Oprah gets temporary pass from under the bus to boost Obama's ratings — um, do a White House Christmas special

About the time that Oprah’s Dec. 13 ABC White House Christmas special with Barack and Michelle Obama was announced a couple of weeks ago, a tabloid newspaper ran a story about how puzzled and hurt Oprah was that even though she got Obama selected and elected as president, Obama would not accept her calls and …

Obama aggressively defends 'don't ask, don't tell' just 13 days after promising to end it

Just 13 days passed between Obama telling the A-list homosexuals assembled at a Human Rights Campaign fundraising dinner in Washington, D.C., on October 10 that he will get “don’t ask, don’t tell” repealed so that homosexuals can serve openly in the U.S. military — see the video above — and his latest betrayal of that …

Obama's new two-part plan for Afghanistan

Prof. Jacobson at Legal Insurrection has some pointed questions for Obama about his plans for the war in Afghanistan: And what about the Obama administration’s new strategy announced last March: “Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. And this marks the conclusion of a careful policy review, led by Bruce …

Obama has finally found a war he is determined to win and a foe for whom he has preconditions before he will negotiate — Fox News

You know how Gov. Sarah Palin keeps pointing out that Obama is allergic to the words “victory” and “win” when it comes to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Or any conflict where democracy and capitalism are threatened? And you remember how Obama has declared he will negotiate with terrorist and totalitarian regimes without pre-conditions? …

Obama tells gays at HRC dinner he will get DOMA and DADT repealed and ENDA passed when hell freezes over

Obama told homosexuals to go to hell right to their faces tonight at the Human Rights Campaign banquet, and they gave him standing ovations (H/T Memeorandum). Andrew Sullivan stopped trying to find Trig Palin’s real mother long enough to sum up Obama’s flimflammery in his HRC speech: But the sad truth is: he [Obama] is …

Obama Prevarication Predictor: Homosexual equality march on Oct. 11 edition

My Obama Prevarication Predictor says that whenever a consensus develops that poses an obstacle to something Obama wants, within 72 hours he will say whatever the group blocking him wants to hear but with no intention of actually delivering on what he says, but rather the intention of getting his opponents to relax, stop paying …

Obamacare: The Musical!

Tony Passaro sent the link to this video to me this morning — IT. IS. DEE-LISH!!! You may remember Tony is the man who organized 12 busloads of people from Harford County, Maryland, to attend the 9/12 Tea Party in D.C. So, if you watch the video, yes, I know “single payer” is a stigmatized …

Obama's Predictable Playbook — how to write a speech for Obama

Thanks in part to Obama’s open embrace of the rules for radicals of Saul Alinsky, his tactics and strategies are becoming increasingly clear and predictable, as I have noted in my Obama Prevarication Predictor posts, so I am now inaugurating a series of posts on its corollary, “Obama’s Predictable Playbook.” Rich Lowry, the editor of …