http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:25:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The health care mess continues to amaze me. Here we are in the middle of a recession, and instead of focusing on fixing the economy we are about to embark on a huge and perilous social experiment.  Even before the recession, we were being warned about the fiscal doom awaiting Medicare, Medicaid, ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2009/11/23/obama-should-bow-to-the-gop-on-health-care/ If a third-grader asks you what a President of the United States is, you might answer by saying, simplistically, that the President "runs the country". You might even use that description if you’re a columnist writing in the New York Times: “So what if she is preposterously ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/10/30/george-will-can-sometimes-be-a-snotty-and-con/ Right now, the McCain-Palin ticket can still win. For example, they could win by taking the toss-up states and Pennsylvania. And what's the best way to do that? By using the following video of Barack Obama from a 2007 campaign event in Iowa. This is not ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/10/29/the-obama-video-that-can-win-the-election-for/ There's a silly rumor going around that Sen. Obama was born at Coast Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya and that his paternal grandmother has confirmed it. Senator Obama long ago released what is known as a short-form birth certificate from Hawaii. However, he has not released his long-form birth ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/10/24/the-silly-rumor-that-obama-is-not-a-natural-b/ The question: If you are nominated for President in 2008 and your major opponents agree to forgo private funding in the general election campaign, will you participate in the presidential public financing system? The lie: OBAMA: Yes. Obama broke that promise, and now he has so much money that he's dishing it out to ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/10/21/obamas-lie-in-2007-may-get-him-elected-in-no/ http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/10/21/obama-lie-in-november-2007-may-get-him-electe/ "There are elections in America now. Along came a black citizen of Kenyan African origins, a Muslim, who had studied in an Islamic school in Indonesia. His name is Obama. All the people in the Arab and Islamic world and in Africa applauded this man. They welcomed him and prayed ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/10/19/the-leader-of-libya-has-spoken/ He apparently thinks that Article I of the Constitution defines the executive branch instead of the legislative branch: I'm really hoping that Sarah Palin will be presiding over this guy in a few months. Probably not, but maybe.... Liberals like Biden and Obama do not understand that when they take a ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/10/14/biden-slip-of-the-tongue-or-he-just-doesnt/ The full text of Speaker Pelosi's controversial speech today is available here. A more partisan and divisive speech could scarcely have been given. This is a textbook example of how to alienate fence-sitters and shatter a fragile bipartisan coalition. Pelosi blasted Republicans for relying "on budgetary ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/09/29/how-to-alienate-fence-sitters-and-shatter-a-f/ It will be interesting to hear Sen. Biden blasting away at John McCain, after saying in 2004 that McCain is so great that McCain should have been Kerry's running mate on the 2004 Democratic ticket: "I think John McCain would be a great candidate for vice president," Biden said. Sure, Biden ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/08/23/joe-biden/ Unfortunately, this pretty much speaks for itself: Military Says It Set Rules For Obama Hospital Visit The Pentagon told the Democrat that no media or campaign aides could come along, its spokesman says. Obama canceled plans to see wounded troops in Germany. By Peter Spiegel and Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers July ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/07/26/the-reason-why-obama-didnt-vist-wounded-troo/ Former Republican Bob Barr is the Libertarian nominee for President. He had a column yesterday in the Wall Street Journal titled "Judges Are No Reason to Vote for McCain". I wish I had time to list all of the fallacies in Barr's column. Let's start with this ... http://www.redstate.com/andrewhyman/2008/07/18/bob-barr-is-helping-barack-obama/