Nov 2 2009

The Scozzafava Scandals

Ordinarily, I dote on every word writ by Rich Galen, cybercolumnist extraordinaire, proprietor of Mullings, my favorite non-blog blog (neg-blog?) Alas, I think he has really gone off the Newtonian end on the NY-23 race.
In today’s Mullings, Rich writes the following:
The Conservatives nominated a guy named Doug Hoffman who does not live in the [...]

Oct 2 2009

White House: Opposing Obama’s Olympics Lobbying Is Unpatriotic or Something

Earlier this week, House Republican Leader John Boehner criticized Obama’s Olympics lobbying jaunt to Copenhagen. “Listen I think it’s a great idea to promote Chicago but he’s the president of the United States, not the mayor of Chicago,” Boehner said. “And the problems we have here at home affect all Americans and that’s where his [...]

Sep 15 2009

Our ACORN-In-Chief

Bill Dupray makes a few good points over at The Patriot Room:
[...] We cannot forget to remind folks, now that the Senate has voted 83-7 to strip ACORN of millions of taxpayer funds and the white-hot klieg lights have been turned on this bunch of goons, that President Obama was completely and utterly in bed [...]

Sep 12 2009

Mark Stein: Where Is Obama’s ‘Center’?

In his must-read piece today at NRO, Mark Stein says we need to look at Obama’s Rolodex and then figure out just where this “silver-tongued post-partisan healer” would estimate his center to be:
[...] Obama didn’t “join” himself to the liberal leadership; he is the liberal leadership. The administration didn’t fall in with [...]

Aug 21 2009

Bob Novak’s Angle of Repose

I only met Bob Novak once and relatively recently, at my
daughter’s wedding, as he was a dear friend of the groom’s
family. After offering him my personal appreciation for his
writings over the years, the brief conversation turned to the
newlyweds, the Illini, and other pleasantries.

I [...]

Jul 12 2009

A strange new respect

On the eve of Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings, I continue to think that non-liberal Senators should vote against confirming her under the standard established by Democrats during the confirmation of John Roberts and Samuel Alito. That standard holds that consistent disagreement with the outcome of a judge’s decisions in important cases is sufficient grounds [...]

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