National Democrats
Immigrants and Gays
Federal judges have turned out to be President Obama’s worst nightmare; first a Clinton judge in Phoenix threw out Arizona’s immigration law and landed Obama in the middle of a political war over the next to last issue he wanted to fight over; then a judge in California landed him in an even worse fight…
Read MoreUgly Facts
Not long after we took up the burden (or had it forced on us) of fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq we decided ‘Democracy Building’ (wherever our army went) sounded like a noble idea. And no doubt it was noble but nearly nine years later we’ve had an education and learned not everyone agrees.…
Read MoreWelcome, Sarah?
Under the Dome reports that Republicans “had a field day” with Elaine Marshall’s stumble over whether she wants President Obama to campaign in North Carolina. In the end, she said: “I would welcome President Obama to North Carolina.” So here’s the question for Senator Burr: Does he welcome Sarah Palin to North…
Read MoreA Wild Whirlwind?
The other morning there was an article in the paper listing perverse examples of how the President has spent ‘Stimulus Funds’ – like paying $300,000 to study the power of yoga to relieve hot flashes. Now, at first blush this sounds like typical government foolishness (or some Congressman buying votes from yoga enthusiasts) but…
Read MorePosters of Obama
Barack Obama repairs a road with ‘Stimulus Funds’ – and promptly puts up a sign praising his policy. Obama aides send money to Orlando to widen a parkway – and the road gets renamed for Obama. Obama gives stimulus cash to unions, ‘greenies’ and Democratic political operatives including a pollster who’s head of…
Read MorePerdue-care
Here’s another story about how the true-blue liberal Democrats up in Washington and the leading Obama supporters in North Carolina – like Governor Perdue – have gotten cross-wired. By now no one in the United States has any doubt President Obama wants more and better health care. Period. His plan may backfire. But if…
Read MoreThe End of the Post Racial Era
An odd thing happened on the way to the post-racial era. Mrs. Shirley Sherrod a black Department of Agriculture employee in rural Georgia gave a speech to the NAACP, admitted twenty years ago she discriminated against a poor white farmer, explained how she’d realized she was wrong and turned around and helped the farmer –…
Read MoreFamily Values
There was a nice little contrast this weekend under the category of News About Politicians’ Children. There was the nice, simple little wedding of Chelsea Clinton. (I can already see my conservative commentators’ blood pressure rising as they prepare to lace into the cost and glitz of the ceremony. Give the girl a…
Read MoreFictional Missiles in Cyberspace
I expect Andrew Breitbart was telling the unvarnished truth when he told CNN he did not mean to smear Shirley Sherrod on his blog – that he meant to blast the NAACP because it had blasted the Tea Party and Mrs. Sherrod’s wounding was the political equivalent of what’s euphemistically called ‘collateral damage’ over in…
Read MoreObama and Wall Street
The anti-Wall Street talking Obama administration just let Goldman Sachs off the hook for bilking investors for billions with a wrist slap. Now, granted a $550 million fine sounds like real money. But consider this: It’s less than 5% of Goldman Sachs $12 billion in profits. And not one Goldman Sachs executive got…
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