My oldest brings us two plus minutes of... well... just watch:...
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The House ethics committee found Rangel guilty of multiple house rules. CNN has a breaking news article on the topic but so far it doesn't contain any more information than...
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A picture is often indeed worth a thousand words, so no need to say much else. Hat tip: Hot Air....
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If you're Newsweek, you claim the job's too big... for any man:Can any single person fully meet the demands of the 21st-century presidency? Obama has looked to many models of...
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Unbelievable. Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY), accused of a stunning array of corruption charges, involving lots and lots of money gained through illicit means (tax evasion, unreported income, unjustified benefits, and...
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They had me at... How can Americans create private sector jobs? The solution to America's jobs problem lies not with budget-busting federally mandated "stimulus" programs. Ah, your smal-government lower-regulation...
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That's Obama's description of Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake aka Chief Sitting Bull in a new book he's written for children called Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters: President Obama's picture...
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Before the Sarah Palin fans out there get up in arms, hear me out. My main point is this. Sarah Palin would be much more effective supporting causes like fiscal...
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Over the weekend, my colleague Rick posted a piece about the latest strain of violence in Iraq -- the deliberate targeting of that nation's relatively few Christians. And that got...
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Well, it seems that everyone's upset about the new airport security measures -- either the body scanners that essentially strip you naked, or the "patdowns" that pretty much equates to...
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In times of peace, public e... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Jim Addison | August 10, 2007 2:51 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
In times of peace, public evaluation of Presidential performance is almost exclusively based upon the economy, even though any real effects a President may have upon the economy are usually not evident for several years. During wartime the President is held to account for the direction it seems to be taking.
Had Sherman and Grant not scored well in the latter part of 1864, Lincoln's reelection would have been seriously in doubt.
Democratic successes in 2006 may have been due to perceptions of Republican corruption, but still would not have been possible without widespread dissatisfaction with the news on the front.
Once again, success for America spells difficulty for Democrats. It's become a discernible pattern over the last few decades . . .
1. Posted by Jim Addison | August 10, 2007 2:51 AM |
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Posted on August 10, 2007 02:51
2. Posted by Alexander K. McClure | August 10, 2007 10:37 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Welll Jim, 600,000 Northern soldiers were killed or wounded. The population of the country was around 60 million. Today it is around 300,000,000. While many of the deaths could have been averted my modern science, the sheer scale makes you wonder what Lincoln's approval rating would have been, could it have been measured.
2. Posted by Alexander K. McClure | August 10, 2007 10:37 AM |
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Posted on August 10, 2007 10:37