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When They Say 'Globalize The Intifada' They Mean Like The New Orleans Terrorist Mass Murder

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): RFK, Jr. "Wants To Kill Our Kids"

Meet the Deflection: Schumer Denies Democrats Misled on Biden’s Decline

Keep checking Chuck, keep checking

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2011 9 Comments

Once again, the mainstream media is chasing after Sarah Palin as she visits various part of the country. Just like her early summer bus tour, I can't help but laugh to see the likes of Chuck Todd breathlessly reporting such important events as Palin getting back in...

Pawlenty drops out of race

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2011 27 Comments

Via The NY Times: Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, told supporters on a conference call Sunday morning that he is ending his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination after a disappointing third-place finish at the Iowa straw poll. Mr. Pawlenty thanked his supporters in an...

Anyone but Bachmann

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2011 87 Comments

As you know, I have zero tolerance for Republicans who trash talk Sarah Palin. Three years of Palin Derangement Syndrome have made me allergic; Palin stands apart from other Republican candidates in that regard. There is only one candidate in the Republican field whose campaign staff has used trash...

NSFW bumper upper

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2011 9 Comments

But today is not a work day, so we should be okay. And it's a good thing the driver is from Maine and not Tennessee. Personally, I'm against profanity on bumper stickers. Children could be watching. So I would have used the following wording instead: "Obama: The...

Saturday Night Card Game (Mainstream media made up of freaked-out race card players)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2011 14 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: It is hard for the mainstream media to outdo itself in its attempt to portray the Tea Party movement as racist. But CNBC reporter Meredith Whitney may have accomplished the...

Historically Black University's Marching Band Scolded by Leftists for Agreeing to Perform at Trump Inauguration

Ron DeSantis Appoints Conservatives to University of West Florida Board

Frat Members at San Diego State U. Charged After Pledge is 'Set on Fire' at Party

Couple That Threw Firebombs at U. Pittsburgh Michael Knowles Event Sentenced to Prison and Fined

U. Texas at Austin President Leaving School After Trying to Implement a More Conservative Vision

Rutgers Law School Published Paper With Multiple False Anti-Israel Talking Points

Narratives

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2011 14 Comments

It's hard to believe the media narrative about Palin ever could change. But it could change among the less crazed. MSNBC always will be foaming at the mouth, but others would have a hard time keeping up the hate. Update: To readers complaining about how Bachmann was...

The only surprising thing about the attack on Althouse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2011 17 Comments

One of the usual anti-Scott Walker suspects hanging outside the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison didn't like the fact that Ann Althouse was filming the moonbats tooting their horns, so he decided to try to grab the camera from her, grabbed her as well, and...

Something rotten in Berkeley

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2011 12 Comments

No surprise here. Jewish students at the University of California, Berkeley, have filed a lawsuit (h/t) claiming that university officials have failed to protect Jewish students from harassment and intimidation by anti-Israeli groups: A pattern of harassment and physical assaults by members of two Muslim student groups...

Obama: I’m being vilified just like MLK, Jr.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2011 31 Comments

James Taranto has a post The Great Deflation (via Instapundit) in which he writes that: Like a leaky balloon, Barack Obama keeps getting smaller. Taranto compares Obama's lofty rhetoric during the 2008 campaign, when he grandly proclaimed that "this was the moment when the rise of the...

First we had hope, then we had change, now we’re just …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2011 2 Comments

... BROKE. Thanks to reader and photographer William who took this photo in Austin, TX, and writes: I ran into another rare bumper sticker here in the great liberal city of Austin, Texas. It appears the liberals are starting to run scared, and the conservatives are bravely stepping...

In the beginning …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2011 2 Comments

or pretty close to the beginning of the blogosphere, there was Instapundit, which just celebrated its 10th birthday. Here's the story: ...

“Most people … have had it with the seemingly endless elections”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2011 11 Comments

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker appeared on the Morning Joe show this morning, and was fabulous. He completely disarmed Mika Brezinski and Joe Scarborough. Walker made the case for the success of what Republicans have done so far, and Wisconsin's improving economic fortunes. Walker also hit on a topic...

11th Circuit strikes down Obamacare mandate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2011 46 Comments

This is the big case involving 26 states. In January, Judge Roger Vinson struck the entire law finding that the mandate could not be severed from the rest of the law. The 11th Circuit ruled that the mandate was unconstitutional, but unlike Judge Vinson, did not throw...

The “It’s the economy, stupid” trap

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2011 11 Comments

Yes, the economy is the dominant political issue right now, particularly the unemployment and real unemployment numbers. Naturally, the economy has been the focus of various Republican primary campaigns, while issues like Obamacare and the direction of the country have become secondary. It may now be the economy, but it...

Obama Administration Votes Not Present At UN Palestinian State Declaration Hearing

Posted by Matthew Knee on August 12, 2011 11 Comments

While Obama has announced his opposition to a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, the administration's efforts to convince other countries to follow suit have been underwhelming at best. Lost in the chaos of budget negotiations, downgrades, war tragedies and stock market crashlets was the news...

A voracious appetite for class warfare

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2011 16 Comments

Obama once again is moving hard on the class warfare, and there is every signal that setting up a fight between the "rich" and "not rich" is the Democratic campaign theme for 2012. Obama keeps claiming the "rich" do not pay their fair share, but the...

Who won?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2011 34 Comments

I only watched bits and pieces of last night's debate, and I've seen some replays. I know I should have watched more of it, so I could give you my always insightful, prescient and probing analysis. But when I tuned in, I tuned out. My sense from...