August 3, 2008 – 12:30 pm
Well, not that that is in any way a surprise. He wants to retreat in Iraq, pre-retreat from conflict with Iran (or, is that proactively surrender?), retreated from public campaign finance, retreated from his position on off-shore drilling, and retreats from so many of the people who support him (that whole ObamaBus issue) Democratic candidate […]
August 2, 2008 – 8:39 am
Change you find blowing in the breeze (cBS News) In a sudden and major shift, Democrat Barack Obama said he would be willing to support limited additional offshore oil drilling if that would help promote alternative energy sources, a proposal he has repeatedly blasted rival John McCain for supporting. If this was about McCain, the […]
July 31, 2008 – 9:26 am
But, the NY Times still went ahead an ran the article: McCain Tries to Define Obama as Out of Touch  After spending much of the summer searching for an effective line of attack against Senator Barack Obama, Senator John McCain is beginning a newly aggressive campaign to define Mr. Obama as arrogant, out of touch […]
July 30, 2008 – 10:26 am
This editorial is either a humor piece, or the Times has failed Politics 101. The fact that the Times is in the bag for Obama is a given Well, that certainly didn’t take long. On July 3, news reports said Senator John McCain, worried that he might lose the election before it truly started, opened […]
July 29, 2008 – 4:50 pm
Like many, I have gotten myself on Barack’s email list, and sometimes the stuff is extremely amusing William — Barack likes to tell a story about the two of us standing backstage before his speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention. The way he tells it, he was too busy in the days before the convention […]
July 24, 2008 – 1:27 pm
Quote of the day 4:33 p.m.: The meeting between Obama and Wowereit lasts 20 minutes, during which the Berlin mayor asks the senator about integration strategies in the US. Obama then signs the city’s guestbook, which Wowereit has brought with him to the Hotel Adlon. He writes: “Thank you so much for this open-hearted welcome. […]
July 24, 2008 – 10:16 am
As proven by the Credentialed Media. IBD – Putting Money Where Mouths Are: Media Donations Favor Dems 100-1 The New York Times’ refusal to publish John McCain’s rebuttal to Barack Obama’s Iraq op-ed may be the most glaring example of liberal media bias this journalist has ever seen. But true proof of widespread media bias […]
July 24, 2008 – 9:21 am
Getting beyond the fawning, almost sexual idolatry in this story of Senator Neophyte Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Berlin Thursday morning, kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations. A column of black BMW and Mercedes-Benz cars ferried the candidate to a private meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Overhead, a […]
July 23, 2008 – 9:33 am
Patrick Ruffini brings us the Obarrogant story of the day This is pretty extraordinary. A candidate for the American Presidency is using flyers printed in German to turn people out for his campaign rally in Berlin on Thursday. This flyer can be found on a bilingual page on BarackObama.com advertising the event: Say, Barry? Buuuudy? No […]
July 22, 2008 – 8:41 am
They are just gushing like a schoolgirl. You can hear the tittering in the newsroom. Take a few deep breathes, Grey Lady – For Obama, a First Step Is Not a Misstep The Iraqi government on Monday left little doubt that it favors a withdrawal plan for American combat troops similar to what Senator Barack […]