Israel’s ambassador to Washington said Sunday that his country would reject an international inquiry into last week’s deadly raid on a Turkish ship…. (NYT, 6/7/10)
President Obama – ever concerned about what the rest of the world thinks - could take a cue from Israel. They know that they will be condemned no what they do, so they do what they have to do.
The fallout over veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas' controversial comments about Jews continued to build as a Washington-area high school abruptly canceled a graduation speech she was scheduled to deliver… Thomas, known as the dean of the White House press corps, has long been critical of Israel but remarks caught last month on video by a New York rabbi led several former White House officials to call for her to be fired or at least have her credentials reconsidered. In the video, Thomas said Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and suggested they go instead to Germany, Poland or the United States. (FoxNews, 6/7/10)
The champion of the liberal media when she was accusing George Bush of war crimes, turns out Thomas is just another bigot.
Avoidance Response
If the time-honored tradition of the political meeting is not quite dead, it seems to be teetering closer to extinction. Of the 255 Democrats who make up the majority in the House, only a handful held town-hall-style forums as legislators spent last week at home in their districts….With images of overheated, finger-waving crowds still seared into their minds from the discontent of last August, many Democrats heeded the advice of party leaders and tried to avoid unscripted question-and-answer sessions. (NYT, 6/7/10)
So the elected representatives of the people don’t want to talk to the people. Time to elect new representatives.
Landmark Skeptics
President Obama and his allies, concerned about deep skepticism over his landmark health care overhaul, are orchestrating an elaborate campaign to sell the public on the law, including a new tax-exempt group that will spend millions of dollars on advertising to beat back attacks on the measure and Democrats who voted for it. (NYT, 6/7/10)
It seems almost silly to ask the question, but if this bill is so great why does the administration need to spend millions to convince the country?
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Blame Game
"What we can't do is go back -- now that we're starting to climb out of this hole that was dug for us, we can't go back to the very same policies that failed us in the last decade; the same policies that led us into that hole." (President Obama, 6/4/10)
And the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls over 300 points….and did he mention that it is all Bush’s fault?
“…and if there is a criticism that I would make of the president that he was not quick enough and strong enough to undo the Bush philosophy of deregulation, and it’s tough because you got so many agencies out there that were essentially told by Bush business can do whatever it wants.” (Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, 6/5/10)
We recall well Bush’s directive to businesses to “do whatever they want.”
Coulter on Bribegate
Incidentally, why do so many Bill Clinton stories end with the words "nothing improper happened"? (Ann Coulter, 6/4/10)
And the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls over 300 points….and did he mention that it is all Bush’s fault?
“…and if there is a criticism that I would make of the president that he was not quick enough and strong enough to undo the Bush philosophy of deregulation, and it’s tough because you got so many agencies out there that were essentially told by Bush business can do whatever it wants.” (Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, 6/5/10)
We recall well Bush’s directive to businesses to “do whatever they want.”
Coulter on Bribegate
Incidentally, why do so many Bill Clinton stories end with the words "nothing improper happened"? (Ann Coulter, 6/4/10)
Saturday, June 5, 2010
By Any Other Name
As President Obama heads to the Gulf Friday for his third oil-spill visit, his most ardent critics back in Washington will be stirring up trouble. From their perch in Congress, members of the opposing party have seized on the oil spill crisis as a way to hammer Obama politically, moving aggressively to question the president's response to the environmental disaster. (Washington Post, 6/4/10)
As President Bush heads to the Gulf Friday for his third Katrina visit, his most ardent critics back in Washington will be stirring up trouble. From their perch in Congress, members of the opposing party have seized on the hurricane crisis as a way to hammer Bush politically, moving aggressively to question the president's response to the environmental disaster. (RedStateVT, 9/4/05)
Automatics
But Issa (California Republican Representative Darrell Issa) is regarded in Washington as an automatic anti-Obama quote, and the fact that the documents come from him could undermine their impact. (Washington Post, 6/4/10)
Think hard now, anyone out there ever hear Nancy Pelosi blithely dismissed as “an automatic anti-Bush” quote? We thought not!
Man of Many Moods
President Obama told CNN's Larry King Wednesday that he is "furious at this entire situation" in the Gulf of Mexico because "somebody didn't think through the consequences of their actions," according to advance excerpts of the interview, which is set to air Thursday night at 9 p.m.
But the president, who seemed calm as ever, also emphasized that his emotions were secondary to his actions.
"I would love to just spend a lot of my time just venting and yelling at people. But that's not the job I was hired to do. My job is to solve this problem. And, ultimately this isn't about me and how angry I am. (Washington Post, 6/3/10)
So which is he....furious, calm or angry?
