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Biden's last-minute pardons "proved beyond any doubt that there really was a Biden crime family"

Trump's Merit-Based DEI Executive Order Is A Sledgehammer

Cal State Alters Systemwide Program Excluding Whites and Women Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Is this the fight Democrats really want to have?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 42 Comments

Obama seems to think that just what this country needs is a big fight over which party is more patriotic. At least that's the fight Obama is picking in his speech today in Detroit and reportedly in his upcoming speech to Congress and budget battle: “We’re going to see if...

“President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let’s take these son of bitches out…”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 48 Comments

Obama gave a speech today. It was in Detroit. Jimmy Hoffa Jr. set the tone as the warm up act (video links below)(h/t @allahpundit): Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa had some profane, combative words for Republicans while warming up the crowd for President Obama in Detroit, Michigan on Monday. "We got...

So you’re telling me he’s clueless

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 15 Comments

From Senator Jim DeMint, some obvious points about Obama's complete lack of understanding of the job market (emphasis mine): "I spent most of m life in business,' DeMint told Glor, "and I'm hearing what the president is talking about, which are temporary incentives like giving a company...

As we collectively raise our hands in class and say “I know, I know”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 9 Comments

Steve Benen, liberal blogger at Washington Monthly, feigns ignorance over why Jon Hunstman is getting so much love and air time from the mainstream media despite no apparent electoral support: The question then becomes why Huntsman, Mr. One Percent, is getting special treatment. I know, I know. Because Hunstman...

Please, no jumping on the MoDo bandwagon

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 7 Comments

So she writes another "Obama's not all he was cracked up to be" column, and everyone is ready to stick a fork in him because MoDo says he's done. Pahleeeese. This is what MoDo does. Two weeks after Republicans nominate someone for president, she'll write a...

Northeastern U. Hosting Party to Celebrate New Abortion Pills on Campus

Columbia University Increasing Security After Anti-Israel Protesters Barged Into Classroom

Conservative Student Newspaper at Harvard Wins Fight to Distribute on Campus

Sonoma State University Makes Massive Cuts and Ends Athletics

Georgetown U. Looking to Hire Transgender Studies Literature Professor

U.S. Dept. of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI Policies

Glenn Beck, the Jackie Robinson of Mormonism?

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 05, 2011 23 Comments

Well, kinda-sorta. Glenn Beck was in Israel recently rallying Christian Zionists with his "Restoring Courage" tour, and while most of the discussion about his trip was the usual anti-Christian-conservative rhetoric from liberal Jews who don't want to be associated with "those people," Beck's trip marked a...

Did your poodle also vote for Obama-Biden?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 05, 2011 12 Comments

Thanks to reader Joseph from Jacksonville, who spotted this vehicle in Alameda, California, while on vacation this summer: (Some background on the Texas Oil sticker in a prior post.)...

Presidential Jeopardy gone wild

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2011 29 Comments

I know exactly where Sen. Jim DeMint is coming from, Obama speech to Congress 'going to be hard for me to watch': “Frankly I am so tired of his speeches, it's going to be hard for me to watch,” said DeMint on CNN’s State of the...

The Chicago Way – Are Democratic Party Operatives Behind Israel’s Anti-Government Protests?

Posted by Matthew Knee on September 04, 2011 12 Comments

A major Israeli newspaper says yes. According to an investigative report by Maariv's Kalman Libeskind, Democratic operative and pollster Stanley Greenberg, who, along with James Carville, Bob Shrum, and others, was part of a team sent by Bill Clinton to drive Netanyahu from office in...

The core of the Tea Party movement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2011 66 Comments

I don't have much time to "analyze" Palin's speech in Indianola (text here), Iowa and what it all means in terms of the political landscape. But what jumped out at me is that she expressed one of the core principles of the Tea Party movement, that corporate interests are not...

He always was the “candidate of fear”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2011 9 Comments

Toby Harndon in The Telegraph writes that Barack Obama, 2008 man of hope and change, becomes 2012 candidate of fear and status quo: [Blaming the Tea Party for the dispute over Obama's appearance before Congress] fits with the campaign strategy Obama appears to have decided on –...

The only Obama recovery so far

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2011 1 Comment

Thanks to frequent photographer Linda from Tennessee, who writes: just downloaded photos from my old Blackberry (got an iPhone in March) and found this photo ...

Saturday Night Card Game (A single, cohesive theory)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2011 23 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Seemingly disconnected events have come together this week to form a single, cohesive theory which explains the behavior which is the subject of the Saturday Night Card Game. First, the evidence: Exhibit...

Presidential disrespect went around and now comes around

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2011 11 Comments

G.O.P. vs. Obama: Disrespect or Just Politics? That is the deeply probing question asked by The NY Times with regard to G.O.P. opposition to Obama. There was no such question when it came to Democratic treatment of George W. Bush, it was pure disrespect. Please dig deep into...

Palin in Indianola

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2011 59 Comments

Consider this an "open" thread. Because of travel, it's unlikely I'll get to watch the speech live. It's scheduled for about 1 p.m. Central. The latest conventional wisdom is that there will be no presidential announcement or announcement that she's not running. Rather, the speech will be...

Workers giving up hope keeps Obama’s reelection hopes alive

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2011 20 Comments

I have posted before about how the shrinking workforce tends to mask just how bad unemployment really is because people who have given up hope and stopped looking are not counted in the most widely cited calculation. So the news yesterday that the unemployment rate held...

They still don’t respect you

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2011 8 Comments

I guess the driver of this vehicle didn't hear what John Conyers had to say about West Virginia. Thanks to reader Marisa for this photo taken just outside Raleigh, NC: ...