Assessing the worst presidency in history
Okay, maybe I’m jumping the gun, but I lived through Jimmy Carter, and I’d take that mess again in a heartbeat over the one we’re currently living through. It’s always interesting to read what is being...
View ArticleIs the Obama presidency failing?
Edward Luce, writing in the Financial Times, certainly seems to think so: Anyone wondering about the scale of the anti-Obama backlash should look at its impact on the 2016 US presidential race. Both...
View ArticleThe wages of mendacity
They’re finally “coming home to roost” as Mr. Obama’s favorite preacher might say: According to a new CNN/ORC International survey, only four out of 10 Americans believe Mr. Obama can manage the...
View ArticleThe incredible shrinking presidency
Yes I know Peggy Noonan was one of “those” on the right to who thought Barack Obama would “deliver” (deliver what I’m not sure but she thought he’d be a welcome change to Bush). And, in a weird and...
View ArticleObama polls sinking along with Democrat chances in mid-terms
Congressional “mid-term” elections have, for years, been seen as a referrendum on the President. When the nation is pleased with a President, his party gains seats in Congress and when not pleased,...
View ArticleThe “teenage” administration
When Barack Obama was running for the presidency, there were a number of people who warned he wasn’t ready for prime time – that he’d never really “done anything or run anything”. That he had never...
View ArticleVacuousness coupled with incompetence equals Obama’s “strategy” to deal with...
I’ve watched in horrified wonder these last few weeks as a man way over his head tries to act like he knows what he’s doing. But he’s not fooling anyone. Not even his most rabid supporters. The...
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Government is problem #1
Or so the most recent Gallup poll says: Here’s a quiz for you – name the one “problem” that this administration has given top priority that doesn’t even make the list? Yes, that’s right – climate...
View ArticleThe wages of emotional voting and lack of scrutiny? Obama
National Review has published an article by Victor Davis Hanson with three views of the Obama presidency. One view is that of an Obama partisan and presents his presidency in a positive light. The...
View ArticleWhy the US has lost its presence in the Middle East
As if it wasn’t obvious, Gary Kasparov summarizes it very well in today’s WSJ: Mr. Obama has already decided to continue his policy of disengagement from the Middle East, and his platitudes about...
View ArticleFrance, the Democrats and reality
One of the three in the title doesn’t belong there: I watched, incredulously, as all three contenders in Saturday night’s Democratic presidential debate — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bernie Sanders and...
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Stray Voltage
Another thing I decided during my holiday hiatus was to make “Stray Voltage” a regular Friday feature. Why? Well, it covers a number of subjects/issues and gives everybody a lot to talk about over the...
View ArticleMore outright lies from POTUS at the Dallas Memorial
So much for honoring 5 slain police officers. Oh, Obama started out alright, but then he just couldn’t help himself. He had to slip into ideological mode and tell a whopper of a lie to try and get it...
View ArticleGlad to see the passing of 2016 and the exit of Barack Obama
Frankly, it’s been a miserable year. The only good thing, as a hat tip to Billy Hollis, is it is the year that ensured that Hillary Clinton will never be president. For that alone it isn’t the worst...
View ArticleSo … it’s a “done deal”
The inauguration and seating of the 45th President of the United States, I mean. Interesting to watch the huge group of politicians act nicey-nice on the platform. Even Hillary smiled. That said, all...
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Observations: The QandO Podcast for 07 Sep 18
Former President Obama had sharp words for the politics of division. Coming from a president of the party that created identitity poliics, that seemed a bit rich. When I was kind, the circus consisted...
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