Month: November 2010

Urgent Deadline for the Final Wisdom; Memo From the National Affairs Desk

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When I left the cheap motel in Port St. Lucie this morning, my plan had been to swing by and visit relatives near Orlando before heading north toward Atlanta on my way back home. As I drove up I-95, I put in a call to my editor at The American Spectator, to whom I had last spoken at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday when I finally filed my report of Allen West’s victory in Florida’s 22nd District.

“OK, so when’s the deadline for the print edition?” I asked. It’s a monthly magazine and usually the copy deadline for the December-January edition would have been in late October, but I knew they were extending it to include reactions to the Nov. 2 election. Continue reading Urgent Deadline for the Final Wisdom; Memo From the National Affairs Desk →

Democrats in Denial

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Elephants never forget and neither does Vicki McClure Davidson, who reminds us of this Time magazine cover from 2009:

It’s hilarious to read Michael Grunwald’s May 2009 analysis with the benefit of hindsight:

“The [Republican] party’s ideas — about economic issues, social issues and just about everything else — are not popular ideas. They are extremely conservative ideas tarred by association with the extremely unpopular George W. Bush, who helped downsize the party to its extremely conservative base.”

Nancy Pelosi is less popular than smallpox (she never was really popular), and all the smart people who reckoned Democrats could never be beaten by a bunch of extremely extreme extremists — well, somebody forget to tell those darned voters, and so now 60+ House Democrats have joined the growing ranks of the unemployed.

Too bad Barney Frank isn’t among them.

But Michael Grunwald is still collecting a paycheck from Time magazine, because he’s so much smarter than everybody else.

Forget about Time magazine, and instead read Vicki McClure Davidson’s delightful gloat-walk over the flattened corpse of the Democratic Party.

How Not to Deal With Rejection

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George Will nails it here:

It is amazing the ingenuity Democrats invest in concocting explanations of voter behavior that erase what voters always care about, and this year more than ever – ideas. This election was a nationwide recoil against Barack Obama’s idea of unlimited government.
The more he denounced Republicans as the party of “no,” the better Republicans did. His denunciations enabled people to support Republicans without embracing them as anything other than impediments to him.

You should read the whole thing. The one thing Obama and the Democrats don’t want to admit to themselves: Voters might be smart enough to realize that liberalism doesn’t work. And another $600 billion in Keynesian “stimulus” from the Fed won’t work, either.

Checkout Time

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Heading north today, after a day of recovering from long-term sleep deprivation. My four most recent datelines at the American Spectator:

Calculating the mileage I drove in those days, including the distance from my home near Hagerstown, Maryland, it comes out to 1,550 miles.

Help get me back home to annoy my wife again. Hit the tip jar.

Obama Presser: ‘Twas Ever Thus

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by Smitty

Jonah Golberg:

During his press conference [03 November], President Obama insisted that the American public doesn’t want to “re-litigate the past.” Roughly four minutes later, he insisted that he inherited the deficit, which got worse because of a recession he inherited, as well. Somehow Obama forgot to mention that he increased spending 23 percent, tripling the deficit in the process.

And, a little later:

. . .the point he wants people to take away is that all of the runaway spending on his watch—much of which was focused on “reforms” that, by design, will do nothing to deal with the recession for years, if ever—was all done for an emergency that he inherited.

The whole sad state of affairs recalls an earlier autocrat:

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.–Exodus 8:15

Note: the Obama/Pharoah comparison is due to my own Congressman, Jim Moran, who explicitly said that Obama is Pharoah at his ObamaCare townhall last year. You won’t find that at the start of his remarks on the official audio, though; it’s been expertly edited. You’ll just have to trust me and my lying ears.

