Vote on performance, not promises
Hat tip to Daring Fireball:
Krugman wrote yesterday: “This administration, elected on the promise of change, has already managed, in an astonishingly short time, to create the impression that it’s owned by the wheeler-dealers.”
Come on, guys. That shouldn’t be a surprise. Anyone paying attention knew Obama was one of the top Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac beneficiaries. Anyone paying attention knew that the Obama campaign deliberately enabled fraudulent donations. He’s also one of the top AIG beneficiaries. When he said he was going to spread the wealth around, what did you expect? That he was going to spread it to you?
Don’t vote on promises; vote on record and performance. There are no surprises here.
- Credit-card experts explain the extent of Obama’s deception: Ed Morrissey at Hot Air
- “The value of ignoring the AVS responses is that multiple invalid transactions may be made without fear of being rejected by the authorization systems. This means that the real owner of the credit card account is willing to allow multiple transactions to be made on the account using different names and addresses that under normal conditions would be denied.”
- Daring Fireball: John Gruber
- I’ve added John Gruber’s Daring Fireball to the blogroll for the technology section of Mimsy. He provides a running commentary on usability for computers and the web, and other technology issues, with a heavy Apple focus.
- Fannie, Freddie Salve Lauded
- "There were quite a few lobbyists retained by Fannie and Freddie who tried to influence Sen. McCain, but they never were able to get their hooks into him," said Anne Canfield, who heads the Consumer Mortgage Coalition, a lending trade group that has advocated for overhaul of the government-sponsored enterprises.
More Barack Obama
- Obama to lead domestic violence shelter
- Former President Barack Obama promises to tear down the barriers of hate, and end the divisions that plague shelters. “We will restore the Sanctuary’s image as the last, best hope for acceptance for all those touched by domestic violence.”
- Trump vs. the Media: authenticity and humility
- A meme running around comparing what President Trump wrote in the Holocaust memorial guestbook to what Senator Obama wrote shows a surprising humility in President Trump.
- The Last Defense against Donald Trump?
- When you’ve dismantled every other defense, what’s left except the whining? The fact is, Democrats can easily defend against Trump over-using the power of the presidency. They don’t want to, because they want that power intact when they get someone in.
- Election lessons: be careful what you wish for
- Republicans should learn from the Democrats’ mistake of the primary season: be careful what you wish for, you might just get… half of it. They wanted Donald Trump as Hillary Clinton’s opponent.
- Lessons for new Presidents: Entangling long-term alliances
- How will our foreign policy change after President Obama’s Fortress America?
- 26 more pages with the topic Barack Obama, and other related pages
More presidential elections
- Nothing to fear but a brokered convention
- The reason someone smart would want a brokered convention is that it’s exciting, and it means media coverage, and even more, it means unfiltered media coverage.
- If I were running for president…
- I’d make heavy use of short videos, and I’d record everything I did with the media.
- Fighting for the American Dream
- Joe the Plumber writes about his experiences at the center of one of the most vicious smear campaigns in recent memory.
- McCain sees the light: campaign finance reform dead
- Now, will he introduce bills to repeal those laws?
- A proven reformer
- If one thing exemplifies the difference between the two main campaigns, it’s their encouragement of anonymous donors.
- 21 more pages with the topic presidential elections, and other related pages
Remember: Trump reassures crowd after assassination attempt fails. (read more…)
Blogroll
- According To Hoyt
- Ace of Spades HQ
- The Anchoress
- John Hayward
- Legal Insurrection
- National Motorists blog
- The Other McCain
- samizdata.net
- Sultan Knish