http://michellemalkin.com news and commentary from a conservative perspective Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:26:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We need not imagine the national uproar that would have ensued had George W. Bush talked to American soldiers the way that the President Obama did today at a U.S. military base in South Korea: President Obama will not announce his decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan before the ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/19/emetic-of-the-day-2/ Obama’s double-talk on political dissent by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2009 President Obama traveled all the way to China to praise the free flow of information. It’s the only safe place he could do so without getting heckled. With a straight face, Obama lauded political dissent and told Chinese students that he ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/18/how-do-you-say-%e2%80%9cyou-lie%e2%80%9d-in-mandarin/ It's hard to top President O-bow-ma's self-parody overseas. But the brilliant political cartoonist Mike Ramirez at Investor's Business Daily succeeds at capturing both ends of the kowtower-in-chief perfectly: http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/16/cartoon-of-the-day-3/ Crikey, is there a single adult in the White House who can teach the commander-in-chief some presidential protocol? The Left complained that George W. Bush was too much of a cowboy on the global stage. It's better than having a waterboy: First, the Saudi King. Now, the Japanese Emperor. What's he going to ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/14/president-o-bow-ma/ The thug politics power couple of Anita "A Pox on Fox" Dunn and Bob "The Silencer" Bauer isn't going anywhere. I said it earlier this week and on Fox News early Thursday morning (vid here). Now comes word late tonight that Bauer is indeed -- as has been rumored for nearly ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/12/well-now-anita-dunns-bully-lawyer-hubby-takes-over-as-white-house-general-counsel/ President Obama with Anita Dunn, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, and Robert Gibbs (via White House Flickr stream) A month ago, White House interim communications director Anita Dunn stepped into the role of lead Fox News-basher. She's handing the reins over to her young protégé and fellow Tom Daschle flack, Dan Pfeiffer. Dunn ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/10/dont-get-excited-anita-dunn-is-not-being-thrown-under-the-bus/ President Obama isn't traveling abroad to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago today. Of course not. There's nothing in it for his Chicago cronies. Also: There's nothing for America to apologize for there today. Guess which U.S. celebrity is in Germany to mark the anniversary? David Haselhoff. When David Haselhoff ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/09/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/ Personnel is policy. Obama's policy is the Perpetual Campaign. Which is why he has surrounded himself with nothing but campaign goons. Dan Gerstein has an excellent column on all the president's hacks: The president's top advisers are not just overly political, they are almost totally political. Indeed, this West Wing is stacked with "hacks"--campaign ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/05/all-the-presidents-hacks/ Glenn Reynolds says the "Obama magic has faded." The glow is gone. The swagga has sagged. Indeed: In fact, the elections underscored Obama’s political weakness just one year after his triumphant victory over Republican moderate John McCain. The Obama invincibility that was so much in evidence then seems to have lost its power. People ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/04/mmm-mmm-mmm/ Guess it'll be an early night for all the Democrat water-carriers in the media who have already filed their preemptive pieces downplaying whatever happens tonight after the polls close and the ballots are counting. Here's a bit of the Obama-as-a-factor-but-not-as-much-as-we-want-you-to-think analysis of exit poll results. Politicker reports on the return of "It's ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/03/ballot-watch-waiting-for-the-results-that-everyone-tells-us-mean-nothing/ Alfonzo Rachel and friends rap the Left's victicrats from South Central to the White House: http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/27/damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-victim/ Longtime readers will know that I have been very supportive of state initiatives on medical marijuana dating back to my years at the Seattle Times (see here, here, and here). So, I have no general policy quarrel with this at all. Finally, an Obama policy that officially reduces the role of ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/19/about-the-new-federal-medical-marijuana-policy/ Steven Crowder, you're a RAAAAAAACIST. No Peace Prize for you! http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/16/best-nobel-peace-prize-rap-ever/ President Obama with Anita Dunn, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, and Robert Gibbs (via White House Flickr stream) Earlier this week, I spotlighted White House interim communications director and chief Fox-basher Anita Dunn's career-long commitment to flacking for one of the Beltway's most entrenched and crooked creatures, Tom Daschle. I also noted that ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/15/anita-dunn-a-corruptocrat-flack-and-a-mao-cheerleader/ Oh, spare me. Please: There’s nothing more traditional in American politics than the wholesome family portrait: a beaming candidate, beaming spouse, reluctantly beaming teenagers. But when Bill de Blasio, a candidate for public office in New York City this fall, put his family in his campaign mailings and TV ads, there was ... http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/15/gag-obama-credited-with-making-interracial-marriage-acceptable/