Oct 15 2009

Guess who’s not hosting a dinner

In this post, I reported out that 160 members of Congress, including 29 Senators, are hosting a “gala” dinner at the end of the month for “J Street,” a collection of leftists who claim to represent “sensible mainstream of pro-Israel American Jews,” but who in reality are anything but pro-Israel. Among the 160, [...]

Jun 23 2009

Please, pretty please come to our party

A State Department spokesperson said yesterday that the Obama administration is not considering revoking invitations to Iranian diplomats around the world for vaious Fourth of July celebrations:

QUESTION: Do you think it’s still appropriate to have Iranians come to these July 4th parties under the circumstances? I mean, is there any thought being given to [...]

Jun 23 2009

Please, pretty please come our party

A State Department spokesperson said yesterday that the Obama administration is not considering revoking invitations to Iranian diplomats around the world for vaious Fourth of July celebrations:

QUESTION: Do you think it’s still appropriate to have Iranians come to these July 4th parties under the circumstances? I mean, is there any thought being given to [...]

Jun 2 2009

Single Most Effective Republican Spokesperson on Stimulus: ‘You May Already Be Getting Scammed’

Well, it’s a close race with Nancy Pelosi, but Joe Biden is pulling ahead:

“We know some of this money is going to be wasted,” Biden said during a roundtable discussion in New York with business leaders aimed at promoting the two-year stimulus plan…
“There are going to be mistakes made,” said Biden. “Some people are being [...]

May 29 2009

Gibbs Judges Sotomayor

“I think she’d say that her word choice in 2001 was poor,” said White House press spokesperson Robert Gibbs un-empathetically today. Wasn’t Gibbs’s comment on his boss’s Supreme Court nominee a bit harsh? Isn’t a poor choice of words kind of a problem for a judge?
But Gibbs had just begun his attack on Sonia Sotomayor: [...]

May 7 2009

Christian Right: Obama Is A Heretic For Observing Day Of Prayer In Private Just Like Most Other Presidents

President Obama will sign a proclamation recognizing today as a National Day of Prayer (NDP). Notably, the President will not continue George W. Bush’s practice of holding a “formal White House event.” In response, conservative commentators in recent days have been suggesting that Obama is in some way attempting to downplay the significance of [...]