President Obama more popular with Latinos than whites
2009-12-03 20:23:00 A recent poll administered by Latino Decisions found President Obama has a 74 percent approval rating among Latino voters.This is startling especially when you consider a recent Gallup poll found the president only has a 39 percent approval rating among whites.Also the new Latino Decisions poll found that Latino voters rank health care reform as more important to them than immigration reform.I was surprised to learn that so many Latinos still support our president compared to the general population.Maybe it can be summed up in a popular phrase, "Esperanza muere al ultimo," or "Hope dies last," (also the name of a Studs Terkel book.)Personally, I want our president to be able to push through health care reform and immigration reform.I...
Shame on Press Already Calling President Obama?s Plan an ?Exit Strategy?
2009-12-02 17:30:00 A statement by Cynthia McKinney Many in the special interest press are cynically reporting the President’s speech tonight as an “Afghanistan exit plan.” We have now reached the point where those who make and interpret current events think they can make us believe that war is for peace, ignorance is strength, slavery is freedom, and ...
Presidential Address from President Obama on sending 30,000 more troops to
2009-12-02 02:39:00 On December 1, 2009, President Barack H. Obama spoke in West Point, New York at the U.S. Military Academy to discuss why he is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. See the transcription from this address below. &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -; - &-nbsp; ~ - &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; ~ - &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; ~ Good evening. To the United States Corps of Cadets, to the men and women of our armed services, and to my fellow Americans: I want to speak to you tonight about our effort in Afghanistan - the nature of our commitment there, the scope of our interests...
Happening now: Your reaction to President Obama's speech on Afghanista
2009-12-02 02:11:00 Currently, we're asking for your reaction to President Obama's plan on Afghanistan.Please let us know either in the comments below or on Twitter or on Facebook - the question is posted on both of those sites.We plan to print some of your responses in Wednesday's RedEye. Looking forward to seeing what you have to say.Thanks....
President Obama – Where’s the love?
2009-11-30 20:35:00 A friend once told me I’m reflective. I suppose it’s true. Meaning, if I love someone, you can bet he or she loved me first. Same with despise, desire, and just about every other emotion in between. I don’t understand unrequited love and have never, ever felt it. Makes no sense. If someone doesn’t see all ...
Another GTL? Open Post Monday: ?President Lou Dobbs?? Howard Dean ? Is He
2009-11-24 04:55:00 THE Gun Toting Liberal Reaches Out To His Fellow Commentators -Slash- Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On Any Of The Above, Below, Or Anything Else Political One Wishes To O-Pine On… That’s right, folks — it’s YOUR turn to speak up again. President Obama is... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
The GTL? Sunday Guest Column ? ?All The President?s Breast Men? By Christop
2009-11-23 00:27:00 GTL? Sunday Guest Columnist: Author And “Moderately-Right-Of-Cent-er” Political Pundit, Christopher L. Doster, Employs His Wit, Sarcasm And Conservative Sense Of Humor To Attack ObamaCare… ?All The President’s Breast Men? After recently escaping from the People?s Republic of... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
@ryankiefer: You know how the President bows to no one? Well, not quite.
2009-11-19 23:29:00 Most of you know that the President, during his recent trip to several Asian countries bowed to the Emperor of Japan. And in a continuing Republican attempt to find things to be mad at the President about this was made a big deal out of. The argument made was that no American President has never, and should never bow to a foreign country. Well, that's not entirely true.
Do you have any questions for the democrats vying for the President of the
2009-11-14 21:00:00 Does everyone remember Molly's awesome post about Todd Stroger and the BGA-moderated panel at DePaul this Sunday? Of course you remember! You totally bookmarked that blog post, wrote it down in your day planner, and called up all your friends and neighbors and told them about it, too, so that you can all go together after church or brunch.Because that's how awesome and important it's going to be.Well, on the off chance you can't make it out on Sunday, even though you really want to, we decided it would be a good idea to start a conversation going about the panel on here.What kinds of questions do you want answered at the panel discussion? Are there any questions you have...
