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It was rather incredible for Barack Obama to express outrage over the Supreme Court's pruning of McCain-Feingold's regulation of public financing and corporate campaign donations, since in June 2008 Obama became the first presidential candidate to forgo public financing in the general election, expecting that by doing so he could raise several millions more, much of it from the Wall Street and big-money interests that he now serially demonizes. The problem with Obama's hypocrisy is not just that, like most politicians, he does not do what he says, but that he fudges so vehemently and loudly and, to be candid,...

As a young child, I used to love those coyote and roadrunner cartoons from Warner Brothers where the coyote barreled off the edge of a cliff, took a few extra steps and then looked down. This was then followed by Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius getting his traffic ticket from the gravity cops. It’s a shame that Nancy Pelosi’s idea to cut student loan interest rates in half by legislative fiat won’t lead to a similarly amusing comeuppance. Actually, this law will most certainly lead to someone’s embarrassing pratfall, it’s just that no one that has contributed to the outrageous...

Everyone loves a good hypocrite; they make us feel superior just for being consistent, if not competent. Accordingly the Internets are getting a good snort out of Wal-Mart basher John Edwards getting caught looking for Wal-Mart to hook him up with a Playstation 3. Edwards explains that an overzealous campaign staffer – is there ever any other kind? – took his family's longings for a Playstation 3 a little too seriously. A call was placed to Wal-Mart to see if the Edwards clan could somehow jump to the front of the line for season's hottest gotta' have gift. Aside from...

Attention Wal-Mart shoppers: Democrats disapprove of your buying habits. Democrats are fleshing out their domestic agenda with attacks on the company that brings you everyday low prices. The party is divided about how to address the threat of the insurgents and militias bedeviling us in Iraq, but is united by its response to the threat represented by extremely affordable retail goods and groceries. Appearing at Wal-Mart-bashing rallies has become practically mandatory for Democratic presidential aspirants, according to the New York Times. The Democrats call their broadsides against the super-retailer “populist,” but it’s an odd populism that attacks a company that...

If Democrats believe anything these days, it is that it is wrong to question anyone's patriotism. For John Kerry, this is a matter of sacred conviction. He calls the defeat in 2002 of former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland "the most craven moment I have ever seen in American politics," because "the Republican party challenged this man's patriotism." He routinely vows to fight back with a fearsome "message for those who try to challenge the Democrats and say to them 'you're unpatriotic.'" In Kerry's book, only the desperate hurl such charges: "It's curious to me how angry they get and how...