Posted by Deuce Geary on December 9th, 2008
You remember Larry Craig, don’t you?
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has lost his latest attempt to withdraw his guilty plea in the Minneapolis airport men’s room sex sting that effectively ended his Senate career.
A three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected the Republican’s bid to toss out his disorderly conduct conviction.
Craig still [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on December 4th, 2008
I know, I know . . . I’m no Slublog. But it’s supposed to look like a quick revision!
But let’s not get too self-satisfied about Obama’s reversals on national security issues and even the windfall profits tax on oil companies. There’s still plenty of room for mischief.
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Posted by Deuce Geary on December 3rd, 2008
The son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez was arrested today on suspicion of murder. The elder Nunez’s party affiliation apparently does not appear in any state archives. That could be the only reason that it wasn’t reported by ABC Radio News when I heard it this afternoon, nor by the LA Times, [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on December 3rd, 2008
On Fox News, I just saw Bill Richardson giving his speech regarding his nomination as commerce secretary. Just when I thought he was done, he started all over again . . . in Spanish.
This is not a good thing. If you’re speaking to a largely Spanish-speaking audience, fine. National TV, no.
I know [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on November 30th, 2008
Ron Radosh at Pajamas Media has a piece asking if Bush-bashing will ever end, and commenter Gina succinctly described one aspect of the bashing and its consequences:
Most of what happened to Bush had to do with the constant villifying [sic], bashing and ridiculing done to this president by the press and twisted views of pundits [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on November 7th, 2008
With everyone’s post-election pontificating on what the Republican Party has to do to improve its brand, I hope some people are paying attention to this (emphasis mine):
Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans have a favorable view of Palin, including 65% who say their view is Very Favorable. Only eight percent (8%) have an unfavorable view of her, [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on November 4th, 2008
Yes, I know he was only making the point that the government has a right regulate public airwaves. But do you think for a minute that he wasn’t trying to take a dig at conservative talk radio with the comparison?
Let’s assume Schumer’s general point is correct. What is undeniably true is that the First Amendment’s [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on October 28th, 2008
OK, I know you’ve all seen this video, Obama Bombshell Redistribution of Wealth Audio Uncovered:
Obama’s response? All he meant was that redistribution would have to be undertaken legislatively rather than in the courts. That’s supposed to make me feel better?
The thing is, I think that is exactly what his response was, but that he (more [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on October 23rd, 2008
I took a look at the Republicans for Obama website this morning, and I now understand why these Republicans are for Obama: they are as hope-y change-y as the Democrats that are for Obama. On their “Why Obama?” page, they lay out nine issues, from the national debt to foreign policy, explaining the problems, but [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on August 30th, 2008
This video mocking the messianic status Obama has been afforded is absolutely hilarious.
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Posted by Deuce Geary on August 29th, 2008
or so blogger to comment on McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate. And a few nuggets from around the net:
The homepage of the town of Wasila [sic], Alaska (population 5469 as of the last census), has links to three news stories. The lead story, as you might expect, is that the [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on July 25th, 2008
Byron York writes at National Review Online:
I have a friend in London, very Euro in outlook, who is terrifically frustrated and worried about the election.
His chief concern: the role of Americans. “It’s a pity that Americans are the ones who elect the president,” he says. “It would be much better if the people of the [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on July 19th, 2008
Charle’s Krauthammer’s latest piece on Obama is . . . well, masterful. There’s no other word for it. He takes Obama to task for his vanity.
Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast — a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins — [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on July 3rd, 2008
Actor Dennis Haysbert is reportedly saying that his portrayal of President David Palmer on the show “24” helped pave the way for Barack Obama’s candidacy.
“If anything, my portrayal of David Palmer, I think, may have helped open the eyes of the American people,” said the actor, who has contributed $2,300 to the Illinois Democrat’s presidential [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on April 27th, 2008
Image via WikipediaMichael Hirsch at Newsweek says that the nation has become “Southernized,” and that this is a bad thing — the title of his piece posits, “Maybe it’s Time for the North to Secede.” I don’t differ with Hirsch much on the fact that Southern mores have more pronounced influence now. [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on April 22nd, 2008
And a frightening one, as you would expect. No doubt he’d claim to be braver than I because, unlike me, he does not publish anonymously. To which I would respond, how brave do you have to be to condemn your country from the perch of a university professorship?
Cuffy featured this excerpt from a [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on April 18th, 2008
Here’s what Obama had to say in explaining his “bitter” comments the other day (according to the NYT [emphasis mine]):
And yes, what is also true is that wedge issues, hot-button issues, end up taking prominence in our — in our politics. And part of the problem is that when those issues are exploited, we never [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on April 18th, 2008
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OK, so Obama raised “wedge issues” again, and someone’s going to have to explain to me what a wedge issue is. Based on what I hear from Obama and The Left, a “wedge issue” is a conservative position.
If a conservative speaks out against gun control, he [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on March 10th, 2008
This video has been around for around a week already, but more and more people are commenting on it. I heard the audio on the radio a few weeks ago, and it creeped me out. I’m not alone. A Google search for “obama+chant+creepy” tonight returned 14,300 results.
I think Ann Althouse summarized it [...]
Posted by Deuce Geary on March 6th, 2008
I’ve been demanding this (in my mind, at least) for some time now, and the thought was triggered again today by a pair of bumper stickers I saw on the same car, arranged roughly like this:
OBAMA ‘08
Toto, we’re not in a democracy anymore!
I have a couple of questions for the driver.
First, if we’re [...]
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