President Dewey (11-2-1948)
2009-11-02 07:01:00 Election night 1948. Like the rest of the nation, Chicagoans awaited the results of the presidential contest. At about 10 PM, the bulldog edition of the next day's Tribune hit the streets. The headline read "Dewey Defeats Truman." Well, that was expected. President Harry Truman was trailing badly in all the public-opinion polls. The election was a mere formality. Thomas E. Dewey, the governor of New York, would be moving to the White House. But don't go looking up President Dewey in your history books. Truman upset all the pollsters and won. And the World's Greatest Newspaper was stuck with its most embarrassing headline. Many factors led to the Tribune screw-up. The printers were on strike, so the first...
Left And Right Sing ?Kum Bah Yah? Over President Obama?s State?s Rights Sta
2009-10-19 23:33:00 President Obama To Formalize Anti-Federal And Pro-State Campaign Promise To Keep The Feds Out Of The Medicinal Marijuana Controversy Back in February of this year, the Obama Administration’s Attorney General Eric Holder called a halt to federal raids of state-licensed marijuana distribution... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
One Charity Which President Obama Should Consider With That Nobel Peace Pri
2009-10-09 22:22:00 Protecting children and animals for 132 years, today is American Humane's birthday! President Obama said the dollars from the Nobel Prize will go towards charity. This charity seems perfect! This organization is a part of your everyday life in may ways than you can imagine...- Go to the movies, and see 'No Animals Were Harmed' at the end of flick, those were American Humane Certified Safety Representatives protecting animals on set to insure the animal actors were kept safe.- It was American Humane who first discovered and coined the term, 'The Link' years ago, referring to the link between animal abuse and violence to people. Today 'The Link' is used by law enforcement daily. The discovery of the Link has...
Why did President Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize?
2009-10-09 18:44:00 I woke up this morning and checked my email before I turned on a television or read the news. When I saw "Obama wins Nobel peace prize" in the subject I thought I was getting yet another chain email questioning Obama's citizenship or warning me he's about to take away my guns.Nope. He really did win the Nobel Peace Prize.My next thought was..."why"? The Nobel Peace Prize webpage says that it's "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".Now I won't go so far as Dennis Byrne, and describe the prize as tarnished & dangerous. I do wonder exactly what it is that Obama has done (and not merely talked about) to merit this award. Where...
This Just In: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Anti-Semetic Holocaust
2009-10-04 05:32:00 Shocking, Astonishing Evidence Reveals Iranian President Ahmadinejad May Not Have Been Held Enough As A Young Child… That’s right folks — and I don’t exclusively mean “right” as in “correct” but “right” as in “what the heck else... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
University of Illinois President B. Joseph White in August. (Abel Uribe / T
2009-09-23 18:18:00 Gov. Pat Quinn says he expects University of Illinois President B. Joseph White to submit his resignation to trustees today.
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Opposing the president doesn?t make you a racist
2009-09-23 17:57:00 Opposing the president doesn’t make you a racist Michael Williams, TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION Wednesday, September 23, 2009 As an African American son of the South, I grew up in a time and place where you didn’t have to divine intent or deconstruct code words to find racism. When it raised its ugly head, it was like a ...
By: TexasFred's
President cracks jokes, defends policies on Letterman
2009-09-22 05:13:00 President Obama took a seat on David Letterman's couch Monday. CBS photo President Obama doesn't think racism is the cause of all the criticism he's faced lately. "Well, first of all, I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election, so ... I ...," Obama told David Letterman Monday as the "Late Show" audience interrupted with applause. "This is true. This is true." Letterman replied, "How long have you been a black man?" Obama said that his election "tells you ... a lot about where the country's at." The show was taped earlier today in New York and will air at 10:35 p.m. on CBS. During his visit, the first time a sitting president...
President Barack Obama On David Letterman (VIDEO)
2009-09-22 03:57:00 President Barack Obama visited The Late Show with David Letterman on Monday (September 21) and address Jimmy Carter?s allegations that racism was to blame for the recent criticism towards Obama (Jimmy Carter’s Racism Idiocy video). Obama said, “I think it’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election.” “One of the things that you ...
Tournament of Roses president Gary DiSano dies
(AP)
2009-09-22 03:55:00 AP - Gary DiSano, the president of the Tournament of Roses Association who was to preside over the 2010 New Year's celebration in Pasadena, has died. He was 62.
President Obama and David Letterman joke during a break at a taping of CBS
2009-09-22 03:18:00 President Barack Obama, who has faced a lot of criticism from some quarters which former President Jimmy Carter views as racially motivated, had an answer for that in his talk with the Late Show's David Letterman today.
