Archive for the ‘obama’ Category

Iraq PM: Troops out ‘as soon as possible’

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says U.S. troops should leave Iraq "as soon as possible," according to a magazine report in which he also called presidential candidate Barack Obama's suggestion of 16 months "the right timeframe for a withdrawal."Read the full story

Obama Campaign Hurting Late Night Comedians

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

"There has been little humor about Obama: about his age, his speaking ability, his intelligence, his family, his physique. And within a late-night landscape dominated by white hosts, white writers, and overwhelmingly white audiences, there has been almost none about his race. ... "We're carrion birds," said Stewart, "We're sitting ...

How to sell magazines 101: New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving Obama

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Who knows if they'll get this in Dubuque, but they sure aren't going to like it in Chicago: This week's New Yorker cover features an image of Michelle and Barack Obama that combines every smeary right-wing stereotype imaginable: An image of Obama in a turban and robes fist-bumping his be-afro'd ...

Obama vetting telco immunity foe Dodd in VP search

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Obama's campaign has asked Dodd to turn over information as part of its VP vetting process, the Associated Press reported Friday.Read the full story

Zogby: Obama has electoral college majority; Barr has 6% support

Monday, July 7th, 2008

A new nationwide poll shows Barack Obama securing a majority of electoral college votes over Republican opponent John McCain in a new state-by-state poll.Read the full story

Obama plane makes unplanned stop in St. Louis

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Can we please get the next President of the United States into something more modern than an MD-80? The plane, an MD-80 Midwest charter, experienced a problem maintaining the proper pitch, or control over keeping the nose at the necessary angle, as it was taking off from Chicago, the pilot ...

NYT: The Facebooker who friended Obama

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

It's not Scarlet Johannsen and he's not a former member of the Weathered Underground. Phew!Read the full story

Obama Opposes California’s Gay Marriage Ban

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Pretty consistent with his previous comments. Read the full story

Obama Opens Up 15-Point Lead

Friday, June 20th, 2008

With numbers consistently showing rock-bottom approval ratings for President Bush and a large majority of Americans unhappy with the country's direction, the opposing-party candidate should, in the normal course, have attracted more disaffected voters. Now it looks as if Obama is doing just that. A new NEWSWEEK Poll shows that ...

Fox Obama Rumored to Have Fathered Two Black Children

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Hilarious comic from the NYT Week in Review today. My friend Jon was on the ball retorting that this is similar to earlier rumors started by Karl Rove in South Caroline that John McCain had fathered a black child.Read the full story