https://hotair.com/tags/patterico/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:28:45 -0400<![CDATA[Release the photos!]]>Thu, 05 May 2011 15:25:46 -0400<![CDATA[Patterico]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2011/05/05/release-the-bin-laden-photos__trashed-n178019<![CDATA[It&#8217;s the Republicans&#8217; top investigator in the House absolutely raking the AG over the coals, as he probes a failed policy that may have cost American lives. High drama indeed.]]>Wed, 04 May 2011 03:24:25 -0400<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2011/05/04/holder-grilled-on-project-gunrunner-n177974<![CDATA[David Brooks on the Tea Party:]]>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:37:11 -0400<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Immigration]]><![CDATA[john boehner]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Republicans]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[tea party]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2010/09/18/david-brooks-tea-partiers-are-narcissistic-egomaniacal-self-righteous-people-who-distort-the-truth-n171726<![CDATA[I recently reported that the judge in James O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s criminal case ordered the destruction of the footage of James O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s entry into Senator Mary Landrieu&#8217;s offices. O&#8217;Keefe has confirmed on Twitter that the Government returned his recording equipment, but deleted the footage from inside Sen. Landrieu&#8217;s offices. The AP is now catching up to the story:]]>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:12:40 -0400<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[First Amendment]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2010/05/29/destroyed-by-court-order-the-footage-of-a-landrieu-staffer-admitting-the-senators-office-had-no-problem-with-their-phones-n169531<![CDATA[When we have the terrorists in our crosshairs, we are still calling the lawyers to ask permission to fire.]]>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:43:45 -0500<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2010/02/23/obamas-rules-of-engagement-calling-lawyers-for-permission-to-kill-terrorists-n167570<![CDATA[Keith Olbermann recently claimed that James O&#8217;Keefe needed permission from his &#8220;parole officer&#8221; to come to CPAC. This claim is false, and Olbermann owes O&#8217;Keefe a correction.]]>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:30:43 -0500<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[New Jersey]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2010/02/22/video-keith-olbermann-owes-james-okeefe-a-correction-n167540<![CDATA[Via Michelle, it&#8217;s rare good news from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. That&#8217;s the court that declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional, is emptying California&#8217;s prisons, and never met a death sentence it liked. Yet even they couldn&#8217;t stomach the prospect of an Al Qaeda terrorist receiving a mere 22 years in prison after he was caught with powerful and deadly explosives that he planned to use to blow up LAX airport.]]>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:37:08 -0500<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[al qaeda]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2010/02/02/millennium-bombers-lenient-sentence-reversed-by-the-ninth-circuit-n167143<![CDATA[Even as Obama insists that terrorists be read their Miranda rights, his Department of Justice lawyers are in court arguing the opposite. David B. Rivkin and Marc Thiessen write in the Wall Street Journal that DoJ lawyers are fighting attempts by terrorists in criminal court to have their confessions suppressed. The DoJ&#8217;s argument? We are at war with Al Qaeda:]]>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:00:09 -0500<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[al qaeda]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2010/02/02/obamas-interrogation-policy-you-had-the-right-to-remain-silent-n167132<![CDATA[FoxNews.com reports:]]>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:04:13 -0500<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Louisiana]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2010/02/01/u-s-attorney-recuses-himself-from-okeefe-case-n167120<![CDATA[Ben Stein compares O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s case to that of alleged voter intimidation by self-declared Black Panthers, and asks why O&#8217;Keefe is being prosecuted and the Panthers are not:]]>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:40:37 -0500<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[First Amendment]]><![CDATA[Michigan]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2010/02/01/ben-stein-free-james-okeefe-n167107<![CDATA[Someone appears to be doing a little Astroturfing for Obama.]]>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:01:19 -0500<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Ohio]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2010/01/23/ellie-light-obama-astroturfer-n166950<![CDATA[Allahpundit wrote up the background for this amusing story of Big Media fabrication here:]]>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:44:07 -0500<![CDATA[Patterico]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2009/11/27/la-timess-james-rainey-just-making-up-quotes-now-n165908<![CDATA[Here are some Twitter messages I saw today from Change_for_Iran, a pro-Mousavi Iranian student, and Mark Knoller, CBS News White House Correspondent:]]>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:59:03 -0400<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2009/06/20/contrast-iranian-protestors-shot-as-obama-goes-for-ice-cream-n162714<![CDATA[Today the Los Angeles Times lies to its readers about Sen. John Cornyn&#8217;s statements on &#8220;This Week with George Stephanopoulos.&#8221; Here&#8217;s what the L.A. Times says:]]>Sun, 31 May 2009 18:20:57 -0400<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Republicans]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2009/05/31/smear-la-times-lies-about-cornyns-comments-on-sotomayor-n162284<![CDATA[I recently risked being labeled one of the &#8220;oddballs&#8221; at Hot Air when I said that, while I believe Rush Limbaugh is a very talented salesman for conservative values, I think it would be counterproductive to set him up as the head of the conservative movement. As long as I&#8217;m carrying around &#8220;NOT IN MY NAME&#8221; placards, let me add another person who doesn&#8217;t speak for me: David Frum.]]>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:00:43 -0400<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Democrats]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2009/03/08/david-frum-does-not-speak-for-me-any-more-than-rush-limbaugh-does-n160626<![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s success as the biggest fundraiser in history means that he would owe his donors more than anyone in history if he were to take office. (That is, if you believe that big donors to political campaigns expect something in return. How cynical of you to think that!)]]>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:45:13 -0400<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[New York]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2008/10/31/the-price-of-a-money-machine-obama-would-owe-more-favors-than-any-president-in-history-n158336<![CDATA[Tomorrow there will be an online chat with Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post web site. You can leave questions or comments for him here. Here is the question I just left:]]>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:23:29 -0400<![CDATA[Patterico]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2008/07/13/will-kurtz-slam-the-la-times-web-site-for-the-commenters-who-reveled-in-tony-snows-death-n155908<![CDATA[Barack Obama must already be trying to figure out how to walk away from this:]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:49:29 -0400<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Louisiana]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2008/06/06/obama-picks-up-the-all-important-william-jefferson-endorsement-n155206<![CDATA[Ann Althouse says the new Hillary commercial has a subliminal message: a kid is wearing pajamas that seem to have the letters &#8220;NIG&#8221; on them. It&#8217;s at :12 here:]]>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:03:34 -0500<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Israel]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2008/03/01/inane-the-obligatory-subliminal-messages-in-hillarys-commercial-post-n153114<![CDATA[From the Washington Post:]]>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:56:51 -0500<![CDATA[Patterico]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Democrats]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://hotair.com/patterico/2008/02/24/good-news-ralph-nader-running-for-president-n152960