Category: Annenberg Chicago Challenge
By Bud White on Sep 2, 2008 in Abortion, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Anti-Semitism, Ayers, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Republicans, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Sarah Palin, Terrorism, Tony Rezko, Veepstakes, Weather Underground, black liberation theology, hate speech, vice president | 232 Comments
The Media is pushing the narrative that Sarah Palin was not vetted. Any close observer of Republican campaigns knows this is false. Republicans are a minority party who continue to win elections because they are professionals; vetting a candidate is a no-brainer for the political veterans running McCain’s operation. Indeed, it was reported in May […]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 1, 2008 in Abortion, Acorn, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, DNC, DNC idiocy, Electability, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Sarah Palin | 578 Comments
Move On already. They have SO jumped the shark. I used to belong to them until they endorsed Obama with a limited number of members voting, and with the voting rigged (surprise!) by Obama people. I bring them up because THREE different people sent me the following email:
Dear MoveOn member,
Yesterday was John McCain’s 72nd […]
By Bud White on Aug 31, 2008 in 1st Amendment, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Howard Kurtz, 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 Steve Diamond on Aug 28, 2008 in 1st Amendment, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Chicago politics, Linda Darling-Hammond, William Ayers, Woods Fund | 78 Comments
The other night was a surreal experience.
Chicago is home to a retired conservative University of Chicago professor named Milt Rosenberg who hosts an evening talk show on WGN radio. WGN stands for “World’s Greatest Newspaper” because it is owned by the Tribune Company which also owns the Chicago Cubs. Jack Brickhouse, the voice of the […]
By LisaB on Aug 21, 2008 in ABC News, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, campaign gaffes | 62 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 Steve Diamond on Aug 21, 2008 in Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, William Ayers, Woods Fund | 6 Comments
Here is a second group of records of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (”CAC”), the education reform project founded by Bill Ayers and which he led with Barack Obama from 1995 until 2001. The Challenge spent some $160 million in the Chicago Public School system during that time period with the explicit goal of improving educational […]
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 Steve Diamond on Aug 19, 2008 in Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Chicago politics, Weather Underground, William Ayers | 78 Comments
There has been some very interesting blogosphere discussion in reaction to the National Review piece on the blocking of access to research material on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge today.
One comment noted: it’s not the crime, it’s the cover up and now the University of Illinois has provided the cover up.
Ironic, that a public university […]
By LisaB on Aug 19, 2008 in Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Current Affairs | 100 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 Steve Diamond on Aug 12, 2008 in Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Bolshevikization, Chicago politics, William Ayers, Woods Fund | 146 Comments
If you take the Obama campaign at its word, the contention that there is a relationship between Bill Ayers and Barack Obama is “phony,” “tenuous,” a “stretch.” In Obama’s own words, Ayers was “just a guy who lives in my neighborhood,” certainly not a long time close political ally.
But a review of just the publicly […]
