A new book being released this week chronicles Barack Obama’s early days in Hawaii when he was mentored by Frank Marshall Davis, a card carrying communist. Dr. Paul Kengor’s book, The Communist, has the subtitle of Frank Marshall Davis: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor. The book details Kengor’s research and interviews with those
No taxation by misrepresentation
As I wrote last week, the Obama administration’s attempt to rewrite history in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare ranks among the most brazen dishonesty in recent American political history. The rhetorical manipulation by the president and his allies regarding his law’s most controversial provision, the individual mandate, is a scandalous
Your guide to sleazy Democratic Party-backed banks
Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod and his hatchet people are still yammering about GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney’s overseas investments. It’s time for the Romney campaign to educate voters about all the shady financial institutions embraced by Democrats right here on American soil. The fat-cat narrative attacks on Republicans won’t go away by making nice
President Obama the online underdog
President Barack Obama steps onto the campaign stage brimming with confidence and delivers the kind of rousing speeches made for TV ad sound bites. But that confident image disappears when the Obama campaign speaks to voters by email, sending messages that sound a lot more like they’re from a desperate underdog than an incumbent
Five Bellwether House Races to Watch in 2012
With Democrats looking unlikely to pick up the 25 seats necessary to regain control of the House, there hasn’t been all that much news coverage of the individual races. But as someone who views the battle for the House as an early-warning system of the national political environment, this year’s contests will be providing lots
Age of Obama: Comedy Central Web Series Taunts Jobless Millennials
Comedy Central employees like Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Jordan Peele have a devil of a time mocking President Barack Obama or his stuck in a ditch economy.Now, the network is debuting a new Web-only series of shorts focusing on Millennials moving back with their parents because they can’t make ends meet. Welcome to Obama’s
David Brock’s Paranoia Doesn’t Prevent Him From Stalking People
You may recall a Daily Caller piece from earlier this year that exposed the odd behavior of Media Matters founder David Brock as the reincarnation of Mel Gibson’s character in the 1997 film Conspiracy Theory. As a refresher, here’s a typical day in the life: David Brock was smoking a cigarette on the roof of
Mitt Romney, Take Notes…
John and others have skewered President Obama for his knockoff of Elizabeth Warren’s “pay it forward
Does the Levy Report Doom Israel?
As I wrote last week, the release of a report establishing the legality of Israel’s presence in the West Bank issued by a panel of Israeli experts chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Edmund Levy has been widely condemned. The attacks on Levy’s report have come from both those who support the Palestinians as well
Obama and J Street Together Again on Iran
The left-wing J Street lobby came into existence in order to support Obama administration pressure on Israel. But with the president shelving any talk about twisting Israel’s arm to make concessions to the Palestinians while he’s running for re-election, the group is instead doing its best to muster support for his weak position on Iran.
Clinton Unwittingly Makes Case Against Administration’s Mideast Policy
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with top Israeli officials yesterday, and made a powerful case against a renewed push for the peace process. She didn’t mean to, of course; she was actually exhorting the Israeli leadership to do whatever they must to get Mahmoud Abbas back to the negotiating table. But she employed two
Top Dem Leaves DISCLOSE Act Vigil
After Senate Republicans blocked the DISCLOSE Act from a vote yesterday, Senate Democrats held a “midnight vigil