2008 Election
First cut for a Friday (the 13th! again!) morning . . . Be sure to keep up to date with the North Korean missile launch via Henderson’s posts. Obama went to Germany during the election, and they return the love: “Obama Fingers“. Wait! I thought the idea was to nationalize health care, not throw veterans [...]
Fresh, hot cup o’ links for you. . . .now with morning update (new links at the top)! The bad news is that we’re only a year away from the next election cycle. The good news is that the Democrats fear a looming train wreck. And speaking of panic . . . . One of [...]
Yesterday afternoon the conservative blogosphere was erupting over news that President Obama had given his first television interview – to Al-Arabiya: CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – President Barack Obama chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, part of a concerted effort to repair relations with the Muslim world that [...]
Ok, maybe they do things differently in Mexico, but this is sure to upset some. Suggested serving, be polite to the President, foreign press. Hat tip to reader Kevin Mickey, via way of Commander Salamander
While I have issues with the political agenda likely to be pushed by Pres. Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress, I was and am profoundly moved by his election. And I think the real benefit of his ascension to office is that the Left’s handmaiden, the mainstream media, will likely focus on cheerleading the economy [...]
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Today, January 20th, the United States inaugurates the first black man to be elected president. This is an historic day, though I don’t feel that it is as historic as some in the media seem to. To me, it’s not a big deal that Obama’s skin is not the same color as mine. There are [...]
…is going on right now. And all I can say: he really is a class act. And I mean that in all seriousness. ..bruce w..
After my post yesterday about Sen. Dianne Feinstein sending two different shots across President-elect Barack Obama’s bow in one day (Tuesday), Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate Majority Leader, made his own statements as well in an interview he gave to The Hill on Tuesday as well: “Even though we’re one short of 60 [senators [...]
Continue reading about Apparently Reid is sending a message to Obama, too
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) was an early (July 2007) endorser of Hillary Clinton’s run for the US Presidency. At the same time, Sen. Feinstein was the one who provided her DC home for a private meeting between Clinton and Obama last June that led to Clinton ending her campaign and endorsing Obama’s candidacy. So, Feinstein [...]
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Back when Dave Barry still wrote a weekly column, Sandra and I had a Sunday morning tradition where I’d read the column out loud to her while she was getting ready for church. The highlight of each year was Dave’s annual recounting of the events of that year, in his own style. Well, he stopped [...]