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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 17, 2011 12 Comments

Cythia Tucker once accused Michael Steele, then Chair of the Republican National Committee, of being an "affirmative action hire gone bad," and almost no one from civil rights organizations, liberal social justice groups, or the "left" objected.  Because Cynthia Tucker was a prominent liberal columnist who is black,...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2011 15 Comments

Several days ago the Editorial Board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel joined a growing chorus expressing exasperation that JoAnne Kloppenburg failed to see her own recount folly.Among other things, Kloppenburg's ballot bag security complaint has been rendered just a theory because the recount votes have...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 16, 2011 15 Comments

KathleenThe Donald won't be running for president after teasing (threatening?) the American people for a few weeks. I'm glad that the less serious candidates are starting to drop out and folks like Mitch Daniels are giving a nod and a wink to the race. The...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2011 9 Comments

Of course not.  He served his purpose, now there was no logic or justification for it:After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the Presidency. This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2011 2 Comments

Actually, I'd rather watch sausage being made.International humanitarian law, while it sounds nice, often is nothing more than power politics.  Witness Turkey's attempt to manipulate and influence a draft U.N. report on last summer's Gaza flotilla, sponsored in substantial part by Turkish Islamist organizations:The first...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2011 32 Comments

You know he is in for the treatment.  They reserve the worst for those who threaten their narratives the most.  Already the same writer who recently bashed Sarah Palin at The Atlantic has accused him of running "mildly racist" advertisements while CEO of Godfather's Pizza...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2011 22 Comments

By demanding a statewide recount, and insisting that the recount continue to the end even as it became clear she had no chance of success, JoAnne Kloppenburg has seen her public persona devolve into a caricature of a bitter partisan lacking the necessary judgment for the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2011 49 Comments

(Originally posted on 5/12/11 but lost in the Big Blogger Blackout of 2011, brought back to life courtesy of the Restore Honor and Sanity (and missing Legal Insurrection posts) Project)(modified to remove video embeds).The interview on Hannity last night almost has me believing.Yes, I know,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2011 8 Comments

(Originally posted on 5/12/11, lost in the Big Blogger Blackout of 2011, brought back to life courtesy of the Restore Honor and Sanity (and missing Legal Insurrection posts) Project)I think this sort of stuff hurts him more than it helps, but he is bringing it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2011 2 Comments

(Originally posted 5-11-11, but lost in the Big Blogger Blackout of 2011, brought back to life courtesy of the Restore Honor and Sanity (and missing Legal Insurrection posts) Project)Seven years is like forever in the blogosphere. Was there even electricity back then?Congrats to Booker Rising:Yes,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2011 35 Comments

(Originally posted 5/11/11, but lost in the Big Blogger Blackout of 2011, brought back to life courtesy of the Restore Honor and Sanity (and missing Legal Insurrection posts) Project)Zero tolerance is my position on cheap shots at Sarah Palin from the right. I don't expect people...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2011 15 Comments

(Originally posted 5/12/11, but lost in the Big Blogger Blackout of 2011, brought back to life courtesy of the Restore Honor and Sanity (and missing Legal Insurrection posts) Project)Gravitas, what we need is Gravitas. A mind so large it can create a unified theory of everything,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2011 2 Comments

(Originally posted 5/12/11, but lost in the Big Blogger Blackout of 2011, brought back to life courtesy of the Restore Honor and Sanity (and missing Legal Insurrection posts) Project)Just a meaningless but curious etymology. From Kloppenburg.org:As my father explains, the Kloppen part means “‘fighting’, beating, defeating,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2011 1 Comment

Via Wisconsin State Journal [if embed doesn't work for you, check out the video at the link]:In other news, it's Sunday, and Kloppenburg is still losing it.I like this commentary, It's Not About Counting Votes:Still, the recount continues.Why? Because the Democrats are playing for time....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2011 3 Comments

This is not very surprising, in fact it was predicted days ago.The Syrian government, with the encouragement of anti-Israel Palestinian groups, Hezbollah and the Iranians, has sent hundreds of supposed "Palestinian refugess" surging across the Israeli border in the Golan in an attempt to provoke...

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