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• Obama: Thanksgiving E-Mail

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  Here's Obama's Thanksgiving E-mail:
  From: "President Barack Obama"
  Subject: Thanksgiving
  Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 3:51 PM
  
  Friend --
  
  Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.
  
  American families reflect [...]

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:03am EST
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• Barack Obama, just “Jimmy Carter stupid”

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    Posted in Video Tagged: Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:02pm EST
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• Oprah and Obama Christmas

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  It's going to be an O & O Christmas.
  
  From ET online:
  Oprah Winfrey will usher in the holidays at the White House, visiting President Barack Obama and the First Lady as they prepare for their family's first Christmas in the nation's capital -- and it [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 1:17pm EST
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• Obama Pardons 'Courage'

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  President Barack Obama, right, speaks as he pardons a turkey, Courage, left, with daughters Sasha Obama, 8, and Malia Obama, 11, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:23pm EST
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• People said it didn’t matter

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  I got this from my BrotherFromAnotherMother Jime, it is too true not to post. It is a bit long, but if you think voting for Barack Obama didn’t matter, you will have to click below the fold (if viewing from the main blog page).

  The Fundamental Transformation of America

  When Obama [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:07am EST
  by Patrick Dorwin

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• President Obama, The Shy Golfer

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  Keep this thought in mind as you read this post.  How many of us would really want our antics on the golf course to be seen by the whole world?  Not me! Which all serves to deepen a mystery that has surrounded the presidency: Why has Barack Obama forsaken basketball for [...]

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:40pm EST
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• Apples to Horse Apples

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  by folkbumThere's an ugly internet rumor going around that Sarah Palin's poll numbers are as good as Barack Obama's. It's not true. (Graphs below are as of 11/24; click on them to be magically transported to pollster for current data.)(And for kicks, you can play with the graphs to remove' [...]

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:42am EST
  

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• Oblivious

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  Posted in Cartoons Tagged: Barack Obama [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:58pm EST
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• Tangential

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  While Ross Douthat ruminates on celebrity, it was one throwaway graph that struck me most:
  It’s possible to be a celebrity and a serious politician at the same time: Barack Obama’s career proves as much. But Obama’s celebrity status is frequently a political liability, and he’s (usually) wise enough [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:30pm EST
  

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• Science fair at the White House

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  President Barack Obama touted efforts to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (or STEM) education in a speech that was carried live online Monday and followed by a short round-table Facebook presentation by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. The "Educate to Innovate" campaign, for now, seems to consist mostly of getting [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  

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• Radical Person of the Week: Valerie Jarrett

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  Close friend and adviser of President Barack Obama Valerie Jarrett was born in November 1956 to American parents in Shiraz, Iran, where her father — a renowned physician — ran a children’s hospital. When Valerie was five, her family relocated to London for one year before settling in Chicago’s elite Hyde [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:00am EST
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• —This Just In...

  President Obama bowed practically to Japanese Emperor Akihoto's waist during his visit to the country last weekend. (AP photo) U.S. President Barack Obama walks alone atop the Great Wall in Badaling, China, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Newsweek Cover, issue dated November 23, 2009 "The choice of photo for the' [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:03am EST
  

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• The spoils of victory

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  As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised to change Washington, D.C., but as president, Obama hasn’t changed one Washington tradition: giving prized ambassadorships to big political donors:
  Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and 44 percent have [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:51am EST
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• What do Barack Obama & Glenn Beck have in common?

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  One is a former community activist, while the other wants to be a community activist!

  H/T to illusory tenant.

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:02am EST
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• Ban the Gun, Not the Terrorist

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  The usual idiocy.
  
  More than two dozen anti-gun violence groups have asked President Barack Obaman to ban further importation of the type of handgun used in the Fort Hood massacre.
  
  In a Thursday letter to the president, the group takes aim at the FN Herstal [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:17pm EST
  

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• Groups ask Obama to ban Fort Hood gun

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  More than two dozen anti-gun violence groups have asked President Barack Obaman to ban further importation of the type of handgun used in the Fort Hood massacre. In a Thursday letter to the president, the group takes aim at the FN Herstal Five-seveN armor-piercing semiautomatic pistol. The letter suggests that the [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:30pm EST
  

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• Gallup: Obama at 49 Percent Approval

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  Obama, Obama administration, and Democrats,
  
  ARE YOU LISTENING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?
  
