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My Interview With Jeff Beatty
Last night, I had the privilege of interviewing Jim Beatty, the man who’s attempting to unseat John Kerry, who served in Vietnam. I’d done some research on Mr. Beatty prior to the intervie...
Beatty Takes It To Sen. Kerry
The more I read about Jeff Beatty, the more I’m impressed with him. This op-ed is a perfect example of why we need Jeff Beatty in the United States Senate. Check out how Mr. Beatty goes after Se...
The Inexperience/Commander-in-Chief Canard
Many in the Right Blogosphere have brought up the inexperience subject. To be fair, they’ve done so in a thoughtful manner. Two such people are Kevin at Pundit Review and Allahpundit at HotAir. ...
Palin’s Qualifications
Friday evening, Mort Kondracke of the Beltway Boys said during the roundtable portion of Special Report that Sarah Palin wasn’t qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. I took offen...
Obama Complains That McCain Changes Mind On Drilling
During one of his campaign stops yesterday, Sen. Obama complained that Sen. McCain had changed his mind about offshore drilling: “McCain says ‘Here’s my plan, I’m going to dril...
Voters Take Note Of McCain’s Foreign Policy Expertise
People are taking notice that John McCain knows what he’s talking about on national security matters. Recent polling shows Sen. McCain opening a significant gap over Sen. Obama on national secur...
McCain’s Statement
Here’s the text of Sen. McCain’s statement on the Georgian-Russian War as reported in the NY Times: “Americans wishing to spend August vacationing with their families or watching the Oly...
No Fault Foreign Policy vs. Pro-Democracy Foreign Policy?
One of the central questions this election is what type of foreign policy we want. Based on their competing statements, it’s apparent that an Obama administration wouldn’t assign blame to ...
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...
Nuclear Part of Energy Solution, Too
Last week, Barack Obama decided that drilling was acceptable…Sort of. To this point, though, I don’t think that he’s changed his opinion that nuclear power is part of the solution. A...
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 “...
Bambi In the Headlights???
During his interview with NBC’s Tom Brokaw, Sen. Obama showed himself to be as clueless as a deer caught in a car’s headlights. Here’s the first proof of that: MR. BROKAW: That prom...
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...
Obama’s Ill-Advised Hawkishness
Sen. Obama has a hawkishness deficit because of his anti-war positions. Now he’s trying his best to erase that deficit. Whether he succeeds with that remains to be seen. One thing that I’m...
Something’s Happening Here
Anyone who’s willing to challenge John Murtha on his home turf is ok in my eyes. If you want my undivided attention, though, is when the fundraising dollars come flowing in for that prospective ...
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...
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...
Military Recruiting/Retention Numbers for June 2008
The U.S. military met or exceeded its recruiting and re-enlistment goals for June 2008. See Chart Here. June 2008 Accessions Goal Pecent Ar...
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...
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...
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...