Posted at 7:50pm on Jun. 17, 2008 Re: Al Gore accelerates his Bear Murdering.
By Dan McLaughlin
Moe, I love the millibears. I'd been waiting for their return.
Which brings to mind the other reference I think of these days regarding Gore:
Posted at 7:22pm on Jun. 17, 2008 Al Gore accelerates his Bear Murdering.
By Moe Lane
Not being content to even maintain his previous level of ecorape (3.64 millibears/year) - in fact, he was clearly encouraged to greater heights (7.1 decibears in a single evening!) - we are now told that he has finally reached an unprecedented 4 millibears a year in Gaia-murder.
How long must we tolerate this violation of the Earth Mother?
How long?
Posted at 1:47am on Jun. 17, 2008 I would like to think that he avoided them out of shame.
By Moe Lane
Them being Iraqi provincial leaders. From the WSJ (Via Hot Air News):
A sense of incredulity hangs over the way Iraqis see the U.S. political debate taking shape. The governor tells a moving story about their visit to Walter Reed hospital, where they were surprised to find smiles on the faces of GIs who had lost limbs. "The smile is because they feel they have accomplished something for the American people."
But the Iraqis came away with a different impression in Chicago, where they had hoped to meet with Mr. Obama but ended up talking to a staff aide. "We noticed there was a concentration on the negatives," the governor recalls. "The Democrat kept saying that Americans have committed a lot of mistakes. Yes, that's true, but why don't you concentrate on what the Americans have achieved in Iraq?"
Then again, it may just be pragmatism. After all, it's harder to betray somebody once you've looked him in the eye.
Posted at 1:12am on Jun. 17, 2008 Jake Tapper Should Replace Tim Russert
By Ben Domenech
You owe it to yourself to read the entire transcript. Jake Tapper may be left of center, but he's offered some of the most fair, eye-opening coverage of the 2008 cycle. His interview with Barack Obama is almost Russert-like in its focus and lack of softballs. An excerpt:
TAPPER: You and Senator John McCain are both talking about the need to reach across the partisan divide.
OBAMA: Right.
TAPPER: It's not difficult to look at Senator McCain's record and see examples of times when he reached across the partisan divide at great political risk to himself: immigration reform, Gang of 14, campaign finance reform.
I know that you have worked across the aisle.
OBAMA: Absolutely.
TAPPER: But have you ever worked across the aisle in such a way that entailed a political risk for yourself?
Posted at 11:34pm on Jun. 16, 2008 Shorter New York Times
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Posted at 9:52pm on Jun. 16, 2008 LA Senate Passes Hot Potato to Gov. Jindal
By Vladimir
The Louisiana State Senate, by a vote of 20-18, approved the House pay raise plan as amended last Friday.
Posted at 2:20pm on Jun. 16, 2008 Obama's conservative appeal
By Mark Kilmer
Respected legal scholar Douglas Kmiec of the University of Chicago oh, Pepperdine, is an Obama groupie, and he continues to try to make the sale today in a Chicago Tribune Op/Ed. It's all about the allure of Barry to conservatives, and Kmiec feels the glory.
A few days ago, I had the privilege of engaging Sen. Barack Obama in private conversation for several hours with Rev. Franklin Graham, Bishop T.D. Jakes and a diverse group of 30 or so religious leaders from Protestant, Catholic, Evangelical and other traditions.
Here's the gist of the piece: "I engaged in a private conversation between thirty incongruous people. Note that I did not say intimate. And please also note that "private" is a relative term, in that I'm going to tell you all about it."
The rest is crap.
So is the notion that Obama can possibly appeal to grounded conservatives with anything more than an ephemeral whisper of HOPECHANGEHOPE which not even our smarter lefties believe.. See my friend Ben Domenech in Friday's Washington Times on this matter.
