Category Archives: Obama

New Year’s in the twilight zone

Posted on January 5, 2011 by oddmanout215

Republicans are telling Americans a Big Lie, and Obama and the Democrats are letting them. The Big Lie is our economic problems are due to a government that’s too large, and therefore the solution is to shrink it. The truth … Continue reading →

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Bunch’s best Obama news was in his blog

Posted on January 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

Blogs can be therapeutic for mainstream reporters, especially if their beat is politics. In this case I mean Will Bunch of The Philadelphia Daily News, who last month revealed that candidate Barack Obama, in 2008, lied when asked by Bunch … Continue reading →

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Whose side are you on, Salon?

Posted on December 28, 2010 by oddmanout215

Yesterday I was reading the virtual magazine Salon.com and wondering why a high-profile liberal publication, a rarity, doesn’t take a hard line on the U.S. government’s campaign to smack down WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. One answer is that some writers … Continue reading →

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A holiday fairy tale about lame ducks

Posted on December 23, 2010 by oddmanout215

It’s depressing to think that there was no way to win that would not have involved giving away billions of dollars to people who don’t need it. But it’s kind of cheery to think we have a president who actually … Continue reading →

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Martians land in Meadowlands!

Posted on December 21, 2010 by oddmanout215

There it was in big bold caps, the main headline on the front page of Monday’s Philadelphia Inquirer: BEYOND BELIEF. Had Obama created a jobs program? Had Martians landed in New Jersey, or among Florida’s frozen oranges? No, it was … Continue reading →

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More mumbo jumbo from Ishmael Reed

Posted on December 12, 2010 by oddmanout215

Unlike white progressives, blacks and Latinos are not used to getting it all. They know how it feels to be unemployed and unable to buy your children Christmas presents. They know when not to shout. The president, the coolest man … Continue reading →

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NYT says beware of ‘hipster’ Democrats

Posted on December 11, 2010 by oddmanout215

In 1960, the hipster John F. Kennedy represented for liberals something similar to what Mr. Obama embodied as a candidate… ” — Matt Bai in the Dec. 7 New York Times The mainstream news monster is half-blind and barely functional, … Continue reading →

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Obama’s bottom line: No, we can’t

Posted on December 8, 2010 by oddmanout215

If life were a Frank Capra movie, Barack Obama would have looked across the table at Mitch McConnell and said, “OK, Turtle Face, I’ll take this issue to the people and lay out the facts. You’re trying to blackmail Democrats. … Continue reading →

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Ugly old white men still rule!

Posted on December 5, 2010 by oddmanout215

It is hard to believe, as the holidays approach yet again amid economic hard times, but Congress looks as if it may let federal unemployment benefits lapse for the fourth time this year. — Nov. 28 New York Times editorial … Continue reading →

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Alfred E. Neuman on cable news: ‘Yes, me worry!’

Posted on November 18, 2010 by oddmanout215

We live now in a cable news universe that celebrates the opinions of [Keith] Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly – individuals who hold up the twin pillars of political partisanship and who are … Continue reading →

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