Evidently Bill Clinton is so desperate to prevent Barack Obama from going down in history as a more transformative and consequential president than he that he has decided to write a book, Back to Work, trumpeting all of the policies he’d be pursuing if he were president today. Never mind that almost all of the… Read more.
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Haiti’s Compassionate Poseurs: Failing to Give Donations Pledged
Donors to Haiti who don’t donate Last January, Haiti was devastated by a catastrophic earthquake, killing an estimated 250,000 people. Still reeling from the aftershocks, the country witnessed global leaders parading their pledges of support for relief and recovery efforts. In that context, I sounded a cautionary, perhaps cynical, note. I warned those managing relief and recovery efforts to beware of… Read more.
Book exposes top Democrats dissing Obama
Washington’s liberal establishment is “shocked, shocked” by the allegedly patronizing and racist things Bill Clinton and Sen Majority Leader Harry Reid reportedly said about Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign. In fact, Clinton, Reid and many other politicians are exposed as preening hypocrites in Game Change – a book by TIME’s Mark Halperin and New York Magazine’s… Read more.
* Bill Clinton plays supplicant in chief for US hostages in North Korea
Here’s to a groveling plea and a whole lotta cash to secure their release…. And, trust me, nothing would please Lil’ Kim more than to have Gore, the former vice president of the United States, personally make this plea while handing over a Yankee-size bag of cash. [North Korea adds kidnapping (of US journalists) to its diplomatic arsenal, TIJ, June… Read more.
Michelle Obama speaks but Clinton drama dominates opening of Democratic National Convention
No matter the defiance and rage that has Hillary’s supporters (especially middle-aged white women) now vowing to vote for McCain instead of Obama, I have no doubt that they will come to their senses on election day and vote for Obama. Moreover, I believe they will do so at the behest of their standard bearer,… Read more.