Posts tagged as Barack Obama
Reagan Proven Much More Awesome at Fixing America Than Obama
"How do conditions compare locally to when the Reagan administration was asking for a second term. Statistically, have we seen the same kind of recovery from the 2007-to-2009 recession as we did from the 1980-to-1982 recession? Not to ruin the suspense, but the charts below suggest the answer is 'no.' The Miami area enjoyed a much more robust recovery at the end of the Reagan first term than it has under the Obama first term." READ MORE
That Is One Fist-Bumping President
Barack Obama is big into the fist-bumping.
It's Time for Michelle Obama to Get Pregnant
Worried about Barack Obama's reelection chances in the face of flagging support from his base, experienced Democratic political strategists, former White House administration officials and professional political pundits have called for the president to "go bold." Last week, former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich even predicted that Obama dump Biden in 2012 and make Hillary Clinton his new vice president: "Because Obama needs to stir the passions and enthusiasms of a Democratic base." READ MORE
"The Pentagon Will Abandon its Ability to Fight Long, Drawn-Out Wars"
That's how the Army Times summarizes the cost-cutting at the Pentagon today. Plus: "The military will also reduce its nuclear weapons stockpile." (Don't be too alarmed about the Pentagon: they can still bend light to make things invisible.) So, anyway, how is that hopey-changey stuff working out for you?
If Obama Loses
What happens if President Obama loses his reelection campaign? Apparently he will undergo some sort of hydrocephalitic attack in which his head swells to become more than half the size of his torso.
Field Notes: A 2008 Obama Team Then And Now
It was early September 2008. Obama, by then widely regarded as the frontrunner in the general election, was campaigning from atop one of the most sophisticated, fully conceived political organizations this country has ever seen. An old college acquaintance of mine who was working for the campaign, Emily Thielmann, sent an email to a few friends saying her regional field director was looking to hire an additional field organizer. A mutual friend forwarded me the email, which I initially ignored, having little interest in quitting my job and moving to the small, mostly rural county in the thumb of Michigan where the office was. A few days later I was laid off and found myself on the phone with Andy Oare, Emily’s immediate superior. At the end of the conversation Andy asked me how fast I could get to Port Huron, Michigan. It was a Wednesday. I said I could be there on Sunday. READ MORE
Obama Setting Records on Deportation
"Obama is on the verge of deporting more undocumented immigrants in a single term than Bush did his full eight years in office." Liberals. What can you do.
Martha's Vineyard: Trailer Trash Since 1642
"1921 Upon learning that President Calvin Coolidge had been out of Washington on vacation in Marion, Ohio, for a week, Dorothy Parker's less clever sister is reported to have remarked, 'How could they tell?'" READ MORE
Web Video Is Not (Yet) TV
"Mariah Carey and Barack Obama each had something to sell this week, and they made live videos to do it. Both videos bombed."
Republicans: Barack Obama Will Still Be Running Things Down Here After Apocalypse
A poll shows that only 19% of Republican primary voters believe that Barack Obama would be taken up to Heaven in the event of the Rapture. More than half see Sarah Palin flying up there, or whatever it is happens.
