“The compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals,” he said. “That’s where the compelling argument is: ‘We are Americans. We just want to be treated like everybody else.’ That’s a compelling argument. And to deny that you’ve got to have a very strong argument on the other side.” … “And the other side hasn’t [...]
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Charles Krauthammer Calls CPAC Decision on Christie “Vast Overreaction… A Mistake”
Cardenas cited Christie’s decision to expand Medicaid under President Obama’s health care law and his support of a $60 billion aid package for Hurricane Sandy victims, which he argued was filled with wasteful spending. [National Journal] CPAC’s DECISION to freeze out Gov. Chris Christie this year is very good news for Democrats, while also proving [...]
Top Story — As Obama Inauguration Nears, Republicans Realize They’re Powerless
THE LIGHT dawns on the Republican Party, just as President Obama’s inauguration is about to drive salt into their wounds. “We will raise the debt ceiling. We’re not going to default on our debt,” Cornyn told the Houston Chronicle editorial board. – Cornyn: Congress Will Not Allow Default It may be a dim bulb, but [...]
Krauthammer Should Take Heart, Boehner Humiliated when House Scuttled Sandy Aid Bill *Update – Video*
“Look, there are a lot of conservatives in the Republican caucus in the House who hate the bill for good reason. This is a complete surrender on everything.” – Charles Krauthammer THE CONSERVATIVE king of wingnuttery shouldn’t be too upset. The Fiscal Cliff bill passed. However, the House scuttled the vote on a $60 billion [...]
News Desk: Secretary Hillary Clinton Hospitalized with Blood Clot
THE REPORT comes from the Associated Press: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital Sunday after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. Clinton’s doctors discovered the clot Sunday while performing a follow-up exam, her spokesman, Philippe Reines, said. He would [...]
Fox News Debacle, Network Humiliation in Prime Time *Video Update*
IT WAS a remarkable spectacle on Fox News Channel once Ohio was called for President Obama and he was reelected the 44th president of the United States. It began when Chris Wallace announced that the Romney campaign was disputing the numbers coming out of Ohio. Moments later Karl Rove starts spinning out the names of [...]
Top Story: U.S. Consulates Stormed in Egypt and Libya, One Dead, White House Disavows Embassy Apology
**UPDATED** “One American official was killed and another injured in the hand. The other staff members were evacuated and are safe and sound,” Libya’s deputy interior minister Wanis al-Sharif told AFP. The identity of the US official killed is not yet known. The consular worker was reported to have been shot. [BBC] AS AMERICA commemorated [...]
Falling Off the Recovering Partisan Wagon
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER got an apology from White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer via email, then asked that it be posted publicly, which he did. At the time, I decided to jump into the kerfuffle on this subject, because the reason Mr. Krauthammer brought up the Churchill bust in the first place was to imply some [...]
About That Churchill Bust
**CORRECTION APPENDED** The bust still in the White House. In the Residence. Outside the Treaty Room. – Fact Check: The Bust of Winston Churchill FALSE INFORMATION is once again being floated, this time Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post. …On the contrary. Obama started his presidency by returning to the British Embassy the bust of [...]
Krauthammer on the Grandiosity of Newt
Newt and I agreed that the analogy is December 1941: We have experienced an unexpected set-back, but we will re-group and re-focus with increased determination, commitment and positive action. Throughout the next months there will be ups and downs; there will be successes and failures; there will be easy victories and difficult days – but [...]
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