This Is Exactly The Kind Of Sophomoric Stuff We Don’t Need

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by Smitty (h/t Tabitha on Twitter)

Just because conservatives did well Tuesday, there is no need for foolish triumphalism. We shouldn’t just go on an on about the trophies.
And, really, isn’t all the taunting laughter beneath the dignity of our political process? How are we going to find common ground; moderate; achieve consensus; restore dignity; feel classically liberal; carry on proud traditions, and engage in mellifluous pettifoggery amidst these antics, I ask. Click to view:

This blog officially decrys these three hooligans and their immature acts, issues a stern ‘tut tut’ and a three second wave of the extended index finger in their general direction.

LIVE AT FIVE – 11.04.10

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TOP NEWS

Fed Lowers Short-Term Interest Rates Nearly To Zero

Ben Bernanke Explains It All

What’s next, paying people to take out loans?

Iowa Sacks State Supreme Court Justices
Judges unanimously declared gay marriage legal





Israel Bags Top Terrorist In Gaza Strike
Shin  Bet announces kill on Mohammed Namnam, assist by Air Force

L.A. Times: Pelosi’s Effectiveness Not Rewarded
I dunno, guys, seems to me she got exactly what America’s voters thought she deserved



POLITICS

For Speaker Boehner: More Confrontation, Or Compromise?

John Boehner (R-Ohio), likely to be the new Speaker of the House

Rush has some relevant advice

Obama Says He’ll Negotiate With GOP On Renewing Bush Tax Cuts
Or will he?

Murray’s Lead Over Rossi Widens

The fix was in.


Hispanic Candidates Win Big Tuesday
Mostly in the GOP.



THE ECONOMY, STUPID

T-Notes Gain, Long Bonds Fall As Fed Targets Mid-Term Debt

Stocks Up After Fed Announces T-Note Purchases (Video)

Panasonic Invests $30 Million In Tesla Motors

Facebook Adds Deals To Facebook Mobile

Lawsuit: Apple Made Upgrade Break Old iPhones

Microsoft Raises 4Q Estimates On Kinect Device Sales



SPORTS

Titans Claim Randy Moss Off Waivers

Randy Moss in Vikings gear

Passed in the ’98 draft, didn’t want him the first time he hit the waiver wire, but now…

Sparky Anderson Enters Hospice As Dementia Worsens


Hawks Stay Unbeaten As Pistons Drop To 0-5

Sixers Pick Up First Win, Collins Out Again With Vertigo

Tens Of Thousands Gather In SanFran For Giants’ Victory Parade



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS

Ashlee Simpson Channels Edie Sedgwick

Ashlee, left; Edie, right

Because all the other celebritard stories are just too depressing to lead off with

Miley Cyrus Not Taking Sides In Parents’ Divorce

Surf Legend Irons’ Death Possible OD?

Gwyneth Paltrow To Sing Radio Edit of Cee-Lo Green’s “F*ck You” On “Glee”
Another fine piece of soul music ruined by white people >:(



FOREIGNERS

Greece Halts Overseas Air Shipments After More Bombs Found

Tropical Storm Tomas Threatens Tottering Haiti

Former PM, Gazprom Creator Chernomyrdin To Be Buried In Novodevichy

After $2 Billion In Aid, Pakis Continue To Stall On North Waziristan Offensive



BLOGS & STUFF

Atlas Shrugs: Bachmann Humiliates Matthews On MSNBC

Jay Cost: They Weren’t Voting For Republicans, They Were Voting Against Democrats

WSJ: Democratic Coalition Crumbles

Michelle Malkin: Take Your Olive Branch And Shove It, Democrats

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Welcome to the Gloat Zone

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Got a few more hours sleep and now I’m beginning to emerge from the mind-fogged condition of extreme exhaustion that was the inevitable result of this long final road trip of the 2010 campaign.

Now it’s time to get our gloat on. What about the idiots at MSNBC? For my money, it’s hard to top Lawrence O’Donnell’s fear-mongering claim that Rand Paul might single-handedly destroy the global economy:

Then there was Barney Frank’s spiteful little tantrum. As Ed Morrissey observes, this has to be the least gracious victory speech in the history of victory speeches:

Feel free to gloat it up in the comments.