By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 17th at 02:26 PM  | 

Here in New York, the Obama Administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other Al Qaeda terrorists in the civilian justice system in downtown Manhattan has garnered plenty of well-earned criticism, including from New York’s leading anti-terrorism experts like Rudy Giuliani, Michael Mukasey (who handled the blind sheikh trial as a district judge before becoming President Bush’s third Attorney General) and Andrew McCarthy (who | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 17th at 11:32 AM  | 

“Outrageous… ludicrous mistakes.” President Obama, February 24, 2009, justifying his “stimulus” plan to a joint session of Congress: I know there are some in this chamber and watching at home who are skeptical of whether this plan will work. I understand that skepticism. Here in Washington, we’ve all seen how quickly good intentions can turn into broken promises and wasteful spending. And with a plan | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 16th at 04:17 PM  | 

Somewhere in these 57 states, there exist Congressional Districts between sight and sound, in which Barack Obama is “creating jobs” that do not exist for constituents of Congresspersons who do not exist either, reports Jonathan Karl of ABC News: Here’s a stimulus success story: In Arizona’s 9th Congressional District, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 16th at 12:55 PM  | 

The Washington Examiner spots the pattern from multiple news reports: More than ten percent of the jobs the Obama administration has claimed were “created or saved” by the $787 billion stimulus package are doubtful or imaginary, according to reports compiled from eleven major newspapers and the Associated Press. Based only on our analysis of stimulus media coverage in the last two weeks, The Examiner has | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 13th at 09:58 AM  | 

Pardon me if I am seeing red this morning: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and four others accused in the attacks will be put on criminal trial in New York, Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce later Friday. WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? So, Barack Obama will be staging his own New | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 12th at 01:18 PM  | 

The latest Quinnipiac poll of Connecticut voters is out, and while it is (standard disclaimer) only one poll, it shows bad news for Chris Dodd, good news for his strongest challenger, Rob Simmons, and bad news for President Obama’s health care plan. Here’s the topline result on Simmons vs Dodd: Former Connecticut Congressman Rob Simmons has an early lead in the Republican primary race for | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 10th at 12:59 PM  | 

“The health care bill, by virtue of its intrusive nature, makes neutrality impossible…Such a bill cannot be ‘pro-choice.’ It must be pro-abortion or anti-abortion.” A funny thing is happening on the way to the impending health care showdown, as the Democrats try to turn the newly-passed House bill into something that can pass both Houses of Congress: Democrats are divided over abortion, and their divisions | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 4th at 03:27 PM  | 

Republicans are – rightly – crowing this morning about the GOP’s victories in the New Jersey Governor’s race and a battery of races in Virginia from the Governorship on down and what they say about the turn in the national mood, if not in a pro-Republican direction then at least in a direction that’s sufficiently hostile to the Democrats that voters in states won by | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 3rd at 11:01 PM  | 

There will be much debate in the morning about whether or not the bad results for Democrats in the Governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey – both states where Barack Obama campaigned for the Democrat and the Democrat sought to join himself at the hip with Obama – reflect public anger at Obama and his Administration. This is an interesting debate, but let us | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 3rd at 02:39 PM  | 

Arlington/Alexandria Democrat Jim Moran is always a reliable source of lunacy and foolishness; examples include blaming the Iraq War on Jews (Moran has an exhaustive rap sheet of anti-Semitism) and pushing to get Guantanamo detainees tried in his district over the objections of local Democrats. Monday, at a Creigh Deeds rally, Moran was on hand to prove that there is no cause so lost that | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  October 26th at 09:15 PM  | 

Politico, noting the bipartisan fallout over Alan Grayson calling female Fed advisor Lisa Robertson a “whore,” finds even liberal blue-state Democrats scornful of the loose-cannon Florida Dem: “Is this news to you that this guy’s one fry short of a Happy Meal?” asked Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer defended Robertson, whom he said he knows. “I think it’s inappropriate and | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  October 26th at 06:54 PM  | 

Like many Americans, you may not have heard of Congressman Alan Grayson before he claimed that Republicans, because they oppose government-rationed health care, want sick people to “die quickly.” Not only did Grayson refuse to apologize for this nonsense, he has been raising money hand over fist from left-wingers who place a high value on making the health care debate nastier and more partisan. Although | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 06:02 PM  | 

A new Rasmussen poll knocks the props out from the main argument why conservatives who would prefer to be represented in the Senate by Marco Rubio should nonetheless support Charlie Crist. Crist, his supporters say, has two things going for him: he’s going to win the nomination anyway, and if nominated he’d do better in the general election. Certainly nobody would try to convince Republicans | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  October 13th at 02:22 PM  | 

The major decision the Obama Administration continues to procrastinate is whether to continue the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Victory in Afghanistan was, as you will recall, one of Obama’s main campaign themes – one he used to convince people that he wasn’t the dyed-in-the-tie-dyes peacenik his left-wing record, background and positions on other issues suggested. Under President Bush, America’s war aims in Afghanistan | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  October 9th at 02:00 PM  | 

Today’s announcement that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize – having been nominated a grand total of 12 days into his presidency – officially places Obama and the Nobel Committee alike beyond parody. There’s no stereotype of liberals they won’t embody. Could you possibly come up with a storyline that more perfectly captures the whole idea of Obama – all talk and promises | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  October 2nd at 12:35 PM  | 

So, Chicago was eliminated in the first round of bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics, despite (I assume despite) President Obama’s personal lobbying for the Games. Now, as a New Yorker, I really would not want the Olympics anywhere near my city, and the Olympics don’t exactly have a grand history of making money for the host city (ask Montreal) or necessarily good press (ask | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  October 1st at 05:00 PM  | 

Preach it, Big Bird! H/T

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  September 30th at 12:12 PM  | 

See, the problem with President Obama doing things like jetting off to Copenhagen to lobby for the Olympics – besides the fact that it’s kind of degrading for the President to wade personally into that sort of thing – is the things he isn’t doing. Now, I don’t think the president has to personally do everything; a major part of the job is making decisions | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  September 29th at 05:16 PM  | 

Hey, remember when the Left’s big slogans were all about “Question Authority” and “Speak Truth to Power” and all that? Well, here’s the perfect gift for the left-wingers you know who have had those bumper stickers during the Bush years and want to get their mind right with the new Administration: Yes, the shirt says “Respect the President of the United States.” And no, you | Read More »

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  September 29th at 02:21 PM  | 

Today’s New York Times essentially owns up to what conservatives have been saying, and what President Obama branded a lie during his joint address to Congress: federal funding for abortion is very much on the table in the health care debate. Let’s take a look: