tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:49:02 +0000http://www.punditandpundette.com/pundette@gmail.com (jill)Blogger2913125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-6685062673298180263Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:57:00 +00002010-09-07T08:55:04.578-04:00obamawee weeobama crackuplike a dogGrab that liberal rag and spread it thickly on the new carpet. It's no longer August but Obama is getting wee-weed up again, complaining yesterday in Milwaukee that "they talk about me like a dog." (See previous post.) The blogosphere emitted a collective "huh?" and then got busy with the jokes.You may ask, can't he hear himself? Nope. Not even a faint echo.Jim Geraghty:Man, so many punchlines, http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/still-not-white-house-trained.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-3620699435715041027Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:57:00 +00002010-09-07T07:57:19.584-04:00obamaobama crackupThe strain of failure is beginning to take its toll on our president. A strange quote from today's speech in Milwaukee:"Some powerful interests who had been dominating the agenda in Washington for a very long time and they're not always happy with me. They talk about me like a dog. That's not in my prepared remarks, but it's true," he told a crowd largely consisting of union members.Watch the http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/who-has-been-talking-about-obama-like.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-824526041898068414Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:35:00 +00002010-09-06T13:14:03.602-04:00obama magic2010Obama backlashThe White House and the Democratic Party are reportedly in a panic over the coming election. This is the first sign of sanity on the Dems' parts since they contracted the fever in 2007. Imminent job loss is, apparently, a potent treatment for Obama-induced delirium. It works for congressmen as well as voters.But the liberal media, not feeling that job insecurity, and having already forsaken http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/still-hoping-obama-magic-will-reappear.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-8143623446841452626Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:21:00 +00002010-09-05T10:38:06.838-04:00obamaObama backlashpollsAmong likely voters:The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 24% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-seven percent (47%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -23 (see trends). That’s the highest level of Strong Disapproval and the lowest Approvalhttp://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/temper-tantrum-continues-strong.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-5740588982296336208Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:30:00 +00002010-09-04T11:32:58.397-04:00steynvarious and sundryNot exactly news that Jesse Jackson is a fraud but we'll take our diversions where we find them:Read that again: Jackson’s Caddy SUV was stripped while he was in town promoting green jobs.Add Jesse to the Al Gore-Tom Friedman-Barack Obama School of Environmental Hypocrisy. While preaching to Americans that they need to cram their families into hybrid Priuses to go shopping for compact http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/various-sundry.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-1978294428538490357Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:52:00 +00002010-09-04T10:09:11.564-04:002010Obama backlashEven the Washington Post can barely keep a straight face with this one.Sure, they've got bad policies and worse intentions, but you've got to give the Democrats credit for chutzpah: Democrats add fiscal austerity as a campaign issueThe candidate was outraged - just outraged - at the country's sorry fiscal state. "We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet," he fumed http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/cue-laugh-track-dems-add-fiscal.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-2927137350129169336Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:41:00 +00002010-09-03T15:30:17.343-04:00obamaobama admineconomyVia Redstate, the Washington Post reports the saddest little bit of spin from Obama's advisers.Perhaps you're thinking Obama isn't engaged on jobs and the economy? Well think again, doubters and deniers: Last November, Obama announced that he would turn his attention to unemployment, calling it "one of the great challenges that remains in our economy." He declared the same intent two months http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/proof-that-obama-is-engaged-on-economy.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-6939470737304170994Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:57:00 +00002010-09-03T14:41:02.738-04:00steyn2010Obama backlashsenateCharlie Cook says yes:For much of this year, it seemed a near mathematical impossibility that Republicans could score the 10-seat net gain needed to flip the Senate, which is split between 59 Democrats (including two independents who caucus with Democrats and largely vote with the party) and 41 Republicans. As recently as six weeks ago, I wrote in a CongressDailyAM column that a GOP win was http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/senate-in-play.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-4484087359770279378Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:57:00 +00002010-09-03T11:23:31.572-04:00obamahumorobama 2012Just defeat Obama.This almost-too-good-to-check item has been out there for a while, so apologies if you've already seen it. I hadn't. Actual obituary:Robert W. Snyder, Jr. 1947 ~ 2010 Bob left us on June 19th after a day of doing what he loved, sailing the BJ at Soldier Creek with good friends and family. Bob was born September 2, 1947, at Mitchel Field AFB, in New York, the only son of http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/send-him-no-flowers.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-1808520171922956242Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:00 +00002010-09-02T20:43:59.286-04:00bushobamaculturecharacterbamasteynobama admin The good: Steyn is back. The bad: Obama's still here.After his long, long, well-deserved hiatus Mark Steyn has returned, and I'm thrilled. Er, I think --PRICED TO CLEARMark, I’m writing to direct your attention to a Washington Times story from July 19, 2010 entitled, "Sperm Banks Says Donors Look Like Celebrities". Apparently, California Cryobank is offering a "Donor Look-A-Like" service, andhttp://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/good-news-and-bad-news.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-240579175088152915Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:34:00 +00002010-09-02T11:34:56.812-04:00They've always seemed boutique to me. Saturday morning pat yourself on the back.The Marie Antoinette Petit Hameau attitude. (Did anyone say attitude)Oh, but we're paying for some of this. Naturally: Last spring, Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Pat Roberts of Kansas wrote a letter questioning the Department of Agriculture's $65 million Know Your Farmer, Knowhttp://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/let-them-eat-cake-locavores.htmlBackyardConservative@gmail.com (Anne)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-844923691565078266Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:37:00 +00002010-09-01T18:23:05.160-04:00Sarah Palin"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."Macbeth  (Act V, Scene V).Michael Joseph Gross struts and frets his hour upon the Vanity Fair stage drunk on the elixir vitae prescribed for failing liberal publications - a Sarah http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/tale-told-by-idiot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (MarySue)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-8053311530555745673Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:13:00 +00002010-09-01T12:21:40.615-04:00real lifeYou may have noticed that my awesome guest bloggers are once again filling in for me. One of the kids suffered a fracture which required surgery. The patient is home now and I'm in full hovering mode. All will most likely be well in the end but if anyone wants to offer some prayers our way we would be most appreciative. Thanks.Most recent posts here.http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/gone-again.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-5791455449922640107Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:20:00 +00002010-09-03T11:13:35.226-04:00bushconstitutionObama backlashsenateAnd I'm not just referring to an unexpected trip to the ER a few days shy of my in-laws arrival. We are witness to incredible events unfolding across the country.Stacy McCain, hot on the trail in Alaska, reports: "It's Miller Time, America," referring to Alaskan (RINO) incumbent Murkowski's concession to Joe Miller last night. Read Stacy's piece at American Spectator, with this gem:"I asked himhttp://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/what-else-could-happen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (politicaljunkieMom)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-679909608994482665Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:53:00 +00002010-09-01T10:28:27.575-04:00For years we heard the Dem mantra: MMEE (Medicare, Medicaid, Education and the Environment). Oh, and the scary GOP is going to take away your social security. WSJ: Democrats are trying to keep control of Congress by scaring the wig off grandma with a phantom GOP plot against Social Security. That is not news. Social Security scare tactics have been regular campaign themes since FDR. President http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/09/dem-meme-is-wrongfor-america.htmlBackyardConservative@gmail.com (Anne)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-97192659317588531Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:36:00 +00002010-08-31T18:36:14.551-04:00The nice thing about being on vacation, or in this case, a mini vacation, I saw the following exchange between Gretchen Carlson and Robert Gibbs as it happened. In my rush to get things done before I return to work tomorrow, I forgot about until I came across this video at Common Cents: Until Obama gives his big speech tonight we will not know if he gives credit where credit is do and admits http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/08/will-obama-give-credit-where-credit-is.htmlctscloset@gmail.com (Carol)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-5674833760792186521Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:55:00 +00002010-08-31T10:33:18.837-04:00The Oval Office design makeover is top secret but the Obama administration lets WikiLeaks go ahead.The Ground Zero Mosque is just a simple matter of freedom of religion, no questions asked.Last night we had an arrest of alleged terrorists on a flight originating from our President Barack Obama's home airport at O'Hare.If they blow a hole there will this be the next site of a supremacist Sharia http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/08/obamas-extreme-makeover.htmlBackyardConservative@gmail.com (Anne)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-3965228168031858402Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:23:00 +00002010-08-30T10:23:03.604-04:00Are you one of those unpatriotic ninnies who erroneously believes that you can't spend your way out of a hole? Shame on you! You are the reason that Barry's "Summer of Recovery" has (unexpectedly) turned into a "Summer of Bust". Robert J. Samuelson explains: Why is the recovery faltering? There are many explanations: a depressed housing market; weaker-than-expected exports; cautious corporationshttp://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/08/this-is-no-time-to-increase-spending.htmlctscloset@gmail.com (Carol)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-2972568042271340147Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:00:00 +00002010-08-28T06:00:01.521-04:00videogoodmanmusicentertainmentMost recent posts here.http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/08/good-morning.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-6975286139931322419Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +00002010-08-28T07:59:12.749-04:00educationandy mccarthyObama backlashracejonahobama adminCharlie CristMaybe it's because I've been busy and away from the news, but even sine Steyn (how long, Mark, how long?) NRO has outdone itself today. A sample:John Derbyshire on how to fix our schools: Race to Nowhere Here is my prescription for a reform of the nation’s education system. First, destroy all the schools. Cart away the rubble for landfill and sow the ground with salt. Abolish the federal http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/08/friday-pm-various-sundry.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-7876443483660983596Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +00002010-08-28T08:02:33.237-04:002012pollsPPP pollster Tom Jensen calls these numbers brutal:The trend is the same in all three states: independents are very unhappywith Obama and Republicans dislike him more than Democrats like him. And although part of the reason his numbers are so bad in these states is that they model a 2010 electorate, the polls also show him losing far more of his 2008 voters than picking up support from folks who http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/08/swing-states-swinging-away-from-obama.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-3203111635702698805Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:12:00 +00002010-08-27T15:10:24.708-04:00baseballFor heaven's sake. Awful news for Strasburg and the Nats:WASHINGTON -- Stephen Strasburg has a torn elbow ligament and will likely have Tommy John surgery, bringing the pitcher's promising rookie season to an abrupt end. Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Friday an MRI on the right elbow revealed a "significant tear." Strasburg will travel to the West Coast for a second opinion,http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/08/that-was-fast.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-4691878353468824506Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:30:00 +00002010-08-26T12:31:00.704-04:00characterreligionobamanalysisThat a significant portion of Americans suspect Barack Obama to be a secret Muslim attests to their awareness of his ideological bias against the West, a bias which doesn't, of course, extend to eschewing the liberties and material goods Western culture has made possible. (That hardly makes him unique among critics of the West.)But his anti-Western, pro-Muslim political sympathies aside, Obama ishttp://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/08/obama-relativist.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-6427233633267853349Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:02:00 +00002010-08-25T15:26:45.336-04:00obama vacationsobamanarcissismOur tone-deaf president is turning into a parody of himself. Tapper tweets:Reporter shouts question on Iraq to POTUS, who's ordering at restaurant. POTUS responds: "We're buying shrimp, guys. Come on."It's really appalling the way the presidency cuts into his personal time.Photo from Michelle's Mirror, but no explanation there of the garment. A super-sized lobster bib?Most recent posts here.http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/08/just-let-him-order-his-shrimp.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865859791561935837.post-2514266001089318057Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:28:00 +00002010-08-25T14:50:16.274-04:00chris christieTake note, spineless politicos: His approval rating is up to 51% (not that he cares). And he didn't get there by taking the easy path.Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyMost recent posts here.http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/08/follow-christies-example.htmlpundette@gmail.com (jill)0