Do Obama Voters Know the President’s Policies on Terrorism and Drones? This Video Says They Don’t
This video asks people a lot of questions about President Obama’s drone strike program. Do voters know Obama the way they think they do? This video says a great deal about why people support the president.
Will Obama Pick Black Woman For Supreme Court? NAACP’s Ben Jealous Says He Should
Ben Jealous, the NAACP President, has expressed he would like to see President Obama appoint an African American woman to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has ultimate authority over all federal courts and state courts, involving critical matters of federal law. Once appointed, justices have life-long tenure unless they choose to resign, retire, or [...]
Poll Shows Obama Has Majority Support For Gun Control Measures
Republicans have tried to paint President Obama’s proposed gun control measures as an encroachment on the second amendment , but the latest polls reveal that the majority of Americans agree with the Obama administration. A Gallup poll found support for universal background checks at 91 percent, increased spending on mental health programs for young people at 82 [...]
U.S Trade Rep. Ron Kirk Jumps Obama Administration Ship
U.S Trade Representative, Ron Kirk, is leaving the Obama administration in late February. Kirk worked for a successful trade agreement with Panama, Colombia and Korea. The former mayor of Dallas announced his plan, on Tuesday, in a brief statement. Kirk served as the administration’s top negotiator for trade during President Obama’s first term. Kirk’s reasons [...]
Junk Science: Psychologist Says Obama is Pushing Gun Control Because He Was Abandoned as a Boy
If you thought right wing crackpots would settle down after President Obama’s reelection, then you’re wrong. They’re still determined to paint Obama as a boogeyman Manchurian candidate, set on destroying America. A Fox News psychiatrist recently stooped to a new low by trying to connect President Obama’s mental framework to his push for harsher gun [...]
Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith on Gun Polls: ‘If We Had Stuck With Polls, We’d Still Have Slavery’
It is sort of remarkable how slavery and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. have become part of the narrative on gun control. Most invocations of slavery by Fox pundits are blatant attempts to co-opt bits and pieces of the African-American legacy, but not this time. Fox News anchor Shep Smith seemed to suggest [...]
Man Spits on Secret Service Agent Guarding President Obama’s Home
Kevin Lawrence, 46, allegedly approached a Secret Service agent who was guarding President Obama’s home and sp*t in the man’s face. The Secret Service agent was sitting in a car at the time of the incident, and was hit in the face and neck by the loogie. The Chicago Tribune reports: The agent was inside a [...]
Racist Rocker Ted Nugent Calls Obama’s Gun Control Plans ‘Psychotic’
Ted Nugent could definitely use a good bit of time on a psychiatrist’s couch, but as usual, he’s projecting his own mental issues onto President Obama. For anyone who has paid any attention to Nugent’s racist rants against Obama, this comes as no surprise. It should also come as no surprise that Ted Nugent is [...]
Colin Powell Blasts Fellow Republicans: They ‘Still Look Down on Minorities’
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has been very critical of the G.O.P. since leaving public life, and he leveled a bit more criticism at the GOP during his appearance on ‘Meet the Press’ on Sunday. “The Republican party needs to take a very hard look at itself and understand that the country has changed” [...]
Dr. Wilmer Leon: What Does Obama’s Re-election Have to Do with Dr. King’s Dream? Not Very Much
by Dr. Wilmer Leon On Sunday, January 20th at 12:00pm, America’s 44th President, Barack Obama will be sworn in for his second term. The public celebration of his inauguration will take place on Monday, January 21st which is also the legal public holiday celebrating the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Many see [...]
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