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Every Obama Racist Called ‘Racist’
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama’s supporters promised that his election would allow America to “transcend race." Among the headlines:
The Boston Globe: "Obama shows an ability to transcend race”
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Obama to rally grass roots backers on health care
President Barack Obama will Thursday hold a live online and telephone strategy meeting to rally devoted grass roots backers as a backlash over his health reform plan spreads to liberal media commentators.
David Plouffe, who ran Obama's triumphant 2008 election campaign, and now steers the Organizing for America supporter network, said Obama wanted to lay out his strategy and message, as controversy...
Michael Jackson Made Obama Prez, says Al Sharpton
Speaking at Michael Jackson’s memorial service Tuesday, the Rev. Al Sharpton gave the entertainer credit for creating an environment in which Barack Obama could be elected president.
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Broken Promises? President Obama’s Cairo speech proves he’s experiencing a moral muddle
By Michael Goodwin
The outlines of an Obama Doctrine are taking shape. Our President's world view can be summarized as "Everybody is a little bit guilty, especially Israel."
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The Emergence of President Obama’s Muslim Roots
By Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller
The other day we heard a comment from a White House aide that never would have been uttered during the primaries or general election campaign.
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Bob Woodward Prepares Obama Book; Claims White House Nervous
In early May, White House Counsel Greg Craig circulated a memo inside the West Wing. Part of a series of memos on protocol, it explained how to deal with writers researching books and articles on the White House. (Craig's unsurprising instructions: Clear interview requests with the press office.) While the memo didn't mention any journalists by name–and while there are currently no fewer...
Biden Jokes About Breaking Obama’s Teleprompter
From Real Clear Politics:
After the wind blows down the teleprompter of Vice President Biden at the Air Force Academy graduation he joked "what am I going to tell the President when I tell him his teleprompter is broken? What will he do then?"
Watch The Video Here
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Obama: ‘We’re Out of Money’
In a sobering holiday interview with C-SPAN, President Obama boldly told Americans: "We are out of money."
C-SPAN host Steve Scully broke from a meek Washington press corps with probing questions for the new president.
SCULLY: You know the numbers, $1.7 trillion debt, a national deficit of $11 trillion. At what point do we run out of money?
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Obama’s ‘Laugh In’ Partisan tone hurts the president and the press
It was President Obama's idea to give Queen Elizabeth II an iPod last month at Buckingham Palace.
During the gala's keynote address, comedian Wanda Sykes asked: "And whose idea was it to give the queen an iPod?" Clearly not wanting to be blamed for the blooper, first lady Michelle Obama responded by shaking her head and pointing an insistent finger at her husband. The president siled...
Obama’s Budget Is All Red
By Lori Montgomery, Amy Goldstein and William Branigin
The Obama administration today unveiled program details of a $3.4 trillion federal budget for the fiscal year beginning in October, a proposal that includes substantial increases for a number of domestic priorities as well as a plan to trim or eliminate 121 programs for a savings of $17 billion.
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Obama Ego Stunt: ‘Classified’ Photo Op Turns Into a Soaring Blunder for the White House
By SUZANNE SATALINE, JONATHAN D. ROCKOFF and CHRISTOPHER CONKEY
As secret missions go, this one was a flop.
On Monday morning, one of the 747s used to ferry around the U.S. president was dispatched to the Statue of Liberty, escorted by a fighter jet. Assignment: Get some fresh glamour shots of the plane.
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