To Attack, or Not to Attack?
Stephen F. Hayes | The Weekly Standard
The cultural contradictions of McCainism.
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Must-Read: Obama’s Magic
“And now, America, we introduce the Great Obama! The world’s most gifted political magician! A thing of wonder. A thing of awe. Just watch him defy politics, economics, even gravity!” And it gets better.
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Meet Rashid Khalidi (VIDEO Added)
Surprise! Another shady Obama connection. This one is a Hamas and Hezbollah supporting palestinian that Obama is friends with.
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Thank You, Mark Halperin (VIDEO)
The Obama camp has no good answers on the Ayers issue. Watch Gibbs squirm under direct questioning.
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Here It Is, The Ayers Ad
McCain releases a 90 second ad detailing Obama’s relationship with Bill Ayers. Finally!
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The Morning After
Having slept on it, I am not very happy about the way last night’s debate went.
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This Judge Said What?
How he can make the case to release these detainees in America is beyond me.
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The Debate Post (Live Blogging)
Tonight represents one of a dwindling number of big opportunities for John McCain.
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You Gotta Be Kidding Me
Time’s new cover is so over the top. Everyone knows they just create hysteria to sell more magazines, right? Tell me I’m right.
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The Outlaw SNL Skit You Didn’t Get to See
SNL makes a skit critical of Democrats and it then gets pulled from everywhere on the web. Wonder why.
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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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Previous Editions
BEST OF THE WEB for October 12, 2008
The Axis of Evil, Minus One
The Bush administration and the State Department coordinate a fine bit of capitulation. Think of it as a sign of more to come if Obama wins.
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Politics & Election '08
Wrong for the Right
David Freddoso | New York Post
John McCain blew it. Barack Obama will win the election, and there may be nothing that McCain can do to stop it.
Leadership in the Economic Meltdown
Sen. Barack Obama | The New York Daily News
This is a moment of great uncertainty for America. Our escalating financial crisis hasn’t just closed banks and businesses. It’s threatened your economic security as well.
Invasion of the Wallet Snatchers
Matthew Continetti | The Weekly Standard
Confirming your suspicions about Obamanomics.
A Vote for Voting on Election Day
Jeff Jacoby | The Boston Globe
What does “Election Day” mean? Once, the answer was obvious: It signified the date - the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November - when Americans came together in public to choose their political leaders and reaffirm their common stake in democratic self-government.
An Absence of Candour to Believe In
Melanie Phillips | The Spectator
Obama is twisting and turning over his relationship with unreprentant Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, trying to pretend it didn’t amount to anything other than a chance acquaintance. But his story becomes ever more preposterous.
ACORN Gives GOP New Line of Attack
Alexander Burns | Politico
Obama is accused of having worked with a group now under investigation for voter registration fraud.
The War
Schools Open, and First Test Is Iraqi Safety
Sam Dagher | The New York Times
The start of school is a test of Iraq’s overall improvement: whether uprooted families are confident enough to return. Above, returning to class at a school in Baghdad.
Taleban Stage Audacious ‘Tet-style’ Attack on British HQ City
Tom Coghlan | Times of London
British and Afghan forces repulsed an attempt by hundreds of Taleban fighters to attack the provincial capital of Helmand, Lashkar Gah, on Saturday night in the most audacious Taliban attack in the province since 2006.
New Consensus on Terrorism
John McLaughlin | The Washington Times
One of the major tasks for our next president is repairing the frayed consensus on how to deal with terrorism.
Baghdad Resident Is Haunted by Friends’ Betrayal
Sudarsan Raghavan | The Washington Post
Iraqi Shiite was abducted by a gang that he said his then-best friends, both Sunnis, were part of.
American Interest
5 Myths About Those Tinseltown Liberals
Andrew Klavan | The Washington Post
A list of their most egregious whoppers.
Why Wall Street Will Prevail
Andy Kessler | New York Magazine
Things are bad now, but the world will never out-finance us.
The World Will Miss Our Heyday
Elizabeth Wurtzel | Wall Street Journal
American power has been a force for good.
Dispensable Arrogance
George F. Will | The Washington Post
Unimpressed by Charles de Gaulle’s droll observation that the graveyards are full of indispensable men, Michael Bloomberg, New York City’s 108th mayor, has decided that he is indispensable.