By: Get rich
An asshole? Maybe. But not everyone who disagrees with President Obama is *
2009-09-22 02:21:00 “Isms in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.” – Ferris Bueller What if white, country-boy Kanye West interrupted African-American, R&B singer Taylor Swift? Would this switcheroo have changed public sentiment after their now-infamous interaction at last week’s MTV VMAs? I doubt it. The only difference – ...
Why President Should Focus on Economy
2009-09-21 07:40:00 Nearly two weeks ago, I suggested the President let go of his fixation on overhauling of the nation’s health care system and focus in the economy. If he did so, I argued, he’d reverse his slide in the polls and leave Republicans clueless. Now, a recent helps to confirm my hypothesis. In the FoxNews poll I ...
By: GayPatriot
What They?re Saying About America?s Worst President
2009-09-20 09:40:00 Glenn Reynolds: JIMMY CARTER?S RACE PROBLEM. And then there?s his more recent anti-semitiism problem. He?s a foul old man, and a disgrace to the office he once held. John McCain: It seems to me that President Carter has earned his place as if not the worst president in history, the worst president of the 20th Century.
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President Martin Van Burens Pearls- Reference Database -Internet Stones.COM
2009-09-20 05:18:00 The Van Buren pearls consisting of two drop-shaped oriental pendant pearls each weighing about 30 grains and a necklace made up of 148 oriental pearls, with a total weight of 700 grains, get their name from the 8th president of the United States, Martin van Buren, ,whose term of office extended from 1837 to 1841.
President Barack Obama Weekly Address 09/19/09 PODCAST VIDEO TEXT
2009-09-19 23:40:00 Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address Saturday, Sepyember 19, 2009 Washington, DC PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLE Download MP3 5.2 mb MP4 VIDEO (100 MB)Leaders of the world?s largest economies will gather next week in Pittsburgh for the second time this year. The first meeting of the G-20 nations in April came at the height of the global financial crisis ? a crisis that required unprecedented international cooperation to jumpstart the world?s economies and help break the downward spiral that enveloped all our nations.At next week?s summit, we?ll have, in effect, a five-month checkup to review the steps each nation has taken ? separately and together ? to break the back of this economic crisis. And the good news is that we?ve made real progress since last time we met ? here at home and around the world.In February, we enacted a Recovery Act, providing relief to Americans who need it, preventing layoffs, and putting Americans back to work. We?ve worked to unlock frozen credit mar...
President Obama Backpedals On HealthCare For Illegal Aliens; Takes The Bipa
2009-09-19 04:43:00 Singing The Hymns Of FORMER President “Surge” W. Bush, Senator John McCain And Many Other Neocons Who’ve Come Before Him, President Barack Hussein Obama Drops A Little “Hint” That Mexicans Who Violate Our Immigration Laws Are More “Special” Than Other... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Shameless President Keeps Lying, Gullible Followers Keep Believing
2009-09-19 02:18:00 Drudge linked earlier today to a YouTube video of a protester at an Obama campaign stop town hall meeting yelling a-la Joe Wilson “You Lie!” and being drowned out by hoots and yells. Eventually he’s led out of the arena by security, all the while suffering the slings and arrows of the sheep there ...
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Presumptuous of President to Push Health Care Without a Plan?
2009-09-17 20:30:00 Is it just me, or maybe this notion is just my expression of an idea that has been cropping up in the various blogs I read and news/opinion sites I frequent? Does it strike other people as presumptuous that with all his pontificating on health care,* the President still hasn’t come forward with a particular plan ...
By: GayPatriot
Hey, CTA president Rodriguez ...
2009-09-16 21:50:00 What the "L?" Got a question for CTA president Rich Rodriguez? Submit your comment below or e-mail me at tswartz@tribune.com. Your question could become the subject of a future column. Here's "Going Public's" interview with Rodriguez that ran in June. Here's the CTA Tattler's interview....
President?s rhetoric: CPR for the GOP(but just because its heart is beating
2009-09-16 18:34:00 Observing the “a trace of a hint of a shadow of a smile” on the normally taciturn face of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s face as President Obama spoke to the nation about health care, George Will quipped that “the president’s rhetoric was becoming CPR for the Republican Party.“ (H/t: Instapundit.) Just as CPR helps ...
