“Who wins the 2012 presidential election,” the pundits and experts agree, “will all come down to who has the best get-out-the-vote game.” This week, we’ve dedicated a a number of stories to Buffy Wicks, the woman who is managing Barack Obama’s nationwide ground campaign and who oversaw all western states in 2008. Hers is a story of a woman who traced her steps from the further reaches of the … [Read more...]
Book: Cranky Obama Didn’t Want To Pose With Combat Troops
January 13, 2012 By
Remember how President George W. Bush would spend hours talking to soldiers, comforting their families, and privately sobbing in their presence? Those days are as much a part of history as seven percent unemployment. In his book The Operators, Michael Hastings describes our current commander-in-chief’s desire not to bother himself with the men and women who put their lives on the line for this … [Read more...]
Obama’s World: Federal Bureaucrats’ Pay Rises Higher Than Private Workers
December 29, 2011 By
For anyone who doubts that Barack Obama favors federal bureaucrats over the ever-dwindling number of employed taxpayers, USA Today released a potent article the day after Christmas. The paper’s independent analysis confirms, while the massive pay hikes of the last 10 years have slowed, “federal employees still did slightly better than workers in the private sector or at state and local … [Read more...]
Is Occupy Wall Street a Domestic Terrorist Threat?
October 19, 2011 By
If the most recent news reports are to be believed, all the Occupy Wall Street protesters have to fear is each other. A 19-year-old demonstrator says her tent-mate, "Leland," raped her last weekend in Cleveland's Public Square. Seattle police arrested a man who took part in that city's occupation after he allegedly exposed himself to children five times. At the protest's center of … [Read more...]
Obama Snubbed the VFW, But Not These Groups
September 1, 2011 By
While Barack Obama is the first president not to personally address or assign a top-tier representative to the Veterans of Foreign Wars' annual convention, not every organization has received the same shabby treatment as the military. White House spokesman Adam Abrams claimed Obama snubbed the VFW because he "receives many speaking requests throughout the year, but he is unable to meet them all." … [Read more...]
VFW Snub is Part of Obama’s War on Veterans
August 31, 2011 By
Although Muammar Qaddafi is still on the loose and no one knows who will replace him in Tripoli, multiple left-wing and "mainstream" media sources lament that President Obama is not getting enough credit for his "success" in Libya. But Obama is by far the worst offender in not giving credit where it is due. The president has refused to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars' annual convention, or to … [Read more...]
