The Daily Gouge

It’s Monday, September 19th, 2011….and here’s The Gouge! First up, the WSJ‘s Stephen Moore contrasts fantasy…. ….and…. ….reality: The Obama Promise: Then and Now The president’s own economic words are coming back to haunt him. Barack Obama now faces perhaps his most politically crippling deficit of all: a credibility deficit. That observation is reflected in […]

It’s Friday, September 16th, 2011….but before we begin, a quick question: based on her latest column….and at the risk of ending a sentence with a preposition….what planet is Peggy Noonan FROM?!? Now, here’s the Gouge! First up on the last Gouge of the week, in an item courtesy of the WSJ, Paul Peterson and Dan […]

It’s Thursday, September 15th, 2011….and here’s the Gouge! First up, as this forward from George Lawlor details, what used to be the thrill of victory is now the agony of “da feet”….as the results of yesterday’s special Congressional elections have Dimocrats running for the door! Twin defeats spark Democratic fears The Democratic Party’s rare loss […]

It’s Wednesday, September 14th, 2011….and here’s the Gouge! First up on the mid-week edition, the latest from Thomas Sowell, who asks if The Obamao’s latest transfer of taxpayer’s hard-earned cash to his union cronies doesn’t bring to mind…. Back to the Future? Those who are impressed by words seem to think that President Barack Obama […]

It’s Tuesday, September 13th, 2011….and here’s the Gouge! First up, the WSJ‘s Bret Stephens offers his observations on…. Israel’s Predicament What is Israel’s predicament? It is this: It is surrounded on nearly all sides by enemies who are aggressively committed to its destruction. And too many people who call themselves its friends are only ambivalently […]

It’s Monday, September 12th, 2011….and here’s the Gouge! Leading off the week, two outstanding bits of commentary/analysis; first, Michael Barone in the Washington Examiner: Obama Buys the Drinks That Other Guys Pay For What is there to say about Barack Obama’s speech to Congress Thursday night and the so-called American Jobs Act he said Congress […]

It’s Friday, September 9th, 2011….but before we begin, we’ll insert one more bit of fact, courtesy of Speed Mach, into Team Tick-Tock’s ever-growing web of fiction:   Now, here’s the Gouge! First up, after observing Wednesday’s GOP debate, James Taranto reports…. Why They Cheered Capital punishment brings out the worst in the liberal elite. Perhaps […]

It’s Thursday, September 8th, 2011….and in honor of the President’s imminent oratory, let’s talk about jobs, which, as the WSJ‘s Stephen Moore details at around the 1-minute mark of the following video clip from March 25, 2010….   ….The Obamao’s been locked-on with his laser-like focus as long as we’ve been unfortunate enough to know […]

It’s Wednesday, September 7th, 2011….but before we begin, a brief comment on current events. First, the only aspect of the Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. kerfuffle that even merits attention is the rank hypocrisy on display once again by the Left. However, just as every cloud has a silver lining, Hoffa’s comments did give us pause to […]

It’s Tuesday, September 6th, 2011….and here’s the Gouge! First up, the WSJ‘s William McGurn offers his insight into the who, what, where, when and why of what may be the least-anticipated speech by an American President in history: The President’s Speech Impediment The grander the stage, the smaller Mr. Obama comes across. In everyday life, […]