It won’t even make the biggest headline today, but historically this is big. President Barack Obama said Wednesday that it was past time for the U.S. to reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba as he announced that the two countries were reopening their embassies after more than 50 years. “When the United States shuttered our embassy in 1961, I don’t think … Read More
You Won’t See This In A President Again
President Obama, standing at a podium at the front of a large audience, and in front of black church members and Rev. Pinckney’s family, begins to sing “Amazing Grace” a capella, and the people in the room join him, then musicians begin to accompany him. After one verse, the President shouts the names of the victims, saying each of them … Read More
Obama Tweets!
So this happened… Hello, Twitter! It’s Barack. Really! Six years in, they’re finally giving me my own account. — President Obama (@POTUS) May 18, 2015 Former White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer thinks this is big news…. This is a much bigger deal than it may seem. Changing how President’s will communicate for the foreseeable future https://t.co/zntfABtw8l — Dan Pfeiffer … Read More
Obama Killed At The White House Correspondent’s Dinner (Again)
If you missed it: I think that behind all the humor, Obama showed some hidden anger. Sure, he was self-deprecating at times and he poked fun at Democrats (like Biden). But his “humor” directed at the GOP had a sharp edge rather than a soft one. And that was highlighted by the appearance of Keegan-Michael Key as the “anger translator”. Host Cecily … Read More
Guns and God and Pennsylvania
“You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania… they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” – Barack Obama, April 6, 2008 Seven years later….
Obama’s Best Jokes At Saturday’s Gridiron Club Soiree
The full transcript is available here: Now, let’s face it, being president does age you. I mean, look at me. … You start getting crankier as you get older. Next week, I’m signing an executive order to get off my lawn. It is amazing, though, how time flies. Just a few years ago, I could never imagine ever being in my … Read More
Obama’s Tax Proposal
So here it is in one graphic: Basically, the bottom 20 percent would see their after-tax incomes grow by around 1.2 percent, while people in the top 20 percent would receive -0.7 percent less. But by dollar amounts, the differences between the bottom and the top are much bigger. The bottom 20 percent would receive $175 more per … Read More
SOTU Review
I don’t mean to get all Aaron Sorkin on y’all, but this interactive analysis — compiled by Twitter and showing what people were tweeting about during the speech — tells me absolutely nothing about anything related to the speech or the United States or anything. It just seems to be social media technology for the sake of social media technology.
2015 SOTU Preview
They’re called “Democrat pipe dreams” by some. I’m referring to Obama’s plans which he will raise in his 2015 State of the Union speech tonight. Top among those plans is his $60 billion pitch for free two-year community college tuition and $175 billion in new tax benefits for the middle class. How to pay for that? In a very West … Read More
What You Get At Palin’s $10-Per-Month Subscription Website
Seriously, this is what you get. I guess she's a comedian now. I guess. “We believe”? Wait, I thought fast food joints, hurh. Don’t you guys think that they’re like of the Devil or somethin’ I was… Liberals, you want to send those evil employees who would dare work at a fast food joint then ya just don’t believe … Read More
State of the Union 2014
I thought Obama's speech was wonderful. It wasn't very ambitious, but the tone was amazing. It was nationalistic and populistic, and very non-partisan. The non-partisan nature of it was clearly disappointing to the Fox News people, who clearly were hoping to engage in post-speech whining and victimhood. Obama simply said, "Here are the problems; here's what I can do as … Read More
Then And Now
53 years ago today, an outgoing President Eisenhower said: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” He went on: “We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or … Read More
Why Michelle Obama Is A Bad-Ass
Apparently, the First Lady was speaking in front of 200 people at a private DNC fundraiser someplace on Tuesday evening, when a LGBT heckler shouted something: "One of the things I don't do well is this," Obama said, per the pool report. She left the podium and moved toward the protestor, saying they could "listen to me or you can … Read More
Obama Kills
Here are ten favorites: 1. On President Obama’s college drug use: President Obama got in a double jab at the changing media landscape and himself when he mused that “I remember when BuzzFeed was just something I did in college around 2AM.” 2. On CNN: CNN’s offered up some serious softballs this week, and both President Obama and O’Brien … Read More
Obama’s Chained CPI Idea Is Bad
Obama, in attempting to show that he can "give" a little when it comes to cutting the deficits, is about to propose a thing called "chained CPI" when it comes to Social Security benefits. Basically, it sets Social Security benefits to the inflation rate. Bad. Bad. Bad. For one thing, Social Security isn't in trouble. It's well-funded for the next … Read More