Initiating Cortex Download
GorT has been slammed – work is crazy (in a good way…mostly), he has a senior in high school who is in the middle of the college search process, two others who along with the senior have been busy with … Continue reading →
Category Archives: President
Commander-in-Nothing
So, President Obama dropped a new one on us yesterday that was so bad, even the Washington Post is calling out his blunder. In a response to a question, “Do you wish you had left a residual force in Iraq? Any … Continue reading →
Maybe She Won’t Run
GorT has started hearing some rumblings that Hillary Clinton may not run for President in 2016 and it’s likely you have too. A number of reasons have surfaced to beckon this question: She will be a grandmother as her daughter … Continue reading →
Rand Paul Just Lost the Presidency
You know, it’s difficult to dislike Rand Paul. He’s a charming, well-spoken, thoughtful Senator who has more than a little of the country gentleman about him. He is very strict in his reading of the Constitution, extremely limited in his … Continue reading →
Happy President’s Day
This was inspired by the Lil Medstudent’s sudden taking to of the Animaniacs which is in heavy rotation on The Hub. This is a little dated (e.g. it stops with President Clinton), but its still a lot of fun: President … Continue reading →
The President is Losing It
History will vindicate my memory.—James Buchanan The worst president ever.—History The suggested gun rights legislation should be of enormous interest to political bird watchers like yourselves. Perhaps you don’t own or even care about firearms; even so, what’s happening now … Continue reading →
Calvin Coolidge Could Have
President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. No President – not me or any of my predecessors could have repaired all the damage in just four years. Also sprach Bill Clinton to the nation at the … Continue reading →
Autopens: Legitimate or No?
The Burgher of Bong has been unusually silent of late, probably because Mandarin loaded him up with extra work. The Czar doesn’t pretend to understand what it is, but they have this new device that shoots blue rings of light … Continue reading →
How a Romney Presidency Actually Will Be Different
Things will be different, we can safely say. Indeed, has not every newly elected President said that? After promises, and hand shakes, and baby kisses, every new President insists this time it will be different. And yet, it always winds … Continue reading →
And The Election Goes To…
Your Mandarin is pleased to report that Mitt Romney has won the Presidential election. You may be asking, “Inscrutable Mandarin, how were you able to make this proclamation? Did you travel in time to see the outcome? Did you consult … Continue reading →
Love’s Labors Bucked
The Czar will not deny he gets great email. Take this message from the Burgher of Bong. Bong is a real place, and it is just to the South of our Castle. The Burgher came to visit us once, and … Continue reading →
Dark Lord of the Sith…
Your Mandarin watched a portion of President Obama’s State of the Union address. One portion of the address that struck your Mandarin as disturbing was when the President, after stating that he wanted Congress to put a bill on his … Continue reading →
Course Correction
Do we not have super-smart readers? Check out this important course correction from Operative B2. Oh Dread Lord of the Castle Gormogon,Exalted knower of many things, Permit me to make a slight correction to your description of the chain of … Continue reading →
Weighed and Counted
Poll numbers are always interesting. No, wait—most polls are totally uninteresting. Let us rephrase that: polls that agree with our point of view are always interesting. CBS News, which seems to have noticed the bloom is off the rose faster … Continue reading →
Cain Needs To Grow Up
It may well be time for Herman Cain to grow up. Somewhere, somehow, deep down, he knows his initial candidacy for President was a foregone waste of time. But his incurable optimism, his refusal to think like a jaded Beltway … Continue reading →
Why Christie Must Not Run
Since none of you are evidently able to respond to Jedmo1996 on his questions regarding racial hypocrisy, we should like to bring up another valuable contribution of his. You do not want Chris Christie as your next president. No, not … Continue reading →
Is Cain Able?
