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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Have National Politics Urbanized?
For those of us not living in the concentrated sprawl of the coastal and Midwestern metropoli, it is often extremely perplexing how urban Democratic mayors in places like Chicago and Philadelphia can compile lengthy and embarrassing records of incompetent and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Chicago, cities, community outreach, congress Detroitification, Democrats, demographics, Detroit, economic policy, fiscal policy, foreign policy, infrastructure, mayors, Midwest, Obama, Philadelphia, political demography, poll, polls, popoularity., Rasmussen, Republicans, stimulus, United States, urban, urban concentration, urban renewal, urbanization
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Chicago Tea Party
Rick Santelli just went off on Obama’s housing proposal live on CNBC from the commodities trading floor in Chicago. It’s now the headline on Drudge: VIDEO: ‘The government is promoting bad behavior… do we really want to subsidize the losers’ … Continue reading →
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Economics, housing, Investing, regulation, taxes
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Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Barack Obama, Chicago, John Galt, mortgage crisis, revolt
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Abrogation of the Soul
Somewhat tortuously, the State Department has congratulated the victory of Hugo Chavez’s referendum to revoke term limits on his rule as a victory for participatory democracy, while faintly recommending a new respect for multiparty pluralism. Consider for a moment if … Continue reading →
Bring Back Welfare, Please
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics there are 11.6 million unemployed persons in the United States today. Meanwhile, the current estimate of the total cost of the spending package passed to alleviate this distress is $827 billion. President Obama … Continue reading →
Tracking Obama’s Campaign Promises
Here’s a site to add to your bookmarks and check every once in awhile. It’s a site called PolitiTruth.com set up by the St. Petersburg Times to keep track of all 510 of might as well call him President now … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, campaign promises
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Rejecting Hamas
Here’s a bit of good news from earlier. As you may have seen, reports have been swirling about a plan by Obama to open direct talks with Hamas. Those reports are evidently groundless, as a statement from Brooke Anderson was … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Brooke Anderson, diplomacy, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Terrorism
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The Rise of Decline
You know you’re in an American recession when British observers start reflecting on the inevitability of American decline, and volunteering their allegedly privileged perspective gained from the fall of the British Empire (Mark Steyn, as always, excepted). So it is … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, History
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Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 1987, American decline, American power, Americans, Barack Obama, British Empire, Declinism, foreign policy, futurism, hegemony, London Times, Matthew Parris, Obama, Paul Kennedy, recession, retirement home, Richard Nixon, Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Soviet Union, United States
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Implications of the Pletka Purge
Roland picks up an interesting piece by Jacob Heilbrunn for the National Interest, describing an ongoing purge of neoconservative intellectuals from the American Enterprise Institute, allegedly instigated by Vice President Danielle Pletka. So far Michael Ledeen and Reuel Marc Gerecht … Continue reading →
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Military Matters
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Tagged 1990s, 2004, AEI, AEI purge, American Enterprise Institute, anti-semitism, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, conflict resolution, constitutional democracy, cynicism, Danielle Pletka, democracy, diplomacy, Edward Shirley, Egypt, foreign policy, geostrategy, idealism, intellectuals, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jacob Heilbrunn, Joshua Muravchik, just war doctrine, M1 Abrams, machtpolitik, Michael Ledeen, Middle East, military, Muslim, neocons, neoconservatism, neoconservative, November, October, Pletka, Pletka Purge, purge, realism, realpolitiker, Republican establishment, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Richard Nixon, rogue states, Saudi Arabia, security policy, tanks, The National Interest, United States
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The Silent Man
If Rahm Emmanuel falls, it’s “what did the president-elect know, and when did he know it” time. You cannot get any closer to Obama. An ugly business.
