Author Archive
By Ani on Oct 28, 2009 in Banks, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, DNC, DNC idiocy, Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin | 60 Comments
(Bumped up from earlier today.)
Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson, the man who stood on the floor of the House and said ‘Republicans want you to die’ just got himself into a little tepid water for making saying that:
Linda Robertson, an adviser to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, [is] “a K Street whore.”
Bret Baier [...]
By Ani on Oct 24, 2009 in Arrogance, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Elitism, Hillary Clinton, Obama Administration, Obama's Characteristics, Obama-Barack & President Barack (PARENT CATEGORY FOR ALL OBAMA REFS.!), President Barack Obama | 194 Comments
(Bumped up from Friday.)
MSNBC carried a blip of President Obama speaking in New York at a fundraiser. Sadly, the President is up to his old tricks. Remember when he was at a hoity-toity fundraiser in San Francisco and complained of Pennsylvania voters “clinging to God and guns”? That didn’t go over so well. [...]
By Ani on Oct 18, 2009 in African-American Media, Current Affairs, Obama Administration, Political Correctness, Race Card | 113 Comments
Bumped up from Saturday night.
Whatever one may think of Rush Limbaugh, the controversy surrounding his attempts to participate in a consortium buying the Rams has made for some strange bedfellows. Apparently Limbaugh was falsely accused of making racist statements he did not make. Juan Williams of FOX News stood up for the [...]
By Ani on Oct 7, 2009 in Arrogance, Bank Bailouts, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Chicago politics, Congress (House & Senate), George Bush, Michelle Obama, Obama, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Budget, Obama's Characteristics, Obama-Barack & President Barack (PARENT CATEGORY FOR ALL OBAMA REFS.!), Obamatopia Mirage, President Barack Obama | 165 Comments
I would like an answer to my question. How can someone be so determined to knock everyone else off the stage that he would spend nearly a billion dollars to do it, and when his waffling and doubling dealing in office don’t yield the desired result, blame President Bush and everyone else under the [...]
By Ani on Sep 29, 2009 in Arrogance, Chicago politics, Hillary Clinton, Messiah, Newsweek, Obama Administration, Obama's Characteristics, Obamedia, Washington Post | 90 Comments
In Newsweek, Howard Fineman opines about The Limits of Charisma. When sycophants like Fineman say “Mr. President, please stay off TV” and are worried enough to warn the President that it’s time to fish or cut bait, we are all in hot water.
My fellow writers and I have posted many stories these last [...]
By Ani on Sep 24, 2009 in Barack Obama, Democratic Nomination, John Edwards, Presidential Candidates | 65 Comments
I would not typically publish a further smack-down to a smack-down. But every now and then, something is written that is so spot on, it requires further highlight and big hooting Brava! Susan Estrich today published just such a piece telling Senator John Edwards what he ought to be doing. Here’s the [...]
By Ani on Sep 20, 2009 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Martha Coakley | 35 Comments
In Hillary Clinton’s historic run for the Presidency, Massachusetts was the most telling primary. The three most powerful men in the state, Senators Kennedy, Kerry and Governor Duval Patrick endorsed Barack Obama yet Hillary still won the state by over 15 pts. The old boys club failed to fool the voters. They [...]
By Ani on Sep 14, 2009 in Abuse, Feminism, Media Bias, Misogyny, PM Gordon Brown, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, State Department, Washington Post, Women, Women and Children | 44 Comments
Christian Science Monitor’s article today, The Potential In Hillary Clinton’s Global Campaign For Women tells us “no other Secretary of State has so focused on women’s rights. It’s a powerful shift.” The editorial board of CSM states:
When Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Africa last month, she visited war-racked eastern Congo to speak [...]
By Ani on Sep 9, 2009 in Arrogance, Bank Bailouts, Bill of Rights, Cult, Hoodwinking, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Media Censorship, President Barack Obama, Unemployment | 141 Comments
Camille Paglia’s article in Salon, Too late for Obama to turn it around? is a scathing assessment which drips disappointment and dare I say it, a sense of betrayal. Most surprising is that eight months after Obama’s inauguration, this accomplished writer has arrived at the same place most of us were 18 months ago [...]
By Ani on Sep 2, 2009 in ABC News, Arrogance, Current Affairs, Fund Raising, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Media, Print, Media, Radio, Media, Television, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Characteristics, Obama's Media Censorship, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 185 Comments
ABC’s Jake Tapper reported last night that the President’s Political Arm Follows His Lead in Drumming Up Support for Health Care Reform Push — by Criticizing Media.
