Obama, Barack

Barack Obama on Iraq- Video clips showing Barack Obama speaking about American intervention in Iraq from the beginning to the present.
Barack Obama: My Plans For 2008- Barack Obama announces exploratory committee.
A Comedy Oba-marathon- Will Barack Obama parachute into Mile High Stadium to accept the Democratic nomination?
This Week With 'The Presumptive Democratic Nominee' Barack Obama, June 22-28, 2008- barack and hillary in unity, nh ::
Obama's Modified Positions Make Sense-
Barack Obama has received considerable criticism for changing his positions on public financing (will now not use it in his campaign), and on FISA (supports the bill passed by the House). A few disappointed supporters have said he's therefore no different from John McCain, who changed his position on Bush's tax cuts (McCain now supports them), etc.

I think this misses the point, which is: what counts most is not whether a candidate changes positions, but whether the change is for the better or the worse. Let's look at the candidates and the issues:
Barack Obama - Patriotism- Obama speaking on patriotism from Independence MO., June 30, 2008.
Barack Obama's Cover on Rolling Stone.- :: Here are excepts from the Rolling Stone article:
The "Truth" About Obama's Religion- It isn't every day that even a self-important and formerly fairly good newspaper like the Washington Post announces "the truth" about a contentious issue like Barack Obama's religion, but now we have it from their otherwise undistinguished staff writer Eli Sastrow, who was only recently promoted from reporting on swimming, where his cosmic insight was wasted on stories like Ziegler Sets Meet Mark in 400 Freestyle. Lately the Post has been dispatching the Jimmy Olsen of their national news desk to hotspots like Flag City, Ohio, where he finds a few rubes who are so amazingly stupid that they haven't figured out the truth about Barack Obama!
This Week With Barack Obama, The Presumptive Democratic Nominee, June 16-21, 2008- cross-posted @ Daily Kos barack and al, detroit, michigan ::
Obama At AIPAC: Blame It On Hillary Clinton- All us good little Democrats are working night and day to restore party unity, but some prominent progressive websites apparently haven't gotten the message.
This Week With Barack Obama, The Presumptive Democratic Nominee, June 1-7, 2008 - cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama the presumptive nominee with wife, michelle at the xcel energy center in st. paul, mn ::
Obama addresses Campaign Workers- Barack Obama spoke to campaign workers in Chicago after securing the nomination.
Who isn't fired up?- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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Obama needs an Orthopedist. Suggestions?- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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Obama & the Orgasmic Orgy of Approval- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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This Week With Barack Obama, May 25-31, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama ::
Obama Plays "Gotcha" with RFK Assassination -
As a media gamesman, Barack Obama is obviously good enough for the imbecile media that he plays, and he gets to play it both ways on almost every issue.

During an interview in South Dakota, Hillary Clinton mentioned than Bobby Kennedy was still campaigning when he was assassinated in June 1968, and as soon as the first fragmentary quote hit the internet, Obama's spokesman was pushing the campaign's "shocked" and inflammatory reaction:

Senator Clinton's statement before the Argus Leader editorial board was unfortunate and has no place in this campaign," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
Sexist Type-Casting by Barack and Michelle Obama-
It's hard to imagine a more macho headline: Obama Warns GOP "Lay Off My Wife."

"But I do want to say this to the GOP. If they think that they're going to try to make Michelle an issue in this campaign, they should be careful. Because that I find unacceptable," he said.

