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Jim Carville Gets It
For once, I think that pit bull extraordinaire James Carville gets it. The truth is that he might’ve swerved into the truth last night. Here’s what he said: Carville also said the party ne...
Biden Is Obama’s VP Pick?
According to this ABCNews article, it appears as though Joe Biden is Sen. Obama’s running mate. Here’s what ABC is reporting: The United States Secret Service has dispatched a protective d...
When CW Is Wrong
Dick Morris has penned a brilliant column on why the lagging economy won’t automatically hurt Republicans this November. Here’s the most impressive part of the column: [Clinton’s] pr...
Sen. Obama, How About Answering These Questions
According to this article, US combat deaths will show a massive decline from the 66 combat deaths from July, 2007. This month’s combat death toll currently sits at 5. To be fair, though, it shou...
What Was The Trip’s Purpose Again?
The NY Post’s Amir Taheri questions the purpose of Sen. Obama’s trip in his latest column. Consider it today’s must reading. Let Mr. Taheri’s excoriation begin: TERMED a “...
Reid: US Now Winning Iraq War That Seemed Lost
Yes, you read that headline right. What I haven’t told you is that the Reid I’m refering to is the AP’s Robert H. Reid. Surely, you didn’t think I was talking about Sen. Reid. ...
It’s About the Decisionmaking
While thousands of worshipers expressed their adoration for the Obamessiah, John McCain took aim at Sen. Obama’s decision to not support the Surge which has dramatically reduced the violence in ...
A Strange Speech, Some Odd Parallels
Several portions of Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin caught my attention. Here’s the first thing he said that caught my attention: The odds were stacked against success. In the winter, a he...
The Benefits of Ethnic Cleansing
Note the following exchange that occurred when ABC’s Terry Moran interviewed Sen. Obama : Moran asked what Iraq would look like now if Obama’s policy of withdrawing in the face of the viol...
Dissecting the NY Times-Obama Agenda
The notion that the Agenda Media or other branches of the Dead Tree Coalition were outlets of the truth disappeared decades ago. Now there’s proof that they’ve made the final step into bei...
Ralph Peters: Al Qa’ida Stock Dropping
According to Ralph Peters’ latest NY Post column, al Qa’ida’s stock is about to bottom out. Col. Peters doesn’t think it’ll recover, either. Here’s his harshest wor...
An Activist’s Letter To John McCain
Senator McCain, Words don’t do justice to the admiration I have for your heroism, sacrifice and steadfastness while you were imprisoned in the Hanoi Hilton. i can’t even begin to understan...
Obama’s National Security Priorities
I didn’t listen to Sen. Obama’s major national security speech but this article gives me something to comment on. According to the article, here’s Sen. Obama’s priorities: If e...
It’s All About the Photo Op
Claire ‘There’s Nothing Inconsistent’ McCaskill appeared on Meet the Press Sunday. In a short period of time, she tried telling Tom Brokaw that Barack Obama hasn’t changed his ...
Two For The Price Of One
The WSJ is reporting that Chuck Hagel is likely joining Sen. Obama on his trip to Iraq. For those of us who didn’t see anything worthing in Sen. Hagel and who are thankful that he’s retiri...
Petraeus, Odierno Confirmed by Senate with Two Dems Opposing
GEN David Petraeus was confirmed by the Senate as the new commander of Central Command in the Middle East (CENTCOM) while LT GEN Ray Odierno was promoted to 4-star GEN and confirmed to replace GEN Pe...
Obama: “Don’t Tell Me That Words Have Meaning”?
Remember Barack Obama’s response to Hillary’s saying that it took a president like LBJ to get the Civil Rights Act signed into law? “Don’t tell me that words don’t matter...
Sadr in Total Disarray
Though you’d never know it from the NY Times’ front page or the lead story on NBC, it’s fact that Muqtada al-Sadr’s regime is crumbling. Here’s the political situation in...
Safer Now? Safer Then? Part III
If you didn’t read this Times Online article, you’d likely never know that AQI is getting their heads handed to them in Mosul. But that’s exactly what’s happening: American and...
AP Spinning Good New From Iraq: Who Would’ve Think It?
The thought of the AP downplaying improvements in Iraq isn’t news. It’s noteworthy, though, to see how they report the good news from Iraq. Here’s how Anne Flaherty described the pro...
A Ray Of Hope?
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Trudy Rubin says that Iraqis feel a ray of hope about their future. I don’t doubt that they’re feeling more optimistic but saying that it’s only a r...
Wesley Clark Said What???
I just read the stunning statement that Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) made with regard to John McCain’s qualifications as commander-in-chief. Here’s a transcript of Gen. Clark’s idiotic s...
Polling, History Proves That We Aren’t Bigots
According to Peter Brown, the director of Quinippiac’s polling, history shows that Democrats have long had trouble with white voters. He makes his case in this WSJ op-ed. For those voters, espec...
Three Massachusetts Democrats For Defeat In Iraq
This Boston Globe article says everything that needs to be known about how serious Democrats are about winning in Iraq. That is, they aren’t the least bit serious. Here’s what I’m ba...
Safer Now? Safer Then? Part II
Yesterday, I posted about Ralph Peters’ column in which he debunks the whoppers thats Democrats have told about Iraq. Gateway Pundit just posted the YouTube of Col. Peters’ appearance on l...
Safer Now? Safer Then?
That’s essentially the question Ralph Peters is asking in this column. Based the evidence, it’s clear that we’re safer now than we were during the Clinton administration. Here’...
Putting These Clowns In Charge Of Media Reform?
This post on popmatters.com is one of the most laughable things I’ve ever read. Bill O’Reilly recently focused his ire on Minneapolis, where more than 3,000 people gathered last weekend for t...
Michael Barone’s Brilliance Displayed Again
I’ve long thought that Michael Barone is one of the most intelligent political analysts in the business. RealClearPolitics links to his most recent analysis. The bad news for Democrats is that i...
Prosecution Turns Into Persecution
Yesterday afternoon, the military filed its appeal of Col. Steven Folsom’s ruling that charges be dropped against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani. The specific charges being refiled against Col. Chess...
What They’re Saying About Haditha Ruling
I just got off the phone with the great people at the Thomas More Law Center, the organization that are defending the rights of the Haditha Marines. I don’t know how I missed their official stat...