I think it was right of President Obama to say the police acted “stupidly” for arresting Henry Gates for yelling at a policeman (Jacob Sullum at Reason magazine gives a nice rundown on the reasons why here). But, as Conor Friedersdorf, writing at Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish points out here, the Gates case dwindles almost…
Tag: President Obama
Howard Fineman, scared shitless
Liberal blogs have given Newsweek columnist Howard Fineman a well-deserved slapping around for his recent column announcing that the “Establishment” has decided that President Obama is, well, a loser. Mind you, Howard isn’t saying this, he’s just repeating the “mumbling” that he’s heard. Now, some of it may be contradictory, inaccurate, etc., etc., etc., and…
David Broder, straining mightily to rain on Obama’s parade
Sick of my whiny, bitchy posts about the Post’s whiny, bitchy columnist David Broder? Well, skip this one, then. In today’s bitch, Dave comes up with a headline that must have had his blood a-pumpin’, “An Early Drubbing for Obama.” The awkward, “No, we won’t, okay, maybe we will” response of Senate Democrats to the…