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Romney played class warfare “poorly”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2012 48 Comments

Mitt Romney had an interview this morning in which he said the following: Romney says, "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair , I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich...

“from the very beginning, Obama was playing a long game”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2012 17 Comments

The inflammatory Newsweek cover, and the heaping of praise on Obama by Andrew Sullivan, distract from the most important point of Sullivan's article at The Daily Beast, quoted in the title above. Obama has accomplished a lot for the Left in America. He wants to accomplish a lot more. ...

Let’s take a hunk out of Elizabeth Warren

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2011 19 Comments

You owe us, and we want our fair share of all that money you are raising online. You built a campaign out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: you moved your message to market on bandwidth the rest of us paid for; you hired workers...

Yes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 15, 2011 9 Comments

Reader David e-mails with the subject line "Is this a joke?" accompanied by this screenshot: I have no control over Google Ads. The good news is that Grayson wasted money advertising on a blog where everyone thinks he is a joke. While we're on the subject, let's...

Saturday Night Card Game (Race-based attacks on Herman Cain expose left-wing hypocrisy, once again)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2011 17 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain The attacks on Herman Cain from the left are gruesome, as Cain is reduced by his attackers to an affirmative action candidate who helps white Republicans hide their racism by...

24 years ago today, Borking was born

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 23, 2011 15 Comments

24 years ago a new term was coined, "borking" or "to bork." It is a tactic in which Democrats still revel, except when they feel they are on the receiving end at which point they cry foul. Borking is the complete politicization of the judicial nomination...

The ignorance of the masses – Soviet flag at #OccupyPhiladelphia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 16 Comments

We've seen this before, at the celebration of Obama's victory in 2008, where students unfurled the Soviet flag in celebration. I chalked that up to profound historical ignorance, much like the chic wearing of Che Guevara and Mao t-shirts. The carrying of the Soviet flag at the Occupy...

#OccupyWhiteHouse2012 – The hashtag for the rest of us

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2011 19 Comments

The silent majority. The ones who pay the bills, and the taxes, and the tuitions, and the pensions, and the benefits, for the people who falsely claim to be the 99%. The ones who did not graduate from the school of perpetual expectations and handouts. The ones who...

#OccupyWallStreet has been seized by the very people against whom the protests should be directed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2011 28 Comments

Whatever Occupy Wall Street once was long ago (i.e., three weeks ago), the revolution has been seized by big labor, particularly public employee unions, as proudly reported yesterday in left-wing Mother Jones magazine, Occupy Wall Street, Powered by Big Labor: In late September, major labor unions mostly watched...

More Leftist Hypocrisy: The MSA 11 vs. Laws Restricting Abortion Clinic Protests

Posted by Matthew Knee on October 05, 2011 9 Comments

Several nights ago, I found myself arguing with a hyperpriviledged, self-identified anarcho-socialist (don't ask me how that works) about the MSA 11. He and his friends believed them to have been convicted by a racist Orange County jury, under unconstitutional laws. As we were discussing the...

Best #OccupyWallStreet Tweet Ever

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 05, 2011 5 Comments

Doubly good. First, because the tweet by CNN reporter Alison Kosik was hysterical, and second, because the humorless leftist reaction (added: here, here) to the tweet caused her to take it down, but it lives on because people grabbed screenshots. ...

The entire mainstream media will jump on this to impugn the entire #OccupyWallStreet movement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2011 23 Comments

Just like they did when they found a crazy sign at a Tea Party rally. On the other hand, it might be dismissed as a mere aberration, with serious caution urged not to use the actions of a few to impugn an entire movement. (h/t comment by myiq2xu) Update: More of...

NY Times’ poster child for #OccupyWallStreet not what he seems (Update: Cole responds)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2011 32 Comments

The NY Times Dealbook section takes a very sympathetic look at the Occupy Wall Street protests, On Wall Street, a Protest Matures. The article leads with a feature on Andrew Cole, who arrived from Madison, Wisconsin (shock!) where he recently lost a job: “I think a good deal...

“I still remember your ‘death to the Kulaks’ post from a while back!”

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

So e-mails reader and commenter KC_MRBB KC_MRBB, with a link to the video below, referring to my prior post The “Richest 5%” Are The New Kulaks from October 27, 2008. Related: The Revolt of the Kulaks Has Begun...

What Democracy Looks (And Sounds) Like

Posted by Matthew Knee on October 04, 2011 11 Comments

A common protest chant of the Occupy Wall Street crew and other radicals is "This is what democracy looks like!" - a trite, rhythmic expression of self-congratulation layered over an implication that they represent the true will of the people. Yes, these protests are examples of...

#OccupyWallStreet Photo of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2011 17 Comments

"Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Or if they are not available, "Give me some chick who likes to have her image captured on an iPad while protesting corporate greed." Photo via reader marklyon: Related: #OccupyWallStreet Tweet and Post of Day...

Declaration of the Occupation of Perpetual Grievance

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2011 29 Comments

The organizers of the Wall Street takeover, calling themselves the NYC General Assembly, have issued a Declaration of the Occupation of New York City: The Declaration lists 20 grievances against corporations, including these examples: They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the...

If Chris Christie were a People of Anything Else

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2011 25 Comments

About one-third of U.S. adults (33.8%) are obese. So why is this a problem for Chris Christie? Because he is not in a liberally protected class: “Liberals, who embrace diversity of all other kinds -- who demand quotas for transgender kindergarten teachers in public schools -- these...

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