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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

The 2012 Election According to Plouffe

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2011 20 Comments

It's all about the message: Top Obama adviser says unemployment won't be key in 2012 President Obama’s senior political adviser David Plouffe said Wednesday that people won’t vote in 2012 based on the unemployment rate. Well no, of course it will not be about unemployment, considering the numbers...

Gov. Scott Walker’s Call For Help

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2011 4 Comments

As mentioned yesterday, the upcoming recall elections om Wisconsin have been mostly under the national radar, but not for the national unions which are pouring millions of dollars into the races by creating and funding groups with false names such as "We Are Wisconsin." As reported by Christian...

It’s not too late

Posted by Katie Thompson on July 08, 2011 10 Comments

Right now, every American taxpayer owes $129,630 as their share of the national debt. By the time you read this, it’ll probably be higher. (I don’t know about you, but I need to ask for a raise.) We’re suffering from unemployment over 9%, a government that...

Bumper stickers and the people who wear them

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2011 6 Comments

Thanks to a reader for forwarding this op-ed by Paul Ibbetson, former Chief of Police of Cherryvale, Kansas, regarding bumper stickers and the people who wear them (embedded links added by me): First, remove all past Election Day stickers. Nothing says “denial” more than an old, crinkled,...

Money Grubbing Chutzpah, Democratic style

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2011 9 Comments

Democrats, from the top politicians on down to their messaging drones at Think Progress, have targeted the Koch brothers, as documented here many times. So good for Koch Industries for sending this letter to Sen. Patty Murray in response to a "request" for a sizable donation to...

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

Lynn University Prof Proclaims Innocence After Being Accused of Living in a 'Nazi Fantasy'

NY Times Reporter Admits Regret Over Role in Kavanaugh Smear Campaign

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

Furious

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2011 51 Comments

That's my wif'e's reaction to the Casey Anthony verdict. That and spitting mad. I've noticed something in the reactions, admittedly anecdotal. The reaction from mothers seems to be at a different level than the rest of us. Am I right about that?...

Wisconsin isn’t over

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2011 20 Comments

Other than the possible fisticuffs and chokeholds at the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Wisconsin politics has faded from the national headlines. But Wisconsin isn't over folks. Democrats challenging Republicans in recall elections are doing better at fundraising, and Nancy Pelosi is headlining a fundraiser as well. One of...

Too many moving parts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2011 9 Comments

The (bad) news recently reminds me of a flock of birds. I can't seem to focus on any one of them....

Slow motion political crash

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2011 16 Comments

That's my impression of the "drama" unfolding in the budget talks. Obama now is the one purporting to demand bigger cuts, a more long term agreement, and so on and so on, provided there also are commensurate tax increases. It's an interesting ploy, and tied solely...

Won’t have any what?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2011 12 Comments

Freedom? Spotted by reader Scott in Asheville, NC, on July 4th: ...

Did he mention windmills at the Twitter Townhall?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2011 12 Comments

Because as we know, windmills are our future. While I did send a Tweet, I didn't get to follow the Twitter Townhall. Please tell me, did he mention windmills? or at least "wind energy"?...

Joshua Green strikes out

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2011 13 Comments

while striking out at me at The Atlantic. Read to the end to find out how and why. I have been a critic of Green, who is the Senior Editor of The Atlantic and writes a weekly column at The Boston Globe. I criticized Green for...

#AskObama

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2011 7 Comments

If you are on Twitter, the Heritage Foundation has five questions it is asking Obama for his Twitter Townhall. The event, like all of Obama's townhalls, is merely for show, but if he wants questions sent via Twitter, here are the five: Your budget was rejected...

Yes, but where does he stand in the poll of journolists?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2011 8 Comments

I think the journolist community probably likes him quite a lot, which is why this Politico headline is so humorous, WMUR poll shows no bump for Jon Huntsman: It was possible to dismiss the recent Suffolk University poll showing Jon Huntsman in low single digits, but...

It’s getting hard to tell anti-Bush and anti-Obama bumper stickers apart

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2011 10 Comments

Yet another example of anti-Bush anti-war bumper stickers doing double-duty. Spotted in my neighborhood in Rhode Island on July 4: ...

I think I’m doing pretty well so far

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

In late December I posted my "not predictions" for 2011. (My "predictions" are here.) Here are the first 10 "not predictions." I think I'm doing pretty well, although some still are works in progress: There will be a government shutdown crisis over the House budget, which will...

Daily Beast Plays The David Duke Card

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2011 39 Comments

Democrats must be in trouble if The Daily Beast is running a headline White Supremacist Stampede, with this opening line: Add to the growing list of candidates considering a bid for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 America’s most famous white-power advocate: David Duke. Ah yes, the...