Posted at 12:55pm on Jun. 16, 2008 Iraqi announces support for armed operations against US, donates max to Obama
By Robert A. Hahn
Ayham al-Samurai, announced his support for armed operations against U.S. forces... In a separate context, Samarra'i said in the press conference he held in the Jordanian capital Amman on Sunday that a maximum contribution of $ 2300 U.S. dollars in support of the Democratic Party candidate, Senator Obama in the state of Chicago, explaining that by saying:
"...States in the U.S. you have the right to donate cash, and I donated $ 2300 dollars for Obama."
Posted at 9:14am on Jun. 16, 2008 Your clearinghouse for all Kent Conrad Countrywide scandal needs.
By Moe Lane
Rob over at Say Anything has been following this story from the start; see here for the latest event in the saga. Fascinating, the lengths to which a sitting Senator will go to avoid admitting that he used his position to get a little consideration.
Posted at 2:45am on Jun. 16, 2008 What Is Free Trade?
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
This.
Free trade, of course, leads to prosperity. Prosperity helps lead to this.
By implication, you can tell what I believe we ought to think of protectionists.
Posted at 2:43am on Jun. 16, 2008 On Medicare And Medicaid
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Regarding a key issue, they are at least as bad as Wal-Mart. And unlike Wal-Mart, the Federal Government doesn't experience many changes of heart after deciding to go after your money.
Posted at 1:40pm on Jun. 15, 2008 We interrupt 2008's Drums of Doom with some context
By Neil Stevens
Over at Next Right, Patrick Ruffini points out what's been influencing the polls and which of those influences are going away:
So, we saw an initial round of polling showing Mitch McConnell trailing in Kentucky and Elizabeth Dole up within the margin in North Carolina and John Cornyn only up by 4 in Texas.
And today?
Dole leads by 14. Cornyn is up by 17. Gordon Smith, who has to be on anyone's list of beatable Republican incumbents leads Jeff Merkley by 9 in Oregon, an Obama +8 state.
I'm not saying things aren't tough, particularly in the Senate. But I would argue there is a chance for more of a "normal" year than a repeat wave, which would be an historical aberration.
Emphasis added.
Posted at 6:50pm on Jun. 14, 2008 A Note To The McCain Campaign
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Listen to Fred Barnes on the issue of energy policy instead of having your candidate run around and sound like the latest incarnation of Barack Obama and/or Hillary Clinton on the issue of energy, gas and oil prices and the oil companies in general. We already have enough populists afflicting our politics. We don't need any more. In fact, if we actually had a free marketeer calling shenanigans on the populists, that would be most helpful and it is pretty puzzling as to why McCain doesn't seem to be willing to play the part.
Posted at 6:48pm on Jun. 14, 2008 Stay Classy, Chris
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
I watched the exchange discussed here. It was as appalling as Scott Ott described it. Perhaps more so.
Posted at 1:50am on Jun. 14, 2008 Can We Fire Paul Krugman Now?
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Please? More from Jon Henke. And still more.
Posted at 6:04pm on Jun. 13, 2008 The Case of the People vs Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)
By Vladimir
Trial set for Dec. 2. After the election. Naturally.
Posted at 3:53pm on Jun. 13, 2008 re: Tim Russert
By Mark Kilmer
I have watched Tim Russert every Sunday for as long as I can remember. He had me stammering when I got angry as a younger man, and he has had me rolling my eyes in recent years, but he loved what he was doing. He had that twinkle of anticipation in his eyes, that endearing smile -- and say what we will, the man was a good interviewer.
This is a loss I feel directly, because, like many other Americans with the Sunday Show "sickness," Tim Russert was a part of my life.
Posted at 3:40pm on Jun. 13, 2008 RIP Tim Russert
By Dan McLaughlin
Dead at 58. Appears to be a sudden heart attack. (Via Drudge). I always liked Russert despite his background in Democratic politics - he was a tenacious interviewer, and the 2008 race will be poorer for his absence.
Posted at 2:01pm on Jun. 13, 2008 Obamacon Job
By Dan McLaughlin
Ben has an outstanding op-ed in the Washington Times on the so-called "Obamacons."