The Wright Stuff
William Kristol | The New York Times
I spoke to Gov. Sarah Palin recently. She said a few things that were politically provocative and offered advice to John McCain for the next debate: “Have fun.” Then added, “Take the gloves off.”
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Gloves Off or What?
It’s about time the McCain campaign started pointing out Obama’s radical associations.
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VIDEO: The Talented Sarah Palin
Some talents are more relevant than others, but they’re all good.
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In Their Own Words
Seeing what the Democrats have said about Fannie and Freddie in the past is shocking. Too bad more people don’t know the truth.
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Celebrities Against McCain
Hollywood types have--for the most part--always been notoriously liberal.
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VIDEO: Proof that the Democrats are Lying to You
The Democrats in Congress should not get away with lying to the American people this way.
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House Rejects Bailout Bill
The House rejected the bailout bill by a vote of 228 to 205. Incredible! UPDATE: Video of Pelosi’s speech added.
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New Tech Startup to Rate Politicians’ Believability
RealScoop will be covering the Vice Presidential debate with their new tool. Could be interesting.
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Let’s Get Our Debate On (Live Blog!)
Finally, the first debate is here. And yes, McCain will be there. Got any good debate drinking games?
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Previous Editions
BEST OF THE WEB for October 6, 2008
Fighting Words
Palin comes out swinging in an attempt to point out Barack Obama's troubling connections. In turn, the news media questions whether or not she's racist. In other news, it's October. Let's hope the market stays resilient.
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Politics & Election '08
Biden’s Fantasy World
Editorial | Wall Street Journal
Sarah Palin may not know as much about the world, but at least most of what she knows is true.
The Spirit of ‘76
Stephen F. Hayes | The Weekly Standard
What McCain can learn from Gerald Ford about closing a gap.
Can McCain Recover?
Jed Babbin | Human Events
If Abba Eban were still alive, he’d probably steal a line from himself to describe the McCain campaign.
Listen Up, John McCain!
Burt Prelutsky | Townhall
For openers, I’d tell him to quit treating Obama like an equal.
When Sarah Met Harry
J.T. Young | The American Spectator
Five weeks and one vice-presidential debate after joining the Republican ticket, Sarah Palin is not going away.
President Petraeus--For 2012
Reihan Salam | Forbes
With less than a month to go until Election Day, I find myself miserably depressed about the political scene.
The War
No, Iraq Wasn’t a ‘Distraction’
David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey | Wall Street Journal
What if FDR had stuck to fighting the Japanese in the Pacific?
Battle for Business Begins as Military Hostilities in Iraq Take Peaceful Turn
Deborah Haynes | Times of London
A fall in the number of attacks across Iraq has emboldened a growing list of companies, including ArcelorMittal, Royal Dutch Shell and Cairn Energy, to explore opportunities in the resources-rich country for the first time since the invasion.
Innkeeper’s Log Chronicles Ebb and Flow of Iraq War
Tom A. Peter | The Christian Science Monitor
Baghdad’s Johara Hotel, which was once a meeting place for foreign journalists and aid workers, is now filled to capacity with Iraqis who still can’t go home.
American Interest
Not Everyone Should Own a Home
Janet Albrechtsen | The Wall Street Journal
Even without Fan and Fred, American mortgage rules are unusually lax.
The Pros Lose to the Cons
Matthew Continetti | The Weekly Standard
Lou Dobbs replaces Milton Friedman as the face of economic conservatism.
Is It 1929 Again?
Robert J. Samuelson | The Washington Post
We need to remember: Economic slumps rarely become national tragedies.
Welfare State Failures Are at Bottom of the Crisis
Star Parker | Townhall
As our financial markets totter, as homes go into foreclosure, as Wall Street executives lose millions, as Americans have more and more difficulty getting loans, can anyone be happy? Certainly.
World Affairs
Financial Crises Spread in Europe
Carter Dougherty, Nelson Schwartz and Floyd Norris | The New York Times
The growing crisis has underlined the difficulty of taking concerted action in Europe because its economies are far more integrated than its governing structures.
We Will Help Give Banks the Capital They Need
David Cameron | Financial Times
Conservatives support government action when the foundations of the banking system are threatened.
The Children of Gordon Gekko
PM Kevin Rudd | The Australian
It is perhaps time now to admit that we did not learn the full lessons of the greed-is-good ideology. And today we are still cleaning up the mess of the 21st-century children of Gordon Gekko.
Judgment Without Borders
David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey | Los Angeles Times
What we are seeing is the birth of a type of worldwide judicial anarchy.
Europe’s Blame-America Bull
Irwin M. Stelzer | New York Post
You may think our current economic difficulties are all about subprime mortgages, securitization, the drying up of credit, falling house prices and the like - but that’s not how the rest of the world sees it.
BEST OF THE WEB for October 5, 2008
Take Off the Kid Gloves!
Sarah Palin begins linking Obama to his old terrorist buddy. Does this mark a shift in campaign strategy? You know, toward actually pointing out Obama's insane vulnerabilities. Finally?!?!
