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Lie of the Year: Joe Biden Is "Sharp, Intensely Probing, Detail-Oriented, and Focused"

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem "war machine" to stop Republicans

Jimmy Carter's Presidency and Post-Presidency - A Brutal Assessment By National Review

Salon.com grasping at anti-Rick Perry straws

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 5 Comments

To say that Justin Elliott of Salon.com has it out for Rick Perry is an understatement. Last month I focused on Elliott's fruitless attempt to paint Perry as a neo-confederate by association. Now Elliott is trying to paint Perry as, get this, both anti-Muslim and pro-Sharia,...

The Wisconsin Recalls Are Not Over

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 27 Comments

Yes, you are celebrating. But the Wisconsin Senate recall elections are not over. Republicans have a chance to deliver a political coup de grâce to the national union and Democratic intimidation tactics next Tuesday when there are two elections seeking to recall Democratic State Senators Robert Wirch...

Wisconsin Recall Tweet of the Night

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 2 Comments

What a night. Thanks to all those who stopped by and commented. I thought this tweet perfectly captured the evening: ...

You mean like the ones

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2011 2 Comments

... who said the Tea Party was a bunch of violent extremists, that Kloppenburg would beat Prosser, and the Dems would take back the Wisconsin Senate? Why so skeptical? They have journalism degrees, and you don't. Taken by the wife yesterday in Swansea, Massachusetts: ...

Wisconsin Recall Results (R4, D2) // Republicans Hold Senate – Victory Dance Added

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 62 Comments

Polls closed at 8 p.m. Central. Will be updating through the night with the most recent news at the top. Updates or tips in the comments would be appreciated. Democrats need to take three races to take control of the Senate (there are two recalls against...

Is TikTok Brainwashing Young People?

UConn Medical School Invites Trans People to Train Students in ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Young Progressives are Embracing Antisemitism Based on Lies

U. Tennessee Students Doing Work on Campus Discover Civil War Trench

‘Climate justice’ Group at Northwestern University Calls for School to Become ‘Fossil Free Campus’

House Republicans Fast-Track Bill to Ban Men From Women's Sports

John “Tea Party Downgrade” Kerry named to Super Committee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 20 Comments

along with Patty "Why Won't the Koch Brothers Donate to Democrats?" Murray, and Max "Obamacare creates near chaos" Baucus. (via HotAir) What possibly could go wrong? Or right (is Baucus a weak link?)? Analysis, please....

#LondonRiots Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 4 Comments

Tweet of the day (yesterday, technically, but I saw it today): The runner-up: ...

Class warfare has consequences

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 24 Comments

Obama plays with fire with his relentless class warfare. It tears at the seams which hold a country together. Demonizing the "top 2%" and claiming they don't "pay their fair share" is not harmless when it is the singular focus of one's political...

Cornell Study: ObamaCare includes up to $66 billion in unexpected subsidies

Posted by Michael Alan on August 09, 2011 4 Comments

Cornell professor of policy analysis Dr. Richard Burkhauser, along with Sean Lyons and Indiana University's Dr. Kosali Simon, has released a study showing that the ObamaCare legislation provides a significant incentive for employers and their employees to take advantage of the taxpayer subsidized insurance exchange. According to their...

Wisconsin Recall

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 6 Comments

Recall elections are being held today against six Republican State Senators. I feel like I've covered Wisconsin so much this year, today is somewhat anti-climactic. But it's not, it is very important. Unions need to win back three seats to take control of the majority in...

Question of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 17 Comments

Why are they rioting in England, they have free health care?...

Future Bumper Sticker of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 5 Comments

I particularly like the image of the sinking ship inside the "O". Via Instapundit: ...

President Phony to attack Mitt Romney as phony

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 14 Comments

So what else is new. Obama's campaign plans to destroy Mitt Romney, according to Politico, by playing class warfare and portraying Romney as phony and not genuine: Barack Obama’s aides and advisers are preparing to center the president’s re-election campaign on a ferocious personal assault on...

1959 was a very good year, unless

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2011 3 Comments

1959 was a very, very good year. More so than you know. Unless you were Cuban. Very, very good years are not always what they seem. Thanks to reader Jim who took this photo in Bradenton, Florida, of a bumper sticker which says "Cuba got 'Change' in...

My assessment of the situation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2011 44 Comments

We are rudderless on a captainless ship....

#downgrade Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2011 10 Comments

Today's hashtag is #downgrade. There were may good tweets to choose from, but I picked this winner: ...

Obama’s Address to the Nation: Draws line in sand, there must be no lines in sand other than the ones I draw

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2011 33 Comments

Barack Obama read a statement today, my paraphrases and quick transcription: Disputes downgrade. Quotes Warren Buffett that U.S. should have AAAA rating. Need "balanced long term approach" -- needed "day I took office." Blames "prolonged debate over debt ceiling" for downgrade, and string...