This is after Michelle Obama has already made dozens of solo campaign appearances without Big Strong Barack riding along to "protect" her. The Republicans are attacking Michelle Obama for her remark about the first time she was ever proud of America, which she made at a regular campaign event, and Mr. Obama responded as if one of his children had been attacked for watching Sesame Street.
Michelle Obama Attacker Exposed: Trail of Bigotry Accusations Detailed- In the political arena, there seems to be no shortage of sleaze merchants who happen to have magical regenerative powers. Part of their DNA appears to be a propensity for getting publicly taken to task by those who they work for. It's a win-win situation. The sleaze merchant puts out false and/or irresponsible info then willingly takes the fall as a "loose cannon" while those who they work for get to pretend that they've taken the high road by issuing public condemnations, even calls for the loose cannon's resignation. Of course the lack of name recognition that the loose cannon has makes it easy for them to show up with a repeat performance months later, while the average soundbite consumer's mind doesn't pick up on the fact that they've just watched a re-run. But the most ambitious members of the GOP’s designated fall guy battalion set their sites on breathing the rarified air of the unaccountable celeb shill (see Malkin, Coulter, Rush, et al). I now introduce you to one of the fully bought and paid for hopefuls trying to make that leap; Bill Hobbs, Communications Director for the Tennessee State Republican Party.
Barack Black Eagle's Speech to Crow Nation- Barack was adopted into Crow Nation. Below, Barack is arriving with his "adoptive parents" Hartford and Mary Black Eagle. Obama was given the name of “Awe Kooda bilaxpak Kuuxshish” which means “One who helps people throughout the land.”
This Week With Barack Obama, May 11-17, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama john edwards endorses barack obama in grand rapids, michigan
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Barack Obama's Fake Memoir- If you're an ordinary writer like Margaret B. Jones or James Frey, writing a fake memoir can be a career-ending disaster. Publishers may insist on keeping your fiction off their non-fiction list. They may cancel your book tour. They may unpublish your book. Many bad things can befall you for lying in print, if you're an ordinary human being. But if you're Barack Obama, and you write a fake memoir like Dreams From My Father, the New York Times will make all sorts of excuses for you that they would never make for an ordinary human being like James Frey or Margaret B. Jones, and all you have to do is bury a few disclaimers in a new introduction.
Obama Puts Bush and McCain "On Notice"- cross-posting @ This Week With Barack Obama
Stealing Edwards’ Delegates- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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This is a 'Change' Election, not a 'Throwback' Election.- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama Congratulations to Hillary Clinton and her supporters for the win in West Virginia. Clinton netted 137,410 of the popular vote. Many estimated that West Virginians would vote upwards or over 500,000 to 600,000, but that was not the case. The turnout was lower. Moving on....
Obama and the "Limbaugh Conspiracy"- Otherwise reasonable people who fall under the spell of Barack Obama's mesmerizing TV persona soon learn to dispense with common sense when it conflicts with the pretensions of their new Messiah. The latest example of this silliness is the claim that Rush Limbaugh gave the Indiana primary to Hillary Clinton.
This Week With Barack Obama, May 4-10, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama barack and michelle in raleigh, nc after winning the north carolina primary ::
Black Block Voting Wins North Carolina for Obama-
Barack Obama won the black vote in North Caralina 91-6%. Hillary Clinton won the white vote 59-36%.

If the black preference for Obama had fallen in the same range as the white preference for Clinton, she would have picked up the difference between 6% and 36%, which would have amounted to 30% of the black vote.

Since African-American voters comprised 33% of the vote in the North Carolina Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton would have received another 30% x 33%, or 10% of the total vote, and Obama would have received 10% less.

Instead of 56-40% in favor of Obama, the vote would have been 50-46% in favor of Clinton, and Hillary Clinton would have won the North Carolina Democratic primary.
So, Who’s Really 'Elite'?- Let’s see ... after graduating from Harvard Law as Law Review Editor, one candidate -- the grandson of a goatherd from Africa [Bloomberg News] -- heads for Chicago’s notoriously poor and ravaged South Side to organize neighborhoods in need of community playgrounds, asbestos cleanup and just plain help after the steel mills had shut down, leaving families with no jobs and not much hope. [L.A. Times]
Where is Obama on the political spectrum?- Where would you put Barack Obama, on the political spectrum? I have my own opinion, but I’d like to get yours, whoever you are—because I keep reading these “mixed signals” statements about him, here and elsewhere. For example, the Daily Kos ran this on Monday, April 28: (continued)
Obama Throws Jeremiah Wright Under the Bus! (Updated)-
Obamabots everywhere have been celebrating Jeremiah Wright as a great American hero and truth-teller for the last 3 months, and now Obama throws Jeremiah Wright under the bus!

