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Nordlinger: When up is down, c.
Jay Nordlinger on perverse images, Carter in China, Prince Harry, and more.
 	Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% Disapproval
Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% Disapproval
gallup.com — PRINCETON, NJ -- A new USA Today /Gallup poll, conducted Jan. 9-11, finds 34% of Americans approving... of the overall job George W. Bush is doing as president and 61% disapproving. Those ratings are a shade better than what Bush has received for most of ... (more) Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% ...
Carter Snubs Clinton
Carter Snubs Clinton
blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News' David Wright reports: Today may be a day when the nation briefly sets aside partisan... enmity for the peaceful transition of power, but personal enmity? That’s another matter. One small example: as the ex-Presidents gathered in the crypt... (more) Carter Snubs Clinton
U.S. debt is losing its appeal in China
U.S. debt is losing its appeal in China
iht.com — As the global downturn has intensified, Beijing is starting to keep more of its money at home,... just as the U.S. is projecting record deficits. (more) U.S. debt is losing its appeal in China
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Free the Nuremberg 24!
Power Line — ... in his Impromptus column yesterda, Jay Nordlinger remarks on the success of the mainstream media in inverting reality. Jay offers as examples the widely promulgated image of Bush as stupid, Cheney as evil and Sarah Palin as a bimbo. With respect to Governor Palin, Jay asserts: "In a nation full of bimbos, Governor Palin is one of the few who aren't." ...

Republicans Need Confidence in Our Leaders & Ideas
GayPatriot — ... Kirsanow, in turns, links Jay Nordlinger’s column on the success of the left-of-center media élites in defining prominent Republicans and conservatives as laughingstocks (Palin), monsters (Cheney) or fools (Bush).  The first problem Kirsanow identifies:  a media determined to discredit our leaders.  Note, for example how ...

Nordlinger: Defining acceptability leftward, c.
Articles on National Review Online — ... .) Bernard Lewis tells us that Sadat decided to make peace, not because he became a Zionist, but because he recognized the Soviet Union as the great threat to his country: The Soviets, not the Jews, threatened Egypt. And, increasingly, Arabs are recognizing that Iran poses the great threat to them — and they are not only recognizing it, but saying it. By the way, for remarks of Lewis, published in my piece on Middle East studies last November, go here . [image] In Tuesday s Impromptus , I quoted Jimmy Carter, who was in China for a bit. Let me dwell on him, ...

Jimmy Carter's very limited concern about human rights
Betsy's PageJay Nordlinger points to this AP report on Jimmy Carter's recent visit to China. In an interview with The Associated Press, Carter said both sides had to overcome periodic tensions and find ways to cooperate on issues including climate change, terrorism as well as the world financial crisis. "The main thing is for the new administration to work harmoniously with China ... and overcome those differences which are inevitable and seek out the best ways to cooperate as partners," Carter said on the sidelines of a conference commemorating the establishment of ties on Jan. ...

Rip Van Jay Nordlinger & The Fantasy World Of The Right
Oliver Willis — ... For those of you who thought this past election’s results might shake cons out of their collective imaginary reality, I present this column from National Review’s Jay Nordlinger: ...

Conservatives Who Want to Be Liked More Than They Want to be Right!
Flopping Aces — ... This is by way of a friendly response to the estimable Jay Nordlinger, Senior Editor at the likewise estimable National Review. Jay wrote a strong column yesterday openly saying what I’ve been hearing many conservatives express tacitly ever since the election. Reflecting on the media’s disgraceful distortion of the characters of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin, he wrote: ...

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When Up is Down
corner.nationalreview.com 1/14/2009 — In his column today, Jay Nordlinger describes how George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Sarah Palin have been caricatured in the media and the broader popular culture. Jay maintains that the Left has won, i.e., its dominance of our institutions permits ...
Notes From A Parallel Universe
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 1/13/2009 — "[President Bush] has been forthright in accepting the consequences of his decisions. He is not a shifter of blame," - Jay Nordlinger .