama can’t even call their victims Christians
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 →
The history of Obama’s historical ignorance
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 →
It’s what Obama didn’t say
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 →