Harharharhar!
This Week With Barack Obama, April 20-26, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama and One Million Strong
Hillary’s Favorite Fallacies- Abstract. Any student of logic has to be astonished that the five most important arguments being advanced on behalf of Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination are fallacious. Some of them, such as that, since she prevailed over Obama in certain large states, such as Pennsylvania, Obama would be unable to win those states in the general election, are even being featured on the front page of The New York Times. But that Obama lost to Hillary in the primary does not mean he would lose to John McCain in the general election. The best reasons for Hillary could not pass scrutiny in a freshman course on critical thinking.
This Week With Barack Obama, April 13-19, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama On Track For Change..... ::
What's Wrong with Rev. Wright?- Abstract. Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, gave a sermon at the school's Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel in Washington on January 15, 2006. It is now being used to drive a wedge between Obama and his followers. Most of his black supporters believe what Wright has had to say, but many of his white supporters do not. The political trap thereby laid can be avoided by separating content from style and standing up for painful truths. Handled properly, this can be an object lesson in Obama's “new politics”. "What's Wrong with Rev. Wright?"
On Investigative Journalism, Or, More Obama Connections Come To Light- Your friendly fake consultant has been digging deep into the world of anonymous sources recently, which is why we were able to recently reveal the truth about Hillary Clinton’s Bosnian sniper story. Today we take that effort further...which is why we are able to bring to light another exclusive peek into the past of a Presidential candidate...only today it’s Barack Obama. We will examine his prior associations and as a result we will be able to draw new conclusions regarding his world view...and as we said about Clinton, you might be shocked...but probably not surprised.
This Week With Barack Obama, April 7-12, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama and One Million Strong
{Late Edition} This Week With Barack Obama, March 31-April 6, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama and One Million Strong
{Late Edition} This Week With Barack Obama, March 23-30, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama and One Million Strong
Obama's Condescending Defense of Jeremiah Wright- The media have been flooded with paternalistic excuses for Jeremiah Wright, and Barack Obama's was the most condescending of all. First, Reverend Wright was Obama's crazy old "uncle," and now he's a dinosaur mired in the tarpit of segregation:
For the men and women of Reverend Wright's generation, the memories of humiliation and doubt and fear have not gone away; nor has the anger and the bitterness of those years.
Poor old guy! He thinks it's still 1951. Don't wake him up!
Right Now in 2008- A new fun viral video takes the Kansas GOP and national republicans to task for some of the failures we are seeing and urges folks to register to vote.
Obama Disenfranchises Florida and Michigan- Early this morning the pro-Obama diary on top of the recommended list at Daily Kos was celebrating the disenfranchisement of Michigan and Florida at the Democratic National Convention. "Delegations from those states should get to attend the convention, but not vote." "Sounds good to me," says the diarist, Hope08.
This Week With Barack Obama, March 16-22, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama & One Million Strong
Barack and Jamiel-
Somebody killed Jamiel Shaw Jr. with a handgun on March 2, 2008, just like the 4000 other black teenagers killed with handguns every year in the United States. Barack Obama's support for overturning Washington's ban on handguns in Heller v. District of Columbia is one of the most important reasons why I oppose his candidacy for President.
Wright After 9/11- On this Easter Sunday, a reflection: Consequentialism refers to those moral theories which hold that the consequences of a particular action form the basis for any valid moral judgment about that action. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome, or consequence.
My problem with Obama’s Speech on Race- Timing is everything, and the timing of Barack Obama’s statement was wrong, profoundly so, even though it’s content was profoundly right. The speech was late in coming, but much better late than never. Obama’s timing was wrong in a political sense but also in the much broader social context of the signature rational for his presidential quest; Obama’s pledge to bring Americans of different walks together as a people.
What is a "Typical" White Person? - I know a lot of white people and would be very hard pressed to define what a "typical" white person is like. What if Hillary had said something like, "Isn't that so typical of black people to make a statement like that" do you think all hell would have broken loose? Of course it would have. Is the media giving Obama a free pass when it comes to making racially insensitive statements?
The Audacity of Unity-
It’s interesting that so few discussions in the media of Obama's Eighteenth of March Speech have focused on its core theme: "how hungry the American people [are] for this message of unity." This story seems significant to me, because for many reasons, Obama is the first presidential candidate who could actually deliver on it.
Hope, Change, and Pissing in the Wind- “Of Obama, Democrats, and the Power Elite” By Patrice Greanville and Jason Miller CHARISMATIC, ARTICULATE, SMOOTH, AND INTELLIGENT, Barrack Obama is the living embodiment of his vague, ethereal, and tantalizing messages of “hope” and “change.” To the millions upon millions of US Americans desperate to purge the naked imperialism and blatant criminality of the Bush administration from the White House, Obama IS hope and change. Yet like many establishment liberals before him, Obama is no cure for the malignant creep toward fascism plaguing our nation. If elected, at best he will merely serve to postpone the inevitable a bit.
