By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 30, 2008 in Abortion, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Veepstakes, death penalty, denver | 121 Comments
My, my - funny how things happen. You would have to be living on the moon to not hear about ALL of the people Obama is considering for his Patsy, uh, I mean Vice President. All kinds of names have been thrown out from Chuck Hagel to Joe Biden.
The current major leak (but really you [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Jul 21, 2008 in Abortion, Afghanistan, Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Birth Certificate (Barack Obama), Bush faith-based programs, Campaign Financing, Certification of Birth, Certification of Live Birth, Chicago, Chicago politics, David Axelrod, Deval Patrick, FISA, Flip Flopping, Foreign Policy, Foreign affairs, Hoodwinking, Illinois senate, Iran, Iraq, Legislative Achievements, Lobbyists, NAFTA, National Security, Obamaisms, Plagiarism, Public Finance, Race Card, Rezko, Tony Rezko, WORMs, campaign gaffes, death penalty, pandering | 195 Comments
We first learned who was behind Obama and his inspiring speeches months ago. Those very speeches that excited the crowds, and drew people in. Those very speeches that many people voted for. Despite the fact that he ever really said anything more than just *hope* and *change*, people saw JFK, MLK and RFK all rolled [...]
By NoQuarter on Jul 10, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaign Financing, Economy, Electability, FISA, NAFTA, death penalty, welfare reform | 272 Comments
“Instead of consistency, Mr. Obama has followed Richard Nixon’s advice, to cater to his party’s extreme in the primaries and then move aggressively to the middle for the fall.
“In the primary, Mr. Obama:
supported pulling out of Iraq within 16 months,
called the D.C. gun ban constitutional,
backed the subjection of telecom companies to expensive [...]
By LisaB on Jul 5, 2008 in ABC News, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Bill Clinton, CNN, Current Affairs, Democrats, Education, Education Debt, Electoral College, Gun Control, death penalty | 55 Comments
1) Over at the Guardian is an interesting two-part piece (part one here and part two here ) about how old, debunked and just plain vicious right-wing rumors and lies about HRC and BC are recycled by today’s “progressive wing” of the Democratic Party. Why this should be so is not explained (and is there [...]
By NoQuarter on Jul 4, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Campaign Financing, Cults, Democratic National Convention, Disenfranchisement, Economy, Electability, FISA, Gun Control, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, IOwnMyVote.com, JustSayNoDeal.Com, Legislative Achievements, Penny Pritzker, death penalty | 144 Comments
From today’s editorial, “New and Not Improved“ in the New York Times:
Senator Barack Obama stirred his legions of supporters, and raised our hopes, promising to change the old order of things. He spoke with passion about breaking out of the partisan mold of bickering and catering to special pleaders, promised to end President Bush’s abuses [...]
By medusa on Jun 30, 2008 in 4th Amendment, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Disenfranchisement, FISA, Fat Cat Money, PACs & Lobbying Groups, Presidential Candidates, Public Finance, Transparency, WORMs, civil liberties, death penalty, general election, pandering | 169 Comments
by Medusa and Bud White
Two-faced? Hypocritical? Or showing his true colors? Last week Barack Obama made 180 degree turns on three previous positions he had taken in order to seduce liberal Democrats. In an article entitled “For Obama, winning is everything“, Michael Tomasky writes of these changes, claiming that:
It’s acceptable - and necessary - for [...]