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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

Post-Birth Certificate Poll Bounce for Obama?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2011 10 Comments

Maybe, just maybe slightly. But it will not last. Here's why:In the week ending April 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 429,000, an increase of 25,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 404,000. The 4-week moving average was 408,500, an...

Prius, How Could You?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2011 6 Comments

Spotted by reader Patrick in Eagan, Minnesota.Supporting the Navy is one thing, but a climate change denier? And you call yourself a Prius.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

Going After Judge James Ware

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

A motion has been filed in California federal District Court seeking to vacate former Chief Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling holding that Prop. 8 violated the United States Constitution. A copy of the motion is here. As a matter of routine, the movants selected a hearing...

Did Basic Polling Interpretation Errors Drive Obama To Mishandle The Birth Certificate Issue?

Posted by Matthew Knee on April 27, 2011 14 Comments

by Matthew KneeI have generally believed that Obama did not release his birth certificate because he thought that the birther issue made some of his opponents look foolish. So long as the birther issue was politically beneficial, there was no reason to put it...

Milbank is getting creative.

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 27, 2011 14 Comments

KathleenI have to say, I'm really not surprised by Dana Milbank's latest Op-Ed in WaPo 'Obama, lost in thought.'There’s too much going on in the poor guy’s head...

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

Why Does The Wisconsin Recount Make Me Nervous?

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

I know there is no logical way David Prosser could lose 7316 votes in the recount.But stuff like this gets me very nervous, via JSOnline:The state Supreme Court recount got off to a wobbly start here Wednesday.After more than a half-hour of meticulous instructions and...

It Was His Ego

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2011 21 Comments

Why did he wait so long, almost three years after Clinton supporters first claimed Obama was born abroad, for Obama to release the original documentation?There certainly were political strategies involved. But that cannot explain it all.It was Obama's enormous ego. Challenged, he sought to control the...

Obama Releases “Long Form” Birth Certificate?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2011 58 Comments

So much for our media, which has been telling us -- contrary to the actual law as I explained previously-- that Obama could not obtain original documents of his own birth records. Succumbing to the realization -- which I also predicted -- that the "Birther"...

So Tell Me About Paul Ryan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2011 8 Comments

Specifically, tell me about Paul Ryan as a presidential candidate, now that there are murmurings that he may jump in.Why not? Republicans are going to have to defend the Ryan plan, who better to do it than Ryan. Someone who conveys a seriousness about policy without being...

Probably Better Blurry

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2011 2 Comments

"The" Turfmann took this photo of a car in the Boston area, which he says has some sort of vulgar anti-Palin wolf bumper sticker on it. And he added:Oh, I want you to know that in keeping with your pleas to be safe, I had both...

Trump Is Doing Major Damage To Obama

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 26, 2011 73 Comments

The conventional wisdom is that Donald Trump is doing damage to Republicans by raising the birth certificate issue. I think it's way too early to tell, but it is just as likely that Trump is doing major damage to Obama.Obama may be winning in some...

Bolduc nails it.

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 26, 2011 3 Comments

KathleenBrian Bolduc of National Review has an excellent Op Ed in The Crimson today detailing the "facts of life" after Harvard:"College is a holiday from history, during which you have few real responsibilities—that is, the kind you can’t talk your way out of. After four...

Is There Now A Hostile Environment For Pro-Traditional Marriage Views At King & Spalding?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 26, 2011 19 Comments

King & Spalding has withdrawn from representing the House of Representatives with regard to the Defense of Marriage Act. King & Spalding was hired after the Obama administration abruptly -- and disingenuously -- changed its legal position recently.The attempts to intimidate, both politically and sometimes physically,...

Choking Our Oil Supply, One Permit At A Time

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 26, 2011 14 Comments

It's not just in the Gulf of Mexico. Or in West Virginia.There is a concerted effort on the part of the Obama administration to choke the growth of domestic supplies of fossil fuels. Instead, we have a President obsessed with windmills.Now it's Alaska (h/t reader sort of...

These Bumper Stickers Do Run

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 26, 2011 16 Comments

That was my initial reaction to this set of bumper stickers spotted by reader Jeff in Longmont, Colorado:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

MSM Doesn’t Have Haley Barbour To Kick Around Anymore

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 25, 2011 9 Comments

Impecable timing and sources, that's what makes Newsweek a powerhouse in the news business:But all jokes aside, this was a bad day for the MSM. Oh how they wanted Republicans to nominate someone from Mississippi with a heavy southern accent.Sorry, you'll have to find some...

S&P Shows Spine

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on April 25, 2011 5 Comments

KathleenIt's not surprising that politicians plead to stop Standard & Poor's credit warning, they cannot risk losing their pristine rating. After all, there is now a one-in-three chance that the S&P; will downgrade the US Government's rating in the next two years. Considering S&P; can't...