Obama Transcended Politics - The speech on race took away any doubt I had about Obama standing up for what is right. As an Edwards supporter I was wary of Obama's fight, not when it comes to Democrats but when it comes to the forces of evil that I believe exists in our Country today. Those forces not only benefit from a racial and class divide in our Country but they profit, profusely. The politically expedient thing to do would be for Obama to leave his Church and to say that he no longer considers Wright to be an ally or a friend. Would that be the right thing to do though? I've heard many say that Obama would do anything to be President and the speech he gave proved to me that is not the case at all. Obama took the high road, something so few politicians do, not in order to win votes but to declare that we cannot dispose of those we vehemently disagree with if we want to make any progress or change. Obama displayed to me what he means by reaching across the aisle, that because we may not like what other people stand for we have to work with them if we are to get anything done. Obama epitomized what he's been saying throughout his campaign in this speech, that we cannot have politics as usual anymore.
The War, Obama, and the Two Daughters of Hope-
This evening I plan to attend a candlelight vigil observing that the U.S. war in Iraq began five years ago today, making this the second longest war in U.S. history, longer than World War II, longer than the Civil War, second only to the Vietnam War. It was not supposed to be; “Shock and Awe” was to insure quick and total victory.
Playing The Race Card And Understanding Who Stacked The Deck- When Barack Obama gave his speech on "A More Perfect Union", the public was treated to something different and almost hypnotic; a Politician who didn't duck the issue, "disown" his pastor for remarks that shocked many Americans, but instead - Senator Obama faced the controversy head-on and attempted to bridge the gap of racial divisiveness that often muddies the waters whenever someone plays the "race card" and responded with a message that resonated with truth and power! Mr. Obama uttered words that are often whispered about or spoke of in the privacy of our homes, black and white; for once, the 600 Lb Gorilla that co-exists in millions of families across this country was acknowledged and for all practical purposes, was laid bare for all of us who have open minds to examine and analyze.
The Black Theology of "God Damn America!"- In his nationally televised speech tonight, Barack Obama tried to convince American voters that when Jeremiah Wright screams "God damn America!" in Trinity United Church of Christ, and the congregation cheers, it's just a holdover of bitterness from the days of Jim Crow, just an isolated outburst of justifiable indignation. But "God damn America!" is a fundamental component of Pastor Wright's world-view, systematically developed in the black power theology of his mentor, Professor James Cone of the Union Theological Seminary.
The Speech and Obama's Political Potential-
I have no idea what the impact of Obama's excellent speech will be, but it gave me new optimism about his political potential--in particular his capacity to appeal the white working class. While political observers sometimes fetishize this group of voters at the expense of other groups, there's no question that blue collar whites are a critical swing group in national elections, one that presents a challenge to Obama.
Obama's Speech On Race-
Here is a link to the text as well.
Hillary needs to super-size her delegate count.- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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This is Going to be a Problem- We should not forget what the republicans were able to do to Kerry in 2004. I think that this is going to be a problem for Obama in the general if he is the nominee. He needs to get on top of this.
This Week With Barack Obama, March 9-15, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama and One Million Strong
A Vice President, Or, A Fake Consultant Advises Obama- Your friendly fake consultant is an equal-opportunity consultative provider, and having recently been called upon to advise Hillary Clinton, I thought I might turn my attention today to helping out Barack Obama. The thing is, should the gentleman be nominated, he’s going to need to choose a running mate…and it might not be as easy as it would seem. For reasons we’ll discuss, the normal crop of candidates might be better left undisturbed…but what if we could bring to the table a running mate who offers an extraordinary understanding of the world’s interconnected economy, a close, personal relationship with many of the world’s leaders—and the kind of negotiating skills that humble even the United States Government? And if all that wasn’t enough…a candidate for whom fundraising most assuredly won’t be a problem. Curious? Follow along, then, and we shall see…
The election is black and white- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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Mississippi Youth Vote Triples- According to CIRCLE's numbers crunched from the exit polling data last night, young voters in Mississippi came out in outstanding numbers proving once again that if you build it, they will come.
This Week With Barack Obama, March 2-8, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama and One Million Strong
If We Survive The Bush Administration, We Must Insure It Never Happens Again- Yesterday, I finally chose a candidate and have decided to support Barack Obama. Neither Obama nor Clinton are perfect and each has questions that need to be answered, however, Mr. Obama has demonstrated that he can galvanize the country and possibly unite us in a positive manner we haven't witnessed in years - and we're long overdue to come-together and solve our problems and issues in a concerted spirit of healing the country. I do have some questions in regard experience, however, a good President is advised by a Cabinet that is hand-picked and "supposed" to be representative of the foremost experts in their fields. Presidents are sometimes made by the expertise of their advisor's, as there are too many issues for one man to review in-depth himself. I believe the Obama Cabinet will adhere to those standards rather then partisan appointments such as we witnessed in the Bush administration, and now that we have seen first-hand the damage of unbridled partisanship and how it distorts a President's world-view and perception of important events, I believe Obama will choose a cabinet that will represent some of the best talent America has to offer.
