Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Obama is and, to date, always has been a small timer. Although he’s aiming for the highest office in the land, which is pretty much the highest office in the world, his practical experience is minimal, and it keeps on showing. His latest move, to support the DREAM act which
Continue readingA woman in New Hampshire, who’s been billed in the MSM as an ordinary Mom but is, in fact, someone with a long record of liberal political activism, has thrust Rudy Giuliani’s parenting into the spotlight by stating “”If a person is running for president, I would assume their children
Continue readingA month ago, I had published at American Thinker a long rumination about the fact that most of the Democratic candidates, whatever else they are, are not responsible adults. Of Obama, I said: Barack Obama, of course, is a Senator squared. This is a man who has never taken on
Continue readingGive Obama twenty years and, with his native intelligence, he may yet prove himself. Right now, though, he’s callow. How callow? Read Richard Baehr’s analysis of Obama’s “official” comments in the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy to see. I wouldn’t trust as ill-formed as Obama with the job of
Continue readingIf I remember correctly, this man beat Obama by about four years to the idea and reality of a successful internet campaign. While Obama may well win (I’m shuddering as I write this), internet fund raising is not necessarily the automatic route to victory.
Continue readingAs you’ve guessed by now, I dislike and distrust Obama. I noted to DQ that part of my visceral dislike may be because I’ve never actually heard him speak, since I never watch political speeches, I only read them. Having read his speeches, I’ve come to the conclusion that, while
Continue readingThe more I learn about Obama, the less — much less — that I like him. Over at Cheat-Seeking Missiles, Laer brings up the fact that Obama’s moderate posturing for his presidential candidacy is just that: posturing. In fact, he’s about as liberal as liberal can be, which is fine
Continue readingTwo personal anecdotes and then I’ll get to my point. 1. When my first Little Bookworm was born, I went into a fairly deep funk. She was a lousy sleeper, and I’m generally not very good at handling change in my life. Between fatigue and my own personal inflexibility, all
Continue readingAs you know, I agree with Ann Coulter, who considers Obama a singularly uninspiring orator. She thinks he’s given a pass because he’s black. I think he’s given a pass because, in our inarticulate age, he’s able to string sentences together (something, sadly, that President Bush can’t do). Take, for
Continue readingI am pathetically grateful to Ann Coulter for saying what’s been bugging me for some time: Obama may have charm (although it eludes me), but he is not a gifted orator. He is banal and pedantic, like most lawyers, included Harvard educated lawyers: Only white guilt could explain the insanely
Continue readingWhen I grew up, we used to celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on February 12. This was before it got folded into a generic President’s day. In a lovely essay at Power Line, though, you can still read why President Lincoln was such a compelling intellectual figure by the time he
Continue readingHaving tossed his hat towards, if not in, the ring, Obama is inevitably coming under intense scrutiny, as are those around him. Recent reports show that his mother’s ties to Wal-Mart may prove troubling for the man who, along with all Democrats, would like to bring down, not only one
Continue readingIt turns out that I’m not the only one who views Obama as a cipher, someone so fundamentally blank that others are able to project on him their own hopes, beliefs and desires. John Podhoretz says almost the same thing, so I feel as if I’m in fairly good company:
Continue readingWhat’s in a name? That which we call a liberal by any other name would be as Left in political orientation. Thus, I am not a’twitter at the revelation that Barack Obama’s middle name is Hussein, something that escaped from the blogosphere and into a Maureen Dowd column last week.
Continue readingMy personal feeling is that, while Obama may one day turn into a something, right now he’s pretty much a nothing: a very intelligent, but as yet untried man, with limited experience, and superficial views. What I’m gathering, though, is that on the Left, this very blankness is what makes
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