Part of this humorous rant by Rush Limbaugh is thick sarcasm, and part of it is a straightforward acknowledgement of a new realization he’s come to about Obama. I hardly ever listen to talk shows, and so I’m quite unfamiliar … Continue reading →
…it’s reported that President Obama’s State of the Union speech will be “aggressive” rather than offering “an olive branch” to Congress. Why, I’ll be gobsmacked! Quelle surprise! Who wouldda thunk it? Finally, finally, he’s taking the gloves off. Politico writer … Continue reading →
It’s the hypocrisy, stupid. But hypocrisy has always been one of Obama’s most salient characteristics. It’s certainly not a rare commodity in politicians, but Bookworm is absolutely right that he combines self-sanctifying egocentric moral preening with the most blatant hypocrisy—a … Continue reading →
…with this entire essay. Unfortunately. Because I wish it weren’t true.
Continue reading →…but that’s actually good, according to Alan B. Krueger, the White House Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. Or something like that. And then there’s the news that, under Obamacare, the “bronze” plan for a family would cost about … Continue reading →
Earlier today I praised Fox’s Kirsten Powers for her hard-hitting comments about Kroft’s fawning Obama/Clinton interview on “60 Minutes.” But I want to point out something even more important that she’s said today. Remember that Powers is a liberal, which … Continue reading →
Here it is again, the press’s big slobbering love affair with Obama. The phenomenon has been discussed right into the ground, here and elsewhere, and analyzed almost to death (“Obama is not just the white liberals’ perfect dream of a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I thought this post, first published here in November of 2010, could bear repeating. I had forgotten the Jarrett quote with which it begins. But on looking at it again, it seems even more chilling than ever—and it was … Continue reading →
This recent comment by “Snackeater” (fine moniker, by the way) brought up an interesting angle on Obama and his supporters: I’ve always thought that subconsciously, Liberals are racists. Not that they hate people of other races ”“ quite the contrary … Continue reading →
…that’s been burning up the blogosphere ever since the inauguration (even though I’ve somehow, with almost superhuman strength, managed to avoid writing about it till now). The answer? A smoking joke, combined with a hen-pecked husband joke (hmmm; “hen-pecked” can’t … Continue reading →
The more I think about Hillary Clinton’s question yesterday—“what difference does it make?”—the more important it becomes; a sort of leitmotif, not only for this administration, but for our times in general. For the moment, let’s not talk about Benghazi … Continue reading →
And what’s this “reality” of which we speak? It appears to be the “reality” that he has no intention of acting on those “lofty ideals” right now because not everybody agrees with him. I guess today isn’t the moment when … Continue reading →