Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Obama the Muslim

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

The new survey from the Pew Research Center appearing to show that nearly one in-in-five Americans believe that Obama is a Muslim is as depressing as it is (regrettably) unsurprising. Missing however was any data on how many now think … Continue reading →

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About That Mosque

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

When Barack Obama says this, he is, of course, quite right: But let me be clear: as a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Katrina, the Right’s Shamelessness

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Heather Mac Donald

No matter what President Obama says tonight in his speech on the oil spill, we can be sure that right-wing pundits will blast it for being the wrong thing at the wrong time—even though from the moment the spill occurred, … Continue reading →

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Obama As Antichrist & Other Modern Myths

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

Fond as I am of The Omen, Rosemary’s Baby and other such devil movies, I can’t claim any great expertise on the question of who may—or may not—be a likely antichrist. On the whole, I don’t think that Obama is … Continue reading →

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On the Miscellany

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

Walter, that’s an interesting round-up. The Irish blasphemy law merits a separate post of its own (the issues are a touch more complicated than they seem), but for now I’ll just comment on two of the other stories you pass … Continue reading →

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Pat Robertson: Politically, but also theologically incorrect?

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Heather Mac Donald

Human compassion has produced the usual generous outpouring of aid to devastated Haiti.  Meanwhile, Obama has shown himself in a statement today to be a standard American politician, having included among the admirable qualities of the Haitians the fact that … Continue reading →

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O’Reilly says: Hurry up!

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

Bill O’Reilly was elaborating on the “ineffective Obama” meme last night: This guy’s been paralyzed on Afghanistan for two months, he sneered.  Apparently, if you were to possess the insight of Mr. O’Reilly, deciding whether to escalate or deescalate a … Continue reading →

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Full-court press

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

The New York Times asks whether Obama’s White House is too male-dominated.  It took the Times weeks to acknowledge the Acorn and Vann Jones stories, but a little delusional grousing about all-male (as opposed to?) basketball games immediately catapults the … Continue reading →

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Economic hot potato

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

Barack Obama should stop blaming his Republican predecessor for the problems facing his presidency, writes Peggy Noonan: The president said last week, at a San Francisco fund-raiser, that he’s busy with a “mop,” “cleaning up somebody else’s mess,” and he … Continue reading →

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Magical thinking watch: foreign policy chapter

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Heather Mac Donald

The Obama Administration is bruiting it about that the president is impatient with the slow pace of “nation-building” in Afghanistan, reports the New York Times.  Nine months (Obama’s White House tenure)–or, hey, call it even eight years (since the bombing … Continue reading →

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