I love her. Here she is on Hannity last night: Money quote: It is not within our power as members of Congress, it’s not within the enumerated powers of the Constitution, for us to design and create a national takeover of health care. Nor is it within our ability to be able to delegate that responsibility to the executive. Pinhead, … Read More
RIP Bob Novak
Some greatest hits: He was an old-school Washington reporter. He took a downward spiral when he became a member of the fledgling Tv network CNN in the early 1980's. The Evans-Novak Report was pretty thoughtful, but then came Capital Gang, and the Crossfire, setting the groundwork for TV political panel yell-a-thons. Then he became a tool for the Bush White … Read More
Birthers Still Grasping At Straws
The hubbub may have died down, but WorldNetDaily hasn't given up on Obama's birth controversy. The latest? WorldNetDaily considers websites to be more credible than state documents, I guess. The online media lizard notes that Obama's Facebook page correctly lists 1961 as his birth year, as do all other online references, including earlier archived MySpace pages. But rather than simply … Read More
Glenn Beck Sponsors Start Pulling Ads
This is America. Glenn Beck can say whatever crap he wants. And the government can't (and shouldn't) stop him. He can say the President is a racist with a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.” On the other hand, this is America. People can gather together and urge companies not to advertise on Beck's program on Fox. These … Read More
This Is What Passes For A Reasonable Conservative These Days
Ramesh Ponnuru at The Corner: Jonathan Cohn complains that "health-care reform" is being "swiftboated." I think the parallel holds up. A mixture of true, false, and partly-true-but-hyperbolic claims are being made against a liberal cause, and liberals are for the most part using the false criticisms to avoid dealing with the valid ones. They're also ignoring the falsehoods and bullying … Read More
Health Care Punditry Of The Day
From Investor's Business Daily, we find this gem. The editorial starts out by lamenting that Obama's health care plan will transform us into what they have in Great Britain: The controlling of medical costs in countries such as Britain through rationing, and the health consequences thereof are legendary. The stories of people dying on a waiting list or being denied … Read More
Yet Another Reason Why John Bolton Should Shut Up
So you may have heard that former President Bill Clinton went to North Korea today to negotiate the release of two American journalists being held by the North Koreans. Arch-conservative and former U.N. Ambassador under Bush, John Bolton, wrote this morning: Clinton’s Unwise Trip to North Korea […] The point to be made on the Clinton visit is that the knee-jerk … Read More
Obama Be Killing Us All, Like The Nazis
One of my favorite Renew America columnists, Marie Jon, has taken on Obamacare. You know it's going to be fun just from the title: Obama's Advance Care Planning: code words for 'euthanasia' Get it? "Code words". He doesn't come right out and say "euthanasia", because that would be too obvious. Marie explains: President Barack Obama has proposed that every American's medical … Read More
Facepalm Punditry Of The Day
Why is life expectancy higher in Canada than it is in the United States? Bill O'Reilly knows: That is to be expected…. we have ten times more people here [than in Canada]… … and therefore we have ten times more crimes and accidents, which is why we have a lower life expectancy than Canada. Video here. For what it's worth … Read More
K’ville’s Nathan Tabor Needs To Read The Constitution Before He Comments About It
You can read the full article for yourself, but Tabor's screed ("A Tale of Two Constitutions") starts like this: In the era of President Barack Obama, more than ever we will witness examples of selective application of the US Constitution's First Amendment. …Two recent cases reveal just how partisan advocates of First Amendment truly are. One might argue that the … Read More
Better Conservative Criticism Please
Yes, the Obama Administration spendt billions of dollars in economic stimulus spending, and yes, it is important that that money be spent wisely. If conservative critics want to identify wasteful ways in which that stimulus money is spent, then all the power to them. In fact, the Obama Administration has made this very easy — by making sure that recovery.org … Read More
Quote Of The Day
Jeez. Pat Buchanan isn't even trying to hide his ignorance and bigotry now. Here he is from last night's Rachel Maddow show, in response to her point that 98% of all U.S. Supreme Court justices have been white men: "White men were 100% of the people that wrote the Constitution, 100% of the people that signed the Declaration of Independence, … Read More
Bill Kristol On Sarah Palin (with updates)
He writes: I like Sarah Palin (though I don't know her well). I respect her (though I'm aware of some of her limitations). I wish her well (though I'm not convinced she should be the 2012 Republican presidential nominee). I am convinced, though, that she should have a chance to compete and make her case. Um, she made her case … Read More
Fox News Wants Bin Laden To Strike America Again
Why? Because that's the only way to protect America from those librul tree-hugging hippies in Washington DC who are letting America's guard down against the evil ones. We can't let our guard down because it is sure to result in another terrorist attack on American soil, which is bad, so therefore Osama needs to attack us like he did on 9/11 so that we'll wake up … Read More
Great Moments In Pundtiry
Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, on the Constitution and Founding Fathers: "They knew socialism doesn't work. They knew communism doesn't work." The Constitution predates socialism by about 100 years.