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Palin Hits Obama for ‘Terrorist’ Connection
Martina Stewart | CNN
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday slammed Sen. Barack Obama’s political relationship with a former anti-war radical, accusing him of associating “with terrorists who targeted their own country.”
Can They Catch Up?
William Kristol | The Weekly Standard
The odds are against John McCain and Sarah Palin winning this election. It’s not easy to make up a 6-point deficit in the last four weeks. But it can be done.
Palin, McCain and the Weeks Ahead
Karl Rove | Newsweek
Palin’s ties to ‘everyday Americans’ aren’t an argument for her candidacy. But let’s treat her ability to inspire the public for what it is: an asset, not a liability.
Voter Fraud Expected to be Rampant
John Fund | New York Post
Our nation may be on the brink of repeating the 2000 Florida election debacle, but this time in several states.
What Leadership Looks Like
Kimberley A. Strassel | The Wall Street Journal
Voting for what’s right, not what’s safe.
Choosing the Right Role Model
George F. Will | Townhall
John McCain, like many Americans who should know better, extravagantly praises Theodore Roosevelt.
Exclusive: Obama to Pre-empt McCain Attacks
Mike Allen | Politico
Obama is going up Monday with an ad that calls McCain “erratic in a crisis.”
The War
A Manhunt or a Vital War?
Robert D. Kaplan | The New York Times
Afghanistan is more than a manhunt, and it does matter, for reasons that have not been fully fleshed out by policy makers or the military.
War on Taliban Cannot Be Won, Says Army Chief
Christina Lamb Helmand | Times of London
Britain’s most senior military commander in Afghanistan has warned that the war against the Taliban cannot be won.
The Road to a Democrat Led Defeat of America Goes Through Afghanistan
Vanderleun | American Digest
If you had to extract any current position on the war on terror promoted without hint or hindrance by Democrats over the past few years it is that “the real war is in Afghanistan.”
Poland Ends Iraq Mission
Amal Jayasinghe | Yahoo! News
Poland formally ended its Iraq mission in the Shiite province of Diwaniyah on Saturday leaving US troops to take their place, as an Iraqi commander warned insurgency could re-emerge.
American Interest
Pressured to Take More Risk, Fannie Hit a Tipping Point
Charles Duhigg | The New York Times
A decision, made under pressure from Congress and investors, to steer Fannie Mae into dangerous corners of the mortgage market proved to be disastrous.
Buffett’s Financial Bet
Editorial | Wall Street Journal
The Treasury plan passes, and private capital jumps in.
Movie Plug: An American Carol
Rush Limbaugh | The Rush Limbaugh Show
What it is, is they just humorously destroy Michael Moore. They just destroy him.
A Replay Of 1929? Don’t Count On It
Editorial | Investor's Business Daily
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat its serious mistakes. Today some have asked if we could have another 1929-like depression. No, it should not happen.
World Affairs
A Free Georgia Can Only Be Democratic
Michael Cecire | Michael J. Totten
While Georgia’s war wounds still fester, its government is rapidly approaching a crisis of legitimacy.
Behind the Bluster, Russia Is Collapsing
Murray Feshbach | The Washington Post
Predictions that Russia will again become powerful, rich and influential ignore some simply devastating problems at home that block any march to power.
Don’t Forget About Burma’s Democrats
U Pyinar Zawta | Wall Street Journal
A year after the Saffron Revolution, world focus has faded.
No Joint European Strategy On Banks
Edward Cody | The Washington Post
4 top economies seek world summit.
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SPOTLIGHTS
- Obama’s words & deeds
- Unfir to open his mouth: Biden’s Fantasy World -
- MARY ANASTASIA:Democrats Shouldn’t Coddle Chávez, WSJ
- Michigan GOP Fears Fallout of Retrea
- GOP Wants Audit of Obama Funds
- Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and “that relationship
- Obama’s Terrorist Buddy
- U.S Terror A Team 4 Obama:Weathermen for Obama (updated with video)
- Sarah Palin porn film made by Larry Flynt
- ! Hussein bin Obama’s Sleeper Cell Financier
- VOTER FRAUD EXPECTED TO BE RAMPANT
- A presidential debate, the Chicago Way
- JOE TOLD YOU SO
- NYT’s Ayers-Obama Whitewash
- Chicago-The Barack Obama Campaign and the ACORN relationship
- Obama Ran ACORN Power Training Classes
- Obama Claims He Never Worked For Acorn
- Lawmaker with murky sexual perversion past Accused of Fannie Mae Conflict of Interest - Politics
- Welcome To Camp Obama
- Truthless Joe
- The Trouble With Harry-Billions lost to Americans dues to his mindless jib-jab
- Pin-up girl tells how she spotted suitcase stuffed with cashver
- Six dead and seventeen injured in Tripoli car bombing
- Britons accused over roadside bomb network
- The seal is ready: Barry will be President
- Obama on the Economy: Putting lipstick on a pig
- Obama’s terrorist pal: We did not do enough
- Obama Campaign Uses Sun Times to Begin Retreat on Ayers Issue
- Chicago’s “Citizen of the Year”? Obama, Ayers and Daley
- Barry, who sent you? The Chicago Way!
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