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Word of the week: “Inartful”

Posted by: ST on July 1, 2008 at 7:49 pm » 9 Comments

Inartful: Word used by Barack Obama to describe statements made by himself, his campaign, or his surrogates that, when scrutinized, he would rather quickly be swept under the rug.  Examples: 1.  Last week, in advance of the SCOTUS ruling in favor of the Second Amendment, the Obama campaign responded by saying: With the Supreme Court poised to rule [...]

 

Barack Obama: General election presidential candidate

Posted by: ST on July 1, 2008 at 2:28 pm » 4 Comments

Recent positions taken by the junior Senator from Illinois have me wondering if the general election version of Barack Obama would have ever made it past the primaries. Arianna Huffington has even blasted Obama today, suggesting that “moving to the middle is for losers.” —— Ed Morrissey has documented yet another BO flip flop, this [...]

 

Flip, flip, flippin’ (TUE OPEN THREAD)

Posted by: ST on July 1, 2008 at 11:30 am » 4 Comments

Memeorandum’s linked up to a ton of news stories today on Barry Oh!, including stories about more general election shifts and flips from the “candidate of change.” Just keep scrolling down and check out what catches your eye. I’ll be back later this afternoon/evening to blog about some of it