Barack Obama on US Military: available for “being volunteered by others.”

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  March 29th at 10:00 AM  | 

I believe that this qualifies as a “Kinsley gaffe:” which is to say, a politician accidentally telling the truth.  Background: this was from a press conference where the President was trying to explain why his foreign policy was such an improvement over georgewbushgeorgewbushgeorgewbush’s, despite the fact that it lacks a coherent conceptual framework, an overall philosophy, a clear set of objectives, and any sort of | Read More »

So, Senator Tom Carper just admitted to the PhRMA/WH deal.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  September 23rd at 01:57 PM  | 

No. Seriously. For those who don’t remember, the White House traded an $80 billion cap in costs with PhRMA in exchange for $150 million in pro-health care rationing advertising buys, then claimed that they didn’t do any such thing.  Except that now Senator Carper’s committed the classic Kinsley gaffe: inadvertently telling the truth in Washington by admitting matter-of-factly that such a deal apparently took place. | Read More »