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The Speech: Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ SOTU Retort

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is bland oatmeal, but he’s civil and gave as good a speech as Barack Obama did for his 2012 State of the Union (SOTU) address. As a liberal who plans to vote for President Obama in … Continue reading

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Youcef Nadarkhani Execution Watch: Where’s President Obama on This?

In a recent Washington Post opinion piece on Youcef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor under a death sentence for apostasy in Iran, Jordan Sekulow describes Nadarkhani’s attorney as: . . . a brave Muslim who has been sentenced to nine years in prison and banned from … Continue reading

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Health Care Reform: Yes We Did

I’m so proud to have supported and worked for this man’s election to the presidency. Barack Obama is proving to be an even better president than I had dared hope for when I voted for him in November of 2008. And on Sunday … Continue reading

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I’ll Say It Loud: I’m White and I’m Proud (to be a Barack Obama Supporter)

As a white person, I’m sick of the white hate being directed at President Barack Obama. It’s indecent, and I’m not going to be silent in the face of it. Aaron Wiener of the Washington Independent notices that the far right … Continue reading

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Obama Conspiracy Theories “live within the computer and they fester in people’s minds”: After the Abortion Doctor and Holocaust Museum Shootings, Shepard Smith Worries About Obama’s Assassination by Far-Right Crazies in a Discussion with Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Is the authoritarian right on its way to a noxious repeat of the militia movement culture that culminated, in the 1990s, in the Oklahoma City bombing—only this time with the target being our first African American president? After the U.S. Holocaust … Continue reading

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The Grassy Knoll of the Far-Right Mind? After the Murder of Dr. George Tiller, Is President Barack Obama in Greater Danger of Assassination?

The grassy knoll of the far-right mind? Salon today has a rather long article listing and discussing various right-wing Obama hysteria claims, such as: Obama is the Antichrist; he is determined to take away your guns; and he is trying to flood … Continue reading

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The Full Text of Obama’s Cairo Speech (June 4, 2009)

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University … Continue reading

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Just How Smart is Barack Obama?: Hanging Out With Nobel Laureates Smart

It’s no secret that Barack Obama has surrounded himself with very powerful intellectual lamps—and appointed a bevy of Ivy League graduates to his cabinet. But does Obama himself have the emotional balance and intellect to challenge the elite expert opinions … Continue reading

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November 4, 2008: Barack Obama

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McCain Does the Right Thing

The senator (finally) pushes back against some of the crazies attending his rallies. Time magazine’s Ana Marie Cox reports: Here in Lakeville, the traveling press was pretty sure we’d see more of the kind of vicious anti-Obama attitude that’s becoming … Continue reading

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