Obama Pundit

by C. William Chattin
It’s been suggested to me by a few wise individuals that Americans’ perceptions of health care is not incongruous; rather most people like their health care but also recognize that the system is incredibly wasteful, overpriced and terrible at serving people without employer-based coverage.
First, I take their argument seriously.  Indeed, I’m sure [...]

by C. William Chattin
The incongruity between how Americans’ regard their own health care and how they perceive everyone else’s health care is perhaps the greatest disparity between perception and reality of all major “political issues.”  A joint survey conducted by ABC News, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the USA Today found that only “44% of [...]

The former NSC staffer and critic of Bush’s policy toward Iran recently wrote that the world needed to ‘get over it’ and accept that Ahmedinejad won the election.
Now, it looks like Leverett was horribly, abominably, disastrously wrong.  He was about as off-base on the Iranian election results as he was smug in his preaching about it, which [...]

by C. William Chattin
OP, as you say, Obama’s statement — save for his self-absorbed  “As I said in Cairo” clause — finally hit the right pitch and sentiment.  And, again reiterating you, the President’s biggest adorers have already found no distinction between his initial comments, “I’m troubled by violence,” “I understand the Iranian government is [...]