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> [“Edgar Allan Poe called it “the imp of the perverse,” that willful, self-destructive voice within that impels us to do things or say things that cause our undoing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/edgar-allan-poe-called-it-the-imp-of-the-perverse-that-willful-self/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

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## More by Jack Cashill

> [“the left had been finessing labels for years: racial preferences to affirmative action to diversity; abortion rights to pro-choice to reproductive rights; global warming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/the-left-had-been-finessing-labels-for-years-racial-preferences-to/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“The Clinton era was a turning point in the history of journalism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/the-clinton-era-was-a-turning-point-in-the-history-of-journalism/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“Edgar Allan Poe called it “the imp of the perverse,” that willful, self-destructive voice within that impels us to do things or say things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/edgar-allan-poe-called-it-the-imp-of-the-perverse-that-willful-self/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“For Obama, ignorance was never an excuse. Ignorance was a strategy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/for-obama-ignorance-was-never-an-excuse-ignorance-was-a-strategy/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“If this new breed of activist urged Obama to hammer away at the Constitution, old-school civil libertarians lamented its demolition. The longtime Village Voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/if-this-new-breed-of-activist-urged-obama-to-hammer-away-at-the/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“He made so many promises,” said the deeply disappointed Obama acolyte Barbara Walters five years into the presidency. “We thought that he was going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/he-made-so-many-promises-said-the-deeply-disappointed-obama-acolyte/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“To defend the indefensible, George Orwell once observed, political figures employ language that consists largely of “euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/to-defend-the-indefensible-george-orwell-once-observed-political/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“Lest he provide a target for his critics, Obama avoided all variations of the word “mandate” in his 2009 speech. Under his plan, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/lest-he-provide-a-target-for-his-critics-obama-avoided-all-variations/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“The problem was that by 2014 no one was quite sure what those challenges were. Indeed, the earth had not warmed in sixteen years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/the-problem-was-that-by-2014-no-one-was-quite-sure-what-those/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“In the month of his inauguration, 63 percent of African Americans held a favorable view of race relations in America. By July 2013, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/in-the-month-of-his-inauguration-63-percent-of-african-americans-held/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“In the three years after Obamacare was signed into law in 2010, the costs did not go down $2,500 per family as promised. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/in-the-three-years-after-obamacare-was-signed-into-law-in-2010-the/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“Obama has subjected America to what Marc Thiessen described in the Washington Post as “a fundamentally dishonest presidency.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/obama-has-subjected-america-to-what-marc-thiessen-described-in-the/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“In October 2013, Caroline Glick, managing editor of the Jerusalem Post, spoke as bluntly as an Israeli editor can about an American president: “US…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/in-october-2013-caroline-glick-managing-editor-of-the-jerusalem-post/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“As Vladimir Lenin once reportedly said, “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” Although Obama did not drink deeply at this well, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/as-vladimir-lenin-once-reportedly-said-a-lie-told-often-enough/)

[Jack Cashill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-cashill/)

> [“Like pornography, postmodernism is hard to define but easy to spot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-cashill/like-pornography-postmodernism-is-hard-to-define-but-easy-to-spot/)

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