Our Government’s Economic Policy Explained
By Fred Thompson. With only the most minor quibbles I not only laughed, but cried. Pretty much dead on: The sad thing is that it isn’t only “liberal” economists, it is the meat of the profession and plenty of so … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Humor, Lance's Page
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Tagged Barack Obama, debt, Economics, federal spending, fiscal stimulus, Fred Thompson
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A Separate Cause on Gitmo
In commenting on Barack Obama’s renewed pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, Con Coughlin observes that most of the assembled army of Al Qaeda jihadists currently confined there would likely be released for lack of evidence, if the … Continue reading →
Posted in Foreign affairs
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Tagged 9/11, al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Con Coughlin, Coughlin, court system, cynicism, Daily Telegraph, Europe, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, jihadists, President Obama, security risks, Terrorism, terrorists, trial, Western Europe
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Editing Obama
Pretty neat video visualization of edits to the Barack Obama Wikipedia entry from 2005 to election day.
Posted in Around the Web
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Tagged 2005, Barack Obama, election day, video, vimeo, visualization, wikipedia
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California on the Drina
You may have noticed there’s an ugly and unfortunate current developing in some of the protests against Proposition 8 in California. Namely white gays, blaming blacks for its passage. Even Andrew Sullivan, who has been blaming blacks for a couple … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Race
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Tagged Abercrombie, Andrew Sullivan, balkanization, Balkans, Barack Obama, black church, black community, Bosnians, California, Christianity, civil rights, Compton, conservative, Croats, Democrats, Drina River, friends and enemies, gay, gay marriage, gay rights, Jasmyne Cannick, Klansmen, Leimert Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Mark Steyn, Oregon, Proposition 8, religion, Serbs, Slovenia, Slovenians, social conservatism, social justice, South L.A., Tito, Watts, West Hollywood, Westwood, white gays
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Blaming Obama for the Market
Ben Armbruster at ThinkProgress is upset Fred Barnes and Dick Morris are blaming Obama for the post-election declines in the stock market. Armbruster’s case is a little defensive and misjudged (he cites the New York Times’ opinion, as if that … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Investing
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Tagged Armbruster, Barack Obama, Ben Armbruster, capital gains, capital gains taxes, Dick Morris, election, FNC, Fox News, Fred Barnes, governemtn, New York Times, Obama, rally, Saturn, Stock market, taxation, taxes, ThinkProgress
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Poison from Austria
If the public outpouring of mourning for the loss of fascist sympathizer Jörg Haider were not enough to injure your esteem for contemporary Austrian public affairs, here’s another such moment. Klaus Emmerich, the highly esteemed former editor of Austria’s state … Continue reading →
Posted in Foreign affairs, Race
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, Angela Merkel, anti-Americanism, Austria, Austrians, Barack Obama, Beethoven, Daily Mail, fascism, Jörg Haider, Klaus Emmerich, ORF, Race, racism, Western Civilization
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Change.gov?
Apparently we’re assigning the .gov domain extension used by federal agencies to campaign slogans now. Although, there is a certain literalism to this one I suppose.
Posted in Around the Web
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Tagged .gov, Barack Obama, change, change.gov, domains, extensions, Obama
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Fair Trade Wars, Act I
South Korea is getting jittery about prospects for its long sought Free Trade Agreement with the United States, which is still yet to be approved by both countries, and is now under threat from a potentially protectionist Obama administration. In … Continue reading →
Posted in Economics, Foreign affairs
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Tagged auto industry, automakers, Barack Obama, fair trade, free trade, free trade agreement, fta, Hong Joon-pyo, industrial racketeering, ITC, Kim Jong-hoon, Korea Times, protectionism, ROK, South Korea, tariffs, UAW, Yonhap
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The 2048 Election
Barack Obama has been president-elect for exactly one day and James Carville is already arguing for an inevitable Democratic majority for the next 40 years. Imagine predicting Jim’s claim to fame, the 1992 election, from the vantage of 1952, and … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1952, 1992, 2048, Barack Obama, democracy, democratic, election, History, James Carville, Karl Rove
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An Immunity to Ecstasy
So we had an election. For those in the new opposition the outcome was variously enviable, troubling, or contemptible. For the victors it was…what else, an occasion for gathering an enormous outdoor rally at an urban theatrical stage to chant. … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
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Tagged Barack Obama, Chicago, criticism, Domestic Politics, ecstasy, ecstatic politics, election, Mike Potemra, national review., Obama
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The Philippines as Red State
Filipino writer Benjamin Pimentel is surprised to discover that his countrymen were among the very few foreign populations to prefer John McCain to Barack Obama in a Gallup international survey. A happy place for Republicans in a lonely world apparently, as … Continue reading →
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Tagged annexation, Armenia, Barack Obama, Bayan Muna, Benjamin Pimentel, California, Christian, communist, Democrats, electoral college, Filipino, Gallup, Haiti, insurgency, intervention, islam, islamic fundamentalism, John McCain, Luzón, military, Mindanao, New York, Philippines, population, Roman Empire, socialism, statehood, territorial expansion, Thomas Barnett, United States, Visayas
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Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtains
Alan Reynolds at Cato asks “How’s Obama Going to Raise $4.3 Trillion?” Altogether, Mr. Obama is promising at least $4.3 trillion of increased spending and reduced tax revenue from 2009 to 2018 — roughly an extra $430 billion a year … Continue reading →
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, taxes
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Tagged 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018, Alan Reynolds, Barack Obama, Cato Institute, corporate finance, corporations, Democrats, federal spending, military, Obama, revenue, spending, taxation, taxes
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Is Income Tax Becoming Too Progressive?