"God damn America!"- "God damn America!" This is the money quote for the 2008 elections.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Ohio shows John McCain leading both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama by identical 46% to 40% margins.
Pastor Wright screamed “God damn America!” and the congregation cheered for “God damn America!” and Obama sat in that same congregation for 20 years and never spoke a word of disapproval until he started running for President.
New School Evangelicals- There was a great story on NPR yesterday that captured my attention. Pew recently released their extensive 35,000 person survey that examines the role of faith in daily lives and in political affiliation. Here is a video that talks about it in an overview.
Hillary Ain’t No Obama- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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Update: Obama's Big Lie About NAFTA- Barack Obama's disciples keep blowing smoke and waving mirrors at the memo written by a Canadian consular official in Chicago, outting Obama's double-speak about NAFTA. But in spite of all the spin and wishful thinking, the memo won't go away. This spin-doctoring comes in various flavors, the crudest of which is a diary on the recommended list with 500 recommendations on Daily Kos, CBC Exonerates Obama.
March 4 Young Voters Smackdown the Vote- Crossposted from Wiretap First, let me just say that I told you McCain would win. And Mike Huckabee conceded with a lovely speech about a pitcher that is always waiting and ready in the event the other pitcher can't make it. Media folks are speculating if this is Huck making a comment about being VP? Or is this a crack about McCain being so old he's nearing death? I think that this was actually a comment about Mike Huckabee's new career in baseball. Last night's primary and caucuses brought another opportunity for us to measure the successes of the youth vote. All of the following are for 17-29 year olds and can be found by combing through the CNN Exit polls.
A Landslide of One- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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There Will Be Bamboozling- There will be bamboozling
Obama's Big Lie About NAFTA- Barack Obama's lead economic advisor says that "Obama's tough talk on the North American Free Trade Agreement is just campaign rhetoric not to be taken seriously." As reported in the New York Times today, Austan Goolsbee, who has been Barack Obama's economic advisor since Obama's Senate campaign in Illinois, told Canadian consular officials in Chicago that "much of the rhetoric that may be perceived to be protectionist is more reflective of political maneuvering than policy."
Jeffrey Dahmer was experienced too!- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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This Week With Barack Obama, February 25-March 1, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama & One Million Strong
Obama's Thugs Suppress Discussion on Daily Kos- I've written a couple of diaries that Hillary Clinton's supporters interpreted as more unsympathetic to their candidate than they really were, and some of their comments were harsh, but Ms. Clinton's supporters never tried to shut down discussion by jamming threads with empty comments and even empty titles.
Barack Obama's Irresponsible Bullshit About Gun Control- Here's a quote from VirginiaDem's celebration of Obama's "Reagan-like ability to attract his listeners to his positions," which was recommended by about 500 Kossacks:
"There's a Supreme Court case that's going to be decided fairly soon about what the Second Amendment means. I taught Constitutional Law for 10 years, so I've got my opinion. And my opinion is that the Second Amendment is probably -- it is an individual right and not just a right of the militia."
Hillary Takes Heat off of McCain- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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Late Edition of This Week With Barack Obama, February 17-24, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama & One Million Strong
Bush is Obama, Obama is Bush- Once upon a time, there was a candidate for President named George W. Bush. He looked good on TV, and he had a wonderful tag-line: Compassionate Conservatism. The tag-line said "Jesus and low taxes" to the voters, and that was all they wanted to know.
SNL's Satirical Look at the Media's Obama Idolatry- No One does it like Saturday Night Live. The video says it all.
Faith-Based Obama- Every time I publish a diary critical of Barack or Michelle Obama on Daily Kos, a certain number of his true believers post blanks and typographical doodads in the comments. Next come the insults, and some of them are rather unusual for a progressive site like Daily Kos: "Can we waterboard this moron in absentia?" asks 7November. 7November deserves some credit for the (probably) unintentional humor of his comment... If I have to be waterboarded one way or another, in absentia would be my choice. But it's the blanks and doodads that say the most about the candidate and his base: Why bother with arguments? In our hearts we know he's right!
A Bullshit Cover-up from Michelle Obama- This is what Michelle Obama actually said...
"For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country. Not just because Barack is doing well, but I think people are hungry for change."
and this is her subsequent "clarification"...
But she has momentum!- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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YOU ARE VOTING FOR WHO?-

