Conservatives frequently make unfavorable comparisons between Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, but it’s a rarer occurrence to see leftists do the same. So when a lefty zealot like Eric Alterman does precisely that in his latest Daily Beast article, it’s bound to raise eyebrows, though it shouldn’t—where The One reminds right-wingers of Carter through his international and economic ineptness, Alterman sees Obama aping some very different traits from his predecessor.
Boston Professor Hails Obama for Declaring War on Deficits. Wait, What?
April 16, 2011 By
Yes, we the people have a moral obligation to lend a hand to our young, our sick, and our downtrodden, but the role of our federal government is to protect our individual rights so we don’t have to watch our backs all the time, so we can focus on other pursuits, such as bettering ourselves and the world around us.
Peter Beinart Spins Walker’s Conservative Victory as a Boon for Obama
March 14, 2011 By
If it’s a day ending in “y,” that means it’s time for more crappy political advice from the Daily Beast’s Peter Beinart. Beinart’s kind of a one-trick pony on the subject—I’ve noted before how, no matter the situation, he advises Republicans not to govern like conservatives lest they face certain electoral doom (the right electoral strategy, coincidentally, happens to be to govern exactly like Peter Beinart would).
The Coming Tax Hike
March 30, 2010 By 19 Comments
Obama may have handed Republicans the perfect election-year slogan: Just say no to new taxes.
John Murtha
February 8, 2010 By 4 Comments
John “Jack” Murtha, a Democrat from western Pennsylvania’s Twelfth District, died Monday of complications from gall bladder surgery. He had been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1974. During the Bush administration, Murtha consistently assailed the manner in which the Iraq War was prosecuted. In a November 2005 statement, Murtha described the U.S. military as “stretched thin” [...]
Paul D. Ryan: A GOP Road Map for America’s Future – WSJ.com
January 27, 2010 By 2 Comments
In tonight’s State of the Union address, President Obama will declare a new found commitment to “fiscal responsibility” to cover the huge spending and debt he and congressional Democrats have run up in his first year in office. But next Monday, when he submits his actual budget, I fear it will rely on gimmickry, commissions, [...]
On the Brink of Disaster – by Jacob Laksin
December 24, 2009 By 119 Comments
Obamacare – and a government takeover of health care – moves toward final passage in the Senate.
