Obama refuses to negotiate…
…with Congressional Republicans. As though he ever did. But he knows the MSM will preserve the fiction of his constant amiable efforts to reach out. And what a vile piece of work Nancy Pelosi is.
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On the Republican civil war over defunding Obamacare
I haven’t yet written about the fight that’s been going on for quite some time between Senator Ted Cruz and the more (for want of a better word) “establishment” Republicans in Congress. I haven’t commented on it yet because it … Continue reading →
Poets of the right
British poet Philip Larkin (1922-1985) was a complicated man, like many poets. But unlike most of them these days, he was politically of the right, at least in some respects. Larkin wrote in forms, which is inherently conservative. But his … Continue reading →
DeLay wins his appeal…
…after some delays. (Some puns are simply irresistible.) The evidence in DeLay’s 2010 trial for money laundering to influence an election was ruled “legally insufficient to sustain DeLay’s convictions.” In other words, the case should never have been brought in … Continue reading →
Larry Summers is out for head of the Fed
Summers was forced to withdraw by a bunch of Democrats who didn’t like Obama’s pick. As far as I can see, there were three reasons for this: (1) Summers had been insufficiently in favor of financial regulation during the 90s. … Continue reading →
Apparently…
…we’re still bitterly clinging. At least for now. Note how the article ascribes the recent sinking of the fortunes of gun control advocates to the “creaky old” tactics of the NRA, not to the deeply-held belief of the American public … Continue reading →
Vindicating Romney
Read it and weep. Too little, too late, doesn’t matter any more. “I told you so” doesn’t work in history, unless people learn from their mistakes, which most do not.
Continue reading →Why did Obama change his mind about getting Congress’ approval on Syria?
The scuttlebutt is that Obama wants to get the members of Congress on the record as voting yeah or nay: His reasoning, according to officials who were in the room [when Obama explained his change of heart to his advisers … Continue reading →
Here’s an easy one to answer
“If Obama Bypasses Congress on Syria, Will He Face Consequences?” No. Next question?
Continue reading →“The Butler” and other Hollywood propaganda
The “Republicans are racist” propaganda program continues apace, along with other revisions of history. The Soviets would be so proud! Mona Charen writes: The latest entry appears to be “The Butler,” which misrepresents President Reagan…as, at best, insensitive to blacks, … Continue reading →
The left is afraid of Ted Cruz…
…and therefore has set out to destroy him. Cruz is their worst nightmare: a brainy and fearless conservative with impeccable intellectual Ivy League credentials and minority ethnicity to boot. But they feel fully up to the task of turning him … Continue reading →
Birtherism becomes respectable…
…if the candidate in question is on the right. No surprise there. [NOTE: I wrote about this issue long ago (although not of course in relation to Cruz), pointing out that similar questions were raised about John McCain when he … Continue reading →