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Tag Archives: Election 2008

Obama’s noncommittal expertise.

Found via The Weekly Standard the video doesn’t just underscore Obama’s lack of experience or free passes from the media on gaffes that would have sent him to Quaylesque levels (had he been a Republican candidate). Unlike community organizers and Capital Hill folks, presidents have to actually make decisions, which are often unpopular, especially considering [...]

Obama vs. jobs.

Here’s Ralph Reiland of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: I interviewed two plumbing company owners over the weekend about Barack Obama’s economic proposals for small business. One has 15 employees and 12 trucks. The other has 52 employees and 34 trucks. They’re Joe the Plumber, writ large. Both owners had the same reaction to Obama’s proposed new [...]

Obama: ‘I’ll bankrupt how we get 50% of our electricity.’

“Bankrupt the coal industry”? That the U.S. gets close to 50% of its electricity from coal plants matter not to Barack Obama. That the U.S. gets only 20% of its electricity from nuclear power, and that his fellow environmentally extreme Democrats nonetheless block nuclear development, matters not to Obama. That another 20% of U.S. electricity [...]

(Big) Halloween Scare 3.

This is absolutely scary. Really is. About 230 years ago a bunch of colonialists revolted against the mightiest empire on the planet for a heck of a lot less than what we’re potentially going to see another group of tyrants attempt, should they truly be so arrogant. Here’s James Pethokoukis: Eliminate 401(k)’s, IRAs, and other [...]

Halloween Scare 2.

“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened.” – Socialist Party of America presidential candidate Norman Thomas. Read the whole thing.

Halloween Scare 1

Here’s Matthew Continetti: Barack Obama’s running mate, Joe the Gaffe Machine, recently predicted that an international crisis will occur sometime during a President Obama’s first year in office. What will it be? Trouble in Iraq? Tension between China and Taiwan? State collapse in North Korea? Crisis in the Straits of Hormuz? War in central Africa? [...]

Why the Rashidi tape matters.

UPDATE: Here’s another update by Andy McCarthy, basically saying what everyone else is — the L.A. Times did not adequately cover what Obama said at the Rashidi party even though he spoke for several minutes. McCarthy, by the way, successfully prosecuted Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman (the Blind Shiek) and several more of the 1993 WTC bombers, [...]

Media Bias 101.

Here’s Andy McCarthy: Let’s try a thought experiment. Say John McCain attended a party at which known racists and terror mongers were in attendance. Say testimonials were given, including a glowing one by McCain for the benefit of the guest of honor … who happened to be a top apologist for terrorists. Say McCain not [...]

Media: We’re biased, but blame McCain!

This is rich. The Politico writers admit their clear and unprofessional reporting bias — against John McCain and in favor of Barack Obama — but you see, it’s all McCain’s fault! OK, let’s just get this over with: Yes, in the closing weeks of this election, John McCain and Sarah Palin are getting hosed in [...]

Hey Clintonites: Buyer Beware.

Sure, I’ll agree that there’s something to be said for rhetorical lawyer talk or academicspeak, which Barack Obama’s defenders are saying this 2001 interview was. But this is hardly the sole case where Obama seems to be promoting European socialism. Obama is not a fiscally moderate Bill Clinton. He’s not even fiscal leftist like Hillary [...]