Category Archives: Obamantics

And Still More Bleak

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Gaius

The latest Gallup Poll shows that a whopping 27% of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of the deficit. 68%, however, are very, very unhappy with the same issue. These are not strong results on most of the issues, even when … Continue reading →

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Obama Didn’t Raise Taxes Once…

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Gaius

…No, he raised them dozens of times. Any thinking American had a “jaw hit the floor” moment when Obama made the utterly absurd (but literally true in one nuanced sense) claim that he had not raised taxes once on Sunday. … Continue reading →

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No Worse Friend

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Gaius

One of the unofficial mottoes of the United States Marine Corps is, “No better friend, no worse enemy*”. Unfortunately, the Obama administration has embraced a completely different motto, “No worse friend, no better enemy“: Information about every Trident missile the … Continue reading →

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Greecing The Skids

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Gaius

Title shamelessly lifted from Ed Morrisey’s post on the International Monetary Fund warning the US about its debt: You remember the IMF, right?  It’s the organization that had to partner with the EU in order to rescue Greece from its … Continue reading →

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How To Win The Future

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Gaius

Not through spending like a drunken sailor investing every dime the government can borrow or steal. The way to win the future is the same way things got won in the past – by unleashing the American people, not a … Continue reading →

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The Old Frontier

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Gaius

Jay Cost on Obama being stuck in the 1960s: But this is where I was wrong about President Obama. The 111th Congress was his Great Society moment: it passed a huge new entitlement program to get his name in the … Continue reading →

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Big Ouch

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Gaius

Alvin Felzenberg, writing at US News & World Report, has a scathing deconstruction of all the lifted lines, stolen ideas and borrowed themes that Obama used in the SOTU address last night. He calls the speech tantamount to plagiarism: Early … Continue reading →

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Hey, It’s Green To Recycle

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Gaius

It seems Obama borrowed heavily from failed Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm in his SOTU speech. In fact, he echoed whole trains of thought from a speech Granholm gave five years ago – before her policies drove Michigan into the ditch … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Edsel Moment?

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

Early leaks of Obama’s main talking points from the SOTU message include the already piloted “Sputnik Moment” line trotted out earlier in one of his speeches: But we have never measured progress by these yardsticks alone. We measure progress by … Continue reading →

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Negative Returns

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

Amity Shlaes: Private-sector jobs will be created. That’s the argument President Barack Obama will present tonight in his State of the Union address to justify his plan for any federal spending increases. The president will pay lip service to the … Continue reading →

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Shafting Allies

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Gaius

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Our Chinese Friends

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Gaius

So, the White House could not even vet the music selected by the Chinese pianist who performed at the state dinner for the Chinese president? It would appear that they could not be bothered to do so and allowed a … Continue reading →

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What’s Driving Up Gas Prices?

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Gaius

David Kreutzer explains why prices are skyrocketing – and how to stop those increases: Now, imminent oil depletion and the futility of drilling are again supposedly on the horizon. However, increased drilling activity follows increased petroleum prices. Blunting this natural … Continue reading →

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The New, New Math

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Gaius

Just when you thought you knew how to read numbers, the left wing media (redundant) and the wizard of 0 himself teach you the new, new improved left-leaning ObamaMath! All those job losses you see? Why they are just super … Continue reading →

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Did Health Care Reform Kill The Democrat’s Majority?

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Gaius

Jay Cost says yes. Or it was at least the decisive blow to their political dreams: Partisans on both sides tell themselves stories about why they’re up, why they’re down, and why the other side is where it is. These … Continue reading →

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