The Daily Gouge

It’s Thursday, July 19th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! Leading of today’s order, Profiles in Stupidity, courtesy of CNS News and the House Minority Whip, a position which, based on the statements of the current occupant, must present few, if any, barriers to entry: Steny Hoyer: Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance are the Two Most ‘Stimulative’ Things […]

It’s Wednesday, July 18th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up on the mid-week edition, the WSJ suggests the formula for a winning campaign is there; the Mittquis of Queensbury simply needs to follow the right instructions while mixing the formula: Staples vs. Solyndra Mitt Romney needs to make a better argument for Bain capitalism.   […]

It’s Tuesday, July 17th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up, Bret Stephens makes a point we’ve shared with you for years: The Hillary Myth Can anyone name an achievement to justify the adulation of our secretary of state?   Suddenly we’re supposed to believe that Hillary Clinton is a great secretary of state. Eric Schmidt […]

It’s Monday, July 16th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up, her recent statement of disinterest notwithstanding, as Michael Rubin writes in CommentaryMagazine.com, true Conservatives have very serious…. Reservations About Rice   Speculation that Governor Romney will choose Condoleezza Rice as his running mate is all the rage right now in Washington and among political reporters. […]

It’s Friday, July 13th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up on the last edition of the week, a most excellent 2-part column in which Thomas Sowell reveals…. The Invincible Lie   Anyone who wants to study the tricks of propaganda rhetoric has a rich source of examples in the statements of President Barack Obama. On […]

It’s Thursday, June 12th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! At the top of today’s order, the WSJ‘s Dan Henninger lends his considerable intellectual weight to a point we’ve made repeatedly over the past week: Mitt Romney’s Summer Vacation If that jet-ski ride was the candidate’s call, his campaign is headed for a Dukakis-like catastrophe.   “You […]

It’s Wednesday, July 11th, 2011….and here’s The Gouge! First up on the mid-week edition, Marc Thiessen describes…. Obama’s tax triple axel   Mitt Romney is under fire for flip-flopping when he declared that the individual mandate is a tax, after a campaign adviser said it was not. In a front-page story, The New York Times […]

It’s Tuesday, July 10th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up, as the WSJ reports…. Off the Tax Cliff He Goes * President Obama wants lower rates for GE and J.P. Morgan than for small business. * And he never even yelled “Geronimo”!   So the 2013 tax cliff is a big enough economic problem that […]

It’s Monday, July 9th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! Leading off the week, Kimberly Strassel offers her insight into…. Obama’s Imperial Presidency When Congress won’t do what he wants, he ignores it and acts anyway.   The ObamaCare litigation is history, with the president’s takeover of the health sector deemed constitutional. Now we can focus on […]

It’s Thursday, July 5th, 2012….and before we begin, a brief personal observation in honor of those who allow us to celebrate the 4th of July. Though most if not all of you know this story, it’s worth recounting the fortunes of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence.  Five were captured and tortured […]