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Lupica: So much for giving Obama a chance
Lupica: So much for giving Obama a chance
Once, 100 days was the mythical grace period for a new President. This one doesn't get five minutes. In the process, he finds out that Washington is even lousier and meaner with partisanship than he knew before he got there.
Lupica: So much for giving Obama a chance
Lupica: So much for giving Obama a chance
nydailynews.com — Once, 100 days was the mythical grace period for a new President. This one doesn't get five... minutes. In the process, he finds out that Washington is even lousier and meaner with partisanship than he knew before he got there. (more) Lupica: So much for giving Obama a chance
Took A Chance On "Taking Chance"
Took A Chance On "Taking Chance"
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com — and left my comments over at Blackfive's place in the hopes that the Phelps family will see... them.If you have HBO I can wholeheartedly recommend that you watch this movie, with generous amounts of Kleenex handy.But this is more then a movie about the ... (more) Took A Chance On "Taking Chance"
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Mike Lupica thinks that we need to leave Obama alone!
RedState: Conservative News and Community — That is, convincing sports writers that they, too, can be political pundits. Which maybe they can, but this particular example rapidly went from ‘funny’ to ’sad’: Naysayers in media and partisans in both parties are undermining Obama The real wisdom on the current state of American politics comes from the great Walt Kelly, from his Earth Day poster from 1970, the one in which Pogo famously says, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Appropriately enough, the subject of the poster is pollution. There is so much of that going on around the new President these days he probably wants to wear a gas mask. Look, I have nothing ...

POLITICS: Leave Barack Alone!1!1!1!
Baseball Crank — ... had a column this morning weeping bitter tears over his shock and hurt that people are criticizing Barack Obama. Amazing, when you think about it, that the President of the United States should receive criticism. It's such a novel concept. ...

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