I am about to tell you something you do not want to hear, so let me cloak it in an alliteration to make it more palatable: to borrow the words of the theatrical Mary Magdalene; “I don’t know why he moves me. He’s a man. He’s just as man.” There, did that hurt any less? I hope it did. But of course those are also the words, in reprise, of Judas Iscariot, also from “Jesus Christ Superstar”, so maybe you are now offended, but at least now you know of whom I am referring, because the Superstar of the moment can be none other than Senator Barack Obama, Superstar and junior Senator from Illinois, the land of Lincoln. But is Barack another Lincoln? He couldn’t be of course because Lincoln wasn’t Lincoln until after he was dead. Before he was dead Lincoln was just another politician, and worse, he was a mouth piece for the railroads, the mega-corporations of his day. His last year in private law practice, 1859, Lincoln made an estimated $100,000.00, or about 2 million in today’s dollars. And nobody picked him for sainthood because everybody was looking for the next George Washington or the next Andrew Jackson. And Lincoln sure as hell wasn’t up to the standards of George Washington. Now, do you need to hear what a schmuck post-revolutionary Americans thought Washington was?
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Does Barack Obama Really Believe He's Jesus Christ?- There was something eerily familiar about Barack Obama's speech January 8 at Dartmouth College...
"My job this morning is to be so persuasive...that a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Barack," he told a crowd of about 300 Ivy Leaguers.
Where had I heard this before? Wasn't it from the Acts of the Apostles, 9:3-6...
This Week With Barack Obama, February 10-16, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama and One Million Strong
Feminists 1, Biblethumpers 0- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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The Real Deal from Barack Obama, and Less- At the Take Back America 2007 Conference Jun 19, 2007, Barack Obama made a very good speech:
Barack Obama: Our Nation's Best Hope and Our Best Chance To Beat McCain- I don't often agree with the editorial positions of the Dallas Morning News, but this is one time I couldn't have agreed with the publication more. It's their endorsement of Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination that has caught my eye.
This Week With Barack Obama, February 4-9, 2008- cross-posted @ This Week With Barack Obama and One Million Strong
This Week With Barack Obama, January 28-February 2, 2008 (Late Edition)- cross-posted @ One Million Strong minneapolis target center, 20K+, feb 2, 2008 ::
News Flash: Republicans Nominate Barack Obama- Just when I thought the Republicans were stuck with a hopeless slate of candidates, they short-circuited the usual process and nominated Barack Obama for President of the United States! And why not? The issue of abortion rights is more or less moot, since the Republicans already have an anti-abortion majority on the Supreme Court, and on a whole list of issues where a President has more direct influence, Obama fits right into the GOP like a bipartisan peg in a Republican hole.
Caucus Hang Over-
Obama's Game- In every con game, there comes a moment when even the dumbest sucker in the world will ask, "Why me?" "What makes me so special that I should get $2 million from a secret Romanian bank account in return for a mere $11,000?"
An Endorsement for Change- Crossposted from EDC I must warn you that this is a very personal blog for me. There is nothing I take more seriously than my position among our readers. And there is nothing I take more seriously than my loyalty to a candidate, a cause, and a movement.
Super Tuesday- Tomorrow I get to vote. I actually get to vote in an election that actually may effect the outcome of the American political process.
Krugman: If Obama is President, There's No Chance for Universal Health Care-
We Democrats have waited SINCE PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN (the late 1940s!) for a chance at universal health care. It's within reach. Let's not blow it on a candidate whose plan is weaker and who's already making ill-considered policy shifts (see below for a sad description of Obama's illogical backpedaling on mandates by considering the imposition of penalties on those who don't sign up).

Here's the "money quote" from Paul Krugman's column in tomorrow's New York Times (February 4, 2008):
Obama Fathered A Black Child!- Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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Why cannabis culture should support Barack Obama for President.- Crossposted from GreenState Project I am off the fence: the decision is made. It's not Ron Paul. Brief discussion after the flip.
Jack Kennedy and Barack Obama- Caroline Kennedy recently published an editorial endorsing Barack Obama in the New York Times, under the headline A President Like My Father. But Barack Obama lacks exactly the characteristic that defined Jack Kennedy for the generation of World War II.
Two Stupid Slogans From Barack Obama- 1. Change We Can Believe In "Change" is apparently a word that plays well with the focus groups, meaning anything anyone wants it to mean, but in the last seven years the reality of "change" for millions of Americans has been "medical" bankruptcy and foreclosure and mass lay-offs and for about a million Iraqis the reality of "change" has been death.

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Obama, Barack