Paul Lukasiak (originator of the “Bush AWOL” theory) has a guest-post up at Taylor Marsh’s website, making the argument that: Ever since the media declared that Barack Obama was “inevitable†after February 19th, based on a two week period when the an unprepared Hillary Clinton campaign suffered “10 straight lossesâ€Â, rank and file Democratic voters have been sending a message. Rather than rally ‘round the “inevitable nominee†that message has
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Obama honored our Undead heroes on Memorial Day [Karl]
Barack Obama opened up his Memorial Day speech in Las Cruces, New Mexico, with a startling admission: On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong. Gateway Pundit has the video and claims that the gaffe was scrubbed from Obama’s website. I think it is
Remembering “Death of a President” [Dan Collins]
Remember the TV docudrama depicting the assassination of George W. Bush? Held up by a secret service bodyguard in his dying moments after being shot in the stomach, this is President Bush being assassinated. Surrounded by a crowd of panicking onlookers, the American leader is pictured just seconds after being gunned down by a sniper following an anti-war demonstration But rather than a repeat of JFK’s shooting or Ronald Reagan’s
Andrew Sullivan celebrates Memorial Day with Iranian propaganda [Karl]
Excitable Andy relays — without the slightest hint of skepticism — an anonymously sourced piece from PressTV claiming that Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has strongly objected to a ‘security accord’ between the US and Iraq. PressTV is an arm of Iran’s state broadcasting apparatus. As Michael Goldfarb notes, it is an outlet that seriously reports on claims that the Holocuast was “scientifically impossible.” While it is possible that Sistani is
Jimmuh! You magnificent bastard! [Karl]
For all that has been written over the years about the supposed political genius of Karl Rove, the real man of genius in this cycle has to be former Pres. Jimmy Carter, who is valiantly waging a one-man campaign to make Barack Obama’s foreign policy positions (whatever they are today) seem moderate by comparison. Jimmuh, currently at the Hay-on-Wye festival, is claiming that Israel has 150 nuclear weapons in its arsenal.ÂÂ
The Obama Coalition: a review and outlook [Karl]
RCP’s Jay Cost has a series of bar charts reviewing Barack Obama’s voting coalition. Most of these review Obama’s performance versus Clinton, which makes them of limited interest in the context of the general election. The final chart, however, addresses the contribution of blacks, wealthy voters and young whites to Obama’s voting base — statistics which may say something about a general election. Eyeballing the chart suggests that blacks made
A quasi-defense of campaign media hype [Karl]
At the Politico, John H. Harris writes about the way the media makes minor stories seem like major ones. The aspect most will note is his confession that the Politico jumped all over Hillary Clinton invoking the assassination of RFK as a rationale for continuing her presidential campaign to juice the site’s traffic statistics. But there is more to it than that. After all, Harris also notes that: If this really was a
Iowahawk Rewrites “Death of a Salesman” [Dan Collins]
Here. And personal advice doled out by O! (h/t Reynolds) Most amazing midget wrestling facecrawling video ever. Rodeo deer. Chestnut Mare. Cool web tools to bookmark. Message to Obama: Bad Day at the Office
