‘Punch-Drunk’ POTUS Has a Hearty Chuckle at the Expense of the Recently Unemployed and Destitute

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  March 22nd at 07:27 PM  | 

Ordinarily a title like that would be far more attention-getter than accurate descriptor, but what else can we say when we see President Obama so shamelessly yukking it up at the expense of those suffering under his hapless, incapable “leadership” that a CBS reporter is forced to ask if his unseemly behavior is the result of being “punch-drunk”? According to Politico: President Barack Obama said | Read More »

“What Just Happened?”

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  October 3rd at 01:43 PM  | 

h/t Jon Henke

Bailout Bill Language, Senate Version

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  October 1st at 11:37 AM  | 

Update-10/1@1500CDT: A Senate contact just emailed to correct my use of the term “tax earmarks” to describe the tax extenders in the Senate legislation. Brian Johnson of Americans for Tax Reform has a good post below explaining why that term is a misnomer, saying in part: Calling tax cuts “earmarks” is very unhelpful and completely wrong from a fiscal conservative perspective. There is no such | Read More »

The Fuzzy Math of Barack Obama

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  September 21st at 09:20 PM  | 

Today, Barack Obama broke his silence on the mortgage bailout long enough to publicly decry the “staggering price tag” of $700 billion. Pardon me if I scratch my head at his choice of terminology, considering Mr. Obama has proposed over $1.4 Trillion in new spending programs should he win the White House this November. If the $700,000,000,000.00 price tag on the treasury bailout is “staggering” | Read More »

True to Form, Barack Obama Waits for McCain’s Reaction, *Then* Comes Up With a Position

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  September 21st at 05:05 PM  | 

On Thursday, freshman Senator Barack Obama promised that he would be unveiling “new proposals” for dealing with the mortgage crisis at a Friday campaign stop in Florida. On Friday, Obama reneged [Ed.- Somebody call CNN and check if that word is still OK to use] on that promise, instead saying that this was “not the time to present specific details for how to fix the | Read More »

Barack Obama Votes “Present” on the Most Pressing Financial Issue of Our Time

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  September 20th at 08:21 PM  | 

Earlier this week, I suggested that, if he really is in possession of superior knowledge and a foolproof plan to pull America’s financial system out of its current deepening hole, Barack Obama should put his money where his mouth is, show up in the U.S. Senate (where he’s currently being paid to be), and propose that plan in the form of legislation. Unsurprisingly, he didn’t | Read More »

Barack Obama has the power to solve the financial crisis and ease your pain – but he won’t do it unless you vote for him this November

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  September 19th at 01:54 AM  | 

“We need some clear and steady leadership” in the current time of financial crisis, said Barack Obama in a Thursday campaign stop in Española, NM. “If Senator Obama really does know how to solve this crisis, he should show up in the Senate, where we are currently paying him to be, and present his proposal to the Congress, which is still in session, and end | Read More »