Larry Elder

Larry Elder

Receive Updates from Larry Elder

 

Norman Lear's Left-Wing Paranoia About 'The Right'

By Larry Elder (Dec 29, 2011)

They're coming for your children! They're coming for the womenfolk! Then they're coming after you! Norman Lear, the famous television show producer, offered this hysterically... more

The Black Occupy Protester -- Missing in Action

By Larry Elder (Dec 22, 2011)

As "Person of the Year," Time magazine named "The Protester." The subhead read, "From the Arab Spring to Athens, From Occupy Wall Street to Moscow." Well, yes, but what... more

Republicans: Racist, Sexist, Homophobic -- and Elitist

By Larry Elder (Dec 15, 2011)

The next best thing to calling a Republican "racist," "sexist," "homophobic," or "Uncle Tom" (where appropriate) is to call him "out of touch." Former Massachusetts Gov.... more

Cain: Enter as a Problem Solver, Exit as a Victicrat

By Larry Elder (Dec 08, 2011)

Herman Cain is out. He "suspended" his campaign for the Republican nomination for president this week after a fifth woman made allegations against him. This time, an Atlanta... more

Bulletproof Barney Frank Retires -- Liberal, Gay, Untouchable

By Larry Elder (Dec 01, 2011)

When Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., announced his intention not to seek re-election after a 32-year career, not one of the nightly news broadcast network anchors found time or... more

Hey, Occupy Wall Street: Wealth Isn't a Civil Right

By Larry Elder (Nov 24, 2011)

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Everything demanded by the Occupy Wall Streeters -- whether "free" health care, a "world-class education" or a "guaranteed... more

A Little Hardball With Chris Matthews About John Kennedy

By Larry Elder (Nov 17, 2011)

I just interviewed MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews about his new book, "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero." You know things didn't go well when, a few minutes after the... more

Cain Under Fire -- No-Fly Zone Over Clinton, JFK Sexcapades

By Larry Elder (Nov 10, 2011)

"He's got it coming to him," said Ben Bradlee, former editor of The Washington Post. "You can't do that in this town anymore. Probably could do it 50 years ago, but you can't... more

Media AWOL on Sexual Indiscretion -- When Jesse Jackson Was Front-runner

By Larry Elder (Nov 03, 2011)

Charles Krauthammer of Fox News: "Do you think that race, being a strong black conservative, has anything to do with the fact you've been so charged (with sexual harassment)?... more

Occupy Wall Street Demands Life Without Hardship

By Larry Elder (Oct 27, 2011)

"Don't touch me!" the man in the wheelchair shouted to stop me from placing my hand on what used to be his left arm."I'm sorry -- I was just -- ""I know what you were doing,"... more

Hey, Occupy Wall Street: What, No Anti-Obama Signs?

By Larry Elder (Oct 20, 2011)

The Occupy Wall Street folks tell us to blame Wall Street for the nation's financial troubles. Notice the no-fly zone over President Barack Obama. Where are the... more

Herman Cain to Blacks: Divorce the Democratic Party

By Larry Elder (Oct 13, 2011)

What to do about Herman Cain? This question goes not to the Republican Party, where "establishment" candidates like Mitt Romney privately dismiss Cain as lacking the... more

Obama Scolds Nation: You've Gotten Soft

By Larry Elder (Oct 06, 2011)

"The way I think about it is, you know, this is, uh, you know, a great, uh, great country that had gotten a little soft, and you know, we didn't have that same competitive... more

Supreme Court Might Kill ObamaCare Before Election -- If Obama's Lucky

By Larry Elder (Sep 29, 2011)

Why did the Obama administration, after dragging out the various court challenges to ObamaCare, suddenly step on the gas? The administration surprised court watchers by... more

Obama's Economy -- Running Out of Excuses

By Larry Elder (Sep 22, 2011)

Two and a half years into the Obama presidency, why does the economy still sputter?   The first and most popular line of defense, of course, remains to blame it... more

September 11 Unanimity: Did G.W. Bush 'Squander' It?

By Larry Elder (Sep 15, 2011)

Sept. 11 unified America. But President George W. Bush "squandered" this shared sense of purpose. We still hear this drivel, mostly from the left, 10 years after the terror... more

Rep. Allen West Threatens to Resign From Congressional Black Caucus

By Larry Elder (Sep 08, 2011)

The tea party, according to Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, would "love to see us as second-class citizens" ... and "some of them in... more

The Welfare State: Too Many Takers -- Not Enough Givers

By Larry Elder (Sep 01, 2011)

The Irish cabdriver complained almost nonstop during our half-hour drive to the Belfast International Airport. He especially worried about the job prospects for his... more

Kerosene Maxine to Tea Party: "Go to Hell!"

