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11/30/12
'Too white' smear on the GOP
"This is the most violated saying in American public life: I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King Jr.'s acclaimed call in 1963 for a colorblind society has been displaced, at least in our politics, by an obsession with racial categories. That is the meaning of racialization," writes Daniel Henninger in the WSJ. "It may be over four decades since the passage of the Voting Rights Act, but whenever America votes today, the exit polls can't move fast enough to divide voters by the color of their skin. Mere moments after the 2012 exit polls were released, a conventional wisdom congealed across the media that the Republican Party was "too white" Read the whole thing
[Thanks: BJS]
[Thanks: BJS]
Santa Obama
POTUS touched down at about 2.35pm Friday on Marine One and proceeded to the West Wing without incident. Trailing behind was aide Marvin Nicholson, carrying several bags marked with the word K’Nex, the toy factory Mr Obama visited earlier in Philadelphia, where he harangued Republicans. More here
Obama's money-raising secrets exposed
You can fool some of the people all of the time: Bloomberg's Businessweek is revealing secrets behind the Won's online fundraising success. Details here. [Thanks :BJS]
11/29/12
Two things Obama said to Romney over lunch
"How’s your Big Mac?"
"It’s amazing what Chris Christie will do for a chocolate milkshake"
--Keith Koffler at White House Dossier
Voters' Remorse: O's approval rate drops to 49%
Gallup's opinion poll has already registered a drop in President Obama's approval rating to 49%. Details here.
Barack Obama's Diary: Lunch with Mitt
"Oops" I said finally, "look at the time... the hour has almost lapsed. What suggestions do you have for fixing the economy? Mitt cleared his throat. "Sorry, Mitt," I interrupted . "Time's up. It's been good meeting you and listening to your valuable suggestions." As we left the private dining room, I said: " While you're here would you like to sit at Resolute Desk for a moment for a taste of what it would have felt like if you'd won?" He flushed. Yikes. I didn't realize that Mormons have a salty repertoire of curses.
Hungry kids rebel over Michelle Obama's micro-lunches
Kids have been swamping Twitter with complaints about the tiny school lunches promoted by the First Lady. More here
11/28/12
Is Egypt becoming the new Iran?
The Telegraph's defense editor, Con Coughlin thinks so. His reasons are here.
Rice's hopes may now be cooked
"Prospects for a potential a nomination by President Obama of UN Ambassador Susan Rice to be Secretary of State took a direct hit today when she incurred criticism from a key GOP senator who can’t be accused of sexism, racism, extremism in the defense of liberty, or any of the other attacks being hauled at her opponents by the Democratic mob," writes Keith Koffler at Whitehouse Dossier.
He adds: "Homeland Security Committee ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, a GOP moderate from Maine, emerged from a meeting today with Rice accusing her of having played an “essentially a political role” during the presidential election by blanketing the Sunday talk shows with the erroneous assertion that the Benghazi attacks stemmed from an anti-Islamic video..." Read it all.
He adds: "Homeland Security Committee ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, a GOP moderate from Maine, emerged from a meeting today with Rice accusing her of having played an “essentially a political role” during the presidential election by blanketing the Sunday talk shows with the erroneous assertion that the Benghazi attacks stemmed from an anti-Islamic video..." Read it all.
Obama, Romney to meet for lunch
President Obama and Mitt Romney will be lunching at the White House Thursday. Laughing Conservative is relieved that his beloved grandmothers have passed on, or he might have been sorely tempted to sell them to eavesdrop on the Private Dining Room
Ignore your maleness, whiteness, says prof.
A political science professor at Butler University asks students to disregard their “American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality, middle-class status” when writing and speaking in the classroom – a practice the school’s arts and sciences dean defended as a way to negate students’ inherent prejudices. Read it all
[via Instapundit]
[via Instapundit]
11/27/12
Dating in DC
Young politicos in Washington now have two online dating sites — RedStateDate (aimed at Republicans) and BlueStateDate. We're not giving a link to the latter, in case Democrats click on it, then go forth and multiply.
Bill Clinton wants to design WH tree ornament
"Bill Clinton Wants to Design White House Ornament Commemorating Own Administration" says USNews' Washington Whispers. Laughing Conservative has been unable to confirm a rumor that the planned ornament is modeled after an organ. More here.
[Thank:s: BJS]
[Thank:s: BJS]
Barack Obama's Diary: Buenas tardes
I have been looking over my appointment book for tomorrow and I am scheduled to deliver remarks about Fiscal Cliff --whoever he is...maybe a victim of Hurricane Sandy. No cause for alarm --my staff will have my uh... teleprompter set up in good time, with appropriate heartfelt words for me to utter to the adoring media.
Most prefer 'Merry Christmas' to 'Happy Holidays'
Most Americans prefer signs in stores that say “Merry Christmas” rather than “Happy Holidays.”
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 68% of American adults prefer Merry Christmas. Just 23% like Happy Holidays. Details here.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 68% of American adults prefer Merry Christmas. Just 23% like Happy Holidays. Details here.
Arafat exhumation: the real motives
Yid With Lid has interesting background on motives for the exhumation of Yasser Arafat's remains.
House prices jump
House prices posted the biggest percentage gain in more than two years in the third quarter, according to the widely-followed S&P/Case-Shiller index. The 6% increase from a year earlier is more than three times the rise in the previous quarter and was the biggest jump in prices since the second quarter of 2010. Read more.
Who's the sexiest Un of all?
The Onion names North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un 'Sexiest Man Alive' and China and North Korea news sites take it seriously.
But don't laugh too soon: In other news, Sandra Fluke has been nominated for Time's Person of the Year
But don't laugh too soon: In other news, Sandra Fluke has been nominated for Time's Person of the Year
Playing the Rice Card
"Every time I think the Democratic race card players could not get more vile, more deranged, more patronizingly demeaning to blacks, someone manages to defy even my vivid imagination," writes Prof. William Jacobson.
