All Hands on Deck as the Silver-Tongued President Continues Clarifying ‘You Didn’t Build That’

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  July 25th at 09:00 AM  | 

Years ago, our own Dan McLaughlin  defined ”swiftboating” as “Accurately quoting a Democratic politician’s own words.” By that definition, President Obama is being swiftboated up a creek without a paddle right now, as constant repetition of his own words has the campaigner-in-chief and every attack dog he can muster working day and night to “clarify” his remarks on small business. For review, here’s the president’s direct | Read More »

Deconstructing the American Dream

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 07:20 AM  | 

I sat down this morning to write about teachers and bridges, about motivation and inspiration. Upon rereading the President’s Roanoke remarks, however, my focus shifted away from my planned topic of entrepreneurial outrage (“You didn’t build that!”). Reading deeper, a more alarming theme emerged: Now, we don’t need more top-down economics.  I’ve got a different view.  I believe that the way you grow the economy | Read More »