“The exit polls suggest that after a relatively disappointing first term, Obama managed to reassemble almost all of his 2008 electorate.” FirstsTermPollsExitDisappointingElectorate Author:John Podhoretz
“Our compulsive hunger always to know first, speak first and decide first has only been amplified by the fact that we can now all participate instantly in a virtual version of a national cocktail-party conversation on Twitter, Facebook and blogs.” KnowsFirstsFactsSpeakPartyConversationHungerVersionsBlogsCocktailsCocktail Parties Author:John Podhoretz
“The idea that the rest of the world was somehow being held hostage by the Arab-Israeli conflict once had a minimal basis in reality. In the first 20 years of Israel's existence, every Arab country was in an active state of war with the Jewish state.” WorldYearsFirstsIdeasWarCountryStatesRealityExistenceConflictBasesIsraelActiveIsraeliHostageArab Israeli Conflict Author:John Podhoretz
“The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it.” FirstsTwoWarCountryStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesDebtDecadesNewspapersObligationRevolutionaryFoundersTrustworthyHamiltonRevolutionary War Author:John Podhoretz
“This, of course, has no chance of passing. But then Tuesday night's State of the Union address could be the first one in history deliberately designed solely to generate a Pavlovian rage response in members of the opposing party.” FirstsStatesNightCoursesChancePartyMembersUnionsResponseRagePassingPassingsAddressesNotableOpposingTuesdayTuesday Night Author:John Podhoretz
