G Pinckney
Interested in way too many things
DRUDGE REPORT 2013® PJ Media. Instapundit. OBAMA SAYS HE DOESN’T WATCH ENOUGH TV, AND THE NEW YORK TIMES TACITLY ADMITS IT CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF THE MEMORY HOLE. I’m not sure which is more damning, the following passage… In his meeting with the columnists, Mr. Obama indicated that he did not see enough cable television to fully appreciate the anxiety after the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, and made clear that he plans to step up his public arguments. Republicans were telling Americans that he is not doing anything when he is doing a lot, he said. …Or the fact that at least at the moment, it’s since been expunged from the Times’ article, even though it was quoted last night by blogger Tom Maguire, the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple, the Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto, and CNN’s Brian Stelter.
And it was in the Google cache as of last night as well: This isn’t the first time that the Gray Lady has airbrushed a damning moment for the administration out of its columns. Daniel P. Ace of Spades HQ. Power Line. HotAir — Politics, Culture, Media, 2012, Breaking News from a conservative viewpoint. The social triangle. Three great forces shape a society: culture, politics, and economics. Each of them influences the other. The late Andrew Breitbart famously observed that politics are “downstream” of culture. In other words, culture shapes political expectations. People tend to vote in favor of issues and candidates that enjoy cultural approval. Political commentators often refer to the “Overton window,” which covers the range of “acceptable” positions candidates can hold.
If they advocate ideas outside this range, they jeopardize their chances for re-election, because the voters will perceive them as “extremists.” This window is essentially a cultural phenomenon, because plenty of ideas beyond the Overton window are practically feasible – that is, they are both constitutionally acceptable and achievable. But politics also shapes culture. Government and culture also interact with economics. The connection between the economy and culture is obvious.
National Review Online. Dana Loesch. By: Dana Loesch ( Diary ) | May 21st at 11:31 PM | This was just too much. Lerner’s attorney offers this excuse as to why she’s pleading the 5th: Lerner ‘has not committed any crime or made any misrepresentation,’ Taylor’s letter read, ‘but under the circumstances she has no choice but to take this course.’ He is asking the oversight committee to excuse Lerner from testifying, claiming that calling her in a congressional hearing would ‘have no | Read More » By: Dana Loesch ( Diary ) | May 20th at 04:44 PM | Where was the DOJ on this leak?
Eric Holder claimed that the story on the Yemen terror plot bust was the “worst” leak he’d seen. In fact, WaPo says just the opposite, that: For five days, reporters at the Associated Press had been sitting on a big scoop about a foiled al-Qaeda plot at the request of CIA officials. By: Dana Loesch ( Diary ) | May 20th at 12:33 PM | By: Dana Loesch ( Diary ) | May 20th at 12:08 PM | By: Dana Loesch ( Diary ) | May 16th at 06:46 PM | Rep. St. Local Weather Forecast, Reports and Maps.