Way back when the solvency of Social Security was more on the front burner of American political discussion, I criticized New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for changing his description of Social Security from one week to the next depending on political expediency. One week Social Security was a welfare program to help the poor, […]
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking her cues from Sen. Chuck Schumer. "We cannot drill our way out of this," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California countered. Opening the wildlife refuge in Alaska would reduce U.S. gasoline prices by one penny per gallon, she said. Change "cannot" to "will not" and she has it […]
I'm a little amazed that the press didn't give Sen. Barack Obama the "Do-I-Look-Stupid?"-look after he claimed first that the team he's got helping him pick a VP isn't actually working for him because they're unpaid. And I'm even more amazed they didn't laugh out loud when he claimed that the same people -- doing […]
The Senate, prompted by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein (the smarter California one), decided by voice vote to privatize the Senate food service. Last year, the Senate had to subsidize the food service to the tune of $1.3 million and the food is "noticeably sub par." (Apparently one of the problems was that the food was […]
Today CNN had as one of its top stories the a "flub" by Sen. John McCain. Instead of saying that he would veto every "bill" he said he would veto every "beer." Not only can you watch video of the misstatement, but CNN.com's people think it's funny enough that you can buy a T-shirt of […]
Last week, Senate Democrats released a report that provided "proof" for the "Bush lied, people died" slander. In a statement accompanying the report, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who is chairman of the intelligence panel, said, “The president and his advisers undertook a relentless public campaign in the aftermath of the […]
Watch these videos and ask yourself: "Would I be seeing these videos run and re-run continuously on the cable news channels as evidence of Sen. John McCain's senility?" On the first one, Obama needs to come up with a better example. It is not uncommon for kids suffering from asthma -- including those under the […]
The line uttered by the late, great Alec Guiness in the first "Star Wars" movie is what I've been continually reminded of every time it Sen. Barack Obama feels the need to throw someone else under the bus. Guiness, playing Jedi Obi-wan Kenobi used the force to befuddle the weak-minded. Obama seems to have a […]
It's a result that few would've guessed when this race for the nomination began far too long ago -- Sen. Barack Obama, a candidate with just over two years of experience in the Senate, has won the Democrat Party nod. The victory is as much testament to Obama's campaign as it is to Sen. Hillary […]
I am really hesitant to do judge other people's faith. Especially politicians. Especially when the largely religion-less press corps asks questions regarding faith that are more for political consumption than really getting to the substance of a person's faith. However, I think there's a lot of evidence that if Sen. Barack Obama really is a […]