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Tag Archives: Obama
Social[ism] Programs, Please Take One
Taking his cue from Us Magazine‘s five free issue incentive to dissuade subscribers from canceling over their anti-Palin cover story, TennesseeFree proposes Obama should offer five free personalized social programs to every fleeing voter. I’d caution the electorate against any … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged bureaucracy, forms, government, incentive, Obama, Sarah Palin, social programs, subscribers, subscriptions, Tennessee, Us Magazine, voters
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A Rosy Future for Anti-Americanism?
Longtime Clinton ally Leon Panetta pronounces Barack Obama “intimidated” by Sarah Palin, and lost in a deepening cycle of reactive defense. With McCain now winning a majority of independents and erasing the gender gap, the blood is most definitely in … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged American, anti-Americanism, Berlin, blood, Bush, Bush Administration, Bushism, democracy, elites, Europe, European, free enterprise, gender gap, independents, Jonathan Freedland, Leon Panetta, limited government, McCain, militarism, multilateralism, November, Obama, Palin, patriotism, pessimism, politicians, poll, Sarah Palin, social conservatism, The Guardian, United States
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Limited Government Still Popular
According to a new Rasmussen survey 62% of Americans believe encouraging economic growth is more important than reducing income inequality. 51% also say the federal government exerts too much control over our economy as it stands. It would be wise … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Americans, economy, government, growth, income inequality, limited government, McCain, Obama, poll, Rasmussen, survey
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An Outside View of the State of Our Presidential Race
Caroline Glick via Ace of Spades Caroline Glick is an astute observer of our political situation. She is based in Jerusalem. “McCain’s strategic grasp of the requirements for a successful presidential race provide an important lesson for policy-makers and political … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web, MikeR's Page
Tagged Ace of Spades, Caroline Glick, Domestic Politics, election, Jerusalem, John McCain, leadership, McCain, Obama, Palin, political, president, strategy
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Mommy & MSNBC
Tom in Paine has a blistering take on the MSNBC commentariat’s demands for the intervention of Hillary Clinton against Palin, as a kind of childhood psychodrama: “The more you listen to them the more you realize that instead of supporting … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged diapers, Hillary Clinton, Media, MSNBC, Obama, Palin, Pampers, psychodrama, Sarah Palin, Tom in Paine
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McCain Funding Advantage
Patterico’s PontificationsThis didn’t seem possible just a few months ago.
Posted in Around the Web, MikeR's Page
Tagged DNC, funding, McCain, Obama, public financing, RNC
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Countering Palin
The New York Times is reporting that Obama is developing a plan for all-female rapid-response teams to be sent around the country in an effort to counter Palin as she travels. A wise move.
Palin Magazine Morsels
Jeremy McCarter for Newsweek: “[W]ith all due respect to whatever kid roughed up the young Barry Obama in Indonesia many years ago, he might never have been on the receiving end of a beatdown like this one.” Nancy Gibbs for … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Indonesia, Jeremy McCarter, Nancy Gibbs, Obama, Palin, Sarah Palin
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Interesting Point about Experience
Barack Obama has less experience then Geraldine Ferraro had when she was nominated for VP.
Obama Makes Big Gains
Obama puts up some significant gains in both the Gallup and Rasmussen tracking polls today. Gallup data suggests undecideds are breaking for Obama, while Rasmussen data seems to suggest a strengthening of Democratic party support. Take your pick I suppose.
McCain Hits Back. Hard.
John McCain, in an interview with Brian Williams on Sarah Palin: “The facts are funny things. She’s been in elected office longer than Sen. Obama. She’s been the chief executive of the state that provides 20 percent of America’s energy; … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Alaska, Brian Williams, City Council, election, energy, experience, Governor, mayor, McCain, Obama, Palin, PTA, Sarah Palin, vice president
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Unvetted?
Andrew Sullivan is so hysterical about the “irresponsibility” of Sarah Palin as vice president, that he’s almost to the point of arguing that McCain didn’t even know her name until an hour before the announcement. As Neo-Neocon contends however, the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, McCain, Neo-Neocon, Obama, Palin, Sarah Palin, veep
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Down with Sullivan
Rod Dreher is “shocked, appalled” at the grotesque figure Andrew Sullivan has become, by course of his willingness to embrace any slander or argument if he perceives it to aid Obama. I’m not shocked, but I share the appalled.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, Obama, Rod Dreher, rumors, Sarah Palin
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Obama Defends Palin
Barack Obama has denounced and disowned the attacks by the Left on Sarah Palin’s family. A commendable action.