By: GayPatriot
Kanye West Interrupts President Obama (Video)
2009-09-14 17:49:00 Two of the biggest stories of the past week have been Rep. Joe Wilson interrupting President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress by shouting, “You lie!,” and last night when Kanye West went on stage and interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards saying that Beyonce deserved the award instead. The ...
President Obama's Speech On Health Care
2009-09-14 17:25:00 I know this website is supposed to be about cats but I think this issue is important enough to post about it here anyway. This is President Obama's great speech on health care and I definitely recommend you watch it. He really clears up the truth of what health care reform is all about and what goals it seeks to accomplish:Health Care Reform is largely about stopping the health insurance
Is Joe Wilson the new Carrie Prejean:Or, Do the President?s Words Mean Noth
2009-09-13 13:28:00 Unlike some conservatives, I did not celebrate South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson’s outburst on the House floor, crying, “You Lie!” while the President delivered his health care address. While I share his opinion about the President’s dishonesty (as does apparently the White House), I don’t think it appropriate for a Member of Congress (or any ...
By: GayPatriot
You have a message from the President (video)
2009-09-13 03:05:00 This arrived in my Inbox and it's got your name on it, too.It's about Health Care/Insurance Reform, as you guessed.And to answer TC's query as to why Joe Wilson's outburst, "You Lie!" has not been mentioned on Stars Over Washington, it's for two reasons: 1. his rudeness is a distraction from the real issues and I don't like to promote the GOP, the party that lied us into the Iraq invasion, but is against health care for all Americans; 2. Rep. Wilson misspoke, as they love to say in Politics: he should have said, "We Lie!"Now that would be a very basic truth worth paying close attention to.
Hebrew Union College past president dies at 79
(AP)
2009-09-13 01:10:00 AP - A spokeswoman says the former president and chancellor emeritus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion has died in Cincinnati.
President Barack Obama Weekly Address 09/12/09 PODCAST VIDEO TEXT
2009-09-12 22:50:00 Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address Saturday, Sepyember 12, 2009 Washington, DC PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLE Download MP3 5.83 mb MP4 VIDEO (114 MB)On Wednesday, I addressed a joint session of Congress and the American people about why we need health insurance reform and what it will take to do it.Since then, I?ve continued to hear from many Americans across the country about why this is so urgent and important.I?ve heard from Americans who can?t get health coverage; men and women who worry that one accident or illness could drive them into bankruptcy.President Barack Obama Weekly Address 09/12/09 And I?ve heard from Americans with insurance who thought that "the uninsured" always referred to someone else ? but between skyrocketing costs and insurance company practices; they?re beginning to worry that they could find themselves uninsured too.It?s an anxiety that?s keeping more and more Americans awake at night. Over the last twelve months, nearly six million more Americans...
President Obama Congress Health Care Reform LIVE PODCAST VIDEO TEXT 09/09/0
2009-09-10 23:22:00 SEPTEMBER 9, 2009, 8:00 PM ET. President Obama Addresses a Joint Session of Congress. Washington, D.C.PODCAST FILES VBR MP3 FORMAT 24 mb Ogg Vorbis FORMAT 19 mbIn his address to a joint session of Congress, Presidend Obama is expected to give a detailed account of his health care plan. Following the address, Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) will deliver the Republican reply. Afterwards, we'll get viewer reaction to the speech.LIVE C-SPAN FEED in Windows Media format.The President's first address to Congress in February. White House Photo.Obama?s Health Care Speech to Congress FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPTFollowing is the prepared text of President Obama?s speech to Congress on the need to overhaul health care in the United States, as released by the White House.Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people:When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per...
The President?s Disingenuous Rhetoric:Claiming to Be Above the Fray While J
2009-09-10 18:00:00 But, the president can't act as if only those criticizing his plan are contributing to the disdain Americans have toward government. He -- and his allies-- have contributed to the growing anti-government sentiment far more than any of his political adversaries. They didn't create that disdain. They tapped into it.
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The President on Health Care Reform
2009-09-10 16:19:00 In a nutshell, here are the President?s goals for health care reform: [C]onsumer protections for those with insurance; an exchange that allows individuals and small businesses to purchase affordable coverage; and a requirement that people who can afford insurance get insurance. I support these goals and I think the President?s willingness to compromise and to speak candidly ...
Another President Aquino for the Philippines?