As President Bush heads to the Gulf Friday for his third Katrina visit, his most ardent critics back in Washington will be stirring up trouble. From their perch in Congress, members of the opposing party have seized on the hurricane crisis as a way to hammer Bush politically, moving aggressively to question the president's response to the environmental disaster. (RedStateVT, 9/4/05)
Automatics
But Issa (California Republican Representative Darrell Issa) is regarded in Washington as an automatic anti-Obama quote, and the fact that the documents come from him could undermine their impact. (Washington Post, 6/4/10)
Think hard now, anyone out there ever hear Nancy Pelosi blithely dismissed as “an automatic anti-Bush” quote? We thought not!
Man of Many Moods
President Obama told CNN's Larry King Wednesday that he is "furious at this entire situation" in the Gulf of Mexico because "somebody didn't think through the consequences of their actions," according to advance excerpts of the interview, which is set to air Thursday night at 9 p.m.
But the president, who seemed calm as ever, also emphasized that his emotions were secondary to his actions.
"I would love to just spend a lot of my time just venting and yelling at people. But that's not the job I was hired to do. My job is to solve this problem. And, ultimately this isn't about me and how angry I am. (Washington Post, 6/3/10)
So which is he....furious, calm or angry?
Friday, June 4, 2010
Government is the Problem
Government regulations limit health care companies from competing across state lines and mandate that they cover “sex reassignment” expenses. The Obama crowd accuses them of price gouging. Barney Frank decides that everyone should own a home and so browbeats mortgage lenders to finance sub-prime borrowers precipitating a massive financial crisis. The Obama crowd accuses them of greed and malfeasance. Government regulations prohibit drilling for oil in places where oil is easy to get, forcing drilling in deep water sites where it is risky to get. The Obama crowd calls for them to be prosecuted.
Of Ethics and Competence
While millions of Americans are out of work and millions more have even given up looking despite a gazillion dollars of so-called stimulus spending, the ongoing spectacle of aides and Democratic pals of President Barack Obama offering taxpayer-funded jobs to fellow Democrats not to do something has raised the eyebrows of even the most obsequious members of his following. (AOLNews, 6/4/10)
Lack of Progress
Progressivism's promise is a program for every problem, and progressivism's premise is that every unfulfilled desire is a problem. (George Will, Washington Post, 6/3/10)
Of Ethics and Competence
While millions of Americans are out of work and millions more have even given up looking despite a gazillion dollars of so-called stimulus spending, the ongoing spectacle of aides and Democratic pals of President Barack Obama offering taxpayer-funded jobs to fellow Democrats not to do something has raised the eyebrows of even the most obsequious members of his following. (AOLNews, 6/4/10)
Lack of Progress
Progressivism's promise is a program for every problem, and progressivism's premise is that every unfulfilled desire is a problem. (George Will, Washington Post, 6/3/10)
Thursday, June 3, 2010
The Year of Living Corruptly
Bad to Worse
“In a year that’s already bad for the Democrats, this will make it worse,” said David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. “There will be a Blagojevich odor in the air, and it will be with us day after day, like political Muzak.” (NYT, 6/3/10)
Bribegate II
The White House confirmed on Thursday that it had explored the possibility of an administration job for a Democratic politician in Colorado to sidetrack his primary challenge to Senator Michael Bennet, much as it did in a Pennsylvania primary….Mr. Romanoff said on Wednesday that the White House had suggested several possible jobs with the administration in an effort to get him to drop out of the race. (NYT, 6/3/10)
Ooops!
In selling the health care overhaul to Congress, the Obama administration cited a once obscure research group at Dartmouth College to claim that it could not only cut billions in wasteful health care spending but make people healthier by doing so…But while the research compiled in the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care has been widely interpreted as showing the country’s best and worst care, the Dartmouth researchers themselves acknowledged in interviews that in fact it mainly shows the varying costs of care in the government’s Medicare program. Measures of the quality of care are not part of the formula. (NYT, 6/3/10)
“In a year that’s already bad for the Democrats, this will make it worse,” said David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. “There will be a Blagojevich odor in the air, and it will be with us day after day, like political Muzak.” (NYT, 6/3/10)
Bribegate II
The White House confirmed on Thursday that it had explored the possibility of an administration job for a Democratic politician in Colorado to sidetrack his primary challenge to Senator Michael Bennet, much as it did in a Pennsylvania primary….Mr. Romanoff said on Wednesday that the White House had suggested several possible jobs with the administration in an effort to get him to drop out of the race. (NYT, 6/3/10)
Ooops!