Zog Gets a Second
Perhaps those Zogby numbers weren’t so crazy after all. CNN confirms the erasure of the Obama lead on an apparent Sarah Palin bounce.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged bounce, CNN, election, McCain, Obama, Palin, poll, polling, Sarah Palin, Zogby
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Side by Side Comparison – Obama vs Palin
RedstateObviously not written by an Obama supporter but there is some truth in spite of a bit of snark.
Posted in Around the Web, MikeR's Page
Tagged Domestic Politics, Obama, Palin, Political Satire
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David Brooks Blasts Obama
Chronicle of the Conspiracy David Brooks skewers Obama a la Iowahawk.
Quote of the Day
Hot Air – Ed Morrissey“Would you rather have the man who set the trap dealing with our enemies abroad, or the man who fell into it?”
Running Aground Over Sarah Palin
Paul Begala laments the fact that McCain didn’t select a vice presidential candidate who is more traditional, old, boring, uninspiring…in essence, an ossified agent of the establishment, like Joe Biden for instance. Well, he doesn’t quite phrase it that way, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Biden, Democrat, election, establishment, experience, McCain, Obama, Palin, Paul Begala, platform, reform, Republican, Sarah Palin, Tom Ridge, veep, vice president, Victor Davis Hanson, vp
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A Swift Retreat
Obama moves to distance himself from his own campaign’s harshly antagonistic rhetoric against Palin. Commendable, but probably unwise. Palin represents a direct threat to one of Obama’s core constituencies and thus it would be to his advantage to define her … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged campaign, election, McCain, negative, Obama, Sarah Palin, vice president
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Looking for an Angle of Attack
Politico notices that the initial attacks against Sarah Palin from the Obama campaign have been, well, fumbling and badly considered. They volunteer some help to the befuddled Obama Nation, by suggesting that Palin’s respect for Hillary Clinton’s complaints of sexism … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged campaign, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politico, Sarah Palin, sexism
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A Loss of Democratic Self-Awareness
It’s rather amusing to see the ticket lacking in any executive experience, with a presidential nominee of extremely limited elected experience, attempting to attack McCain’s vice presidential nominee on grounds of inexperience. Reeling a bit perhaps. A more mature Democratic … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Biden, big oil, Bush, election, energy, experience, Kennedy, McCain, Obama, Palin, president, scandal, vice president
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George Reisman vs. Barack Obama
George Reisman’s Blog“The loot?and?plunder theory is the theory of Obama, of the Democratic Party, and of much of the Republican Party. It is time to supplant it with the sound economic theory developed by generations of intellectual giants ranging from … Continue reading
The Left’s Dark Side is Showing
Sometime the left uses litigation as a form of intimidation – as we see in recent events affecting freedom of speech. Classical Values discusses the recent Obama campaign’s over the top response to Stanley Kurtz and information he reported about … Continue reading
Posted in MikeR's Page
Tagged First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Kurtz, litigation, Obama
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Biden Blues
A majority of voters approve of Obama’s selection of Joe Biden in CNN’s first poll after the tap. Unfortunately for Obama and his new Veep, the choice appears to have further angered and alienated Hillary’s sad little village. Thus, Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008
Tagged CNN, convention, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John McCain, McCain, Obama, poll, Ralph Nader, scapegoat, speech, tied
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Biden/Cheney 200X
Michael Goodwin concludes that the Biden pick is identical in cause and format to Bush’s selection of Dick Cheney in 2000. I tend to agree, but then I’ve been convinced for a long time that Obama’s entire campaign is all … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 200, Biden, Bush, campaign, Cheney, Michael Goodwin, Obama, strategy
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What Does Obama Own?
Is there an issue equivalent to McCain’s strength in certain foreign policy areas, where Obama can be said to dominate the debate? A worried group of Democratic leaders have concluded that there isn’t, and Obama’s appeal is a kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged campaign, debate, democratic, election, McCain, Obama, policy
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Russian Imperialism and the Election
(photo: Chris Dunn) John Bolton argues that the future of Russian imperialism in Eurasia rides on the outcome of the US presidential election. Unsurprisingly, he pitches McCain: “First reactions, before the campaigns’ pollsters and consultants get involved are always the … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged campaign, centrism, consultants, divided government, Domestic Politics, election, Eurasia, Foreign affairs, Georgia, geostrategy, imperialism, indicators, invasion, John Bolton, McCain, Obama, political, polls, presidency, Rasmussen, revanchism, Russia, Russian imperialism, war
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The Obama Election
John Schewnkler conducts some interesting analysis of recurring words on McCain and Obama’s websites. As if there were any doubt who is driving this election, “Obama” proves to be the most frequently used word by far.
