The Times…
…gives new meaning to its slogan, “All the news… that’s not yet fit to print.” Oops!
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Getting Obama and not getting Obama
I’ve been monitoring Peggy Noonan’s Obama journey over the years, from admiration to a sort of puzzled and regretful dislike. Noonan is interesting to me because she sometimes is so sharp and sometimes seems almost dull, and I think her … Continue reading →
Revisiting the second debate: Crowley and Obama vs. Romney
Commenter “Daniel in Brookline” writes about that seminal second debate of 2012, where Candy Crowley intervened to back up Obama’s claim that he had called the Benghazi attack “terrorism” in his Rose Garden speech the day after the attack had … Continue reading →
A look at Valerie Jarrett
From a lengthy article by Noam Scheiber in The New Republic: While aboard Air Force One at the end of the 2012 campaign, Jarrett turned to Obama and told him, “Mr. President, I don’t understand how you’re not getting eighty-five … Continue reading →
Sharyl Attkisson reveals CBS complicity in Obama Benghazi 2012 debate coverup—but of course, we already knew that
Sheryl Atkisson claims that, after the second 2012 presidential debate between Obama and Romney, where moderator Candy Crowley backed up Obama’s false assertion that he had called the Benghazi attack “terrorism” early on, CBS intentionally withheld an interview clip that … Continue reading →
The Times wonders whether Obama may replace some aides
It has come to the Times’ august and rarefied attention that: At a time when the Obama administration is lurching from crisis to crisis ”” a looming Cold War in Europe, a brutal Islamic caliphate in the Middle East and … Continue reading →
The case against Darren Wilson unravels
Leaks from the grand jury testimony indicate that Darren Wilson was probably well within his rights to shoot Michael Brown in self-defense. See this in the WaPo, of all places: …[M]ore than a half-dozen unnamed black witnesses have provided testimony … Continue reading →
Good Peggy Noonan article
Peggy Noonan drives me pretty crazy with her on-again-off-again insights. When she’s good, she’s very very good. But when she’s bad, she’s foggy. This is very good: A third component of public anxiety has to do with what normal people … Continue reading →
Correcting the record on the Iraq War: why it’s preaching to the choir
Gabriel Malor at Ace’s has written a post attempting to correct the NY Times‘ latest fable about the Iraq War, the lead-up to it, and what Bush’s argument for the commencement of the war was based on. Malor does an … Continue reading →
The Panetta interview with Bill O’Reilly
I watched most of the Panetta interview on the O’Reilly show last night. Panetta tried to pull his punches in the sense that he kept offering tepid excuses for Obama that didn’t sound as though even he was convinced of … Continue reading →
Stunning disloyalty
Dana Milbank writes an article parsing the recent spate of books by former Obama advisors (Gates, H. Clinton, and now Panetta) critical of his policies, especially his foreign policies. But in the entire piece he treats their motives as merely … Continue reading →
Obama’s Iraq
Peter Beinart’s piece in the Atlantic leads with the obligatory and customary condemnation of Bush, an attempt to make it clear that he’s not, repeat NOT, gone over to the Republican, pro-Bush dark side. Please don’t make that mistake: Yes, … Continue reading →