Obama gets mad
This was either an exaggeration of what really happened, a strategically-orchestrated temper tantrum, or the beginning of the breakdown some people have expected from the brittle Obama from the start. I vote for #2.
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The Times—and the White House— tackle the story of his mother’s fight with insurance companies
[My previous post on Obama’s misrepresentations about his mother’s health insurance problems can be found here.] Perhaps the NY Times decided to cover this story because the author of the Ann Dunham biography is a former writer for the newspaper, … Continue reading →
Will Obama and his base kiss and make up?
I’ve noticed that Obama’s base has become pretty much fed up with him by now. Although the right (and I include myself here) thinks he’s far to the left, and that any conciliatory gestures he makes are just a pose … Continue reading →
Obama’s debt ceiling presser
Just now I happened to listen to President Obama’s press conference on the debt ceiling negotiations. He talked an unsurprising “each side must compromise” line and made himself out to be the great conciliator. I find the entire process at … Continue reading →
Fareed Zakaria says…
…there’s no Obama Doctrine. So I guess that—on her next test administered by the Charles Gibsons of the world—Sarah Palin would be getting a presidential “doctrine” question wrong again, because I think she’d answer that the Obama Doctrine is “coddling … Continue reading →
Obama and the jets
I didn’t watch President Obama’s press conference yesterday. But many of those who did noted his continuation of the class war that is one of his very favorite ploys, as well as his hypocrisy, and his discomfort at answering questions … Continue reading →
Are Jews getting wary of Obama?
Today’s Politico has an article that suggests that maybe, just maybe, many of Obama’s Jewish supporters are realizing that he’s not quite what they’d thought he’d be, at least on the subject of Israel. They’re getting into arguments about Obama … Continue reading →
James Taranto wonders what happened to the world’s greatest orator
James Taranto wants to know what happened to Obama, the world’s greatest orator. He concludes that the notion was always an empty myth, and that Obama never has convinced anyone of anything: …[I]f Obama is following popular sentiment, he certainly … Continue reading →
Don’t say I never post anything nice about Obama
This is the most relaxed, natural, and likable I’ve ever seen him. And perhaps the most effective, as well:
Continue reading →Obama does the Nixon thing in Afghanistan
Wednesday evening Obama is due to announce that he will start to withdraw the 30,000 extra “surge” troops from Afghanistan. This is not unexpected; what was surprising was that he sent them there in the first place. Public opinion is … Continue reading →
Libya, Obama, the lawyers, and the press
News is that President Obama rejected the counsel of the two topmost lawyers when he decided, against their advice, to forego Congress’s consent for the war action in Libya [emphasis mine]: President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at … Continue reading →
The left and Obama: is breaking up getting easier to do?
I’ve often described the left’s relationship with Obama as akin to romantic love. It’s been evident for quite some time (see this, for example) that the early flush of intense infatuation is over. But a more quiet and realistically cynical … Continue reading →