Heh.
I will confess a little irony, though, in the fact I got this off a twenty-hour-old tweet.
Heh.
I will confess a little irony, though, in the fact I got this off a twenty-hour-old tweet.
In one easy graph.
It’s very vicious circle (as often happens when the government gets involved).
She’s no longer the biggest idiot at CNN. [Hat tip, Iowahawk]
In his East Room address in July concerning the debt ceiling negotiations, Mr. Obama blamed “a significant number of Republicans in Congress (who) are insisting on a cuts-only approach.” As we now know, this was not the reason the negotiations failed. While some Republicans may have wanted such an agreement, their leadership was prepared to agree to some $800 billion in higher taxes. In any event, it wasn’t the cuts-only crowd that balked; it was the president. Railing at the GOP wasn’t a smart move; petulance does not become the Commander in Chief. In the end, both Mr. Obama and Congress suffered a decline in approval ratings.
As Americans learn the truth of this failed effort, they may start to question other aspects of the White House narrative. They may wonder whether the president blocked the Keystone XL pipeline out of safety concerns or to appease environmentalists whose support he needs, or whether Obamacare will in fact slow the rise in healthcare costs. They may even begin to question whether millionaires and billionaires actually pay less in taxes than their secretaries. Losing credibility is a terrible thing; on the other hand, Mr. Obama’s loss may be the country’s gain.
Let’s hope.
“Obama loses credibility” is an evergreen headline. Or should be.
It is not obvious to me that exploring and producing oil in Virunga National Park will have an adverse affect on the wildlife. If the government is responsible, the tax revenues could help pay for increased protection and security.
…with a Romney/Hitler comparison. It’s all part of the new civility, I guess. But as is pointed out, Axelrod’s own house is a little too glassy to be tossing that particular stone.
I have some thoughts on the hypocrisy, projection and cynicism over at PJMedia.
[Update a while later]
At The Village Voice, some things never change:
Backpage accounts for about 70 percent of prostitution advertising among five Web sites that carry such ads in the United States, earning more than $22 million annually from prostitution ads, according to AIM Group, a media research and consulting company. It is now the premier Web site for human trafficking in the United States, according to the National Association of Attorneys General. And it’s not a fly-by-night operation. Backpage is owned by Village Voice Media, which also owns the estimable Village Voice newspaper.
Attorneys general from 48 states have written a joint letter to Village Voice Media, pleading with it to get out of the flesh trade. An online petition at Change.org has gathered 94,000 signatures asking Village Voice Media to stop taking prostitution advertising. Instead, the company has used The Village Voice to mock its critics. Alissa thought about using her real name for this article but decided not to for fear that Village Voice would retaliate.
How could she think such a thing of those beneficent, woman-loving leftists?
[Update late evening]
More of the Left’s respect for women.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sarah Hoyt: War is Hell.
[Bumped]
Proponents in California, getting desperate, are having to revise their appealing lies.