U.S. troops film themselves urinating on corpses in Afghanistan. U.S. and allied troops burn copies of the Koran. A U.S. soldier goes berserk and murders 16 innocent Afghans. U.S. troops pose for photographs holding severed hands and legs. U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, we learn, has been flying home every weekend, to visit his…
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The Obama Administration: Once the failure of our policy in Afghanistan becomes obvious to the American people, they’ll be more willing to pretend that it’s a success
Yes, that seems to be thinking around the White House these days, if you can believe the New York Times—and on this occasion I can. According to Mark Landler “The killing of two American servicemen and the eruption of deadly anti-American protests in Afghanistan confronts President Obama with a potential political weakness in a foreign…
Michael Novak on Joe Paterno: So what if he ignored an eyewitness report of his assistant raping a ten-year-old boy?
Yes, that’s the position of Michael Novak, Catholic paleo-con windbag at the National Review, bemoaning the “injustice” done to “Great Man” Joe Paterno. “One of America’s greatest moral teachers for three generations gets a raw deal,” whines Mike, outraged by the fact that board of trustees at Penn State ousted Paterno without giving him an…
Mitch Daniels, Man of Steel
Is there anything more pathetic than a liberal like myself, who sees “his” President, Barack Obama, as the tool of both Wall Street and the CIA? Well, apparently there is, the fate of big-city conservatives like Ross Douthat and Bill Kristol, who are wetting their collective worsteds over the prospect of either Newt or Mitt…
For the children, goddamnit, for the children
In a recent posting in the NYT, bible thumpin’ Ross Douthat warns the Christian right to stay the fuck away from Newt Gingrich: “It isn’t just that he’s a master of selective moral outrage whose newfound piety has been turned to consistently partisan ends. It’s that his personal history — not only the two divorces,…
Newt Gingrich, not really a friend of Israel, it seems
Not enough to satisfy the admittedly exacting standards of Jennifer Rubin, at least, who plants one of her many long knives between the former Speaker’s shoulder blades here. While other conservatives politely averted their eyes from Newt’s whopper, delivered in last night’s debate, claiming that he charged Freddie Mac $300,000 in 2006 to tell them…
What is George’s game?
On Monday, I sneered at George Will’s sneering takedown of Mitt Romney. In the couse of his tirade, George also dealt President Obama a glancing sneer, dismissing him as a “floundering naïf,” though I think “bloodthirsty” might have been a more appropriate adjective.* Well, if George hates Mitt, and hates Obama, who does he want…
George Will, hittin’ on Mitt
George Will—that’s George F. Will to you, pretty boy—has been getting a lot of mileage out of this column, making fun of Mitt Romney, for not knowing whether he thinks ethanol subsidies are a good idea or not. Well, I’m sorry. Making fun of a politician with presidential aspirations for not knowing whether he likes…
The anointing of Mitt, the shiving of Rick
Have you heard? Mitt’s the guy. Chris Christie says so. Ramesh Ponnuru says so. Jennifer Rubin says so.* All the cool kids say so. Mitt’s cool! Well, pretty cool. He hasn’t killed as many people as Rick, but, hey, he was in Massachusetts! Wait til he’s President! Look out! It wasn’t so long ago that…
Rick Perry loves Mexicans? No way, John! Rick Perry hates Mexicans!
Poor Rick Perry. The Republican masses have found him guilty of having a heart! He wants to help kids even if their parents aren’t Americans! Rick, are you sure you ain’t talking with a lisp? Cause you sound like a damn homo to me. Well, to prove that his heart is true—and cold as ice—Rick…