July 6, 2010
Damaged goods: President to make recess appointment for Medicare head
Obama pulls a Bush and sidesteps the Senate.
July 5, 2010
Hillary: Venezuela silences independent voices and shares American values of free speech
What a difference two days make.
June 24, 2010
Now Obama says he uses his Twitter account … though his thumbs are probably still clumsy
Can we believe anything the president says about how he uses technology?
March 27, 2010
Then: Recess appointments are ‘damaged goods.’ Now: ‘In the interest of the American people’
Recess appointments were “damaged goods” under President Bush, but just good under Obama.
February 3, 2010
LaHood immediately walks back ‘stop driving’ Toyotas remark
Transportation secretary has a habit of sticking his foot in his mouth.
January 29, 2010
President then: You can keep your doctor. President now: It wouldn’t happen
Obama disingenuously says provisions “snuck” into bill would separate patients from their doctors.
January 27, 2010
Spending cap flip flop: From a scalpel to a hatchet
President swaps his precise instrument for a blunt tool.
January 6, 2010
President pushes tax on health benefits
A bad idea when it comes from John McCain, OK when it comes from Senate Democrats.
December 29, 2009
White House spin: From ‘system worked’ to ‘systemic failure’
Claiming the “system worked” when it clearly failed is just stupid.
December 15, 2009
Obama: Insulation is ‘sexy’
President Obama says insulation is “sexy” because it saves money. Perhaps he should try to be more attractive.
December 3, 2009
February: Only government can end unemployment. Today: Only the private sector can end unemployment
Today the president said that economic recovery will “only” come from the private sector. That’s not what he said nine months ago.
August 4, 2009
White House walks back statement that Ahmadinejad is the ‘elected leader’ of Iran
Aboard Air Force One today, Robert Gibbs retracted his statement that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the “elected leader” of Iran.
Biden: Now the stimulus is working … really!
In the course of about two months, Veep Joe Biden has gone from saying the stimulus package was working, to saying it wasn’t meant to “jolt” the economy and back to saying it’s working.
July 26, 2009
Now Biden says stimulus wasn’t meant to, you know, stimulate
Perhaps following the president’s lead, Veep Joe Biden today argues in The New York Times that the $787 billion stimulus package passed in February wasn’t meant to “jolt” the economy.
July 25, 2009
Easing rules for lobbyists on stimulus projects
Instead of requiring lobbyists to communicate with government officials in writing, the administration’s new rules will let them lobby for their projects at cocktail parties.