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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 04, 2011 12 Comments

That'll keep 'em happy.  Really:The Senate Indian Affairs committee will hold a hearing Thursday on racist Native American stereotypes, a hearing that will now also address the Osama bin Laden mission and the code-name Geronimo.While the hearing was scheduled before the mission, a committee aide...

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

As you know, I'm not a fan of Politico's news operation.  Today's feature article, Mission for anti-Palin movement: Expose her, is a prime example of how the MSM will go after Republican candidates or potential candidates.Under the guise of reporting on the anti-Palin movement, Politico...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2011 26 Comments

Back in November, Sarah Palin delivered a sharp criticism of Fed monetary policy, as reported by The Wall Street Journal:Sarah Palin, delving into a major policy issue a week after the mid-term elections, took aim Monday at the Federal Reserve and called on Fed chairman...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2011 4 Comments

Wonkette didn't start it.  And hasn't even been the most high profile voice (although perhaps the most crude).It has been there since the moment Sarah Palin was nominated for V.P., in the "high-end" liberal websites not just the bowels of the internet.Here is James Taranto...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2011 10 Comments

Wonkette has removed its latest post mocking Trig Palin, and instead posted a snide comment about how it really meant to mock Sarah Palin and her followers (emphasis mine):"A post on this page satirizing Sarah Palin using her baby as a political prop was very badly...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 25 Comments

Ken Layne, the owner and lead editor of Wonkette, is in damage control mode over the article by recent college grad Jack Stuef ripping into and mocking Trig Palin.Dave Weigel (h/t Instapundit) received this e-mail from Layne:I have four kids myself and I wouldn't want them mocked...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 19 Comments

On July 28, 2009, I posted about the obsession at Wonkette, a widely read liberal website, with attacking Trig Palin, Wonkette Goes After Trig Palin Again.  The author of the Wonkette article which was the focus of the 2009 post was Ken Layne, the co-owner of Wonkette after...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2011 18 Comments

...(Whitney Point, NY, 4-17-2011)And we we should give further thanks that the current President of the United States understands the forces which come together in what we sometimes call "markets."  Because if we had as President someone less highly credentialed, less schooled in economic theory,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2011 18 Comments

In using that term, Sarah Palin issued a political call to action directed at the men who rule the Republican Party:"We didn’t elect you just to rearrange the deck chairs on a sinking Titanic," Palin said during a rally in front of the Wisconsin statehouse in...

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

On display in Madison, Wisconsin today, as related to me by reader Jim, who sent this photo:"This guy was next to me screaming for two hours. Here he is showing civility and tolerance to Sarah Palin."What can I say, I look for the good in...

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

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2011 39 Comments

The results have just been posted in the Milwaukee County canvass, and nothing much changed from yesterday. AP reports Prosser picked up 11 more votes and is the winner. I repeat, JoAnne Kloppenburg lost.  David Prosser won.The vote margin stands at 7316, a virtually insurmountable...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2011 4 Comments

Could tonight be the night it all comes together?Friday Night Prisoner Exchange?Is The Andrew still up for it?There was a time when the idea of an exchange was so appealing to him.He still wants one of the prisoners, worse than ever.  The other one, not so...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2011 29 Comments

With that single sentence made to her Israeli hosts, Sarah Palin demonstrated a greater understanding of the problems confronting Israel than the collective wisdom of all the J.D.'s, Ph.D's, and Masters of International Affairs in the Obama administration combined.The question was profound, as simple as it were, because it addressed the narrative of...

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

Andrew Sullivan on Sarah Palin's upcoming trip to Israel (emphasis mine)The appeal of Sarah Palin as a GOP nominee is not just about domestic resentments. It is also about foreign policy revanchism. And it seems rash to me to dismiss the importance of this. There...

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