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Barack Obama seems to have a problem with women. This issue was first raised by Hillary Clinton supporters, and I put it down initially to campaign bitterness. Then it got worse. Now the Republicans have nominated a woman, Sarah Palin, to be vice president. And we see the strange spectical of Barack attacking her more [...]

Here, we remember the victims of Osama bin Landen’s murderous attack on September 11, 2001. I want to also remember the people who brought us the news that horrible day.  We criticize the media ruthlessly here, but, having worked as a news producer, I know what a hard, thankless job it can be. Robert Lee [...]

I posted on the Barack Obama “lipstick on a pig” line yesterday, and earlier today, I added the McCain/Palin response ad. Some folks have questioned whether the ad will see air time.  I think it doesn’t matter – posting on Youtube is enough.  The audience for this ad is not the voters, but the Obama [...]

Politico reports a statement Barack Obama made in Virginia today. The crowd watching him was sure it referred to Sarah Palin – and cheered. “You can put lipstick on a pig,” he said as the crowd cheered. “It’s still a pig.” Jake Tapper also reported that the reference was to Palin. The crowd rose and [...]

Bill Ayers, as has been well documented, is a friend of Barack Obama’s.  He and his wife Bernadine Dohrn were terrorists back in the late 60s and early 70s – they liked to blow things up.  And talk and talk and talk. On September 11, 2001, while the rest of the world was watching the [...]