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Better Pass It Quickly — Someone Might Read It!
1 comment on Better Pass It Quickly — Someone Might Read It!Once again the Democrats in Congress are trying to push through a hugely expensive and controversial bill that nobody — literally nobody — has read. In February, as Congressional leaders and the Obama Administration were…
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The Perilous Implications of Bush’s Third Term
While much of Barack Obama’s national security policy has, thankfully, looked like a continuation of the Bush administration, his rhetorical response to the crisis in Iran thus far contrasts sharply with what we would have…
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Obama Critic Indulges in Overwrought Rhetoric
I think President Obama’s expression of support Friday for Iranians “seeking justice in a peaceful way” in Iran set the proper tone. I’d give it a B+, with points deducted for tardiness, as it could…
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CWCID: Thank You, Mr. President; Now Please Teach CBS How to Edit
Credit where credit is due: President Obama yesterday said unambiguously “we stand behind those who are seeking justice in a peaceful way” in Iran. And then, after days of complaints about the president’s lack of…
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The Election Was a Sham — I Hope the Revolt is Not
Charles Krauthammer today, taking aim at Obama’s tepid expression of “deep concern about the election”: Moreover, this incipient revolution is no longer about the election. Obama totally misses the point. The election allowed the political…
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Iran Revolt Vindicates Neoconservative Ideals — and the Iraq War
(Welcome, GayPatriot readers) Since he turned against the Iraq War that he once championed, Andrew Sullivan has taken to using the term “neocon” as a curse word. “The neocon hope that Ahmadinejad keeps himself in…
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Should Obama Take Sides in Iran?
Photo: IranElection.Posterous.com The question in the headline virtually answers itself. One side is a repressive, terror-sponsoring regime that has waged war against America, both directly and by proxy, since 1979. The other side consists of…
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Iran Looms Large in Bush’s Third Term
Risking police violence in Tehran (Photo: mousavi1388) I’ve said that regarding foreign affairs, Obama has been serving Bush’s third term. It’s a bit tongue-in-cheek perhaps, but there’s plenty of substance behind the label. So I…
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A Religion of Peace? Only With Careful Editing
I’m a fan of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies — an organization I was predisposed to love as soon as I heard their name. Their weekly FDD Update newsletter provides an extremely comprehensive review…
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American Ideals in Bush’s Third Term
President Obama sometimes sounds a lot like President Bush — and I mean that in the nicest possible way. Barack Hussein Obama, Cairo University, June 4, 2009: But I do have an unyielding belief that…