In case you did not realize it, the Republicans held their 85th debate tonight since the start of the year. Fox went for schtick with Google/YouTube supplying the questions; that got tiring, but when you think about it, the candidates … Continue reading →
A Post-Myrmidon Presidency
Hey Furry-faced Czar-dude*: You’ve been around for every election in US history. Has there ever been a president who didn’t run for re-election? Would it be a huge scandal if BHO dropped out, or what? As always, yours, etc. etc.D.T.*I … Continue reading →
Growing Voices Call For A Democratic Alternative
Steve Chapman of The Chicago Tribune provides some rationale as to “Why the President Should Withdraw.” There is now a growing chorus, fueled by a gathering realizaton, that (a) the President cannot hope to defeat the Republicans and (b) he … Continue reading →
Leading From Behind in the Polls
What a welcome surprise always is a vulture sitting on the parapet outside our window, a hand-written note tightly tied around the talon from our Ninjababe Minion Emily G. Also sprach Ninjababe: I was tempted to great your Czarness with … Continue reading →
Iconoclasty
Well, now, this is just really great prose: My subject, however, is the recurring Democratic complaint—or, more properly, talking point—that the Republican Party has now ‘strayed’ so far to the right that its onetime standard bearers, from Abraham Lincoln to … Continue reading →
AgStateSense: Scott O on Newt Gingrich
The great Scott O has been thinking about Newt Gingrich. The Czar thinks Mr. O has got things exactly right. His opinion is short, and if he does not object, the Czar elects to reprint it in its near entirety … Continue reading →
Bob Dole 2012?
1996 Republican Presidential candidate Robert “Bob” Dole has launched an exploratory committee for a 2012 Presidential run. “I mean, what the f—,” Dole explained to a room containing three reporters. “Every other goddamn has-been wash-out candidate for the last 20 … Continue reading →
Palin Ain’t It, Either
The Czar has come to the unfortunate realization that Sarah Palin, despite her talents and media sizzle, is now unelectable. Perhaps this is a good thing. —Her recent association with Donald Trump was a major mistake, when other GOP leaders … Continue reading →
The Ideal GOP Candidate
More and more people are concluding that Barack Obama is one of America’s worst presidents. And that’s just among his office staff. The GOP, as this site has warned ad nauseum, has to be extremely careful to pick the right … Continue reading →
Ryan vs. Obama: What the Numbers Suggest
How bad are things for the President? According to Weekly Standard’s Jeffrey H. Anderson,, Paul Ryan could beat him solo. According to his calculus: To win the presidency, Ryan would just have to win his home state and hold GOP-leaning … Continue reading →
Seriously. Mitt is the Best You Got?
All right, the Czar will put this as delicately as he can. Mitt Romney is not a great choice for a presidential candidate. Not against the marketing muscle of Barack Obama, anyway. Now for the disclaimers. First, Obama is not … Continue reading →
Thoughts On GOP Candidates
Well, goodness, look at the time. Here we are, March of 2011, and we still do not know who the GOP candidate for president will be. This has so badly torn up the news media that the poor kids are … Continue reading →
Czar’s Mailbag Is Now Empty
The Czar is finally getting around to tackling a backlog of mail. First up, BG writes in: I read this and all I could think was, “Arghhh! The stupid! It burns!!!!!!!!!” E.J. Dionne writes: So on the one hand, we … Continue reading →
History Calls Collect
Ah, history. Where would we be without ya? The Czar thinks much of history. Today, he is thinking about a belief once shared by American politicians: the best presidents, the thought goes, neither seek the Presidency nor reject the call … Continue reading →
Precedent President?
Unless you have been living on the moon (which is possible in our case), or have a job, or have basically anything better to do with your time—that should cover everybody—you have no doubt heard one of two stories: That … Continue reading →
Myrmidon Mail
DT writes in: Bewitching, Bedazzling, and Bewildering Czar, It is obvious to your minions lackeys myrmidons operatives that at some future point you will appoint a leader for our great country (assuming, of course, that you wouldn’t take the pay … Continue reading →
Presidential Vacations
The press, both here and abroad, are now focusing on the Obama family’s serial vacations. Criticizing presidents for taking so-called vacations has always struck ‘Puter as blazingly stupid. It was stupid when the press jumped all over President Bush for … Continue reading →
The Gormogons’ take on La Palin’s resignation?
Ok, ok, stop asking. The Volgi’s take is this: Palin’s long suits are just ridiculous quantities of charisma and a devoted following among evangelicals, many pro-life Catholics, and a substantial group of conservative women. Unless she’s leaving Juneau one step … Continue reading →
Colonial Williamsburg This Isn’t
Here is an interesting article from the June 25th, 2009 American Thinker web site by L.E. Ikenga that focuses on President Obama’s identification with the cultural and political mindset of postcolonial Africa. One can easily identify the policies and politics … Continue reading →
Our Next President
Whoever our next president turns out to be, that person will be the President of the United States. “Of course, he will, ‘Puter. That’s just a statement of fact”, you respond wisely. Maybe so, but you’d not know it from … Continue reading →