By Larry Elder (Aug 25, 2011)

"I'm not afraid of anybody. ... And as far as I'm concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell." -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. Waters' list of insults, vulgarities and... more

Hillary in '12! -- The Stupid Left-Wing Case for Dumping Obama

By Larry Elder (Aug 18, 2011)

Just when you thought the disgruntled-about-Obama lefties gave up on the "let's replace Obama with Hillary" nonsense, it's back like "Rocky VI." Maybe even in 3-D.Check out... more

Mitt, Apologize for RomneyCare -- or Forget the Nomination

By Larry Elder (Aug 11, 2011)

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney wants to be president. And a plurality of Republican voters want him to be president. Recent polls show Republican nominee Romney... more

Obama Won Debt Debate -- He Just Doesn't Know It

By Larry Elder (Aug 04, 2011)

So, who "won" the debt ceiling standoff? President Barack Obama -- for two reasons. First, the tea party-influenced GOP stopped his job-killing bucket list: higher taxes,... more

Democrat 'Budget Plan': Attack the Tea Party and Misquote Reagan

By Larry Elder (Jul 28, 2011)

To hear Democrats tell it, two things cripple the chance for a budget deal: the dastardly tea party, and the GOP's failure to understand that its beloved Ronald Reagan was... more

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee -- And the Race Card

By Larry Elder (Jul 21, 2011)

For those who voted for President Barack Obama expecting him to bridge America's "racial divide," a question: "How's that working for you?" Black U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson... more

Ten Reasons Why Even American Liberals Should Root for the GOP

By Larry Elder (Jul 14, 2011)

1) Incredibly weak recovery: President Barack Obama's tax/spend/regulation policy -- "stimulus"; continuation of TARP; bank, insurance company and auto... more

Time Magazine: We Don't Need No Stinking Constitution

By Larry Elder (Jul 07, 2011)

"When the chief justice read me the oath," President Franklin D. Roosevelt said to a speechwriter, "and came to the words 'support the Constitution of... more

Economy: Reagan Gets No Credit, Obama Gets No Blame

By Larry Elder (Jun 30, 2011)

Ronald Reagan did nothing. Barack Obama saved the nation from total collapse. How else to explain the absence of jobless pitchfork-wielding Americans storming the... more

Farrakhan: The White Man Made Obama Bomb Libya

By Larry Elder (Jun 23, 2011)

The White Man made him do it. Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan recently unmasked the reason for President Barack Obama's unpopular, non-congressionally authorized,... more

'Now What, President McCain?' (A 'What If' Editorial)

By Larry Elder (Jun 16, 2011)

On Jan. 21, 2009, President John McCain took office. We strongly editorialized against McCain's election. After all, it was he who said, "The issue of... more

Breitbart 1, Weiner 0

By Larry Elder (Jun 09, 2011)

Dead man texting. This describes the eventual fate of Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y. Weiner's I-won't-resign press conference aside, he'll soon quit -- shoved out by his... more

Supreme Court to California: 'Release the Hounds'

By Larry Elder (Jun 02, 2011)

"Today the court affirms what is perhaps the most radical injunction issued by a court in our nation's history." So began Supreme Court Justice Antonin... more

Newt Gingrich vs. Mitt Romney: Will the Republican Please Stand Up?

By Larry Elder (May 26, 2011)

Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney make me think of Dorothy Jones. "Aunt" Dorothy, my mom's closest friend, was a warm, smart, comedienne-quick funny woman from a large family.... more

The "Common" Defense

By Larry Elder (May 19, 2011)

Rapper "Common" recently performed for "poetry night" at the White House. "Objection!" said the out-of-touch, Golf Channel-watching, Pat Boone-loving right-wingers, who... more

Obama's Bin Laden Mission 'Gutsy' -- What About Bush's 'Surge'?

By Larry Elder (May 12, 2011)

"When President Obama was faced with the opportunity to act upon this," said Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan, "the President had to evaluate the strength of... more

Bush Led, Bin Laden Dead, but Where's the Credit?

