Well, Landstuhl *was* asking Obama to leave his media entourage behind.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 25th at 12:44 AM  | 

Via Patterico and [Protein Wisdom] (http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=12998) we see a bit more on Senator Obama’s sense of priorities. From NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube A U.S. military official tells NBC News they were making preparations for Sen. Barack Obama to visit wounded troops at the Landstuhl Medical Center at Ramstein, Germany on Friday, but “for some reason the visit was called off.” One military official | Read More »

Barack Obama’s Priority list.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 24th at 11:34 AM  | 

Currently, it’s like this: 1). Visit wounded soldiers at Landstuhl. Make campaign speech at German Victory Column in Berlin*. 2). Visit wounded soldiers at Landstuhl. Take the evening off to go see Berlin. 3). Visit wounded soldiers at Landstuhl. Bask in the tepid, languid adoration of Paris. 4). Visit wounded soldiers at Landstuhl. Get his Presidential transition team going. I could live with #1 and | Read More »

Time for another translation from Obamese.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 23rd at 12:19 PM  | 

Today’s I’m-sorry,-what? comes to us from his speech in Israel: A bit of surprise, that, considering that the US Senate Committee of Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs doesn’t number him among their members. I can only conclude that he decided that his bill – The Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007, which he co-sponsored (along with a mere 15% of the Senate) – was enough | Read More »

You know, I’m starting to think that the WaPo doesn’t *approve* of Obama’s Iraq policy.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 23rd at 08:46 AM  | 

I know, it sounds difficult to believe – but for some strange reason, the Washington Post seems almost… well, skeptical about the whole “run away from our responsibilities to the Iraqi people and attempt to recreate that entire South Vietnam collapse” thing. In fact, I would go so far as to suggest – maybe, just maybe! – that the WaPo might actually think that this | Read More »

I wonder whether ABC News will be getting a seat on the flight *back*, now.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 06:46 AM  | 

I don’t know what’s funnier: the essential minimalism of the blindsiding here (amazing what a simple “No, really?” or equivalent can do), or the way that Senator Obama flubbed it. Via Power Line (whose title I almost stole): {Youtube link, for those having problems with it.} Well, I guess that now we know why he won’t debate Senator McCain. Moe Lane

How do you know when you’re being petty?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 21st at 08:31 PM  | 

When the Huffington Post calls your behavior towards a news magazine petty. Even if you are a Democrat that’s foursquare against the war despite all rhyme, evidence, and reason. Calibrate accordingly.

Every cliche of the Obaman Left, packaged in 8 minutes.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 21st at 06:28 PM  | 

Via AoSHQ: See also Wolking’s World Remember, folks: Obama supporters. In all of their glory. Moe Lane PS: Hey, he was the one who chose to ally himself with some of the nastiest organized groups in Western society still unhung. He wants to break with those people, he can do so publicly. Until then, when it comes to Iraq: Not In Your Name, Senator Obama. | Read More »

“The bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor,” forsooth.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 18th at 11:53 AM  | 

Here’s the quote – yes, of course it’s Barack Obama and his apparent Natsec Ignorance Field. You had to ask? Throughout our history, America’s confronted constantly evolving danger, from the oppression of an empire, to the lawlessness of the frontier, from the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor, to the threat of nuclear annihilation. Americans have adapted to the threats posed by an ever-changing world. | Read More »

Breaking news: Excellent fund-raising month for the Democrats.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 17th at 09:41 AM  | 

And let me note in passing that there was a thoroughly mixed-up set of reporting on this by our national media (admittedly, not entirely their fault). In fact, I’m only three-quarters convinced that I have everything reasonably straight now; but this should go up. Here’s what went down. The Obama campaign reports (via Constant Reader CrabCakes) $52 million raised for June; the DNC reports 22.4 | Read More »

Whoo-hoo! JibJab’s got the first ’08 election video.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 16th at 10:07 AM  | 

{UPDATE} It occurred to me after posting this that the JibJab video below is actually a good example of what satire is supposed to look like (in marked contrast to, say, the infamous New Yorker cover page). If you look at the images associated with each major person (Bush, McCain, Clinton, Obama) you’ll see that they reflect what each person’s opponents actually do say about | Read More »