2009-09-10 11:57:00 Senator Benigno ?Noynoy? Aquino III, after spending some days praying about it, has decided to run for President of the Philippines next year, and his candidacy has upset a lot of plans. The ruling party (theLakas-Kampi coalition) is saying “no big deal”, but actually it is, if for no other reason that he has “name recognition” ...
Of Contradictions & Costs:My ?Nutshell? Reaction to the President?s Health
2009-09-10 09:36:00 This speech helps cement Barack Obama’s image as one of the most divisive figures in American politics. Instead of addressing the arguments offered by his political adversaries, he attacked imaginary critics as if in a campaign stump speech. At the same time, he pretended to extend an olive branch to Republicans and other opponents of ...
By: GayPatriot
GOPhers In Haiku: No Respect For The President
2009-09-10 05:08:00 Yes, he's a Sox fanBut Barack deserves respectNot GOPher hecklingI know this is a sports blog, and I might regret raising a political issue here, but what happened during President Obama's health care speech to Congress tonight was absolutely shameful. ChicagoNow asked all of us to write something about the Oprah shutdown of Michigan Avenue, which should have embarrassed all Chicagoans. I'm sure they won't mind a short rant about the Obama heckling, which should have embarrassed all Americans. In case you missed it ... when Obama stated the simple fact that his health care proposal would not cover illegal aliens, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) shouted "You lie!" It's also been reported that Karl Rove thought Wilson's comment was hilarious. ...
Watching the President?s Speech
2009-09-10 02:57:00 I had not intended to watch it, but switched on FoxNews at about 5:40 and was surprised that he was still in the middle of it. And he’s still going. He seems quite angry, shouting the speech rather than giving it. (And it seems others agree with me as a blogging friend observed as his ...
By: GayPatriot
President Obama?s Health Care Speech to Congress (Text)
2009-09-10 02:27:00 Below is the full text (transcript) of President Barack Obama’s ‘Health Care’ speech to joint session of Congress on September 9th, 2009: “Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing ...
Once Again, President Misrepresents Opposition
2009-09-09 22:40:00 There he goes again. It seems that whenever someone criticizes Barack Obama’s policies, he offers the same response, contending that his opponents just raise objections, but don’t offer solutions. In remarks to the AFL-CIO in Cincinnati on Sunday, he repreated his standard misrepresentation: ?What?s your solution?? Obama asked of his critics . . . . ?You know ...
By: GayPatriot
University of Wyoming Names Center for former Vice President:AP Focuses on
2009-09-09 22:00:00 Do you think a petition generating only 150 signatures in a year’s time to protest the naming of a center in honor of a former Democratic Vice President in his home state would have generated an AP article and led Yahoo! news? In reporting on the University of Wyoming’s naming “a new center for international students” ...
By: GayPatriot
Fallout from President Obama’s speech
2009-09-09 20:08:00 Yesterday was crazy. The first day back after a long weekend, I tried to motivate my exhausted kids to hustle in the morning and instead ended up cursing about teeth in need of brushing, toilets in need of flushing, and one mommy in need of medication. Crazy. After dropping my boys off at school, I fought traffic jams next to psychopaths who make New Jersey drivers seem well-adjusted. Got to work and spilled hummus all over the entrance to my office building. Bent down to clean it and flashed half the men inside. Two complained. Five minutes later, I encountered a roach near my desk the size of a small rat. Left work and drove to the post office only to find a forty-five minute line in front of me. While waiting and daydreaming about happy hour, I overheard two young women discussing the “indoct-eran-nay-tion&rdq-uo; of our youngsters. These southern belles who stay at home with their kids, spending hours engaged in stimulating conversations about how to fake an orgasm, long to...
Why President Should Ditch Obamacare, Focus on Economy
2009-09-09 08:00:00 The farther away I get from the 2008 presidential election, the more amazed I am at how well John McCain did in the November balloting. Our anxieties about the economy were stoked by a media eager to portray the then-President as a failure and McCain the candidate of that man’s party couldn’t articulate a ...
By: GayPatriot
Thoughts about the President?s Address to Schoolchildren
2009-09-09 07:55:00 On few issues have those who have taken issue with the points we have made stood on as solid ground as have these critics on the issue of the President’s speech to schoolchildren yesterday. Indeed, despite the outcry on the right, many of our philosophical confrčres shared our critics sentiments and thought the speech was ...
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