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Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2011 44 Comments

by the behavior of numerous "conservatives" and "libertarians" on Twitter dancing on Herman Cain's (presumed) political grave. Let's sum up the "facts" as they are known right now.  Mostly unnamed people accused Herman Cain of unspecified conduct which some people who will not specify the people or...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2011 7 Comments

From Walter Russell Mead referencing cancellation of his own speech, and taking it all in good humor: I was scheduled to give a talk at the Hannah Arendt conference here at Bard this evening on the problems of the green movement in dealing with the connections...

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

Yes, this is the point, isn't it?  It's not just about big liberal government, it's about big government. By way of example, it's why I am against centralize federal tort reform; just because you like the result doesn't mean you have to empower the federal government...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 24, 2011 5 Comments

Another day, another failed Obama attempt to dominate Twitter with a campaign-inspired hastag (see, #attackwatch). This time the hastag is #WeCantWait as in "we can't wait" for Republicans to approve whatever half-baked scheme Obama wants to push through Congress to prove that he is the "jobs...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2011 18 Comments

Not long ago The Washington Post was digging up rocks from 30 years ago to find dirt about Rick Perry. Now WaPo is digging up immigration papers from 50 years ago about Marco Rubio's parents, Marco Rubio’s compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show.  The gist of WaPo's dramatic...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2011 45 Comments

You know the trick, Obama's an expert at it.  Create a straw man argument by presenting extreme choices, in order to make one of the choices seem like the only reasonable choice.  It's also called being a "shorter," in internet parlance. Nicholas Kristof of The NY Times is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 16, 2011 87 Comments

Scrolling through The Daily News' live blog of the Occupy Wall Street protest in Times Square yesterday, this photo and caption jumped out at me: Student loan debt a hot topic among Times Sq. crowd. "Student loans screwed up my credit!" one protester screamed while Shakina Nayfack,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 12, 2011 39 Comments

Looking at all the non-Romney candidates last night, I kept thinking, "Miss her yet?"  (Note:  If someone could do the graphic, I'd love to post it.) Particularly after this question and answer: TUMULTY: Congressman Gingrich -- Speaker Gingrich, Medicare is going broke.  Consider the fact that half of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 11, 2011 15 Comments

I criticized Mitt Romney's campaign on the night of the Reagan Library debate for having a spokesman claim that Perry wanted to kill social security, linking to this tweet by John McCormack: The Romney campaign has been hitting similar themes for the past month.  It's the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2011 6 Comments

Democrats and media helpers like Paul Krugman have been weaving a Tea Party eliminationist narrative for years. As pointed out by James Taranto, it looks like Democrats finally have found an eliminationist narrative they can believe in: Related:  Worst. #OccupyWallStreet. Advice. Ever....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2011 18 Comments

Large law firms. Oh sure, they'll give thousands of pro bono hours fighting for the rights of Gitmo detainees, but remember why they are Large law firms. They have Large corporate clients including Large Banks and Large Investment Banks and Large Broker-Dealers who pay them Large Legal Fees so they...

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. ...

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