Archive for the 'Politics' Category

More on Obama & Ayers

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Stanley Kurtz is doing more great digging. Michelle Malkin is calling out the troops in the form of a phone and email campaign. For a good overview of what’s going on and what’s in the Annenberg Challenge papers, see here, in which we learn more about the connection between Obama and Ayers, about how Ayers [...]

Just A Little Biased, Maybe?

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

From an article on Obama’s claim that McCain “doesn’t know what he’s up against”:
“He can talk all he wants about Britney (Spears) and Paris (Hilton), but I don’t have time for that mess,” Obama said.
His remarks carried forward a theme of feisty campaigning he debuted earlier in the day.
I’m sorry? When a presidential candidate is [...]

My Kind of Economist

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

From the New York Times: Dr. Doom - Profile - Nouriel Roubini - Predicting Crisis in the United States Economy.
Hat tip: Greg Mankiw.

Just What Is Obama’s Connection to Bill Ayers?

Monday, August 18th, 2008

As many people have already discussed, Barack Obama has extensive connections to Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, former members of the terrorist group Weather Underground. Power Line has more details on the topic, thanks to the investigative work of Stanley Kurtz for the National Review.
The most notable paragraph:
The problem of Barack Obama’s relationship with Bill [...]

Heller Finally Gets His Permit

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Details here: Heller gets his gun permit.
More coverage:

SFGate
SCOTUSBlog

Image of the Day: “Cone of Fail”

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Ha.
You’ll have to click here to see the image.
Source: American Elephant.

Obama’s Top Marginal Tax Rate

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Ouch. Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw has the bad news, thanks to Bob Carroll

Byron York on the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Byron York has more good points on the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency on National Review Online. Worth a read.

Obama: When life begins is “above his pay grade”

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Obama says the question of when babies obtain human rights is “above his pay grade.” This has to be one of the very most ill-advised things any major candidate has said, thus far in the election cycle. Even aside from the fact that it probably unsettles people throughout the spectrum of opinions on abortion, it’s [...]

Too Much to Ask?

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Could we really see Obama nominate Senator John Kerry for Vice President? That seems too much to hope for, but it would make life much more entertaining over the next few weeks.