“Derangement Syndrome” Syndrome
I sometimes wonder, when reading blogs and comments therein, how many people realize that "Bush Derangement Syndrome" and it's apparent mutation "Palin Derangement Syndrome" are not, in fact, actual mental health disorders. The term was coined by Charles Krauthammer as a joke, for crying out loud. And yet, as James noted in his post below, there are people ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 10, 2008 00:06
Palin Derangement Syndrome
Two lawyer-bloggers who I've followed for years are upset with me for buying into the "Sarah Palin was in over her head" meme. Xrlq accused me of drinking "the anti-Palin Kool-Aid" for buying into claims that Palin didn't know which countries were in NAFTA while Bill Dyer is "genuinely concerned for [my] mental health." As to the more "outlandish" ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 9, 2008 09:30
Palin Last Nail in Republican Coffin?
Quite a few reports came out yesterday buttressing rumors that there were tensions between John McCain and Sarah Palin which caused a feud within the campaign team. It's only fitting, I suppose, since the selection of Palin has highlighted and exacerbated a growing fissure within the Republican Party itself. Fox New's Carl Cameron dished last night about rumors that Palin was ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 6, 2008 08:06
1 in 7 Voters Persuadable
A new poll claims that a whopping 14 percent of likely voters think they may still change their minds in the five days remaining before the election. One in seven, or 14 percent, can't decide or back a candidate but might switch, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll of likely voters released Friday. Who are they? They look a lot like ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 31, 2008 09:18
Real America
[caption id="attachment_26354" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Two Americas"][/caption] Sarah Palin caused a bit of a flap earlier in the week when she told a North Carolina crowd that she loved visiting the "pro-America" parts of the country, leading WaPo's Juliet Eilperin to quip, "No word on which states she views as unpatriotic." The campaign circulated a longer report, courtesy of WSJ's Elizabeth Holmes, putting ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 19, 2008 08:34
Questioning Their Motives
Victor Davis Hanson has a piece out today that I suspect will be the first of many of its kind. Intermixed with some excellent points about the perception of McCain campaign negativity, the politics of race, and scandalmongering, he aims this cheap shot at Republicans who have expressed dismay at McCain or even endorsed his opponent. Second, with Obama now ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 13, 2008 10:14
Gwen Ifill, Pro-Obama Author, Debate Moderator
There's a minor hubbub brewing over the fact that Gwen Ifill, who will once again moderate the vice presidential debate, is publishing a pro-Obama book shortly after the election, apparently unbeknownst to the McCain-Palin campaign. Questions are being raised about the objectivity of Thursday's vice presidential debate moderator after news surfaced that she is releasing a new book promoting Barack Obama ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 1, 2008 15:05
Did McCain Kill Bailout?
Numerous reports on what happened in the cranky, late night session that ended with the Paulson bailout plan seemingly dead indicate that John McCain -- who you may recall has suspended his campaign to work on the economy -- may have pulled the trigger. Memeorandum links an ABC News report that was originally headlined "Deal May Be Dead: Democrats Blaming McCain" ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 26, 2008 08:13
Pronouncing Foreign Names
Jonathan Kolieb is upset that Americans don't pronounce foreign names in the other country's mother tongue. I was flipping through the cable news channels the other night, and there were several segments on developments in Iraq. I found myself getting irritated, then angry: Why, five years after occupying a country, do we still not know how to pronounce its name? [...] Language and ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 19, 2008 08:17
Jerome Corsi and the Coarsening of American Politics
Jon Henke argues that the embrace, by both sides, of unsavory characters under the principle of the enemy of my enemy is my friend has "poisoned both the Left and the Right in American politics." Accordingly, he takes on one of his own: The continued tolerance and prominence of Jerome Corsi - his books, columns and appearances - is just embarrassing. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 16, 2008 10:19
