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Bad News
Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech to the Federalist Society tonight. It appears to have been a stroke. Prayers.
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The Fight For Afghanistan
Some incredible photos from the newly-central front in the War on Terror.
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Malkin on the Palin Smears
What we’ve seen in the smears against Sarah Palin go beyond the normal post-election squabbling.
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Veteran’s Day
Thank you to our heroes. It’s you who make this grand experiment called America possible.
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On the Sunnyside
All is not lost. An Obama presidency does provide an opportunity for Conservatives.
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The Real John McCain
“What an old anecdote about Mo Udall in the hospital reveals about McCain’s character.” A must-read.
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Obama vs. Obama (VIDEO)
More video evidence that “hope” and “change” really mean “typical politician.” The man has flip flopped more than John Kerry did in 2004.
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McCain Does One Last SNL (VIDEO)
You have to admit that Saturday Night Live has done a spectacular job at becoming relevant again during the campaign. (Olbermann-bashing bonus)
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Change We Can Believe In?
Victor Davis Hanson has an article in National Review today called The Dems’ Legal Eagles. As usual, he hits the nail square on the head:
This year the media seem to think change means race and sex — whether Barack Obama’s background of mixed racial ancestry or the gender of Democratic primary candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
It’s certainly true that either the next president or next vice president will not be a white male. But does that mean de facto that the country will be run any differently?
There is, however, one area where we might have seen real change. The Democrats could have not nominated another lawyer. This may partly explain why former military officer John McCain and working-mom Sarah Palin are polling near even with Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden, in a year that otherwise favors the Democrats.
A snowmobiling, fishing, and hunting mom of five who was trained as a journalist seems like a breath of fresh air — and accentuates the nontraditional background of former naval officer John McCain. If the Republicans win, it may well be because — like George Bush and Dick Cheney, or Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush — they weren’t members of the legal culture.
On the Democratic side, Barack Obama got out of Harvard Law School, worked for a firm, offered his legal expertise as a community organizer, and went into politics. Joe Biden graduated from law school and almost immediately ran for office.
The media seems to be perpetuating this theme of “hope and change,” but there’s no substance to back it. The only reason people think Barack Obama offers change is, frankly, because he keeps repeating himself. As we’ve seen many times before, if something is repeated often enough and not countered hard enough, a fallacy can become common knowledge (ie: no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq)
In closing, let’s hope VDH does a bit of foreshadowing here:
Change for Democrats this year was not a new strain of liberal politics or a different race or gender. Instead, they needed to have run candidates who talked, thought, and acted differently from their usual run-of-the-mill sorts.
And that meant someone other than the same old, same old legal eagles who appear glib — but so often manage to lose in November.
It’s not necessary to say it with a Victor Davis Hanson article, but read the whole thing.
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