Kirsten Powers continues…
…to make vast strides towards becoming one of the few liberal talking heads who seem quite reasonable. She does not think highly of Obama’s Big Bird ad:
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The “Obama doesn’t want to win” meme
“Obama doesn’t really want to be president any more” is a popular explanation for his lackluster performance in the October 3 debate—one that, unlike some of the others, actually makes a certain amount of sense and doesn’t involve accusing Romney … Continue reading →
Obama’s illegal campaign contributions?
Breitbart.com calls it a bombshell. And it should be, it should be: …[T]he Obama.com website is not owned by the president’s campaign but rather by Obama bundler Robert Roche, a U.S. citizen living in Shanghai, China. Roche is the chairman … Continue reading →
Have Americans finally tired of the Obama narrative?
I’ve got a new article up at PJ. It’s all about the narrative, you know.
Continue reading →Could someone please explain to me…
…why it would be such a great achievement for Obama to be inaugurated as president under economic conditions he himself described as nearly akin to the Great Depression, then rack up unemployment figures that are even higher than that during … Continue reading →
Cognitive dissonance…
…is a bitch. In general, rather than resolve cognitive dissonance by changing one of the dissonant ideas (“Obama is a genius” plus “Obama looked like a stammering fool” means “Maybe Obama’s not such a genius after all”—or even worse, “Maybe … Continue reading →
Obama channels Lloyd Bentsen
Shorter Barack Obama: Governor, I served with Mitt Romney, I knew Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney was a friend of mine. Governor, you’re no Mitt Romney.
Continue reading →Oh, to have been a fly on the wall…
…at the The New Yorker deliberations where they discussed whether to run this cover or not:
Continue reading →Who does Obama answer to?
Elizabeth Scalia (The Anchoress) gets it almost right, IMHO: I think the Obama administration ”” the whole boiling of them, and Mrs. Pelosi, Mr. Reid and their posses and pals ”” have become so confident that a victory in this … Continue reading →
Obama: just too nice a guy
The spin from the Obama camp as reported by Politico is that Obama’s just too nice a guy for politics, too focused on the truth and too interested in getting it out to the American people. Some excerpts, some of … Continue reading →
Two kinds of shock
It occurs to me that last night’s debate was a shock to both left and right. The left was shocked because they had really believed Obama’s hype, and he fell so far below their expectations—although perhaps it would be more … Continue reading →
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Joe Klein—yes, that Joe Klein—had this to say in Time’s Swampland about last night’s debate: Well, I’m with all the other talking heads: Mitt Romney won this debate. Barack Obama lost it. I mean, he got his butt kicked. It … Continue reading →