LoneStarLizard | July 24, 2009
From the Drudge Report:
COOL TURNS COLD: OBAMA ‘BELOW 50%’
Fri Jul 24 2009 08:24:16 ET
For First Time, Obama’s Approval Rating Falls Below 50%
Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance, RASMUSSEN will report later this morning.
This marks the first time his overall approval rating has ever fallen below 50% among [...]
LoneStarLizard | May 5, 2009
Breaking News from the Associated Press:
Obamas take a walk, holding hands in the evening!!!1!
And again from the AP:
Obama, Biden wait in line to buy hamburgers!!
(To comment on this article at Digg, go here).
This is American Journalism at it’s finest folks.
LoneStarLizard | May 5, 2009
Imagine if Bush had done this:
El Presidente Obama celebrates ‘Cinco de Cuatro’
Well, there goes some of the Latino vote next time.
President Obama greeted a White House crowd this afternoon gathered for a May 4 premature celebration of Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican holiday honoring an upset military victory over the French, whose troops didn’t do so [...]
LoneStarLizard | March 26, 2009
Shamelessly double-posted from RedStatePolitics.com. Because I feel that strongly about this.
I signed this petition and I hope that if congressman Murtha makes you as sick to your stomach as he makes me, you’ll sign it too. You do not have to be in the military to sign the petition, as long as you are an American you [...]
LoneStarLizard | March 17, 2009
From the Associated Press:
Former President George W. Bush says he won’t criticize President Barack Obama because Obama “deserves my silence,” and says he plans to write a book about the 12 toughest decisions he made in office. Bush’s speech Tuesday at a luncheon in Calgary, Alberta was his first since leaving office.
He declined to comment [...]
LoneStarLizard | February 24, 2009
From Gallup:
For the first time since Gallup began tracking Barack Obama’s presidential job approval rating on Jan. 21, fewer than 60% of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president…
In Feb. 21-23 polling, 59% of Americans give Obama a positive review..
So, as soon as his job approval hits 49.9%, can we start chanting [...]
LoneStarLizard | January 25, 2009
This is just embarrassing:
A Texas representative has pre-filed a controversial bill for the next legislative session that would make English the official language of Texas.
Texas Rep. Dan Flynn authored the bill, which would require documents in Texas to be printed in English only, with the exception of those required otherwise by federal law. The measure [...]
LoneStarLizard | January 21, 2009
From The Hill:
The crowd packed on the west side of the Capitol grounds serenaded President Bush in mocking fashion when he took to the inaugural stage alongside Vice President Dick Cheney.
“Nah nah nah nah, hey hey, good-bye,” a section of the crowd chanted.
The crowd packed immediately below the podium received Bush in stony silence when [...]
LoneStarLizard | January 9, 2009
From WOAI (via the Associated Press):
AUSTIN (AP) - The University of Texas at Austin has “lost control” of its admissions policy and wants to change the law that guarantees automatic entry to students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class, UT President William Powers said Wednesday.
Powers said a record 81 [...]