In selling the health care overhaul to Congress, the Obama administration cited a once obscure research group at Dartmouth College to claim that it could not only cut billions in wasteful health care spending but make people healthier by doing so…But while the research compiled in the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care has been widely interpreted as showing the country’s best and worst care, the Dartmouth researchers themselves acknowledged in interviews that in fact it mainly shows the varying costs of care in the government’s Medicare program. Measures of the quality of care are not part of the formula. (NYT, 6/3/10)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Follow the Money
Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that federal authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into America's worst oil spill, and BP lost billions in market value when shares dropped in the first trading day since the company failed yet again to plug the gusher. (FoxNews.com, 6/1/10)
RedStateVT is investigating reports that Holder intends to subpoena President Barack Hussein Obama. As has been widely reported, Obama received millions in campaign contributions from BP.
Slip Sliding Away
Barack Obama -- a man who was as unprepared to be president as any man in our lifetime -- has over the last 16 months shown that he is overmatched by events. His poll numbers continue to drop, his health care proposal is becoming less rather than more popular, the oil spill in the Gulf is badly eroding his image for leadership and competence, and his party has been battered in election after election since November. We have now reached the point where Democrats are running against Obama and his agenda in order to survive (witness Mark Critz in Pennsylvania). (Peter Wehner, Politicsdaily.com, 5/28/10)
Tale of Two Peoples
Two peoples living side-by-side. One wants to live in peace, the second vows to annihilate the other. One is ruled by a democratically elected government, the other by armed militants. One has a thriving economy, the second has the economy of a third world country despite having received billions of dollars in aid from sympathizers over decades. One sends their children to school, the second straps bombs to their kids. What is there to discuss?
RedStateVT is investigating reports that Holder intends to subpoena President Barack Hussein Obama. As has been widely reported, Obama received millions in campaign contributions from BP.
Slip Sliding Away
Barack Obama -- a man who was as unprepared to be president as any man in our lifetime -- has over the last 16 months shown that he is overmatched by events. His poll numbers continue to drop, his health care proposal is becoming less rather than more popular, the oil spill in the Gulf is badly eroding his image for leadership and competence, and his party has been battered in election after election since November. We have now reached the point where Democrats are running against Obama and his agenda in order to survive (witness Mark Critz in Pennsylvania). (Peter Wehner, Politicsdaily.com, 5/28/10)
Tale of Two Peoples
Two peoples living side-by-side. One wants to live in peace, the second vows to annihilate the other. One is ruled by a democratically elected government, the other by armed militants. One has a thriving economy, the second has the economy of a third world country despite having received billions of dollars in aid from sympathizers over decades. One sends their children to school, the second straps bombs to their kids. What is there to discuss?
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The Aggrieved One
Obama is among the most thin-skinned presidents we have had, and we see evidence of it in every possible venue imaginable, from one-on-one interviews to press conferences, from extemporaneous remarks to set speeches.
The president is constantly complaining about what others are saying about him. He is upset at Fox News, and conservative talk radio, and Republicans, and people carrying unflattering posters of him. He gets upset when his avalanche of faulty facts are challenged, like on health care. He gets upset when he is called on his hypocrisy, on everything from breaking his promise not to hire lobbyists in the White House to broadcasting health care meetings on C-SPAN to not curtailing earmarks to failing in his promises of transparency and bipartisanship.
In Obama's eyes, he is always the aggrieved, always the violated, always the victim of some injustice. He is America's virtuous and valorous hero, a man of unusually pure motives and uncommon wisdom, under assault by the forces of darkness.
It is all so darn unfair. (Peter Wehner, Politicsdaily.com, 5/28/10)
Onward to Priority #1!
RedStateVT received a mailer from a Democrat congressman this past week. The title: “A job creation update.” We guess with healthcare passed, Dems are now moving on to Priority #1. On the cover? A couple of workers installing solar panels. Priceless!
The president is constantly complaining about what others are saying about him. He is upset at Fox News, and conservative talk radio, and Republicans, and people carrying unflattering posters of him. He gets upset when his avalanche of faulty facts are challenged, like on health care. He gets upset when he is called on his hypocrisy, on everything from breaking his promise not to hire lobbyists in the White House to broadcasting health care meetings on C-SPAN to not curtailing earmarks to failing in his promises of transparency and bipartisanship.
In Obama's eyes, he is always the aggrieved, always the violated, always the victim of some injustice. He is America's virtuous and valorous hero, a man of unusually pure motives and uncommon wisdom, under assault by the forces of darkness.
It is all so darn unfair. (Peter Wehner, Politicsdaily.com, 5/28/10)
Onward to Priority #1!
RedStateVT received a mailer from a Democrat congressman this past week. The title: “A job creation update.” We guess with healthcare passed, Dems are now moving on to Priority #1. On the cover? A couple of workers installing solar panels. Priceless!
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