Public Option a Loser, Choice a Winner
A bipartisan NBC News poll shows that only 36 percent of Americans think "Barack Obama's health care plan" is a "good idea" even though 51 percent approve of the job he is doing as president. In the same survey, 43 percent favor "creating a public health care plan administered by the federal government that would compete directly with private health ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 21, 2009 08:35
Conscience of the Conservatives
Mark Tapcott hath a point: [I]n a Beltway Confidential post Tuesday, I asked what is the difference between folks on the Right calling the eight Republican House members who voted for Obama-Waxman-Markey the "cap-and-traitors," and the infamous "General Betrayus" ad bought by the Left's Moveon.org in The New York Times. In no time at all, comments variously described your humble servant as ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 2, 2009 11:30
Military Recruiting Shootings
One soldier was killed and another seriously injured in a shooting at an Army-Navy Recruiting Center in west Little Rock, Arkansas. Thankfully, the second's injuries are not considered life-threatening. Contrary to earlier reports, both victims were "just out of basic training," participating in the "Hometown Recruiting Assistance" program, and not Army Recruiters. An arrest has been made but no names ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 1, 2009 16:57
One of These Is Not Like the Other
Timothy Sandefur is embarrassed: So I was watching this insane video of Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie discussing the War on Terrorism with Mos Def. And it’s amusing to laugh at the utterly hapless ignorance of "Mr. Def," as he is repeatedly called—until you stop and wonder. Why is the black community not outraged by this? Bill Maher hosts a talk ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on March 31, 2009 11:38
MoveOn Attacks McCain on Timeline
MoveOn has unveiled a new anti-McCain ad titled, simply, "Timeline." CNN's Emily Sherman has a summary. The opener: In Chicago, in Saint Louis and Seattle, the American people are demanding a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. In Baghdad and Basra and Tikrit, the Iraqi people……and now the Iraqi Prime minister are also demanding a timetable. But John McCain doesn't want a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 16, 2008 12:32
Hillary Blasts Bush for Bill’s China Deal
I've been arguing for quite some time both here and on OTB Radio that Hillary Clinton's protectionist rhetoric on trade has been 180 degrees from the policy that her husband carried out as president. Now, we have the perfect illustration. It's a story Hillary Clinton loves to tell, about how the Chinese government bought a good American company in Indiana, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on April 30, 2008 13:17
Rush Limbaugh Nets $2.1 Million for ‘Phony Soldiers’ Letter
Rush Limbaugh auctioned off a letter signed by Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, and 39 other Senate Democrats condemning his "phony soldiers" comments for $2.1 million on eBay. He's matching that total and donating $4.2 million to a charity benefiting the families of Marines and police officers wounded in the line of duty. The media coverage of this is ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 20, 2007 08:55
Rush Limbaugh’s ‘Phony Soldiers’
Media Matters has again successfully embroiled the blogosphere in a controversy with a press release. The latest, entitled "Limbaugh: Service members who support U.S. withdrawal are 'phony soldiers,'" has gained wide circulation on the left. The lede: During the September 26 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh called service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 28, 2007 09:12
House Joins Senate In Condemning ‘Betray Us’ Ad
The House of Representatives has joined the Senate in condemning the infamous "General Betray Us" attack ad.The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to condemn the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org for a recent advertisement attacking the top U.S. general in Iraq. By a 341-79 vote, the House passed a resolution praising the patriotism Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 27, 2007 00:54
Majority Disapproves of ‘Betray Us’ Ad
Americans across the political spectrum disapproved of the "Betray Us" ad, according to a new Rasmussen poll. Twenty-three percent (23%) of Americans approve of an ad run in the New York Times “that referred to General Petraeus as General Betray Us.” A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 58% disapproved. Those figures include 12% who Strongly Approve and 42% who ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 25, 2007 07:14
NYT: MoveOn ‘Betray Us’ Ad Violated Standards
New York Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt thinks "the ad violated The Times’s own written standards, and the paper now says that the advertiser got a price break it was not entitled to." Did MoveOn.org get favored treatment from The Times? And was the ad outside the bounds of acceptable political discourse? The answer to the first question is that MoveOn.org paid ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 24, 2007 07:22
Betrayal
Apparently, those of us who thought MoveOn.org has gone too far in suggesting that General Petraeus would "Betray Us" were simply not clued in on how easily the word "betray" is bandied about by the Left. Matt Stoler has written a vehement post entitled, "Obama Betrays Us, Of Course" that refers to the top challenger for the Democratic nomination as a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 21, 2007 08:22
Caption Contest Winners
The Whole Ass Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/The Daily Journal, Jeffrey Hage) The Winners: First: Steven L. - Voice of MoveOn.org from above: "It votes against the army plan, or it gets the hose again. . . ." Second: charles austin - Apocalypzoo Third: Steven Taylor - If you think this is bad, you should see ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 20, 2007 19:28
MoveOn ‘Betray Us’ Ad Got Standby Discount
Via Jeff Jarvis, I see that the NYT has explained why MoveOn's infamous "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" ad got such a big discount over the regular rates: Within the category of political or advocacy advertising it is common practice throughout the newspaper industry to offer a standby rate in addition to open rate advertising. When a group buys a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 20, 2007 14:39
MoveOn Got Discount for ‘Betray Us’ Ad
The New York Times gave MoveOn.org a "hefty discount" for its ad Monday questioning General David Petraeus' integrity, Charles Hurt reports in the rival New York Post. According to Abbe Serphos, director of public relations for the Times, "the open rate for an ad of that size and type is $181,692." A spokesman for MoveOn.org confirmed to The Post that ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 13, 2007 11:37
