Category Archives: The One

Compare and contrast: Purdum on Palin; Purdum on Obama

I’m going to do something very different today. Following is the script from my most recent segment on Shire Network News. There are the titles and pullquotes to two of Todd Purdum’s Vanity Fair profiles. Raising Obama Is he tough … Continue reading

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Obama administration: Throw out the Constitution, please

The Obama administration is talking about deliberately going against the Constitution of the United States. Because, you see, the Constitution is inconvenient to what they want to do regarding a treaty with Russia. MOSCOW — With the clock running out … Continue reading

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Israel to Obama: Netanyahu won

President Obama is fond of saying things like, “I won,” and “I’m the president.” Well, Netanyahu won. And he’s the Prime Minister. And Israelis are pretty happy with what he’s doing right now. In other news, 43 percent of Israelis … Continue reading

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Medvedev approves of Obama’s Muslim outreach

Barack Obama is making the Russian president happy. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Tuesday against attempts to impose Western values on the Arab world, praising US President Barack Obama’s recent efforts to reach out to the Muslims. “There is … Continue reading

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If everyone else jumped off a bridge…

One of the things I keep seeing on lefty blogs—particularly Nico’s, the one I’m following at HuffPo for Iran news—is statements like this: Obama’s Iran policy. Americans approve of it 52 percent vs. 36 percent who disapprove, according to a … Continue reading

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Chaos in Iran, ice cream in Alexandria

Obama took the opportunity of the quiet Saturday to take his daughters out for a treat. Meantime, Patterico compares Tweets of Obama, and Tweets of Tehran. Must-read.

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Israelis to Obama: You are not on our side

Israelis think Obama is pro-Palestinian. Only six percent think he is pro-Israeli. I’m sure the Arab world is going to be loving this poll result. And the reason for the change? The Cairo speech. Only 6 percent of Jewish Israelis … Continue reading

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Obama to Israel: Screw Shalit, open Gaza crossings

The Obama administration is trying to force Israel to open the Gaza crossings without getting back Gilad Shalit, who has been in captivity for over 1,000 days. The United States has stepped up pressure on Israel regarding the Gaza Strip: … Continue reading

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Israel helping Gazans, world doesn’t notice

This isn’t getting any play at all in the anti-Israel media. Israel began construction of an underground pipeline on Tuesday that will deliver diesel fuel and cooking oil to the southern Gaza Strip. The decision to build the pipeline followed … Continue reading

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What the Obama speech really said

Here, I think, is the simplest example of what Obama’s Cairo speech did to Israel.

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More Cairo dividends: Hamas says pressure Israel

Hamas refuses to disarm, refuses to stop terror, refuses to renounce “resistance,” refuses to recognize Israel, and still maintains its anti-Semitic and Israel-denying charter, but Hamas is stepping up to applaud the U.S. for pressuring Israel, and calls for even … Continue reading

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Obama’s Cairo speech gets quick results

Obama’s public weakening of support for Israel is getting the results you would expect: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said the US should use aid it gives Israel as leverage in order to pressure the state into accepting … Continue reading

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One quick comment on the Cairo speech

I will have more to say after work, but here’s something to chew on: The Holy Koran tells us, “O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that … Continue reading

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6:10 Eastern? The speech is at 6:10 Eastern?

Feh. I’m going to sleep through it. Wake me when it’s over.

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Media narrative or floating balloons?

Yesterday the New York Times trumpeted the fact that one of the Obama administration “punishments” for Netanyahu refusing to freeze natural growth of the suburbs of Jerusalem—a.k.a. “settlement growth”—would be a lack of support for Israel in the UN. Today, … Continue reading

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