My oh my: Obama really doesn’t like, admire or even grudgingly respect Romney. It’s a level of contempt, say aides, he doesn’t even feel for the conservative, combative House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the Hill Republican he disliked the most. … Continue reading →
…that we will have Joe Biden to kick around some more. I don’t think that was ever in doubt. In this particular case, I think Obama is telling the truth when he says he has no intention of getting rid … Continue reading →
Ever since Romney picked Paul Ryan as his VP, there’s been an awful lot of even-stranger-than-usual stuff coming from the mouths/pens/computers of Democrats. One of the oddest is a column by Maureen Dowd, which basically says that Ryan shouldn’t look … Continue reading →
…we cannot lead the world in the 20th century in making automobiles?” asks Joe Biden. Nowhere, Joe, nowhere—because history tells us that we did do just that. Only problem is, it’s the 21st century now. I actually have some sympathy … Continue reading →
There’s that word again, fair: Chris Rock would like the presidential race to be more “like a real fight.” “I wish we didn’t have to stoop to this level. I wish they made it like a real fight. I mean, … Continue reading →
Anyone who studies history and humanity knows about the technique of the Big Lie. The summary version of the idea of the Big Lie is that propaganda works, and truth has little to do with its efficacy. In fact, the … Continue reading →
Now that Reid has escalated the attacks on Romney for not releasing a decade of his past tax returns, the issue of Obama’s secrecy about his Columbia years has resurfaced. The cry is: “Want Mitt to release his tax returns? … Continue reading →
I’ve been one of many people who have long said that in an Obama second term, unconstrained by the need for re-election, Obama would be free to undertake the more radical parts of his agenda. And it won’t really matter … Continue reading →
Ted Cruz and Barack Obama: compare and contrast. They are both the children of mixed-race (if you count Cuban or Hispanic as a race) couples, although Cruz’s parents stayed together and Obama’s did not. Assuming Cruz wins election to the … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Drew M. at Ace’s.] Jonathan Chait offers a couple of howlers in his piece at NY Magazine, beginning with the beginning: Mitt Romney’s plan of blatantly lying about President Obama’s “you didn’t build that” speech is clearly drawing … Continue reading →
…a deer in the headlights. But a very smooth and audacious deer in the headlights who tells us “who are you going to believe, me and my shills in the MSM or your lying ears?” The problem is, of course, … Continue reading →
I don’t know why Howard Portnoy, who wrote this piece at Hot Air, is so negative about Romney’s forthcoming trip to Europe. I think it sounds smart, with Romney both imitating Obama (visiting Europe and the Middle East as a … Continue reading →