August 1, 2011 – 8:21 am
Over at the Washington Post, Chris Cillizza breaks down the winners and losers in the debt deal. Here are a few of his winners Tea party: There were major questions coming into the 112th Congress about who would blink first — the largely establishment-aligned leaders of the new Republican House majority or the tea-party-aligned freshman […]
July 31, 2011 – 7:29 pm
Hmm, hasn’t President Snippy Pants been running around, scaring people, telling them the US credit rating will get downgraded if Someone Else doesn’t put a deal together? Not so fast, “according to PIMCO founder and managing director Bill Gross” When asked by CNN host Ali Velshi on Sunday whether the U.S. deserved to maintain its […]
July 30, 2011 – 9:03 am
I know, I know, you’re saying “how could that possibly happen after two years of far left Keynesian economic policies?” The economic recovery faltered dramatically in the first half of the year, and that means more trouble ahead. The latest Commerce Department figures show that the nation’s economic output was gasping for breath long before […]
July 30, 2011 – 7:51 am
There’s an old saying: respect the office, if not the man. But, what if the man uses the office to make the presidency as much of a joke as he is himself? Anyhow, Obama has used his perch to complain like a 5 year old who isn’t allowed to have a cookie before doing his […]
July 29, 2011 – 11:32 am
No, really The White House is pushing back against the growing narrative that Obama is “sitting on the sidelines,” as reported by the New York Times yesterday, and letting Congress do all the work. As John Boehner spent the night trying to wrestle members into place to support his debt ceiling deal, Valerie Jarret reminded […]
July 28, 2011 – 8:59 am
President Snippy Pants is doing what he does best: voting present, then giving speeches As House Republicans slog toward a Thursday vote on raising the debt ceiling, President Obama and his staff have hit the airwaves in a massive, all-hands-on-deck public-relations effort to turn the tide of political opinion in their favor. All told, the […]
July 26, 2011 – 6:48 pm
The White House press gaggle became rather snippy today, as WH Spokesweasel John Carney decided that answering questions from the press corps in order to provide the American public with information was not in order, via Townhall’s Guy Benson At today’s daily briefing, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney tangled with reporters over questions about […]
July 26, 2011 – 12:00 pm
R.S McCain You know who’s smiling now? Jimmy Carter. Because Jimmy’s well on his way to becoming the second-worst president in American history. Just for you, bub
July 26, 2011 – 8:52 am
Apparently, they watched a different speech than the rest of us did. Here’s Charles Krauthammer on Obama’s Monday night repeat, via Gateway Pundit: Don Surber has some other quotes which lambaste President Snippy Pants. And So It Goes In Shreveport eviscerates (whoops, sorry, uncivil word) Obama’s class warfare scaremongering blamestorming 5 year old tantrum presser. […]
July 25, 2011 – 6:59 pm
What else is there to say that hasn’t already been said? In a fresh challenge to President Barack Obama, House Republicans unveiled reworked legislation Monday to avert a potentially devastating government default in barely a week — but along lines the White House has already rejected. Democrats countered quickly with an alternative that drew presidential […]
