By LisaB on Aug 21, 2008 in ABC News, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, campaign gaffes | 38 Comments
1) Memeorandum has this local media story today about Democratic supporters being asked to pay for tickets to the Investiture at Invesco.
One source directed CBS4 to an unpublicized part of the Obama campaign’s Web site where Democratic supporters, reportedly with deep pockets, could buy tickets for $1,000 each. The source told CBS4 […]
By LisaB on Aug 20, 2008 in Abortion, Alice Palmer, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Current Affairs | 84 Comments
1) The Boston Herald has a snarky piece beginning with Obama’s now infamous “above my pay grade” remark.
There are certain sentences that should never appear on the lips of the Leader of the Free World. “That Vladimir Putin, what a great guy!” is one of them. “I did not have sex with that […]
By LisaB on Aug 20, 2008 in Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Current Affairs | 123 Comments
I spent some valuable time this morning reading Obama’s speech to the VFW (at realclearpolitics). Frankly, it was depressing. Why? After recognizing a few people and acknowledging current events (Georgia! 9/11! Russia! Iran!!), Obama starts his prepared remarks with this:
Yesterday, Senator McCain came before you. He is a man […]
By LisaB on Aug 19, 2008 in Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Current Affairs | 96 Comments
While everyone is waiting for the VP pick, I thought you might find this interesting.
It looks like Obama’s relationship with Bill Ayers and the Chicago Annenberg Challenge is getting some more attention. Stanly Kurtz from the National Review has been trying to get access to supposedly publicly available records from the Challenge housed at […]
By LisaB on Aug 14, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Democratic National Convention, Jesse Jackson | 89 Comments
1) Jesse Jackson is still paying for his “nutty” remark on television. The Hill has a story saying Jackson will not likely be speaking at the Democratic convention.
As an aside, a Jackson friend also said Al Sharpton would not speak. No offense, but ya think? AA speakers more likely to appear include […]
By LisaB on Aug 10, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs | 62 Comments
1) Kudos to Gateway Pundit for my title. That is how Gateway Pundit characterized Obama’s switch on the Georgia / Russia crisis.
Reuters has Obama’s flip flop on the Georgia / Russia conflict.
“I condemn Russia’s aggressive actions and reiterate my call for an immediate ceasefire,” Obama said in a statement.
“Russia must stop […]
By LisaB on Aug 9, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, DNC, Democratic Nomination, Democratic party, PUMA | 82 Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82qCwLX9piE
I’ve given a lot of thought to why I turned PUMA. On paper, I should be a loyal Democrat excited about this year’s “break-through” candidate.
But I’m not. I will not vote for Obama under any circumstances I can think of (well, OK, if Cheney became the Republican nominee, I’d go for Obama).
Given my […]
By LisaB on Aug 8, 2008 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, DNC, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Democratic party, Elitism, Hillary Clinton, denver | 169 Comments
1) If you’d like to have your very own Obama salute, there is a company hoping their idea for an Obama hand sign takes off. According to USNews and World Report:
“You interlace your hands in a circle, the interlacing being a symbol of different types of people coming together and the circle a symbol […]
By LisaB on Aug 8, 2008 in Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Congressional Black Caucus, Current Affairs, DNC, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Platform, Democratic party, Donna Brazile, Howard Dean | 94 Comments
On Tuesday, The Austin American-Statesman had an interesting article about a rift in the Democratic Party. Not the one you think.
. . .an increasingly nasty lawsuit against the DNC, brought by Donald Hitchcock after he was fired as the party’s gay and lesbian outreach director, has exposed the rift between gays and one of […]
By LisaB on Aug 6, 2008 in Gas Prices, Obama, off-shore drilling | 20 Comments
Last month, Barack Obama rejected the idea of tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a way to hopefully offset high gas prices for consumers.
What a difference a month makes. Right on the heels of Obama’s dead fish flop on drilling off the coast of FL (even Jeb didn’t want to do this) comes […]
