Blame Bush for Everything…Except Success in Iraq

Vice President Biden appeared on the Larry King program Wednesday.  When King asked him about Iraq he said:
I am very optimistic about — about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You’re going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You’re [...]

No More “Irresponsible Bush Deficits”

During his campaign, Barack Obama denounced the Bush Administration every day for “irresponsible deficits.”  Obama’s campaign web site included this attack on Senator McCain:
McCain Offers Four More Years Of Soaring Deficits. Just like George Bush, McCain budget plan offers four more years of soaring deficits…the non-partisan Tax Policy Center said McCain’s tax plan would add [...]

No More Irresponsible Bush Deficits

Throughout the Presidential campaign Barack Obama and the Democrats aggressively attacked budget deficits run during the Bush Administration.
Today, the Treasury Department published the final budget numbers for Fiscal Year 2009, ended September 30, giving us an opportunity to compare Obama’s first deficit with those “irresponsible Bush Deficits.”  In the chart above the numbers for 2009 [...]

“The People Who Knocked These Buildings Down Will Hear All of Us Soon”

A Tsunami of Borrowing and Spending

The political-media establishment largely dismissed the nationwide tea party protests as inconsequential whining by a few fringe weirdos.

During his Presidential campaign Barack Obama continuously assailed “irresponsible Bush deficits” and warned that John McCain would increase the debt by $4.3 Trillion over ten years.

As the table shows, his plans will increase the debt by almost [...]

One Small Step Toward Cheaper Gasoline

President Bush today lifted a 15 year old executive ban on drilling for oil in the Outer Continental Shelf, the first step in a series of steps needed to finally permit American companies to produce more oil, adding to supply and ultimately, bringing down oil and gasoline prices.
The continental shelf is the gently sloping [...]

Obama’s Campaign for Dummies

Last week the Senator Obama again reached out to potential voters who are poorly informed and disinclined to think critically. But he didn’t try to educate or inform. Instead he tried to gain an advantage with a direct appeal to ignorance
On Thursday President Bush was invited to speak before the Israeli Parliament [...]