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Tagged election, John Schewnkler, McCain, Obama, websites, words
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Achieving International Opposition
James Traub has written a magnificent survey of the events leading up to the current war in Georgia, and the personal contest between Mikheil Saakashvili and Putin.
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged Angela Merkel, EU, European Union, Georgia, Germany, James Traub, McCain, NATO, New York Times, Obama, Putin, Robert Kagan, Russia, Saakashvili, Ukraine, United Nations
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McCain’s Turks vs. Obama’s Armenians?
Tsitsernakaberd (photo: Adam Lederer) Just when bewilderment at the spectacle of Steve Cohen going absolutely berserk on an Armenian film crew had started to subside (they were trailing him over his opposition to recognition of the 1915 Armenian genocide), I … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged 1915, Armenia, Armenian genocide, Armenians, ethnicc, facebook, genocide, liveleak, McCain, nationalist, Obama, Ottoman, social, socnet, Steven Cohen, Turkey, Turks, video, war, war crimes
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Just show him your O face
via Instapundit, we find Tigerhawk making the complaint that the new O salute is discriminatory against those differently-abled people who have lost an arm or hand. He doesn’t seem to have a problem with those who have lost both arms … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2008, Keith's Page
Tagged cult of personality, Election 2008, o face, Obama
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Seriously!! I mean, really, they’re serious?
In case you thought religious kookery was confined to the far-right…
Targeting the “Original Maverick”
(photo: WBEZ Chicago Public Radio | site) Obama’s newish McSame style attack ad mocking McCain’s “original maverick” slogan is fairly good. As Ken Wheaton notes, all the time McCain had to spend trying to convince the GOP he was a … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged ad, Bush, change, Clintons, democratic, Democrats, equalitarianism, GOP, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, inequality, Karl Rove, Ken Wheaton, McCain, McSame, Obama, Repubican, Republican, rugged individualism, video, videotape, voters, youtube
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Parlor Pallor
While I’d generally agree that Maureen Dowd’s style is a kind of cut-rate Dorothy Parker, there’s something to her characterization of McCain as socialite dah-ling scorned. It was inevitable that the press would consider any effort by McCain to actually … Continue reading
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Tagged Dorothy Parker, election, Maureen Dowd, McCain, Media, Obama, press, scorned, socialite
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Now Scarlett Screams Sexism
Scarlett Johansson is claiming to be a victim of “extreme sexism” due to criticism of her bizarre LDR with Obama. April is having none of it. Come to think of it, why didn’t McCain put her in the Celeb ad … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged April Gavaza, celeb, ldr, Obama, Scarlett Johansson, storyline
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Bobby Begins
Rumors have it that Bobby Jindal will deliver the keynote address at the RNCC. Shlok Vaidya thinks the GOP intends to position Jindal for 2012, the way the Democrats managed Obama in 2004. Interesting and possible, although such things are … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web, Notes on the war
Tagged 2008, 2012, Bobby Jindal, GOP, John Kerry, keynote, Obama, Republican, Republicans, RNCC, rumor, Shlok Vaidya
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The Virtues of Celebrity Foreign Policy
(Photo: Alice E. Backer | blog) Andrew Galasetti at Lyved is an extremely devoted admirer of Obama. While fanatical devotion can blind — Galasetti thinks for instance that the McCain celebrity charge backfired, when the polls suggest a different picture … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Asia, campaign, celebrity, election, Europe, foreign policy, George W. Bush, Johnson, leadership, lyved, McCain, Nixon, Obama, Rasmussen, world
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Ignorance & Pride
Obama might be giving McCain more ammunition for the contention he is a condescending elitist. Denouncing Republican attacks on his energy plan as lies, he countered that “these guys take pride in being ignorant.” Huffington Post and the leftblogs are … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged celebrity, elitist, huffington post, ignorant, leftblogs, lies, McCain, Middle America, Obama, Paris Hilton, partisan, Republican, snob, vanity
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Two Voters
David Gergen is the latest to detect hidden racist messages in McCain advertising. I’d say that there’s two types of voters on this issue. The sort who sighs at an “obvious” effort to invent an artificial racism for McCain, and … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged advertising, David Gergen, McCain, Obama, Race, racism
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