Tag: Obama
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The U.S. Debt Bubble Will Make Sub-Prime Mortgages Look Like a Picnic
Just how bad is the U.S. debt problem? Jim Manzi spells it out at The Corner: … we are sitting on the mother of all bubbles. Many, probably most, Americans anticipate a stream of consumption that will be provided for them into old age by the government (i.e., other taxpayers). Unfortunately, most American taxpayers do […]
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Libya vs. Iraq: Geopolitical Insight in a Robotic Monotone
He: "So Obama is killing civilians in a pre-emptive, unfunded war for oil, promoted by the dictators of the Arab League along with the UN, in support of some unidentified rebels who he’s never met with, and you are fine with all that?" She: "He is a man of peace. Did you know he even got the Nobel Peace Prize? Just like Morgan Freeman."
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Astonishment at Obama’s War-Making Overwhelms Consideration of the Merits of It
It was nearly three years ago that Senator Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination, in part on the strength of having the purest "surrender-at-any-cost" position on Iraq. Who then could have predicted the following headline: "Nobel Peace Prize Winner Enters Third War"?
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Preacher, Activist, Martyr… and American
At church today I had the privilege of reading excerpts, from the lectern, of one of the greatest speeches in American history. I was worried that I wouldn’t make it all the way through without crying. I have a Boehner-like tendency to dissolve in tears on solemn occasions — not just at funerals, but also […]
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“Catastrophic Success: The Perils of a ‘Do-Everything’ Democratic Congress”
It was mathematically impossible for the Republicans to pick up enough seats in 2010 for a veto-proof majority that would allow them to overturn Obamacare altogether. So now the strategy is to delay and defund the worst components of Obamacare whenever possible, while waiting for the courts and the election cycle to take care of the rest.
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Can Obama Win Back Independents Without Further Alienating the Left?
One should always be wary of highly partisan people who make sweeping post-election predictions about future elections (cf. Carville, James, 40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation, copyright 2009.)
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If You Insist, I’ll Pontificate on the Election Results
A friend and former co-worker ("hi Father Tom!") teased me by phone today about being at my day job when I could be blogging about the election. I told him I didn’t think my dozens of daily readers are parked on my blog and repeatedly clicking the refresh button. But what if I’m wrong about that?
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The Divider-in-Chief
Patrick Caddell and Douglas Schoen, who self-identify as “traditional liberal Democrats,” are calling out the President for fomenting “the politics of polarization, resentment and division.” They accuse him of Nixonian levels of compromising the majesty of the Presidency. The news peg is Obama’s recent statement, “We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our […]
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Victor Davis Hanson Offers a Useful Cliff Notes Guide to the Obama Presidency
Victor Davis Hanson is one of my favorite authors — so much so that I was surprised just now to discover that I never made a VDH “tag” for my blog posts. (I just made one now… maybe someday I’ll go through the annoyingly tedious process of assigning the tag to past blog posts. It […]
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“Mourning in America”: A Brilliant Inversion of Reagan’s Classic Campaign Ad
From John Steele Gordon at Commentary comes the helpful suggestion to watch the Great Communicator’s version first. “Morning in America” is one of the iconic ads that the Reagan re-election campaign deployed against the uninspiring VP of a failed president, en route to winning 49 states. I voted against Reagan twice, but now believe him […]