  Gallup has some less than encouraging news for Obama and the Dems.
  PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Daily tracking results show 49% of Americans approving of the job Barack Obama is doing [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:07pm EST
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• Sarah Palin, national threat

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  Or at least that’s what President Barack Obama’s campaign thinks! Organizing for America wants your $5 again. — Cindy – Right now, Sarah Palin is on a highly publicized, nationwide book tour, attacking President Obama and his plan for health reform at every turn. It’s dangerous. Remember, this is the person who coined the [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:53am EST
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• Marriage Penalty, 17 New Taxes - Health Care Bill

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  On September 12, 2008, Barack Obama was in Dover, New Hampshire, on the campaign trail.
  
  He was talking taxes and he made a promise, a "firm pledge."
  BARACK OBAMA: And I can make a firm pledge: under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:49am EST
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• Is Reaganomics Enough?

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  Ryan and Hensarling's essay in today's WSJ has a few interesting facts.
  
  Exhibit A is the economic stimulus package signed into law by President Barack Obama in February. Even among previous stimulus efforts, the 2009 stimulus stands out for its ineffective targeting and sheer size. With interest, it [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:39am EST
  

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• Top Ten: Obama's Interview with FOX

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  From The Late Show with David Letterman:
  TOP TEN HIGHLIGHTS OF BARACK OBAMA'S INTERVIEW WITH FOX NEWS
  
  10. First question: "Sup?"
  
  9. Showed up wearing one of Michelle's halter tops
  
  8. Interview split into domestic issues, foreign affairs and one round of bare-knuckle boxing [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:30am EST
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  Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Virginia Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
  Richmond, VA
  February 9, 2008
  
  We are tired of being disappointed by our politics. We are tired of being let down. We're tired of hearing promises made and ten-point plans proposed in the heat of a campaign only to have' [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:05am EST
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• Lawyer calls Butler editorial racist

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  Madison -- A Wisconsin lawyer is accusing the Wall Street Journal of racism for referring to an African-American judicial nominee as "the White House butler." A Thursday editorial rips President Barack Obama for appointing former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis B. Butler Jr. to the bench. The editorial took issue with [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:11pm EST
  

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• Did he salute? Of course he did.

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  By now, some of you have heard about the bogus story that suggested President Barack Obama refused to salute the flag during Veterans Day ceremonies. The picture of a non-saluting Obama was widely distributed early this week by some conservative bloggers who insisted it showed Obama thumbing his nose at dead [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  

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• Did he salute? Of course he did.

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  By now, some of you have heard about the bogus story that suggested President Barack Obama refused to salute the flag during Veterans Day ceremonies. The picture of a non-saluting Obama was widely distributed early this week by some conservative bloggers who insisted it showed Obama thumbing his nose at dead [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  

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• Today’s sign of the Apocalypse

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  From U.S. News and World Report’s James Pethokoukis:

  Guess what? It turns out the Chinese are kind of curious about how President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans would impact America’s huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House questions. Detailed [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:00am EST
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• Moore asks Obama to talk about Darfur during China visit

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  Rep. Gwen Moore is among dozens of members urging President Barack Obama to bring up the situation in Sudan’s Darfur region during his visit to China. Moore (D-Milwaukee) was among 44 members of Congress who have signed on to a letter asking Obama to push the Chinese to do more about [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:33pm EST
  

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• Bow to emperor shouldn't have surprised anyone

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  I was waiting to see how long it would be before there was news from President Barack Obama’s trip to Japan, and now we have it. Should anyone be surprised that the president bowed to the emperor of Japan? No more than we should have been surprised when the Obamas [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:58am EST
  

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• Bow to emperor shouldn't have surprised anyone

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  I was waiting to see how long it would be before there was news from President Barack Obama’s trip to Japan, and now we have it. Should anyone be surprised that the president bowed to the emperor of Japan? No more than we should have been surprised when the Obamas [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:58am EST
  

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• Dems knock Ryan for health care vote

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  The Democratic National Committee plans to kick off on Tuesday a new radio ad campaign critical of 32 House Republicans for voting against health care reform legislation this month. The commercials target Republicans in congressional districts that went to Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) and [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:01pm EST
  

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