Obama: Disloyal, Ruthless, Cold
Wednesday's column by Maureen Dowd, eviscerating President Obama for his shabby treatment of former White House Counsel Greg Craig and supporter Caroline Kennedy, is getting favorable responses from his supporters in the blogosphere. Only a year after he had helped Barack Obama get elected by eviscerating his close friend, Clinton White House colleague and Yale Law School classmate, Hillary Clinton, Craig ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 26, 2009 09:29
OTB Radio – Tonight at 5:30 Eastern
The next episode of OTB Radio, our BlogTalkRadio program, will record and air live from 5:30-6:30 Eastern. Dave Schuler and I will talk about Sarah Palin's comeback tour and ensuing controversies and President Obama's Asia trip. Alex Knapp will join us to provide his legal expertise on the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial and Steve Verdon will stop by to discuss the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 18, 2009 18:23
Newsweek’s Sarah Palin Cover
Newsweek's choice of cover art for its Sarah Palin issue has managed to generate controversy for three days now, finally prompting a response from the editors. The salient passage: To note that choosing that particular photograph has ruffled a few feathers is perhaps an understatement. Palin denounced it—and us—to her million-strong Facebook following last night. "The choice of photo for the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 18, 2009 08:07
Sarah Palin’s Comeback Tour
Sarah Palin is kicking off the promotional tour for her book Going Rogue with an appearance today on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" and an interview tomorrow on "Good Morning America." The book's already a best seller, so the main benefit of the campaign is a chance for Palin to rebuild her image. She needs it. A recent CNN poll showed ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 16, 2009 10:24
Obama Leads 2012 Opponents
Taegan Goddard links a Public Policy Polling survey [PDF] showing that President Obama would have beaten the most commonly mentioned Republican hopefuls had the election been held from October 16th to 19th and opened to registered voters. (I hasten to add, it wasn't.) In fact, according to the survey, "Obama leads Mike Huckabee 47-43, Mitt Romney 48-40, Sarah Palin 52-40, and ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 22, 2009 11:58
Palin Comeback Advice from Gingrich
Newt Gingrich has weighed in with a plan for a Sarah Palin political comeback which Taegan Goddard summarizes as: Write a book. Land a regular commentator slot on television. Consider getting a condominium in New York or Washington. Write and master three types of speeches: to make money, to project her brand, to gain attention. Create some sort of national project or center. Plan on working ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 14, 2009 09:41
Healthcare Reform ‘Fact-Checking’
Steve Benen heaps praise on ABC News' new Fact Check segment for "actually informing the public about a controversy in a fair and accurate way." Kate Snow tackled the vile right-wing demagoguery on end-of-life care, and while she refrained from calling Palin and her ilk "liars," she made it very clear that the accusations about euthanasia are completely wrong. It wasn't ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 11, 2009 12:09
Brooks-Broder Derangement Syndrome
Mike Rappaport "hates" David Brooks and finds him "a despicable character." Why? He lets John Hinderaker explain: Brooks . . . knows where his bread is buttered. He makes his living as a "conservative" who can reliably be counted on to sell out conservatives and Republicans at every opportunity. In this instance, Hinderaker is reacting to Brooks' characterization of Sarah Palin's "death ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 10, 2009 12:23
Are Americans Stupid?
Bill Maher has a piece at HuffPo arguing that Americans are a bunch of idiots who should just shut up and let people who know what they're talking about make decisions on tough issues like health care reform. [T]ake the health care debate we're presently having: members of Congress have recessed now so they can go home and "listen to their ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 8, 2009 08:11
Quote of the Day – Dualing Conspiracies Edition
"I think it would be awesome for Andrew Sullivan if all the documents end up proving that Barack Obama is Trig Palin’s father." - Jim Henley If you have no idea what the hell he's talking about, your life is richer for it.Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 6, 2009 08:36
Palin Divorce Rumors
As if more evidence was needed that Sarah Palin is a pop culture celebrity as much as a political figure, she's now fending off rumors from tabloids and blogs that she's getting a divorce and moving to Montana. I take her at her word that these are completely made up but, as David Adesnik notes, "This is one of those stories ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 2, 2009 06:57
Professor Sarah Palin
Doug J draws our attention to a new Fox poll suggesting career options for Sarah Palin: About a third of Americans think the best job for Palin is homemaker (32 percent), while nearly one in five see her as a television talk show host (17 percent). Vice president of the United States comes in third (14 percent), followed closely by college ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 30, 2009 12:44
Sarah Palin’s Farewell Addresss — Shatnerized
I have to say, Sarah Palin's farewell address as governor makes a little more sense when William Shatner reads it: Also, speaking of William Shatner, there are a couple of things that are worth mentioning about him. First off, is there anybody who's as good a sport about himself as he is? I know reports from his colleagues in ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 28, 2009 10:34
Palin Legal Fund Violates Ethics Laws (Maybe)
In the wake of Sarah Palin's bizarre and unexpected resignation halfway through her term as Alaska governor, many speculated that a scandal was in the offing. If this is it, it's pretty thin: An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal debts, in the latest legal ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 21, 2009 17:22
Jimmy Carter Quits Baptists (Again)
Former President Jimmy Carter quit the Southern Baptist Convention more than eight years ago because of its refusal to ordain women as pastors (rather odd, since the policy had been in place since the early seventeenth century origins of the Baptist faith based on the example of another follow with the initials J.C.). To make sure people noticed -- since ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 21, 2009 07:58