"This time, it is the Editorial Board of The Washington Post, which issued a truly amazing screed ...claiming that critics of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice are motivated by race and sex, as demonstrated by the facts that most are male and a significant percentage come from former confederate states..." Read it all
"This time, it is the Editorial Board of The Washington Post, which issued a truly amazing screed ...claiming that critics of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice are motivated by race and sex, as demonstrated by the facts that most are male and a significant percentage come from former confederate states..." Read it all
Barack Obama's Diary: Hiccups
Dear Diary: Press Secretary Carney handled the media well today, dismissing my Egyptian pal Morsi's power grab as a mere hiccup on the road to democracy. Let me be clear: it can be a livin' hell dealing with opponents who automatically disagree with you, I have the gray hairs to prove it. If he wants a Constitution that reflects his needs, why not, say I. Among intelligent people I am rightly regarded as an outstanding man, worthy of considerable respect, but actor Jamie Foxx has taken this to an embarrassing level, referring to me on BET as "our Lord and Savior." I cringed and blushed a manly blush when I saw it. It will be open season for right-wing bloggers and late-night TV comedians.
11/26/12
Santorum open to running in 2016
Former Pennsylvania governor Rick Santorum has told The Weekly Standard that is he is open to running again in 2016. Read more
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
11/25/12
Barack Obama's Diary: O Winter Tree
I gotta quiet day Monday. I might be persuaded to attend a presidential briefin'. Or not. Maybe I'll help M. decorate the White House Christmas Tree. [Note to self: I must issue a decree that it henceforth be known as the White House Winter Tree so as not to offend those of the Islamic persuasion, like my power-hungry Egyptian pal, Mohammed Morsi.]
Obama 'a communist,' says Pravda
From the newspaper Pravda, former mouthpiece of the Soviet Union:
"Any normal individual understands liberalism is a psychosis... O'bomber even keeps the war going along the Mexican border with projects like "fast and furious" and there is still no sign of ending it. He is a Communist without question, promoting the Communist Manifesto without calling it so.... His cult of personality mesmerizes those who cannot go beyond their ignorance. They will continue to follow him like those fools who still praise Lenin and Stalin in Russia...." Read it all.
Rules for killing
The White House "kill list" of the world's most wanted terrorists -- used by Barack Obama during kill or capture debates--may soon be getting a rule book to go with it.
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Obama's Egypt bungling
Investors Business Daily rips Obama's Mid-east bungling which lead to Islamist Mohamed Morsi seizing power: "Don't hold your breath for Clinton — or whoever her successor is at the State Department — to call for "an orderly, peaceful transition to real democracy, not faux democracy" in which "the people just keep staying in power and become less and less responsive," as she said two years ago during street demos against Mubarak...It took 24 hours for Morsi to take advantage of the prestige Obama and his secretary of state handed him [for his role in the Hamas/Israel ceasefire deal]. Now he's using America's stamp of approval to oppress his own people..." Read it all
11/24/12
11/23/12
Barack Obama's Diary: Tee time
The Dung Beetle Award goes to...
Obama's dumb diplomacy
Another gigantic screw-up by President Obama and Hillary Clinton: They lavish praise on Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi for his role in the Israel-Gaza ceasefire, only to see him promptly seize unrestricted power in Egypt by decreeing that he is above judicial oversight. Read more.
11/22/12
11/21/12
Barack Obama's Diary: A peace of pecan pie
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We wish readers from Wasilla, Alaska, to Bryan, Texas, a truly happy Thanksgiving!
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11/20/12
Warning: Huge new threat to your email privacy
A Senate proposal supposedly aimed at protecting Americans' e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies vastly more surveillance power. CNET has learned that Patrick Leahy, the Democrat chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his bill, which now authorizes warrantless access to Americans' e-mail by 22 agencies, is scheduled for next week. Details here.
Socialist medicine in action
A nine-year-old boy with appendicitis was made to wait more than 20 hours for surgery at the emergency ward of a Stockholm-area children's hospital before his appendix finally burst. Details here
11/19/12
Democrat safety farce
The head of the Massachusetts Highway Safety department has had seven car accidents and nine traffic tickets. Sheila Burgess, was apparently recommended for the job after years of political consulting with no actual experience in highway work. A spokesman for Democratic governor Deval Patrick said that part of the reason why Burgess was hired was that she was recommended by Rep. James McGovern, who is just one of her former bosses who has political connections. Read more.
[Thanks BJS]
[Thanks BJS]
Barack Obama's Diary: Gleetings, Asians and farewell
MSNBC bias laid bare
Biased much? In the final week of the election, MSNBC aired no positive Romney stories. Details here.
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[Thanks BJS]
State Dept silent on Turkey's outrageous accusation
At a media briefing, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland has refused to comment on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s assertion that “Israel is a terrorist state” and is carrying out a “massacre of children” in Gaza.
UK Islamists plan fatwa on Malala
British-based Islamic radicals are preparing to announce a fatwa on Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl shot by the Pakistan Taliban, for her role in standing up to extremists. She is currently being treated in a British hospital. Read more.
Bloomberg drops F-bomb
When Queens state Senator Malcolm Smith asked New York mayor Michael Bloomberg to send the National Guard to patrol the Rockaways after Sandy hit, Bloomberg said: “F--k you,’’ a source has told The New York Post. Seems that Nanny's language is saltier than his fries. More here.
Heckuva job, Yarack
During his stop in Burma, President Obama chronically mispronounced the name of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate and former political prisoner who has led the struggle for a free and democratic Burma. He repeatedly pronounced San as "Yan." Heckuva sob, Yarack.
