Where are the adults in the Democrat Party? ============== Everyone is doing thoughtful year-end pieces on President Obama. Writers and reporters agree he’s had his worst year ever. I infer from most of their essays an unstated but broadly held sense of foreboding: There’s no particular reason to believe next year will be better, and in fact signs and indications point to... Read more
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Saudi Royal Blasts U.S.’s Mideast Policy
December 17 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, ObamaI can’t believe that George Bush is still making the world hate us! ======= MONACO—A leading Saudi prince demanded a place for his country at talks with Iran, assailing the Obama administration for working behind Riyadh’s back and panning other recent U.S. steps in the Middle East. Prince Turki al-Faisal, an Arab royal and a brother of Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, said Saudi... Read more
Simple Questions Stump Obama Officials
December 16 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, The LeftDon’t be surprised. Not sure they realize that governing takes real work. ========= Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.) had a simple question Wednesday for three of the Obama administration’s top Afghanistan specialists: How many American troops have been killed in Afghanistan this year? None of the witnesses at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan had an answer. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.)... Read more
Obamas Red-Line Presidency
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, ObamaHenninger is always good. Not that you hear much in the press of Obama’s flip-flopping. ========= ‘We have communicated in no uncertain terms with every player in the region that that’s a red line for us and that there would be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons front or the use of chemical weapons.”— Barack Obama, Aug. 20,... Read more
Progressive Government Fails
November 4 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Democrat Party, Obama, The Left========== A reader remarked last week that Barack Obama is running out of human shields. With the father of ObamaCare unavailable to explain the greatest fiasco of his presidency to Congress, the American people had to settle Wednesday for his surrogate, Kathleen Sebelius. Let us try to understand clearly what is happening now with the Obama presidency. On display to everyone watching... Read more
The Unbearable Lightness of Obama
November 4 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, The LeftObama… “unaware”… ============= Is there a method to President Obama’s style of leadership, his methods of decision-making, his habits of attention, oversight and follow-through? In recent months I’ve been keeping a file of stories that might suggest an answer. See what you think. *** “President Barack Obama went nearly five years without knowing his own spies were bugging the phones of world leaders. Officials... Read more
