In an interview on PBS’ NewsHour, Vice President Joe Biden said “The president’s speech acknowledged President Bush’s contribution.” For the record, President Obama acknowledged President Bush’s love of country and support for the troops.
With the midterm elections approaching, it is now clear that cap-and-trade, Democrats’ main weapon in their war on energy companies, is effectively dead–that is, at least until after the election, when some Democrats who may then be exiting Congress will
A NY Times story about successes we have had making dead tangos( i.e. counterterrorism) has a bunch of people scrambling to use this to justify all kinds of nonsense. Let’s clarify a few things so that when the punditocracy commences
According to Variety, the amount of political money from the entertainment industry is split about 73-27, with the majority going to the Democrats. That is a startling statistic. 27% of showbiz dollars go to REPUBLICANS? Are there really that many
Something ominous is happening within the Democratic Party, and Barack Obama will soon have to start paying attention. For weeks now, James Carville has been railing against the Obama administration’s handling of the oil spill in the Gulf. On Tuesday,
As the November mid-term elections draw near, race arsonists’ political distractions are seen in full action. Facing defeat at the polls, the Left is desperately resorting to its only remaining trick. With different styles and brands of utopian-driven influence —
Liberty is taking root in Iraq. While this young democracy has yet to form a new government since the March 7th election–over nineteen weeks and counting–the media attention on the current impasse and possible dire consequences it may yield ignores
As the November mid-term elections draw near, race arsonists’ political distractions are seen in full action. Facing defeat at the polls, the Left is desperately resorting to its only remaining trick. With different styles and brands of utopian-driven influence —
Let me make one thing very clear, my Mother, Elizabeth Thomas West, was a lifetime membership holder with the NAACP. Therefore growing up in our home I clearly understood the mission and vision for this organization. It was a mission
President Obama made much of the Executive Order he signed last March. It was supposed to stop federal funding of abortion. It was given as a fig leaf to formerly pro-life Democrats who had voted for ObamaCare and enabled it
… here’s Vice President “Bite Me” opining on Leno about the Russian spy swap, which was obviously planned long in advance of the actual arrest of the ring by the FBI — a ring that, of course, included a prominent
Vice President Joe Biden appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. “We got back four really good ones… and the ten, they’ve been here a long time, but they hadn’t done much.”
Why, over six months after his West Point speech is there still such a debate over President Obama’s July 2011 departure date for Afghanistan? Simple; a military campaign has never been won where you run a blinkered Time-Based campaign instead
Announcer: Live, from the Lincoln Bedroom, the Executive Broadcasting System presents the EBS Nightly News with Robert Gibbs. ROBERT GIBBS: Good evening. On our broadcast tonight: New Osama tape — bin Laden vows to avenge Muslim pensioners hurt by BP
JOE BIDEN: [on phone] Sure, sure, I’ll tell him. No problem. [hangs up] Charlie Rangel, Boss. Said he appreciated the offer but would rather you didn’t come to Harlem to campaign with him. OBAMA: Good grief. Harlem? I’m that toxic?
[youtube FcPQ9gww_qc&feature nolink] When you’ve lost the New York Times: The press traveling with Obama on the campaign never had a lovey-dovey relationship with him. He treated us with aloof correctness, and occasional spurts of irritation. Like many Democrats, he
The Obama administration’s response to the Israeli blockade of Gaza has been, to put it charitably, uncertain. Are the Israelis right to try to prevent ships of any kind bound for Gaza from bringing offensive weapons into the Hamas terror
From The Hill: Hiring by the U.S. Census Bureau is expected to spike May’s job figures dramatically. Economist Mark Zandi of Moody’s.com projects the economy will have added 575,000 jobs in May, while the Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) rough projection
The Daily Beast: On Charlie Rose, Vice President Joe Biden lent strong support to Israel’s blockade of Gaza, saying they have “a right to know whether or not arms are being smuggled in.”
KATIE COURIC: I appreciate your coming on, Mr. Vice President. JOE BIDEN: No problem, Katie. Loved you on American Idol, by the way. We’re off the record, right? COURIC: Um, no, sir. BIDEN: Whatever. Hit me with your best shot.
The Hill: Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday morning would not say if President Barack Obama would hit the trail for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), but the president isn’t completely absent from the campaign. Specter came out with a new campaign
ROBERT GIBBS: Your last prime-time news conference was nine months ago, sir. Whispering’s started, what with this oil slick and all… OBAMA: Look, I’ll do one-on-ones with people I respect–Olbermann, Matthews, David Brooks. Isn’t that enough? DAVID AXELROD: No, sir.
Along with the usual cable suspects, ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC were sporting so much green yesterday that I thought I it was St. Patrick’s Day and that I had awakened from a Rip Van Winkle-like coma after sleeping for
A few weeks ago I noted the President’s support for an Organizing for America letter-writing campaign for health reform. This involved a web form and a few talking points which at least 72 papers around the country were fooled into
On April 15th, it is always a worthy enterprise to reflect on one of the major motivations of the American Patriots that caused them to break away from England. Of course, I am referring to “Taxation Without Representation.” Today, we