Twits on Parade
Andrew Ferguson | The Weekly Standard
Twittering is the newest of the new media. And the worst.
World Affairs
Israel Doesn’t Have Much Time to Attack Iran
Edward Bernard Glick | American Thinker
It was in October 2005 that the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, first said that the “Zionist regime” must “be wiped off the face of the Earth.” And it was in April 2006 that he called Israel a “fake regime” that “cannot logically continue to live.”
Trusting North Korea
Stephen F. Hayes | The Weekly Standard
Washington removes Pyongyang from the list of terror-sponsoring regimes.
North Korea to Resume Disabling Nuclear Plants
Jay Solomon | Wall Street Journal
North Korea on Sunday said it would resume tearing apart its Yongbyon nuclear complex, a day after the U.S. announced it was removing North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Glasgow Airport Hero Fights for Life After Asthma Attack
Staff | Daily Mail
The fiancee of Glasgow Airport terror attack hero John Smeaton last night spoke of her shock after a massive asthma attack left him fighting for life.
Delisting North Korea
Victor Cha | The Washington Post
Was it smart to remove North Korea from the terrorism blacklist?
BEST OF THE WEB for October 11, 2008
Three Weeks
Without much time left, McCain supporters want to see a fight! There is too much out there on Obama and his shady past not to throw it in his face.
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The World We Live In
Michael Ledeen | Pajamas Media
To all those who think they know how this election is going to come out, and what our world will look like in the near or long future, I have some advice: don’t bet whatever’s left of your farm.
The Coming Obama Thugocracy
Michael Barone | National Review
Attempts to shut down political speech have become routine for liberals.
America’s Second Wake-Up Call!
Editorial | Investor's Business Daily
History is important to study… if you can trust the national media to not withhold key information they don’t want you to see or twist daily news to fit their agenda.
Stealing Pennsylvania: “Massive Fraud”
Jeffrey Lord | The American Spectator
A retired Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice says that she is “not confident we can get a fair election” in the state come November.
The War
Stocks Soar! (In Baghdad)
Jennifer Fermino | New York Post
He said the Baghdad bourse is busier than he’s ever seen it, with hotels and banks the hottest picks.
Western Journalists in Iraq Stage Pullback of Their Own
Ernesto Londoño and Amit R. Paley | The Washington Post
The number of foreign journalists in Baghdad is declining sharply, a media withdrawal that reflects Iraq’s growing stability and the financial strains faced by some news organizations.
Key Cleric Won’t Block US-Iraq Pact
Robert H. Reid | The Boston Globe
Iraq’s prime minister said yesterday that the country’s most influential Shi’ite cleric will leave the decision on the future of US troops to the government and parliament, a step that could remove a major obstacle to a deal.
American Interest
The Light at the End of the Crisis
Larry Kudlow | National Review
Much good may ultimately come of this terrifying correction.
The Government Is Contributing to the Panic
Jonathan Macey | The Wall Street Journal
It’s time to let markets do their messy work.
G.M. and Chrysler Explore Merger
Bill Vlasic and Andrew Ross Sorkin | The New York Times
General Motors is in preliminary talks about a possible merger with Chrysler, which could remake the auto industry.
Fear Will Subside
Steve Forbes | Forbes
Although you’d never know it from market volatility, the financial fever in the U.S. may be about to break.
Start-Up Town
Ben Casnocha | The American
The quiet little hippie city of Boulder, Colorado, has become a serious technology hub. Here’s how.
World Affairs
Wall Street Greed? Not in This Neighborhood.
Emily Wax | The Washington Post
With freshly cut keys to their new brick-and-cement homes, families in an impoverished settlement on the outskirts of India’s capital honored a surprising hero this week: Richard S. Fuld Jr., head of the now-defunct Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers.
Home To A Violent Kashmir
Basharat Peer | Forbes
The shops in Srinagar closed soon after noon on Friday, Oct. 3. Lal Chowk, the center of Indian-controlled-Kashmir’s summer capital and a crowded bazaar full of students, shoppers, and soldiers, emptied eerily in a few minutes.
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