Fewer and fewer people are paying income tax and even less will be with either candidates tax plan. I don’t think this would be such a problem if we didn’t have such high spending, growing entitlements, and if so many … Continue reading →
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Economics, Election 2008, taxes
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Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, civic tax, democracy, demographics, election, graduated rate income taxes, Greg mankiw, income, income tax, McCain, money, Obama, population, progressive, progressive taxation, tax plan, tax policy, tax shelters, taxes, treasury
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Socialism, Polls, Matt Drudge
You’ve probably heard that John McCain has denounced Barack Obama’s ‘spread the wealth’ formulation for tax policy as socialism. It’s an inflammatory but not unjustified charge, as a good definition for socialism is the equitable distribution of wealth to the … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
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Tagged African-American, Barack Obama, capital, coercion, Drudge, equitable, Gallup, John McCain, Jonathan Martin, Law, likely voters, McCain, Obama, Politico, president, Rasmussen, socialism, socialist, wealth, Zogby
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Christopher Hitchens & Political Irresponsibility
Video of Laura Ingraham interrogating Christopher Hitchens over his rather weakly supported endorsement of Barack Obama for president. Hitch’s primary position in this chat is that Obama should be supported because he is “evolving” toward support of a more aggressive … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
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Tagged Barack Obama, Christopher Hitchens, Darwin, Domestic Politics, election, endorsement, evolution, Laura Ingraham, McCain, natural selection, Palin, president, Sarah Palin, Terrorism
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The Error of Inexperience
According to a new Associated Press poll 46% of the public thinks Barack Obama is too inexperienced for the presidency, and only 36% say the same of Governor Palin. So much for that line of attack. In contrast with both, … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
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Tagged AP, Associated Press, Barack Obama, election, inexperience, Obama, Palin, poll, presidency, Sarah Palin, survey
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Democrats Need to Relax
Panic grips the Hill, with Democrats planning to distance themselves from Obama and/or abandon criticism of McCain. Geez. Snap out of it guys. You have the most compelling presidential candidate you’ve had since perhaps John F. Kennedy. Almost every conditional … Continue reading →
Posted in Around the Web
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Tagged Barack Obama, Capitol Hill, congress, Democrats, election, John F. Kennedy, John McCain, McCain, Obama, president, Republicns
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Failure of Empathy
It was early and he’s modified his views somewhat (and somewhat not), but young state senator Barack Obama couldn’t have been more mistaken about the causes and conditions of the 9/11 attacks.
Posted in Around the Web
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Tagged 9-11, 9/11, attacks, Barack Obama, empathy, Ghost of a Flea, Obama, state senator
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Obama’s Plan: Does This Work?
