Month: September 2008

Is education still an issue? Anyone who thinks it is, or who wants to learn more about Barack Obama’s background in the field should read “Obama and Ayers Pushed Radicalism On Schools“: Despite having authored two autobiographies, Barack Obama has never written about his most important executive experience. From 1995 to 1999, he led an…

Regular readers know that I am a Life Member of the NRA and a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. I’ve said that I could never vote for Barack Obama because of his socialistic background. (The ACORN connection especially worries me.) But aside from being one of the most…

According to Matthew Rothschild, “the race boils down to racism”: With Election Day approaching, McCain surrogates or supporters may not be able to resist the temptation to fan the flames of racism. Expect the snippets of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright to resurface. Expect video of Michelle Obama sounding militant. Expect disgusting ads about Obama’s admitted…

Things look pretty bad for McCain right now. The left has been pushing the McCain=Bush meme for so long that a lot of people have come to accept it through osmosis. And now that there’s been an “economic meldown,” there’s a huge “rescue plan” being pushed by Bush. The Democrats are jumping all over each…

H/T Uppity Woman

H/T The Patriot Room Welcome Instapundit readers. Here is something else that needs investigating. Crony Capitalism. Since the cronies are in Congress and include all of the Democrats (the Black Caucus is especially strong in that area) and many Republicans the investigation will need to be done by the people. Throw the bums out. BTW…

If one were to read Hugh Muir’s politics diary at the Guardian UK, one might get the impression that Condoleezza Rice were slyly passing judgment on Sarah Palin or hints to herself by manipulating the Great Seal (cf. Barack Obama’s glossy Seal 2.0, whose Latin phrase sounds whiny to me: “Really, we can!”): Is Condoleezza…

Astroturfing by the Obama campaign? Say it isn’t true! M. Simon posted about it last night, and the pieces are now all falling into place. The evidence is overwhelming. More here. Michelle Malkin has posted one of the videos they’ve been desperately trying to pull. YouTube accounts are being closed left and right. It appears…

While many have heard about how Barack Obama took over $100,000 from Fannie Mae ($126,349, according to Open Secrets), I think I’ve found the Fannie Mae trivia question for the day. Who turned down $100,000 from Fannie Mae? No, that is not a trick question or a joke. (Nor is the economic crisis triggered by…

“Catholic social doctrine as I was taught it is, you take care of people who need the help the most.” Don’t worry, I’m not going to play “Name that Christianist” again. The speaker was Senator Joe Biden, and he was explaining how his religious views define what he thinks ought to be government policies on…

That would be David Axelrod, Obama’s Campaign Manager. David Axelrod has long been known for his political magic. Through his AKP&D Message & Media consultancy, the campaign veteran has advised a succession of Democratic candidates since 1985, and he’s now chief strategist for Senator Barack Obama’s bid for President. But on the down low, Axelrod…

I hate conspiracy theories, especially blogging about them. Even more do I hate spending my time checking them out to see whether they have any merit. That’s because few reasonable people care. Reasonable people don’t waste time with conspiracy theories, and tend not to believe them. So, if a conspiracy theory is “debunked,” the reaction…

At least not yet. Here is where it started for me.

Considering the way the vicious attacks on Sarah Palin generated sympathy for her (with a resultant backlash reflected in earlier polls), I would have thought that her attackers would by now have learned to control themselves, at least for the few weeks that remain in this increasingly ugly campaign. Almost ten days ago, I opined…

It looks like Joe Biden and B. Obama have some mutual acquaintances. Or at least mutual once removed. DENVER — No matter what help Barack Obama might get from Sen. Joseph Biden, his newly named vice presidential running mate won’t give Obama much cover on the Tony Rezko front. Biden has described himself as a…

My Pet Jawa thinks so. It is also likely that the PR firm was paid by outside sources to run the smear campaign. While not conclusive, evidence suggests a link to the Barack Obama campaign. Namely: * Evidence suggests that a YouTube video with false claims about Palin was uploaded and promoted by members of…

Noting Biden’s attack on the “the cowboy mentality of the Bush-McCain era,” Bill Quick comes out swinging in defense of cowboys: I like cowboys. They are one of the greatest American icons. Why do Obama and Biden hate America and her greatest icons? (Via Glenn Reynolds.) Hey wait a second! How does Biden manage to…

Top Democrat issue framer George Lakoff has some advice for the Obama campaign. (From a psychiatric pdf file.) Stop talking about issues. It’s all about “character” (in quotes because according to Lakoff character is just “narrative”): In 1980, Richard Wirthlin – Ronald Reagan’s chief strategist – made a fateful discovery. In his first poll he…