Washington Post Saturday:
Obama administration officials, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, are crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations.
Such an order would [...]
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Meet the New Boss… Same as the Old Boss?
Posted in Human Rights, Meet the New Boss... Same as the Old Boss?, Politics, War on Terrorism on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Iran as a Propaganda Tool in American Politics
Posted in Iran, Politics on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It shouldn’t come as a surprise, of course. And my biased and surely predictable perspective is that the hawkish right is using the current events in Iran to criticize the Obama Administration for appeasing or legitimizing the oppressive regime there.
And there has been no shortage of critics. On Friday, Charles Krauthammer could not have been [...]
Plugging the Leadership Void
Posted in Economics, Politics, tagged bush, leadership void, obama, paulson on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NYDN’s Michael Goodwin chronicles the events of our national leadership relevant to the economic crisis this month
How they conduct a post-Official Governor’s Turkey Pardon interview in Wasilla
Posted in Politics, tagged sarah palin, thanksgiving, turkey pardon on November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You can’t make this up.
More Advice for the GOP
Posted in Politics, tagged gop, karl rove, republican party on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Looks like there’s no shortage of it these days. This piece from Karl Rove endorses a cooperative and respectful opposition while sticking to conservative roots on homeland security, defense and social issues and moving to a more hispanic-friendly immigration policy in the name of returning some of that demographic to their constituancy. And [...]
Sound Advice for the GOP
Posted in Politics, tagged bailout, future of the GOP, palin on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Jesse Walker at Hit & Run:
Expel your base or retreat into an echo chamber: If those choices seem dispiriting, Republicans can take heart. They’re the same false alternatives that the Democrats allegedly faced four years ago. Then a politician who hadn’t fallen behind the bipartisan Iraq war — but, unlike Howard Dean, actually wanted [...]
Sneak Peek at the Next Presidential Limousine?
Posted in Politics, tagged cadillac one, limo, presidential, presidential limousine on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brenda Priddy & Company thinks they caught a test drive.
H/T: Sam Smith
Why Senate Democrats Should Welcome Back Lieberman
Posted in Politics, tagged bipartisanship, democratic caucus, lieberman on November 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is a topic that I’ve refrained from weighing in on because, despite my generally leftist political leanings, I really don’t identify with the Democratic Party. Or the notion of party politics at all, frankly. In fact, as with Senator McCain, I’ve actually admired Lieberman’s tendency to occasionally challenge his Democratic Senate colleagues [...]
Have I Been too Hard on Ed Morrissey?
Posted in Politics, Punditry, tagged blogging, captain's quarters, ed morrissey, hot air, Punditry on November 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
More than once at this site, I’ve taken considerable issue with blog entries written by Ed Morrissey at Michelle Malkin’s Hot Air. Prior to joining Hot Air in March, Morrissey ran his own highly popular and well-respected conservative blog, Captain’s Quarters. Back in February when he announced that he would move his full-time [...]
A Gesture of Respect from the Right
Posted in Politics on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Paul Mirengoff at the rightist Powerline suggests conservatives take an even-tempered approach to the political opposition:
Almost by definition, Barack Obama’s election meets with the approval of a majority of American adults. Many are wildly enthusiastic about the prospect of an Obama presidency. More probably reside somewhere between cautiously optimistic and indifferent.
But this column is [...]
Palin Aide Challenges Some of the Criticisms
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ABC
A longtime aide to Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is lashing back at anonymous critics within the McCain-Palin presidential campaign, telling ABC News they are attacking the former vice presidential candidate with distortions.
Meg Stapleton offers an explanation of some of the more stinging criticisms that have come out in recent days since the McCain-Palin defeat.
Regarding another [...]
In Contrast to How Real Americans Celebrate an Election…
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Patriotism, Politics on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From what Governor Palin might call one of the not-so-pro-America parts of the country, Manhattan’s East Village:
Update
Forgot the H/T: Eric Martin at Obsidian Wings
Will There be a Renewed Respect for Dissent?
Posted in Patriotism, Politics on November 6, 2008 | 13 Comments »
One cue I fear the left will take from the past eight years of the right’s dominance of our government is the tendency of many to kneejerk chastize any and all dissent as unpatriotic.
Palin and the Furure of the GOP
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Several weeks ago I asked,
“If John McCain loses this election, will the conservative base continue to be willing to sacrifice their ideals to the evangelicals for no better than another semi-conservative lesser evil every four years”?
It seems natural that rifts on possibly several fronts would develop as the GOP seeks to modernize (redefine?) itself in [...]
Country First?
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sullivan:
I took a lot of grief for my pretty instant realization back in August that the Palin candidacy was a total farce. But when you cop to the fact that the McCain peeps knew most of that too very early on after their world-historical screw-up, you’ve got to respect and be [...]
