Tag Archives: Washington Post

The Great Palin Piñata

Posted on June 10th, 2011

Oh Boy!  The Mainstream press are loving this ‘Palin Piñata’,the release of 24,000 e-mail messages from the Governor Palin era.  Given the enormous magnitude of possible dirt to sift through, The Washington Post have even asked for volunteers. Needless to say, Palin supporters are not impressed.  Take for example a comment by kitchendragon50:  “Rake your own [...]

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Never Let A Good Weinergate Go to Waste

Posted on June 7th, 2011

As the saga of Rep. Anthony Weiner drags on, it provides the perfect opportunity for Obama.  It becomes another distraction, like releasing a long form birth certificate, or running a victory lap over Osama bin Laden. So in light of the appalling jobless figures last week, Obama visited Chrysler in Ohio to trumpet the success [...]

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Congress Not So Quiet on the Libyan Front

Posted on June 3rd, 2011

“For every decision there are consequences and we have to sometimes analyze what could be those consequences. Just the same with operations in Libya – I cannot understand it. I don’t know what the goal and objective are.  No one can clearly tell me who these rebels or who the rebel leaders are – where [...]

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A grim Easter for the Obama presidency: Washington Post/ABC News poll delivers another blow to the White House

Posted on April 20th, 2011

The omens certainly weren’t good for Barack Obama last week with a devastating Gallup survey showing the president with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency – just 41 percent. And according to RealClear Politics, the president now has an average disapproval rating across several major polls of nearly 50 percent. The White House received [...]

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The Propaganda of Government Motors

Posted on April 19th, 2011

Graphic: Black Swan Insights “It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, [...]

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Mitt Romney to Campaign for R.I.’s John Robitaille

Posted on October 29th, 2010

* Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will campaign for Rhode Island gubernatorial nominee John Robitaille (R) on Monday. Romney’s visit comes on the heels of former president Bill Clinton’s visit Sunday for treasurer Frank Caprio (D); it also falls on the same day that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) is slated to [...]

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National Review: Romney Had It Right At The START

Posted on July 13th, 2010

Mitt Romney caused a furor last week when he wrote a Washington Post op-ed opposing the New START treaty. Democrats and liberal commentators rushed to accuse Romney of bad-faith politics, of ignorance, and of a dangerous extremism. He’ll never get into the Council on Foreign Relations now. The squealing is a sign that Romney hit [...]

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Romney Blasts New Start Treaty

Posted on July 7th, 2010

Until now, Republicans have been relatively muted in their assessments of President Obama’s arms control treaty with Russia. But former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the once and likely future presidential candidate, came out Tuesday with a blistering assault on the treaty and called on his fellow Republicans to block its ratification. Mr. Romney said [...]

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Democrats hope Obama 2008 model will help stem midterm losses

Posted on July 6th, 2010

By:  Chris Cillizza Washington Post Staff  Writer To become the nation’s first black president, Barack Obama not only won heavy percentages of the black and Hispanic vote but also managed to trim the Democratic Party’s traditional deficit among white voters. Four years after Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) lost the white vote by 17 percentage [...]

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The Rules Of Unengagement

Posted on June 27th, 2010

What do Gen. McChrystal and British Petroleum have in common? Aside from the fact that they’re both Democratic Party supporters. Or they were. Stanley McChrystal is a liberal who voted for Obama and banned Fox News from his HQ TV. Which may at least partly explain how he became the first U.S. general to be [...]

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