Viciously attacking Obama by quoting him accurately, 07/16/2008 edition.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 16th at 08:14 AM  | 

Today’s edition comes from the LA Times’ blog Top of the Ticket, via Wake Up America (H/T: Instapundit) It’s all tied up with Obama’s recent decision to memory hole his opposition to the surge, once it turned out to have actually worked. Alas for the junior Senator from Illinois, we live in The Age of Scrutiny, and nothing ever goes away. How ironic that it’s | Read More »

Patrick Ruffini: Obama Now Telemarketing?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 15th at 02:25 PM  | 

He’s of the opinion that “this is first-hand evidence that Obama’s money crunch is real and is being impacted by his moving to the center on FISA and Iraq.” Perish the thought of me disagreeing with Patrick – he’s better at this than I am – but I must note that we were seeing his fund-raising numbers go down prior to FISA. Until they reveal | Read More »

Wherein the Obama campaign is told to grow up about the New Yorker thing.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 15th at 10:41 AM  | 

The op-ed is quite choice, really – and hard to know where to cut. Cover charges If Obama’s campaign is upset by a magazine satire, what will it do when the real attacks begin? July 15, 2008 Let’s be frank. People sophisticated enough to read, say, newspaper editorials are smart enough to know that the New Yorker’s cover art this week — portraying Barack Obama | Read More »

Your timing needs a little work there, Senator Obama.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 15th at 12:50 AM  | 

Pejman, as is his wont, has collected a couple of the more trenchant objections to Obama’s fairly silly op-ed. Feel free to check them out; it’ll save me time, because I really want to bring up the following two observations: First off, “Senator Obama” – not that I would suggest that somebody wrote this for you, although in the end you might – did you | Read More »

Re: Plouffe beating up netrooters for their lunch money.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 14th at 08:40 PM  | 

Oh, that’s a possibility, Mark: fear is one of the most powerful tools that progressives have, after all. But I’m starting to suspect that the Plouffe video is a tacit admission from the Obama campaign that they didn’t sweep past the GOP in June… and that they’re just a little bit nervous about July. As they should be, honestly. Unless they’ve already gathered up $22,429,435.49 | Read More »

One thing I meant to mention about Mark’s Plouffe piece.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 14th at 05:08 PM  | 

Found here: believe it or not, I am trying my best to be as agnostic as possible about Obama’s fund-raising woes. I just never expected that my good intentions would be apparently subject to subversion by the Obama campaign itself.

Three little words, Senator Obama.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 14th at 08:10 AM  | 

The New York Times passed a grim milestone last Friday: it was the year anniversary of one of their most embarrassing editorials ever (Via Gateway Pundit). The Road Home It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit. {snip} When Congress returns this week, extricating American troops from the war should | Read More »

Dueling narratives revisited: Obama’s June Numbers, Take Two.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 13th at 02:15 PM  | 

The discussion about what, exactly, we can expect from Senator Obama’s fund-raising today took some more interesting twists. See Hot Air, The Next Right, and myself for background: the short version is that Obama’s speed in declaring his fund-raising numbers seems inversely linked to how badly he did any given month, and he’s already a little late for doing it for June. Now we have | Read More »

Dueling June Obama fundraising claims?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 11th at 05:49 PM  | 

To walk you through this: today there was a Wall Street Journal article discussing yesterday’s fundraising announcement by the McCain campaign. Said article noted in passing (via Political Punch): Meanwhile, June fund-raising for Sen. Obama appears to be falling below the expectations of some supporters. The campaign hasn’t released its June numbers, but people close to the fund-raising operation say the total will likely be | Read More »

Obama/… DODD?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 11th at 12:01 AM  | 

It’s like this entire election season was created to make me laugh like a loon on a regular basis. Obama seeks info on Dodd in vice president search By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer 57 minutes ago WASHINGTON – Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd as part of its search for a possible vice presidential candidate. The former White | Read More »