The Enormity of the Task That Lies Ahead
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
President-elect Obama’s first step will be to establish that he will make good on the following promise:
But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the [...]
The Gravity of This Day
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on November 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
- President-Elect Barack Obama November 4th, 2008.
Savor the Moment
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vote For Change
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
That’s my cousin, Jennifer Campbell. I agree.
Voting in Brooklyn
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…went smothly as usual for me. The polling place is in the middle school right across the street from our building and the Mrs. and I were in and out of there inside of 15 minutes.
I’ll take a moment to share my only poor voting experience, in 2004. At the time I was [...]
Questioning the Right’s Scorn of Acorn
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Economics, Politics on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Citylimits.org takes a closer look at ACORN’s supposed culpability in the housing market crash. It’s really something when the actual record so thoroughly contradicts the propaganda narrative put forth by committed partisans.
H/T: Sam Smith
GOP Infighting Heating Up
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Washington Times reports today that the McCain campaign has angered party leaders in several key battleground states:
Virginia Republican Party Chairman Jeff Frederick says he knows his state’s historically conservative voters, but that John McCain’s campaign dismissed his input even as the Republican presidential candidate slid in polls and the state unexpectedly became a battleground. [...]
David Horsey’s Message to Governor Palin
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Greenspan Acknowledges His Share of Responsibility for the Economic Crisis
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Economics, Politics on October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
WSJ:
Returning to Capitol Hill amid a financial crisis rooted in mortgage lending, Mr. Greenspan said he had been wrong to think banks’ ability to assess risk and their self-interest would protect them from excesses. But the former Fed chairman, who kept short-term interest rates at 1% for a year earlier this decade, said no one [...]
The $150,000.00 Makeover
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on October 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Washington Times:
The Republican National Committee reported spending about $150,000 on clothes, hair-styling and makeup for the vice-presidential candidate after she joined the ticket in September.
The campaign expenses include $75,062 spent at high-end department store Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis and $41,850 in St. Louis in early September. The committee also reported spending $4,100 for [...]
On October Surprises and al Qaeda
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics, War on Terrorism on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton (the man from who Rudy Guiliani has stolen much credit from for “cleaming up” New York City) and former NSC counterterrorism director R.P. EDDY today in the NY Daily News:
Al Qaeda has a history of trying to influence elections, most notably with the 2004 train attacks in Madrid. Just [...]
Political Debate Boiling Over Into Vulgarity and Vandalism
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on October 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve recently come across number of disturbing stories about supporters of both candidates who have crossed lines in their zealous opposition to the other side of the political aisle.
Earlier this month protestors in Philadelphia during a Sarah Palin campaign stop there wore vulgar shirts that certainly would have offended Dem voters if the [...]
Exploring Alleged Voter Registration Fraud
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hilzoy today with an investigative entry to examine the case against ACORN for any kind of “systematic fraud”:
In particular, I wanted to know whether or not ACORN had flagged suspicious registrations, and whether or not it seemed to be cooperating with the authorities and generally trying to minimize fraud. I did this because I wanted [...]
Hats Off to These McCain Supporters
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Buying Into the Notion of “The Obama Effect”
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Coined by Peggy Noonan, it’s the idea that many people who plan to vote for Obama won’t admit it to pollsters. Personally I’m skeptical. And my distrust in polls still has my gut telling me that McCain’s standing is likley much better than the breakdown of respondants indicates.
Still, Noonan isn’t alone in her [...]
Plumbing Middle-Class Economics
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Joe the Plumber was an early hit with the demographic McCain hoped to reach according to Rasmussen numbers released yesterday:
Among those earning $40,000 a year to $100,000, 52% have a favorable opinion of Joe the Plumber while 33% offer an unfavorable assessment.
The poll was taken on the 17th. I wonder how many of [...]
Joe the Plumber for Congress?
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Really?
The following was posted by Stephan Dinan on The Washington Times weblog page:
Despite being arrears in taxes and potentially in violation of license laws for being a plumber — or maybe because of that — some folks say Joe the Plumber, real name Joe Wurzelbacher, is needed in Congress.
Yes, http://www.joewurzelbacher2010.com/ has already been registered by [...]
If McCain Loses This Election
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics on October 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
…there will be no shortage of reasons provided and explored to explain the end of Republican control of the White House, just two years after the electorate handed control of Congress to the Democratic Party. A sampling, in no particular order:
The national realization that Iraq was an unnecessary war.
The failure of the administration to [...]
An Open Letter to Joe The Plumber
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Economics, Politics on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following was posted at The Swampoodle Report at Sam Smith’s Pregressive Review:
Dear Joe:
I am Charles R. Chortlelywell, chief accountant of Flush Plumbers United – or Change Man Charlie as I’m known around the office.
We are a national organization dedicated to the interests of plumbers earning more than a quarter million dollars a year. [...]
