Obama’s nature
In yesterday’s thread about Joe Biden, the name of Barack Obama came up. There was a dispute in the comments about just how in charge Obama is right now, and also about how much in charge Obama was during his … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Obama
Rhetorical flourishes: remember when Obama named the opposition “the enemy”?
At the time, it was looked on as something rather scandalous. This headline at Reuters tries to turn it into a Republican attack on Obama: “Obama seeks to blunt Republican attack over comment.” An excerpt: President Barack Obama said on … Continue reading →
Trump dethrones Barack Obama in Gallup “most admired” poll
An interesting pairing: Americans are most likely to name President Donald Trump and Michelle Obama as most admired man and woman in 2020. Trump tied former President Barack Obama for the honor last year but edged out his predecessor this … Continue reading →
A look back at Obama’s plans for his post-presidency
If you have a mordant sense of humor, looking back at this piece makes for amusing reading – both for the fulsome fawning of its author Jeff Stein at Vox, and for the delicious irony of certain claims (that Trump’s … Continue reading →
It was always obvious that any first term of Biden would be Obama’s third
Last May, a recording was “leaked” (purposely, that is) of Obama on a call rallying the troops. In it, he said this: So I am hoping that all of you feel the same sense of urgency that I do. Whenever … Continue reading →
We’ve made so much progress between 2008 and 2020, haven’t we?
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, he felt he had to distance himself from Reverend Wright once some of the hateful content of Wright’s sermons came out. Obama knew the press would defend whatever Obama said on the … Continue reading →
Truth: “What Killed Michael Brown?”
“Why is it so hard to see the truth?” Because it contradicts the narrative. Because propaganda works. Because a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its boots on. I’ve cued up the … Continue reading →
What motivates Biden voters
I’m going to make some generalizations in this post, of course. But I know a lot of Biden voters, and I’m writing about what I’ve observed. As commenter “physicsguy” says: Every Biden voter I know is only motivated by the … Continue reading →
The fracking fracas during last night’s debate was a bizarro reversed version of 2012’s Candy Crowley incident
For a while in 2012 I became semi-obsessed with what Candy Crowley and Obama did to Romney during the second 2012 presidential debate. I analyzed it and posted about it several times. Here’s an excerpt: Note also Obama’s affect when … Continue reading →
“shipwreckedcrew” on Viktor Shokin, the Ukrainian prosecutor fired at Joe Biden’s behest
“shipwreckedcrew” is a pseudonymous attorney who often writes at RedState on legal matters, and I’ve generally found his work to be quite good and very thorough. This recent piece by shipwreckedcrew is at a site with which I wasn’t previously … Continue reading →
The full Crowley
Victor Davis Hanson has a new article (entitled “The Full Crowley”) that revisits the infamous debate in 2012 in which moderator Candy Crowley intervened on behalf of President Obama. It didn’t help her career at all, but it certainly helped … Continue reading →
Obama the divider
At John Lewis’ funeral Obama sowed division, both racially and otherwise. One of Obama’s statements was, “George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators.” But … Continue reading →