Category: Dick Morris Award Nominee

"What has happened in Afghanistan is nothing short of a miracle. Who is responsible for it? The New York Times gives the major credit to “the Afghan people'' with their “courage and commitment.'' Courage and commitment there was, but that courage and commitment was curiously imperceptible until this administration conceived a radical war plan, executed it brilliantly, liberated the country and created from scratch the structures of democracy … Against all expectations, Afghanistan is the first graduate of the Bush Doctrine of spreading democracy in rather hostile places. We should take a moment to celebrate a remarkable success that had long seemed so improbable," – Charles Krauthammer, December 10, 2004.

(Hat tip: Blue Texan.)

"…how will Google ever make money? There’s the rub. The company’s adamant refusal to use banner or other graphical ads eliminates what is the most lucrative income stream for rival search engines. Although Google does have other revenue sources, such as licensing and text-based advertisements, the privately held company’s business remains limited compared with its competitors’," –  Kalpana Mohan, BusinessWeek, December 7, 2000.

(hat tip: Blodget)

by Patrick Appel
Dick Morris, who is always, always wrong, makes a prediction:

Obama’s name will be mud by 2012 and probably by 2010 as well. And the Republican Party will make big gains and regain much of its lost power.

"I’m hoping McCain and Obama manage to defeat these forces of entropy. A McCain-Obama fight could be as tough as it would be civil…" Andrew Sullivan, January 24, 2008.

Vote on the 2008 Von Hoffmann Award here. Glossary here.

There is no recession. Despite all the doom and gloom from the economic pessimistas, the resilient U.S economy continues moving ahead—quarter after quarter, year after year—defying dire forecasts and delivering positive growth. In fact, we are about to enter the seventh consecutive year of the Bush boom," – Larry Kudlow, December 2007, the month that the recession officially started.

I wonder at times how people like Kudlow still manage to opine with such sublime confidence. Denial, I guess. Dow 36,000, anyone?

(Hat tip: AL)

"Who are these pro-McCain Democratic voters?  They overwhelmingly tend to be former Hillary supporters.  Perhaps the most well-known of these voters are the "PUMAs" – which stands for Party Unity My Ass.  These are Hillary supporters who are adamantly opposed to Obama.  Let’s not forget that during the Democratic primaries – real elections, not polls – Hillary crushed Obama among white working-class and middle-class voters in such key states as Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.  If a meaningful number of these voters end up voting for McCain, as I predict  they will, then Obama’s smooth road to the White House is going to run smack into a brick wall," – Steve Warshawsky, American Thinker, October 25, 2008.

"As I wrote  last December, "[t]he pundits can talk until they are blue in the face about Obama’s charisma and eloquence and cross-racial appeal.  The fact of the matter is that Obama has no chance of being elected president in 2008."  I am more convinced of this conclusion than ever," – Steven M. Warshawsky, American Thinker, August 11, 2008.

"Sen. Obama cannot possibly believe, and doesn’t even act as if he believes, that he can be elected president of the United States next year," – Hitch, September 24, 2007.

"[P]olarizing the contest into whites versus blacks will work just fine for Hillary," – Dick Morris, preaching what he once practised, January 23, 2008.