According to the Associated Press, a sequence of interviews with Democratic leaders has revealed this to be the political plan being recommended to the Obama campaign: 1. Tie the Republican to an unpopular President Bush. 2. Let no charge go … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
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Tagged Associated Press, Barack Obama, Bill Clinbton, Bush, democratic, Democratic Party, Democrats, economy, election, George W. Bush, independence, John McCain, McCain, Obama, Palin, plan, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Swift Boat, tax cuts, taxes, War Room
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Obama and the Fate of Criticism
“Tattered Hope” by Nathan Rupert Jason at postpolitical and I often get into testy email arguments about Barack Obama’s alleged “arrogance.” He is quite Greek in the sense that he thinks hubris is the fatal flaw at the heart of … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2008, 2012, anti-war, arrogance, Barack Obama, change, Commentary, conservative, election, flags, Greek, hope, Howard Fineman, hubris, Iraq, Jason McBride, Jennifer Rubin, military, MSNBC, Nathan Rupert, Obama, patriotism, postpolitical, premonition, presidents, right-wing, victory
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Moderates for Palin
Some thoughts on why Barack Obama’s effort to portray Sarah Palin as “Pat Robertson with ovaries” (as Andrew Romano inelegantly puts it), isn’t working out so well.
Posted in Around the Web
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Tagged Andre Romano, Barack Obama, Obama, ovaries, Palin, Pat Robertson, Sarah Palin
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Sarah Palin’s Google Bounce, Part II
Last week I noticed that Sarah Palin had exceeded Joe Biden slightly in Google returns. Understandably, that has now become an avalanche (Biden: 5.6 million | Palin: 22.4 million). Although it plainly doesn’t exceed John McCain or Barack Obama’s returns … Continue reading →
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Tagged avalanche, Barack Obama, Biden, Google, Joe Biden, John McCain, McCain, Obama, Palin, Robert Legge, Sarah Palin
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Gordon Brown Endorses Obama?
Boy, this is an unwise move. Perhaps my Tory colleagues are right and Gordon really is tempermentally unfit to govern. It’s an enormous risk and a pointless one, in that it cannot help Obama. British interference in American governance…well, we … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1783, Barack Obama, British, Gordon Brown, Obama, Tory, Treaty of Paris, UK
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Sweet Revenge
The American Left is about to blow a collective gasket at having Barack Obama’s celeb novelty instantly antiquated and cast aside in favor of Sarah Palin. Lots of posts are appearing all over the web damning not her record, views, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, celebrity, left, novelty, Obama, Obamania, Sarah Palin
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Forceful on Iran
Obama’s concession on the surge will probably dominate discussion of the O’Reilly interview, but his increasingly hardline stane against the Iranian theocracy’s regional activities and nuclear program is what should be in line for praise.
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, Fox, Fox News, interview, Iran, Obama, theocracy
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The New Rove
Schwarzenegger’s former top strategist Steve Schmidt turned John McCain’s campaign from a dithering defensive wreck, into the aggressive machine that’s been taking the fight to Obama all summer. Most of all, he’s the man who finally got John McCain to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, John McCain, McCain, Steve Schmidt, strategist
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Palin vs. Obama
Sarah will slam Barack Obama in her address tonight. An excerpt: “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.” (CNN) Ouch. Yesterday, Obama attacked her experience as inferior to his … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, CNN, obama vs palin, Sarah Palin
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Change the Debates
Be honest, wouldn’t you rather see Barack Obama vs Sarah Palin and John McCain vs Joe Biden in the debates?
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Tagged Barack Obama, Biden, debates, Joe Biden, John McCain, McCain, McCain vs Biden, Obama, obama vs palin, Sarah Palin
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What on Earth is Obama Thinking?
He’s actually starting to run against Sarah Palin: “My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We’ve got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
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Tagged Adam's Web, Barack Obama, bass, employees, fishing, John McCain, mayor, McCain, Obama, Palin, Sarah Plain, senate, Wassila
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Obama vs. Palin
Looking at today’s stats, so far the number one search engine keyword bringing people to ASHC is “obama vs palin.” It’s amusing that people seem to think the Republican vice presidential nominee bears easier comparison and contest with the Democratic … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, election, McCain, Obama, obama vs palin, Palin, Sarah Palin, vice president
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Hearts and Minds
Little Miss Attila picks up a good line from Jas at postpolitical. An amusing reversal for the ‘Cheney is the brains of the White House’ school of commentary.
