Barack Obama

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Move Over Dale Carnegie — Obama Knows How to Win Friends

By J. Wesley ⋅ April 11, 2008 ⋅ 9 comments

Here is Obama’s explanation of small-town life in Pennsylvania. To make it even more perfect, he delivered it at a Sunday fundraiser in San Francisco, the city which holds NASCAR America in the most contempt:
“You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the […]

Obama Against Concealed-Carry Permits

By J. Wesley ⋅ April 9, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Far from being a “new kind of politician,” Obama is just dreary old-style Liberalism with a shiny coat of paint.
“I am not in favor of concealed weapons,” Obama told the Pittsburgh Tribune. “I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations.”
Sure, like at Virginia Tech, for instance. Or […]

Obama and McCain — Think there’s no difference?

By J. Wesley ⋅ April 8, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

I promise to stop beating this drum (or horse) soon, but it really is a point that needs to be made. Conservatives who are sitting out this election on principle are making a mistake. Ann Coulter is an attention-seeking fruitcake, and her notion that McCain is the liberal candidate in this election is insane. As […]

New Obama Video from Conservative Intelligencer: You and Your Racist Friend

By J. Wesley ⋅ March 30, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

To the tune of the They Might Be Giants tune “You and Your Racist Friend.” Features a cast of star-studded bigots — Al Sharpton, James Meeks, Jesse Jackson, and Pastor Jeremiah Wright.

PA Democrats and the Apocalypse

By J. Wesley ⋅ March 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The formative experience of my grandfather’s life was the Great Depression. His parents had practically the only barn in Lancaster County with electricity (their Amish neighbors being somewhat slow to embrace change,) and jobless wanderers would sleep at night in the “Electric Globe Barn.” To this day, my grandfather has the same visceral loyalty to […]

Can’t Shake the Devil’s Hand and Say You’re Only Kidding.

By J. Wesley ⋅ March 27, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Barack Obama had no illusions about the racist beliefs of the very wrong Rev. Wright. It would require a childlike suspension of disbelief normally found only in Renaissance Faire enthusiasts (or Obama supporters) to believe otherwise.
So the rest of us are left with two options:
1. Obama felt an ideological affinity with Wright, and stayed because […]