By Bud White on Aug 31, 2008 in 1st Amendment, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, John Kerry, Larry Johnson, Terrorism, Weather Underground | 162 Comments
The Obama Team over-learned the lesson of John Kerry. In the aftermath of 2004, Kerry was widely criticized for not responding to the charges of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
The Obama campaign’s attempt to silence all critics is having the undesired effect of turning smoke into a conflagration. The Wall Street Journal’s John Fund [...]
By Uppity Woman on Apr 29, 2008 in Barack Obama | 217 Comments
Anybody who isn’t still swooning over the Incandescent One already knows that Barack Obama’s fictional autobiographical book, Memories I Pulled Out Of My Butt Dreams From My Father contains lies innacurate accounts.
Now we can add yet another Barack Obama Fuzzy Story to the list.
In Dreams, Obama refers to an article in Life Magazine that [...]
By Uppity Woman on Apr 9, 2008 in Barack Obama, Race, Race Card, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. | 179 Comments
You know her now. The Grandmother. The Typical White Woman who “helped to raise” poor Barack Obama. The one that he would like to disown but he just can’t, right?
The one he threw under the bus in sacrifice to the potty-mouth Reverend “Goddamn America” Wright.
“I can no more disown him [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 19, 2008 in Barack Obama | 45 Comments
People here have inquired about the accuracy of the books written by Barack Obama. Hundreds of thousands of people have read these books, and probably believe every word. However, several newspapers have verified that Obama admitted that he used composite characters in the books. Then there’s the investigative biography — over six full [...]
By City Nell on Feb 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Michelle Obama, Real Estate, Tony Rezko | 100 Comments
The Obamas’ new home has received a lot of attention in the corporate media and on the blogs. This post will discuss other perspectives.
Hyde Park, where the Obamas have lived since 1994, is home to the University of Chicago (UC) Law School and at least one of UC’s hospitals. Leo Struass taught in the university’s [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 30, 2008 in Barack Obama, Economy, Hillary Clinton, Republicans | 34 Comments
Here are some appetizers for you:
Via Breaking Blue (which is MyDD’s political news service): “Schwarzenegger to Endorse McCain (Jonathan Singer)”: “So says the LA Times (though the Governator’s hair looks a little orange tonight — or maybe the color on my TV is off…).”
Via McClatchy:
Fed slashes interest rates again as economy stalls
The U.S. economic [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 1, 2008 in Clinton, Health Care, John Edwards, Labor, Obama | 39 Comments
In “Barack Obama’s nouvelle vague,” Salon’s Walter Shapiro interviews an Iowan who says, “‘[A]fter hearing Obama today, I’m in awe‘.” Shapiro himself says, “We know he’s a ‘hope monger’, but the rest of Obama’s unconventional message is elusive.” Most of Obama’s support comes from the very young, 40% from independents, and 5% from Republicans. (Taylor [...]