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Tagged Barack Obama, Biden, brains, Cheney, Dick Cheney, heartbeat, hearts, Joe Biden, Little Miss Attila, minds, Obama, postpolitical, White House
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Minor Scandals Can Help
Apparently the teenage pregnancy of Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol has excited social conservatives even more about the candidate (for the when-it-counts demonstration of opposition to abortion). According to Grover Norquist, the soc-cons are “over the moon” in their support. That’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged abortion, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Brian Alexander, Bristol Palin, Checkers, cocaine, conservative, Domestic Politics, Eisenhower, evangelicals, family, Grover Norquist, MSNBC, Palin, Pregnancy, Richard Nixon, Sarah Palin, scandal, social conservatives, teenage pregnancy
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Podhoretz vs. Sullivan on Palin
It has become a serious question to ask if there is any argument in Obama’s perceived interest that Andrew Sullivan will not advance. In the latest project for that question, Sullivan argues that Palin represents the most “irresponsible” pick for … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
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Tagged 1988, Andrew Sullivan, Barack Obama, Dan Quayle, experience, John Podhoretz, McCain, Palin, partisan, president, Sarah Palin, veep, vice president, vp
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Inventing a Scandal for Sarah
When all else fails, just start making stuff up. You really have to feel for Barack Obama, who is at heart an enormously classy guy. The DailyKos diarists do him few favors in his efforts to elevate political discourse in … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, DailyKos, lies, lying, mendacity, Sarah Palin, scandal
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Blog Graphics Retrospective
I was searching for an image on my backup drive today and came across a cache of header graphics I’d thrown together for posts over the years. The diversity of subjects was kind of interesting as a gallery. Here’s a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Al Askari, allegory, Barack Obama, blog, China, congress, ecuador, Eurabia, George Alec Effinger, graphics, green party, Gun Smuggling, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow, headers, Hillary Clinton, HIV, Hugo Chavez, Iraq, islam, John McCain, larry craig, Muqtada al-Sadr, National Defense, Rafael Correa, Red Army Faction, Richard Dawkins, Robert Mugabe, Samarra, Saudi Arabia, Silvio Berlusconi, Slobodan Milošević, Vaclav Havel, women, Zimbabwe
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It’s Palin
CNN and Foxnews are reporting. Pretty surprising to me, but a pleasant surprise. Discussion topic: I am hearing from Obama supporters that she’s a bad pick because she’s inexperienced. Is this an actual argument Obama wants to make? Does this … Continue reading →
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008
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Tagged Barack Obama, CNN, election, executive, Fox News, Governor, McCain, Palin, Sarah Palin, veep, vice president, vp
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Power to the People
The Loft This an interesting view of why Obama timed his VP announcement the way he did. And, if true, ascribes quite a bit of influence to conservative radio.
Smarty Pants
Every day, Professor Keith Burgess-Jackson reprints a Letter to the Editor from the New York Times. This offering left me gape-jawed. The Professor’s first point is well-taken. Where is the evidence that Barack Obama is more intelligent than John McCain? … Continue reading →
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, Peg's Page
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Tagged anti-semitism, Barack Obama, Domestic Politics, intelligence, John McCain, Media, New York Times, racism, sexism
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Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater!
That is the Obama campaigns response to McCains surprisingly (in their mind) strong performance in last nights Saddleback Civil Forum on Presidency McQ finds the charge another in a long line of examples of misunderestimation by Democrats. I like this … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andrea Mitchell, Barack Obama, John McCain, Rick Warren, Saddleback
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Age Old Problem
My time at the Nebraska Regional was super. Our team won three of the four Knockout Events, was second in a shorter “Compact” Knockout – then struggled to 13th place in the last day’s Swiss Team, although we were in … Continue reading →
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Tagged age, Barack Obama, bridge, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, John McCain, Nebraska, Nebraska Regional
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Animal Sacrifice and Sacrificial Punditry
Delighted with the American election result for whatever reason, Kurdish villagers in Cavustepe, Turkey have sacrificed 44 sheep to honor Barack Obama. They also smeared the blood of the offering on Obama campaign posters, purportedly for good luck. Now there’s … Continue reading →