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Bill Clinton

Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2010

The ultimate Hallmark Holiday comes again this year with promises of lavish gifts and romance for young couples and (almost) guaranteed “special occasion sex” for married ones!  I’m someone who likes these cultural holidays — I still love getting an Irish-buzz for St. Patrick’s Day and dressing up for Halloween parties, along with all the [...]

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Sheldon Whitehouse Just Wants Some Attention

December 21, 2009

Fewer things in politics are as pitiful as an obscure back bench politician desperately seeking attention.  Take my Senator, backbench Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse for example.  A few weeks ago, he desperately tried to get his name in the headlines by using the term for one of San Francisco’s favorite indoor sports to describe Tea Party [...]

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Obama: Climategate Be Damned — Copenhagen is On!

December 5, 2009

Well, the forecast wintry mix totaling “a dusting to an inch” is already near three inches deep in my part of Central Jersey, so I couldn’t resist a global warming/Climategate post!  Especially when in the face of all the uncertainty behind much of the climate science underlying the upcoming Copenhagen initiatives, President Obama is going [...]

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Ted Kennedy Dies at 77

August 26, 2009

The Liberal Lion of the Senate, Senator Edward M. Kennedy died from brain cancer late last night at the age of 77.  The sudden nature of his passing took me by surprise, though it was less than a week ago that he was imploring Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to appoint Kennedy’s replacement as soon as possible (though the law in [...]

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North Korea Releases American Journalists

August 4, 2009

Bill Clinton goes to North Korea, talks to Kim Jung Mentally-Il, and suddenly the two journalists are free!  Sounds like a miracle!  While a very nice development for the families of the journalists, one has to wonder why BJ could get this done, but his wife and power and mere presence of Big Barry O [...]

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Rush Is Right: Avoid Clinton Nostalgia

May 25, 2009

With Barack Obama attempting to nationalize banks, auto companies, and the health care system, it’s no wonder that many conservatives wax nostalgic for the days of Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush.  Heck, some are even at the point where they would settle for the days when a Democrat president presided over welfare reform, a [...]

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I’m Not Listening to Another Bush

May 4, 2009

Some Republican leaders have been busy going on a “listening tour.”  I get it.  Our leaders need direction.  So, Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are among those trying to get their face out there between now and the 2012 election cycle, while those like elected representative Eric Cantor are trying to find real consensus to counter [...]

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Look Who Showed Up to Lunch

January 7, 2009

From right to left Jimmah, Bubba, Dubya, The Emperor Zero Most High Merciful and Beneficent Lord Barack Hussein Obama, and Bush 41 all had lunch together at the White House today.  This kind of lunch encounter hasn’t happened since Reagan had Nixon, Ford and Jimmah over to chat too back in the day.  
Today, the President Club ate and [...]

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Happy 2009!

January 1, 2009

Out with the old, in with the new! 
Happy New Year from AOR!
In case you missed the Ball drop in Times Square, here’s some vid:

WARNING:  lots of snogging after midnight, as well as some stagecraft from BJ and the Broad (Bloomberg’s daughter ought to watch where she’s standing!).

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The Potential Secretary of State Pageant

November 15, 2008

I heard some Obama Cabinet buzz at dinner last night which irked me:  She Who Must Not Be Named was apparently spoken to about taking the Secretary of State job in a new Obama Nation Administration. 
Great. 
So the Shrill One might be in charge of pushing Obama’s international agenda to our friends and enemies overseas?  Gag.  [...]

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The First Transition Meeting

November 10, 2008

The Chosen One and President Bush met up today at the White House for a tour and a transition meeting at the Oval Office.  Apparently it was Obama’s first time in the Oval Office.  The details of the meeting were not made public (good), but the manner in which the Bushes are behaving has seemed [...]

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Obama’s First News Conference

November 8, 2008

Surrounded by a throng of economic guru’s the typical Imperial “Remember thou art mortal!  Remember thou art mortal!” mantra was lacking from the ears of Emperor Zero during his first news conference yesterday, as he performed meekly in my opinion:

He dodged answering too many specifics on the economy.
He acknowledged that the economy is a critical issue, but [...]

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Obama to BJ: “You tell me what’s right — I’ll figure out how to sell it.”

October 30, 2008

Bill Clinton isn’t too happy with the Obama Campaign — they’re up right now, which isn’t good for Der Schlickmeister.  But, as a good little Democrat, BJ has to play the game and suck it up and smile. 
So, out on the campaign trail yesterday Clinton described a conversation he had with Obama during the economic meltdown:
“I haven’t [...]

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Get By With A Little Help From Their Friends

September 25, 2008

The debate over postponing tomorrow’s debate could be a little tricky for John McCain, especially if suspending his campaign includes talking heads. Fortunately, McCain received some unexpected expected support from a prominent “Obama supporter” on this morning’s Good Morning America. Not only did Bill Clinton excuse McCain for wanting to postpone tomorrow’s debate on national [...]

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Day 3–The Truly Historic Moment in Denver

August 27, 2008

There was a major historical moment tonight at the Democrat National Convention…
You guessed it!  At 6:49pm EDT the Democrat Party nominated a Presidential candidate with less experience than anyone in living memory! (see below)  He’s never really done anything of note, had to make a serious executive decision with true consequences, has no major legislation with his name [...]

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I Knew Theodore Roosevelt and Senator, You’re No TR!

July 13, 2008

Well, the first part of that isn’t entirely true, but I did spend fifteen months writing a rather long historiographical thesis on Theodore Roosevelt back in college.  In that work I used some of John McCain’s campaign rhetoric from early 2000 as evidence of TR’s increasing influence amongst politicians of both parties today (I also quoted [...]

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McCain and the Republican Party Brand

May 21, 2008

I just read this Politico piece by John Feehery on the Republican Party’s relationship with McCain.  His take is that Bush stalwarts like Hastert, Lott, and Delay are no longer on the scene and McCain, ever the frustrating maverick, is now the presumptive GOP nominee. Hence, the maverick becomes the savior in lieu of the Republican’s crushing Congressional [...]

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Economy Then and Now; Democrats Then and Now

April 10, 2008

The fact that The Corner’s David Freddoso can report economic data from 2008 compared to economic data from 1996 and juxtapose the statistics with Democrat quotes all in about a minute and half is proof positive of the media’s laziness, dishonesty, or both.
UPDATE: The Anchoress has a great roundup of this one, complete with cartoon.

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The Red v. Blue State Dynamic

March 22, 2008

I found this article by Michael Barone, political guru whose wisdom is usually spot on, where for the first time I read a piece addressing a thought I’ve had for a while: is this whole Red v. Blue state-thing a Bush phenomenon? 
Barone makes an argument that no, it’s not totally a George W. Bush phenomenon, [...]

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