By Larry Elder (May 05, 2011)

Osama bin Laden was a) killed by a unit overseen by what New Yorker reporter Seymour Hersh denounced as Vice President Dick Cheney's "executive assassination ring," which was... more

Democrats' Hypocrisy on Race -- When Will People Wake Up?

By Larry Elder (Apr 28, 2011)

Here we go again. A Republican official, this time a member of the Orange County, Calif., GOP central committee, stands accused of -- racism! Her crime? She forwarded, to a... more

The Donald: Doing the Job the Media Won't Do

By Larry Elder (Apr 21, 2011)

Donald Trump isn't going to run for president.He is rich, enjoys himself, says bold and often stupid things, trades his wife in for a younger model every few years, and calls... more

Why Isn't Obama 'Racist' for Ignoring Black Africa?

By Larry Elder (Apr 14, 2011)

Suppose President John McCain, as with President Barack Obama, justified military force in Libya to avert "a humanitarian crisis." But then gave no thought of... more

Only Idiots Think Hillary Will Run -- Let's Hope They're Right

By Larry Elder (Apr 07, 2011)

Otherwise sane people speculate that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will resign her post and challenge President Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination in 2012. But... more

President Obama Apologizes to President Bush

By Larry Elder (Mar 31, 2011)

President Barack H. Obama   The White House Dear George, The Gulf oil spill opened my eyes. As with Hurricane Katrina, it happened suddenly. I barked out orders. I... more

Anti-Iraq War Bush-Haters Squirm to Justify Libya

By Larry Elder (Mar 24, 2011)

"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent... more

Japanese Earthquake Looters -- MIA

By Larry Elder (Mar 17, 2011)

"Why no video of looters in Japan?" Japan's prime minister calls the 9.0 earthquake and the following tsunami the greatest crisis in Japan since World War II. Ten thousand... more

Who's Crazier -- Charlie Sheen or the Left Wing?

By Larry Elder (Mar 10, 2011)

Charlie Sheen, at least, has an excuse. He's on a drug he calls "Charlie Sheen." But what powerful hallucinogen inhaled by the left induces the mental fantasy that makes them... more

How Obama's Alma Mater Treated an Iraq War Vet

By Larry Elder (Mar 03, 2011)

"Racist!" shouted some Columbia University students at an Iraq War vet. Other students reportedly "hissed and booed." Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who spoke at Columbia three... more

Dem Congresswoman Declares 'ObamaCare' a 'Disparaging Reference'

By Larry Elder (Feb 24, 2011)

"'ObamaCare' ... is a disparaging reference to the President of the United States. It is meant as a disparaging reference to the President of the United States. It is clearly... more

Obama's Budget: 'Go Ahead, GOP, Make My Day'

By Larry Elder (Feb 17, 2011)

Learning nothing from his party's November "shellacking," President Barack Obama offers a 2012 budget that proves, yet again, he believes in government as fervently as... more

Ronald Reagan: The 100-Year-Old Racist?

By Larry Elder (Feb 10, 2011)

Ronald Reagan "tortured" blacks. Tavis Smiley, the PBS television host, once said this about the former president. NBC's Bryant Gumbel and New York Times columnist Paul... more

Egypt: Obama Channels His Inner Neocon

By Larry Elder (Feb 03, 2011)

How should the United States respond to the demonstrations against Egypt's president of three decades, Hosni Mubarak? Scholars, experts and pundits disagree on what... more

Olbermann's Last Supper at MSNBC: What Happened?

By Larry Elder (Jan 27, 2011)

"This will be the last edition of your show," MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, on the air, claimed he was told by management. What to make of Olbermann's abrupt departure, an... more

Black Man's Burden: Those Who Make Them Victims

By Larry Elder (Jan 20, 2011)

"Black man's burden," read the headline in the Los Angeles Times piece. "African-American men," read the subheading, "are still often judged by the color of their skin rather... more

Dupnik Denounces 'Vitriolic Rhetoric' With Left-Wing Vitriolic Rhetoric

By Larry Elder (Jan 13, 2011)

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik took time from gathering the facts about the Tucson, Ariz., shooting to denounce the "vitriolic rhetoric" that he claims played a role in... more

Top 10 Political Lies of 2010

By Larry Elder (Jan 06, 2011)

The biggest political "lie" of 2010?The winner is: the Republican assertion that ObamaCare is a "government takeover of health care." A website called PolitiFact based this... more