September 11, 2009 – 10:50 am
Quick story about the mechanics of speechwriting on September 11, 2001. On that day I was working as a research assistant in the White House speechwriting office. Later in the week, President Bush was to re-dedicate the Old Executive Office Building as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Given the building’s history – it once housed elements of […]
September 9, 2009 – 6:24 am
In an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, Sarah Palin goes head-to-head with President Obama on health care. While giving a wink (and a wave) to her “death panels” coinage that came to dominate public conversation, Governor Palin steers clear of any incendiary rhetoric, instead offering a solid point-by-point rebuttal of some of the president’s […]
September 8, 2009 – 11:11 am
Matt Latimer is trying to sell a book and to do that he’s employed two strategies that have worked for others: (1) take an idea with a kernel of reason and pop it into something “bold” and “contrarian”; (2) and this applies to former Bush Administration staffers trying to sell books – say something negative about […]
September 7, 2009 – 9:17 pm
President Obama’s socialist indoctrination script for schoolchildren was unleashed released today (Labor Day – workers of the world, indeed) and he offers just enough to raise conservatives’ hackles: You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and […]
September 4, 2009 – 3:03 pm
I don’t tend to agree with presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs, but I think he’s correct that criticism of President Obama’s plan to address the nation’s schoolchildren next week is “silly.” Conservatives should be careful where they tread on this issue. While skepticism of government intrusion is a conservative touchstone, so is respect for authority. Not […]
September 2, 2009 – 4:20 pm
Finally heeding my advice*, President Obama is planning to get more explicit about what he wants out of health care reform during an address to Congress and the nation Wednesday night. While much of the country may think, “Seriously? Again with the primetime?” the president could do himself some real good if he uses the forum […]
August 28, 2009 – 9:40 am
New Washington Post-ABC News poll today that is supposed to be good news for President Obama and congressional Democrats, but probably isn’t. The details: Most Americans approve of the way President Obama is handling energy issues and support efforts by him and Democrats in Congress to overhaul energy policy — including the controversial cap-and-trade approach […]
August 24, 2009 – 11:07 am
The Republican Party is out today with a new Seniors’ Health Care Bill of Rights. As described by party chairman Michael Steele in the Washington Post, the guarantees include: Protecting, not cutting, Medicare; Prohibiting government from getting between seniors and their doctors; Outlawing any effort to ration health care based on age; Preventing government from […]
August 19, 2009 – 3:39 pm
More from someecards.com on health reform:
August 19, 2009 – 10:23 am
With Republicans resisting the push for socialist-ish medicine, Democrats are ready to go it alone – and of course blame Republicans for standing in the way of progress. Here’s Rahm, via ABC: “The Republican leadership,” said the White House chief of staff, “has made a strategic decision that defeating President Obama’s health care proposal is […]
August 17, 2009 – 11:19 am
In early May, President Obama announced that a series of health industry organizations had agreed to trim $2 trillion in costs from their operations. The move signaled that the big players in health care were aligning with, not against, systemic reform. It may have been the high water mark of the president’s push for government […]
August 15, 2009 – 8:50 am
Not since Teddy Roosevelt carted carcasses into the White House have the press found so much meaning in presidential pastimes. Earlier this week Time magazine told us how President Obama’s golf game offers insight into his leadership style. Friday, CNN.com previewed the president’s trip to Montana with a story headlined: “Obama’s fly-fishing trip is apt […]
August 13, 2009 – 2:33 pm
Sorry, that should read “White House unleashes viral email,” according to Jake Tapper at ABC News. The email, from Obama political adviser David Axelrove — er, Axelrod — is meant to combat those other viral emails, which contain false information about health reform and manage to spread like wildfire. It’s a smart strategy by the White […]
August 13, 2009 – 2:15 pm
Mike Allen in today’s Politico: “A new coalition this morning is launching $12 million in TV ads to support President Obama’s health-reform plan, in the opening wave of a planned tens of millions of dollars this fall. The new group, funded largely by PhRMA, is called Americans for Stable Quality Care. It includes some odd […]
August 12, 2009 – 3:32 pm
Well, well, well. Just days after Time gave us the 411 on President Obama’s golf game — and let us know it’s a solid indicator of the overall quality of his presidency — we find out that, uh-oh, golf ain’t so cool anymore. At least among the global socialist elite. The New York Times reports that Venezuelan […]