In his August 20, 2009, meeting with supporters at the Democratic National Committee and its “Organizing for America” (OFA) arm – formerly the “Obama for America” campaign – President [...]
By Ani on Aug 29, 2009 in CNN, Hillary Clinton, Louisiana, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Stimulus Plan | 48 Comments
Actor/author/director/satirist Harry Shearer wrote an excellent commentary for CNN about his “adopted hometown: “Does Obama Care About New Orleans.” First he discussed the encouraging news that the city is becoming a leader in charter school enrollment, working to clean up local politics and is a city once again “throbbing with energy” but then [...]
By Ani on Aug 16, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Bill Clinton, Bush/Cheney, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Misogyny, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism | 37 Comments
Judith Warner penned an excellent article in the NY Times on Friday, “Hillary Fights a Tide of Trivialization.” She speaks of the vital mission that Secretary Clinton was engaged in while touring Africa, to promote the rights of women and children and also build bonds with partners and allies. Warner points out the [...]
By Ani on Aug 12, 2009 in Barack Obama, Health Care, Joe Biden, Medicare, Obama Administration, Obama's Budget | 104 Comments
Yesterday President Obama stuck his foot in it. It was a gaffe worthy of Vice President Biden! But let your mind not be troubled. I don’t think he noticed. He seems to struggle with the first half of his message, but delivers big at the end.
H/T to Hot Air [...]
By Ani on Aug 10, 2009 in Bank Bailouts, Bush/Cheney, Democratic Party, Health Care, New York Times, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Republican Party, Tim Geithner, Unitary Executive Powers/Signing Statements, Wall Street | 53 Comments
Normally I would never quote Frank Rich. Endless copy excoriating Hillary Clinton in favor of Barack Obama during the primaries rendered his columns unreadable. Imagine my surprise to see Mr. Rich put down the Kool-Aid jug for a moment in his NY Times offering, Is Obama Punking Us. Let me start by [...]
By Ani on Aug 9, 2009 in Bank Bailouts, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, DNC, David Axelrod, Freedom of Speech, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Obama Administration, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi | 293 Comments
(bumped up from Thursday morning)
Yesterday I was appalled to watch the Speaker of the House comment on Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ assertion that the anger at these town halls over health care reform is “manufactured”. The reporter asked, “Do you think there is legitimate grassroots opposition going on out there?”
Nancy Pelosi made the following [...]
By Ani on Aug 5, 2009 in Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Obama's Broken Promises, Political Strategy | 53 Comments
Mickey Edwards’ weekend editorial in the LA Times, The (political) party is over, states that
…“the parties once served a purpose, but they have degenerated into a system that discourages independent thought and undermines representative government” and “…loyalty to one’s political club often seems to trump objective decision-making.”
Amen. This is nothing new, however. [...]
By Ani on Jul 24, 2009 in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Obama Administration, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 88 Comments
Peggy Noonan penned an opinion piece in today’s WSJ, Common Sense May Sink ObamaCare. I consider the source very carefully since Ms. Noonan found so much to laud in Mr. Obama’s candidacy last year. Today, her tune is somewhat different. She states:
This is big, what’s happening. President Obama appears to have [...]
By Ani on Jul 22, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care, Medicare, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Stimulus Plan, Universal Health Care, stimulus tax package | 70 Comments
In today’s LA Times, Peter Nicholas reports White House declines to disclose visits by health industry executives, “citing an argument used by the Bush administration, the Secret Service rejects a request from a watchdog group to list those who have visited the White House to discuss the healthcare overhaul.”
Reporting from Washington — Invoking an argument [...]
By Ani on Jul 19, 2009 in Commander in Chief, Foreign Aid, Hillary Clinton, Obama Administration, Obamaisms, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, Tim Geithner | 75 Comments
Hillary Clinton has been working diligently for months to appoint a new administrator of USAID. Now Jill Dougherty of CNN reports that “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton showed a rare flash of frustration Monday:
– calling the vetting process for Obama administration nominees “ridiculous” and “a nightmare.”
At a question-and-answer session with staff from the [...]
By Ani on Jul 17, 2009 in Austan Goolsbee, Bailouts, Bill Clinton, Campaign promises, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Energy Policy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Budget, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, TARP, Wall Street, stimulus tax package | 90 Comments
Ted Van Dyk’s article in today’s WSJ, Obama Needs to ‘Reset’ His Presidency cautions that Obama must take a time out and find “a reset button for domestic policy.” Interesting that he uses the words “time out” – something one would tell a misbehaving child. Surely, the President’s reckless spending and use of [...]