by Michael O’Brien Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) suggested Monday that domestic violence by men has increased due to U.S. joblessness. Reid, speaking in the midst of a Senate debate over whether to pass a $15 billion package meant to spur job creation, appeared to argue that joblessness would lead to more domestic violence. [...]
Defending the Indefensible
February 4, 2010 By 28 Comments
Treating the Christmas bomber like a common criminal was a national security blunder.
State of the Union: Lame Duck Rising
January 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Even Obama, Biden and Pelosi seemed bored during the State of the Union Address. Obama couldn’t even gin up enough energy to discuss “Gitmo”. But it does not matter what he said. It’s all over for his presidency.
The Democrat Party now understands just how bad they blew it in 2009. This is good for the [...]
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Anger all around for Democratic leaders – POLITICO.com
January 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be all smiles as the president arrives at the Capitol for his State of the Union speech Wednesday night, but the happy faces can’t hide relationships that are fraying and fraught. The anger is most palpable in the House, where Pelosi [...]
Dingy Harry’s Blunder & the Left’s Weaponization of Race
January 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The upcoming political tell-all Game Change has set the political landscape ablaze with all sorts of juicy revelations, from the “first black president’s” true feelings towards President Barack Obama to an inside look at the marriage of John & Elizabeth Edwards, but the one that’s garnered the most attention has been Senate Majority Leader Harry [...]
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Tucker Carlson: A moral arbiter for our age, Rev. Al Sharpton – The Daily Caller
January 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
You can bet that one of the first calls Harry Reid made after his “Negro dialect” comments surfaced was to Al Sharpton. Who knows what sort of deal the two worked out, but Sharpton quickly came to Reid’s aid, dismissing the majority leader’s gaffe as a minor blemish on an otherwise pristine record of support [...]
The Bipartisan Shame of Racism
January 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I am a white woman (technically, translucent without a tan, but, that’s a personal problem). There has never been a time when I’ve felt the sting of judgment over something so irrevocable as my skin color. Not once have I sensed that someone was uncomfortable with my racial identity, even in ethnically diverse situations. I [...]
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Harry situation: Inside the Reid eruption – POLITICO.com
January 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Harry Reid isn’t talkative. But the Senate majority leader chatted freely with the two disarmingly charming book authors who came to his office at the Capitol shortly after the 2008 election. They — and their tape recorder — were soaking in his reminiscences about the wild campaign that had turned a backbencher in his caucus [...]
Reid, Race and Private Speech – by Dennis Prager
January 12, 2010 By 33 Comments
The danger of attributing significance to what Reid said in private.
The Right’s PC Police – by Jacob Laksin
The Reid affair is one conversation about race Republicans shouldn’t want to have.