Democrat Massa Resigns - to Squeaker Pelosi’s Gain
Alas, Squeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%) just picked up a vote for ObamaCare. Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY, not yet rated) has announced his resignation from the House effective Monday, due to ethics charges (sexual harassment). On November 7th, 2009, Massa was one of the 39 Democrats who voted against the [...]
Obama Didn’t Sign Off on the Cornhusker Kickback?
Mary Katharine notes below that President Obama tells ABC:
“Let's just clarify. I didn't make a bunch of deals [on health care]. … There is a legislative process that is taking place in Congress and I am happy to own up to the fact that I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way [...]
Nancy’s Biggest Lie Yet
As Jennifer Rubin aptly points out, Nancy Pelosi has had her run of memorable moments of misspeaks and mis-truths, but in her response to a letter by C-SPAN that sought to televise the conference committee (which isn’t going to happen because it’s all to be done in secret cloakroom deals), she outdid herself with “There [...]
The Obama-Holder Justice Department turns a blind eye to ACORN
As I noted yesterday, ACORN caught a break from the Department of Justice when DOJ decided, based on a strained reading of the applicable statute, that the Obama administration can lawfully pay ACORN for services provided under contracts signed before Congress banned the government from providing money to the group. But ACORN arguably [...]
Two cheers for bribery
My post about recent success by U.S. forces in Helmand Province, Afghanistan prompted a skeptical Diana West to point me to her article about the extent to which our success, or the appearance thereof, is driven by sheer bribery. I read Diana’s piece and you shoud too.
The designers of our counterinsurgency [...]
Imagine There’s No Peace Prize, It’s Easy If You Try
So at the very moment that President Barack H. Obama convenes his “war council” to decide whether to accept Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s recommendation to expand operations in Afghanistan — changing to a counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy and adding 40,000 additional troops to the war effort — the Norwegian Nobel Committee announces that the president, who has [...]
