Author: Donald Douglas

Well, it’s not all babe-blogging and punk flashbacks around here! [Here, actually.] I do actually find time to read some professional literature — although that won’t matter to those attacking me as a sh**ty political scientist! (I’ll respond to that later … idiots!) Anyway, here’s a great piece from the latest International Security, Vipin Narang’s, […]

I’ve got a Memeorandum thread this morning, first time in a while. It turns out just writing about the murdering proclivities of radical Obama-backing Harvard professors gets some folks on the radical left pretty angry. Comrade Repsac3, Commissar of State Security, People’s Commissariat for Internet Affairs, who I thought put his Donald-demonology to bed, must […]

Getting ready to watch “The Bachelor” in a little while. So, let me share some day-after-Valentine’s blog stuff. From the Los Angeles Times, “Matchmakers’ Personal Touch Thrives Despite EHarmony, Match.com“: Like social networking, which had many dating industry experts inaccurately predicting the demise of paid Internet dating sites, Internet dating hasn’t killed matchmaking, but fed […]

The main story’s at the Huntsville Times, “University of Alabama in Huntsville Biology Professor in Custody Regarding Deadly Shooting at Faculty Meeting.” But AOSHQ has a report, “Three Dead at University of Alabama at Huntsville as Woman Denied Tenure Opens Fire.” And FWIW, here’s this from Professor Bishop’s RateMyProfessors page: Neuroscience essentially turns into a […]

I wrote yesterday about the “black ‘copter tea party” meme, which is the latest MSM/netroots initiative to discredit and marginalize the tea party movement. In the wake of Scott Brown’s election in Massachusetts (where grassroots activists and tea party tweeps helped propel Brown’s campaign to victory) you might have noticed the ratcheted effort on the […]

This piece at Media Matters is a good representation of the current state of Palin Derangement Syndrome. But Sarah Palin’s prospects look brighter than ever, from where I’m sitting, and to that effect, Ronald Brownstein pretty much nails it in his piece this morning, “Palin’s Beer-Track Populism“: As a potential general election candidate in 2012, […]

Glenn Reynolds snapped some shots, “SOME PICS FROM SARAH PALIN’S SPEECH.” And CNN has a clip, “Palin Blasts Democrats in Tea Party Speech“: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin drew many standing ovations from a friendly crowd Saturday night as she blasted Washington Democrats and the Obama administration in a keynote speech for what was billed […]

A pretty favorable piece from this morning’s New York Times: “Palin, Visible and Vocal, Is Positioned for Variety of Roles.” But more critically, at Politico, “Palin’s Risky Bid to Lead Tea Party“: After flirting coyly for months, Sarah Palin this weekend launches an aggressive play to become the leader of the tea party movement, a […]

From Gateway Pundit, “Andrew Breitbart at National Tea Party Convention to Media: “It’s Not Your Business Model That Sucks, It’s You That Sucks” (Video): Transcript from Newsbusters, “Breitbart to Media at Tea Party Convention: ‘It’s Not Your Business Model That Sucks, It’s You That Sucks!’“: When I watched Contessa Brewer on MSNBC raise the question […]

Now, that’s got to be a compliment, or something! I saw Mike Reicher and Gretchen Meier at last night’s Newt Gingrich lecture. They were sitting right in front of me, on the floor actually, during the talk. In fact, that’s Mike Reicher on the right in this picture, where we see Speaker Gingrich exiting stage […]

I don’t use the old-fashioned term “liberal” to describe today’s political left, and while my view on this has been firmly grounded in abstract ideological thinking (which some, in futility, have challenged), it’s interesting we have some confirmation of such leftist identification in David Paul Kuhn, discussing Gallup’s new poll, “Majority of Dems View Socialism […]

Okay, following up on my post from last night, “Newt Gingrich in the O.C.!,” unlike many other politicians I’ve met, Newt Gingrich seemed like a cold, self-superior political actor. There was no sense of inclination toward glad-handing. In contrast, videos of Sarah Palin at her book signings show a potential candidate eager to engage her […]

At Fox News, “U.S. Attorney Steps Down From O’Keefe Case.” (Via Memeorandum.) Also, from the Times-Picayune, “U.S. Attorney Jim Letten Recuses Himself From Landrieu Phone Tampering Case.” (Via Patterico.) Also, James O’Keefe’s interview on Hannity, “The People’s Office.” Meanwhile, Marcy Wheeler keeps it up with the sexualized slanders, “TeaBugger Victimology.” And you gotta notice the […]

Actually, this seems like a comment from folks like snark-ass JBW: Dear Dr Douglas: If you want to see the Liberty Bell, or the place where the Declaration of Independence was debated and signed, we have the originals here in Pennsylvania; you don’t have to see faux copies. But actually, that’s from Dana at Common […]

