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Thoughts and Prayers for Kamala Harris

Talking Turkey to Trump Derangement Syndrome - Thankgiving Day Guide

Pro-Hamas Mob Tries to Block Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Will The Truth Be Hasan’s Last Victim?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 09, 2009 7 Comments

It is not a good thing to jump to conclusions when there is a shooting, at least on the issue of whether the shooting was a mere crime or terrorism. On Thursday, I cautioned against jumping to the conclusion that Nidal Hasan was motivated by...

Democrats Sold Their Party’s Reproductive Soul

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2009 14 Comments

I'm not sure the fallout from the Stupak Amendment passing has been fully felt.Reproductive rights is the heart and soul of the Democratic Party. Democratic activists take as a given that Democratic politicians will protect a women's right and ability to choose. Last night the...

Bruni de la Motte for Health Care Czar

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2009 6 Comments

Bruni de la Motte explains in The Guardian why East Germans were better off before the Berlin Wall fell:On 9 November 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down I realised German unification would soon follow, which it did a year later. This meant the end...

In The End: No Public Option, No Abortions, No Pelosi, No Reid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2009 12 Comments

Joe Lieberman threw a healthy dose of water on the Pelosi-Reid-Obama health care fire this morning, reiterating that he will join in a Republican filibuster of any Senate health care bill which contains a public option. This is at least the second time in recent...

2000-lb Baby

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2009 1 Comment

Great line from Michael Steele while going at it with Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (who also is Chair of the Democratic National Committee) on ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" a few minutes ago.After Kaine crowed snidely about how Democrats have delivered on their promises...

New York's 'New School' to Offer Course on 'Fat Fashion' Next Semester

New Bipartisan Bill Would Withhold Federal Funding From Universities That Boycott Israel

U. Colorado-Colorado Springs Prof Praises North Korea, Argues Country Advances Socialist Revolution

NYC Diversity Staffer Caught Ripping Down Israel Hostage Poster and Allegedly Assaulting Person Filming it

Report Indicates Christian and Career Colleges Were Unfairly Targeted Under the Biden Administration

President of the Harvard Republican Club Says 'Life Has Never Been Better'

NY Times Names Names

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 08, 2009 5 Comments

The NY Times is naming names of House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill.It's all public record, so it's not "outing." But it is interesting that The Times feels the need to go into such detail to highlight the Democratic heretics. The Times...

First Take On House Passage

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2009 23 Comments

First impressions and reactions can be dangerous, but here goes:Passing the monstrous health care bill by just 5 votes in the House is a pyrrhic victory. Yes, it is a victory tonight for Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama, but at an enormous political price.There will...

Saturday Night Card Game (Hullabaloo)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2009 5 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:Complaining about the fact that even MSNBC could not spin Democratic losses in Virginia and New Jersey as a victory for Obama in last Tuesday's election, Digby at Hullabaloo...

Obama’s Media Hairdo

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2009 6 Comments

Barack Obama held another off-the-record 2-hour lunch with bloggers and columnists, Sister Todjah reports:No word yet on how the sour grapes tasted.This is becoming a regular occurrence, isn’t it? What’s happening with this WH? Are they so concerned now about MSM journalists like Jake Tapper...

How’s That Iran Negotiation Going?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2009 4 Comments

As Obama heads to Capitol Hill today to round-up some reluctant Blue Dog Democratic votes to ruin our health care system, raise taxes, and get the IRS involved in our lives even further, I was wondering if Obama could answer this unimportant question:How's that Iran...

So Jump Already

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2009 1 Comment

The attempts by Nancy Pelosi to cajole and/or threaten House Democrats into voting for the House health care restructuring bill has a surreal quality about it.Pelosi reminds me of a suicidal jumper on a ledge, with Republicans trying to talk Pelosi down since if she...

Obama as World War II Analogy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 06, 2009 2 Comments

It is not good for any President when bloody World War II analogies are all that supportive columnists and bloggers can muster in defense of your inability to get things done:Paul Krugman: Obama as Anzio. "Allied forces landed far behind enemy lines, catching their opponents...

Jeezy-Hawks Against Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 06, 2009 8 Comments

Joe Klein, sometimes hero, sometimes villain to just about everyone, wrote a lengthy article about all the problems Hillary Clinton is having in just about every part of the world with just about everyone over just about every foreign policy issue.But one sentence in the...

Destroying More Jobs Cannot Wait Until Monday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 06, 2009 4 Comments

Don't have much time this morning to comment further, but note the irony that today the jobless rate hit a 25-year high at 10.2%, and tomorrow night Democrats in the House of Representatives are planning to push through a health care restructuring bill that is...

So, Mr. Krugman, Who Incited This Violence?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 06, 2009 8 Comments

Paul Krugman has been a leader in the movement among NY Times columnists and left-wing bloggers to demean and isolate the conservative movement by claiming that harsh criticisms of Barack Obama's policies not only are racist, but also incite right-wing violence.In the aftermath of the...

Ridiculous Speculation That “Oath Keepers” Behind Fort Hood Attack

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 05, 2009 11 Comments

After the Bill Sparkman incident, in which the left-wing blogosphere immediately blamed tea party attendees and conservatives for Sparkman's (as yet unsolved) death, even this shocked me. Digby at Hullabaloo:I have no idea what happened at Ft Hood. They've confirmed that the perpetrators were military....

Alphabet Soup of Health Care Delusions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 05, 2009 2 Comments

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and American Medical Association (AMA) came out in support of the 2000-page plus House Democratic health care bills.Do not be deceived by this alphabet soup of support. The positions of the AARP and AMA amount to political posturing...