Obama’s No Friend of the Middle Class
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 31st, 2011 5:31 am by HL
Obama’s No Friend of the Middle Class
Ross Kaminsky, American Spectator
It's not surprising that President Obama's re-election strategy is to “cast himself as a middle class warrior.” What is surprising is that he thinks he can get away with it. The fact that he actually might says less about Obama than about Americans' understanding of economics and the Republicans' particular skill at turning smart policy into stupid politics.The obvious question when a politician wants to run as a champion of any particular group is “what has he done for that group?” So, let's think about what Obama has done for, or — more…
Ron Paul and His Bigots
Ed Koch, Newsmax
According to The New York Times, Ron Paul, the libertarian candidate, is “a real Republican contender in Iowa.” He is also the candidate of the white supremacists, Jew haters, and gay bashers. Twenty years ago, he published a newsletter with articles that bore no bylines that were, according to the Times, “racist, anti-gay, and anti-Israel.” He now says he didn’t write them and he doesn’t know who did.
Santorum’s Big Government Conservatism
Erick Erickson, Red State
A number of people read my post yesterday about Rick Santorum and still are scratching their heads. In my book RedState Uprising I spent a bit of time dealing with "pro-life statists" who will be the death of the conservative movement if we do not start standing up to them.Rick Santorum is a pro-life statist. My friend Ned Ryun introduced me to the term and his post on pro-life statists written in the wake of Congressman Mark Souder's resignation sums up every issue I have with Rick Santorum.