Here’s the latest from the Washington Post, “ACORN Foe Tweeted About Planned Sting of Sen. Landrieu’s Office” (via Memeorandum). However, no tweet cited there says any such thing: On New Year’s Eve, conservative activist James O’Keefe telegraphed across the Internet that he was up to something big. On the social networking site Twitter, he said […]

I doubt these views are particularly representative, from the comments at my essay yesterday on Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts: Personally, I don’t give a whit about social conservatism. As far as I’m concerned, there is not much of a difference between progressives and social conservatives in that both want to tell me how to […]

At the Los Angeles Times, “Toyota Temporarily Stops Selling Eight Models Covered by Recall“: Toyota Motor Corp. has taken the unprecedented stop of halting sales and production of eight models, including the top-selling Camry and Corolla, because their accelerator pedals can stick and cause runaway acceleration. Toyota sent an email to its roughly 1,200 U.S. […]

The full story is at the New York Times, “4 Arrested in Phone Tampering at Landrieu Office.” And Michelle Malkin expresses the surprise on the conservative right, “Ugh: ACORN-Buster Busted at Sen. Landrieu’s Office in Alleged Bugging Plot; Affidavit Link Added“: The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that James O’Keefe, half of the ACORN-busting duo that […]

I gotta tell ya: These Downfall spoofs are still pretty good despite dozens of iterations. I laughed — LAUGHED!! — at “My lips are still sore from kissing his butt,” with the mental visuals of King Charles brown-nosing Markos Moultisas a bit much! Anyway, from Pamela, “Sunday NY Times Magazine Profiles the Notorious ex Biggie […]

I just checked Andrew Sullivan’s Sitemeter. Oh sure, I know he’s still a big name blogger, but I’m curious to see his traffic stats given his latest meltdown over Scott Brown’s election. What kind of demand is there for these really freaked screeds against the voters in MA? (Sully peaked in the early afternoon at […]

Folks might want to go back and take a look at the very first piece I published at Pajamas Media, “Obama’s Fundraising Fraud.” At the time of writing, in late October 2008, the Barack Obama presidential campaign had raised more the $200 million in small contribution of $200 or less. Such small individual donations are […]

I think last night really demonstrated the immediacy and power of Twitter. When Scott Brown announced that his daughters were “available,” Kathleen McKinley sent this tweet in real time: I saw a few more tweets from women bloggers who were similarly shocked. It wasn’t the high point of Brown’s speech, but he’s easily forgiven considering […]

From Charlie Cook, at National Journal, “Colossal Miscalculation On Health Care: Obama and Hill Democrats Should Have Focused Much More on the Economy“: Honorable and intelligent people can disagree over the substance and details of what President Obama and congressional Democrats are trying to do on health care reform and climate change. But nearly a […]

This is an unusual headline for a major news story with just days remaining in the race: “Coakley underestimated Scott Brown in Mass. Senate race. And that’s at the Boston Globe too, where the editors just endorsed the lackluster Coakley over the insurgent Republican Brown: After Attorney General Martha Coakley sailed largely unscathed through the […]

From IBD, “Democratic Party Pouring Cash Into Mass. to Stop GOP Upset“: GOP state Sen. Scott Brown may be able to win Tuesday’s special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s old seat. Even if he loses, it’s clear that his campaign’s momentum has sent shock waves through the Democratic Party. “No one thought this would be […]

The Associated Press reported that the Weekly Standard‘s John McCormack “stumbled as he tried to speak with the Democrat while simultaneously videotaping her and trying to pass a metal grate on a Washington sidewalk.” Funny thing is, though, Meehan has now apologized for McCormack’s “stumble.” See, “Apology Accepted” (via Memeorandum): A remorseful Michael P. Meehan […]

Kenneth Davenport predicts a Scott Brown victory in the Massachusetts special election. See, “Prediction: Shock and Awe in Massachusetts.” And you know, that might be a pretty good bet. From Amy Walter, “How Long Will Massachusetts Dems Feel Blue? Among Enthusiastic Voters, The Bay State’s Senate Race Is A Surprising Dead Heat“: How does a […]

A year ago, I wrote more on gay marriage than anything else. On the heels of passage of Proposition 8, Californians witnessed one of the most vicious campaigns of partisan demonization witnessed in post-civil rights American politics. I noted this briefly the other day, in my essay, “The Coming Prop 8 Show Trial.” The question […]

I’m telling you, this just brightens my day — and I’ve been having a good one already! Those guys at the People’s Cube are simply the best. One of those sharp cookies over there bought the domain name .com for the most-likely alternate version of Cindy Sheehan’s new organizing website, “Peace of the Action,” which […]

The full entry is cross-posted from American Power. It’s been a long couple of days, but I’ll never forget my SoCal freeway-flying with Robert Stacy McCain riding shotgun, manning the navigation system, and filing for deadline near-abouts simultaneously! The man is a journalistic workhorse, and cruising pregame with McCain will leave you loaded for bear […]