Obama’s State of the Union Address, with Commentary

OK, I know that by now a lot of you either saw or read though this speech of Obama’s, and so it’s old news. But I’ve seen nobody rip through this thing point by point. I can understand why… with

Joe the Plumber. You remember the story. Obama rolls up to his house one day. Joe plucks up his courage and asks a question of Barack Obama, the subject of which Mr. Obama would apparently rather not discuss. Result? 

• Been getting downright crazy traffic the last couple months, and none of it bigger than the last week or so. No particular reason I can see. Usually when we get traffic spikes it’s due to one article or another that

Mark I, Redstate, has BO’s newest line on Iraq:

The real story here is that Obama has no interest in what is really happening in Iraq, unless it fits his predetermined view that the war is lost. The message

McCain, as in Robert Stacy McCain, notes that while BO purports to want to win next Tuesday primary West Virginia, which would kill Mrs. Clinton’s campaign,  he has no plan to actually ever set foot in the state: 

Yeah,

At a family birthday party yesterday, I made a tongue in cheek reference to Mrs. Clinton as “The Smartest Woman in the World.”  My quip earned a disapproving glare from the honoree.

Sheer stupity is not the only explanation for

OIl is at one hundred twelve dollars a barrel.   The democrats talk about energy independence, but refuse to anything to achieve it, Investor’s Business Daily:

Pennsylvania Democrats must choose between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, both of whom oppose

• “If there is a mystery at the heart of Barack Obama’s “Dreams From My Father”, one thing is not left a mystery, the fact that Barack Obama organized his life on the ideals given to him by his Kenyan father.

[Mario] Cuomo said he’s surprised by the cold shoulder he’s received so far from the candidates, especially from Obama, since he has agreed to meet Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without preconditions. If the Democrats are willing to negotiate with foreign

Yeah, Billy, you’re correct in that this is nothing new. Such is normalcy, I suppose for working on such projects. Construction, as you know from first hand experience can be, and is, dangerous.

But you know… there’s something else, here

We have already said this before.  Great minds think alike and so do socialist minds.  Hugo Chavez, via Thomas Lifson, American Thinker:

On his regular Sunday television show “Hello, President” Hugo Chavez announced he is pushing

Mrs.  Clinton, the clueless one, who is billed by her husband, as some sort of “World Class Genius” , and calls herself tough, finally found somebody  she was had the backbone which to stand-up against..

Mrs. Ciinton stood-up to Micheal

I’m not so sure about this one.  Ron Christie says it’s the beginning of the end for Hillary Clinton and her dreams of being president.

To be honest, I never thought in the first few days of December I would

Gina Cobb raises a great point, and one I’d not fully considered

Sometimes just the right words at just the right moment are world-changing.  “Why don’t you shut up?” was not remotely as eloquent as “I have a dream” or

CARACAS, Venezuela,Monday, Dec. 3 —(New York Times)- Voters in this country narrowly defeated a proposed overhaul to the constitution in a contentious referendum over granting President Hugo Chávez sweeping new powers, the Election Commission announced early Monday.It was the first