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The Honeymoon: Over Before It Began!
The Honeymoon: Over Before It Began!
Many liberals have what strikes me as a touching faith that the election of Barack Obama will cause America to be better loved by people around the world, including those who are ideologically hostile to the United States. They take seriously the idea that the fact that George Bush is hated in ...
IDF begins shelling northern Gaza for 1st time since op began | Israel | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com — For the first time since the start of Operation Cast Lead, the IDF began firing artillery shells... into northern Gaza on Saturday afternoon, IDF officials said. According to reports, the artillery units were attacking targets in northern Gaza from where ... (more) IDF begins shelling northern Gaza for 1st time since op ...
Delusions, cont'd
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — "Hamas legislators won a democratic majority in elections four years ago." -- Ethan Bronner, NYT online, Jan.... 3. "Eighteen months ago, Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in a coup." --George W. Bush , radio address, Jan. 3. I was just saying to a ... (more) Delusions, cont'd
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Meet the new Great Satan, same as the old...
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] Is this a record? It's still two weeks to inauguration but the Planet Healer-elect is already being denounced on the streets of world capitals *! In this season of change, it's good to know some things never do. (*and, in this case, his boyhood home) ...

Hugh Hewitt: Hamas Reeling?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... . Does the lame duck Israeli government have the strength of will to take as long as necessary to cripple Hamas? Will the Obama Adminstration stand by Israel if Israel does attempt to crush the terrorist organization? As John Hinderaker points out, the Islamist radical fringe is already blaming the president-elect for Israel's offensive . It is hard to imagine that the new president or his secretary of state would begin their time in office by pressuring Israel to end its battle against Hamas, but the silence from the transition office is worrying.

Hugh Hewitt: Hamas Reeling?
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog — ... . Does the lame duck Israeli government have the strength of will to take as long as necessary to cripple Hamas? Will the Obama Adminstration stand by Israel if Israel does attempt to crush the terrorist organization? As John Hinderaker points out, the Islamist radical fringe is already blaming the president-elect for Israel's offensive . It is hard to imagine that the new president or his secretary of state would begin their time in office by pressuring Israel to end its battle against Hamas, but the silence from the transition office is worrying.

2009 Already Providing Tremendous Fodder For Talk Radio, Blogs
The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney — ... Though Obama's supporters promised Americans that the world's tyrants, despots and terrorists would suddenly love us upon his election, protests against the Dear Leader have already occurred in Jakarta (see above-right image) ...

Muslims Fail to Revere the Moonbat Messiah
Moonbattery — ... Here I was thinking that all the world would love America once bad old W had been replaced by the unicorn-riding Magic Negro. Hat tip: Power Line, on a tip from V the K.

Power Line celebrates hate directed at Obama
Crooks and Liars — John Hinderaker just can't wait to get his Obama Derangement Syndrome on with this post. So I confess to some satisfaction in seeing Obama's likeness paraded at a hate rally in Jakarta, along with those of Mubarak and Olmert. The protesters were blaming Obama for Israel's attack on Hamas, when he hasn't even been inaugurated yet! Hinderaker once called President Bush a genius, which gives us some insight about his acuity and stability "mentally." It must be very strange to be President ...

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