Happy Anniversary Harry Reid

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 14th at 03:07 PM  | 

Two years ago this April 19th, Harry Reid declared the war in Iraq “lost.” “Now I believe, myself, that the secretary of state, the secretary of defense and you have to make your own decision as to what the president knows: that this war is lost, that the surge is not accomplishing anything,” Reid, D-Nev., told reporters. Reid was utterly wrong and has never retracted | Read More »

Democrats Screw the Troops in Stimulus

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 27th at 09:04 PM  | 

Wow. An email from a friend: Tonight in the House Rules Committee, Rep. Thad McCotter (R-MI), introduced an amendment to the President’s stimulus bill (H.R. 1) that would require any new infrastructure project – roads, bridges, schools, post offices or any other buildings — created by funding provided in H.R. 1 to be named after a member of the United States Armed Forces who was | Read More »

Barack Obama Purges His Website. No Longer Critical of the Surge.

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 15th at 07:59 AM  | 

When the situation in Iraq was going badly, Barack Obama wanted us to retreat. When the surge took hold and the situation in Iraq improved, Barack Obama wanted us to retreat. No turn in Iraq went unstoned in Obama’s commitment to retreat and surrender. Not any more. Obama has thrown his old positions under the bus. And, for a guy whose campaign claims to get | Read More »