Eric Florack on February 2nd, 2009

We have yet another tax issue showing up on the list of people nominated for service in the Obama administration. There seems something of a pattern, here. Jake Tapper and Jon Karl at ABC say:

ABC News has learned

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davidl on February 2nd, 2009

I quess Sarah not a Bithead, yet,

LESS than two weeks into his administration, President Barack Obama is being portrayed by opponents as a new Jimmy Carter – weak at home and naive abroad –

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Eric Florack on February 2nd, 2009

I’ve been teling you since… well, forever, that FDR made things worse not better…  So  along comes Harold Cole and Lee Ohanian at The Wall Street Journal this morning:

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davidl on February 1st, 2009

Different subject, but apt never the less, John, Powerline, sums up Barack Obama’s basic problem:

Obama is going to have to learn, and soon, that governing is very different from campaigning. Vague and contradictory promises no longer cut it

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davidl on January 31st, 2009

Millions are without power in Kentucky, forty-three are dead.   Does Barack Obama care?  Is Obama even vaguely aware of the situation?

More, Anchoress

Addendum: (Bit)

So much for global warming.

And where is FEMA? Bob McCarty writes:

Five days after

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davidl on January 30th, 2009

Susan Estrich H/T SlateI know I make it a habit to ridicule Susan Estrich.    She deserves it and I enjoy it.   However Estrich is for from stupid    Her problem is that she  blinded by the victimology of gender feminism.   She ventures outside of

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davidl on January 29th, 2009

Charlie RangelFrom the office of Representative John Carter, Texas Thirty One:

 All U.S. taxpayers would enjoy the same immunity from IRS penalties and interest as House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Obama Administration Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,

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davidl on January 29th, 2009

Now where is Ann Margaret when you need her?  Rod Blagojevich is now the ex-governor of Illinios,  Associated Press:

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted at his impeachment trial and thrown out of office Thursday, ending a

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Eric Florack on January 29th, 2009

Heather Mac Donald over at The Corner touches on Kirsten Gillibrand, perhaps unintentionally making a nice follow on to my Pajamas Media peice of last week:

What are the chances that New York’s new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, will

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Eric Florack on January 29th, 2009

Fifty-three percent of American voters voted for Barack Obama; 46% voted for John McCain, and 1% voted for wackos. Give that 1% to President Obama. Let’s say the vote was 54% to 46%. As a way to bring the country

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The House  republicans set an example  for the jelly spined republicans in the Senate to which to uphold.    The Pelosi-Reid-Obama Debt Plan passed the House nary a single republcan vote.  David Espo, AP:

WASHINGTON – In a swift victory

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Eric Florack on January 28th, 2009

The Washington Post:

Republican criticism of the stimulus package that the House will vote on tonight has focused on its soaring price tag, but some Democrats on Capitol Hill and other administration supporters are voicing a separate critique: that

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davidl on January 27th, 2009

Carolyn McCarthy H/T WikipediaRepresentative  Carolyn McCarthy the hoplophobe from Long Island is apparently a real blond, stupid all te way to the bone.  McCarthy has been having a hissy fit over Blind Man Patterson’s appointmet of Kristen Gillebrand to the Senate seat vacated

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Eric Florack on January 27th, 2009

My new Pajamas Media piece, is up, and the discussion surrounds what the appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand and the reactions to it, tells us about the left. Here’s a taste:

The obvious point proven by the appointment of Kirsten

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davidl on January 26th, 2009

PopcornPass the popcorn. The all ‘rate cage fight is on. Say what you will about Barack Obama, but nobody ever called him the sharpest knife in the drawer.   Yet as dull as BO may be, even BO can figure out

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