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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2012 23 Comments

The video of Obama from 2007 will not itself change the election. At that level, it was over-hyped. But it is a reminder of the nasty side of Obama, the side well-hidden, the side which does not hesitate to play racial and class politics when convenient...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 19, 2012 30 Comments

In case you have not heard, the Obama campaign started another stupid Twitter hashtag #ForAll. Twitchy has the backstory, and The Right Scoop picked up on this hideously creepy image tweeted by Obama campaign manager Jim Messina" It has sparked a wave of photoshopping as well as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 135 Comments

Looks like Clint Eastwood got under Obama's skin. Obama sent this tweet today in response to Eastwood mocking Obama last night by using an empty chair as a prop (via The Rhetorican): While I was very uncertain whether the Eastwood appearance worked, I now believe it did. If it didn't,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 25, 2012 21 Comments

We are constantly told that we portray Barack Obama as The Other because of his race. Actually, no. We don't portray Obama as The Other. We portray him as what he is not what he pretends to be, and none of what he is or pretends...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2012 13 Comments

For three bucks, you too can have dinner with Barack Obama.  You may be the winner already! But wait, there's more. You get to pay several hundred dollars in taxes! But call within the next ten minutes and you will get whine with dinner, because Romney is flush with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2012 76 Comments

The lying liars and the lies they tell. A SuperPAC run by former Obama spokesman Bill Burton accused Mitt Romney of killing a woman because she lost insurance when her husband's job was terminated. CNN has blown this ad apart, finding that the woman continued to have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 27, 2012 18 Comments

Another faux Obama fundraising ad from Patricia. Please, let's not have another repeat of what happened the last time. It's fake, but it could be real, which is what's so frightening: Update:  From friend of the blog Jeff, this pie thing apparently has a history: Of faith, family and pie...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 25, 2012 35 Comments

The moment I heard Obama's "you didn't build that" speech, I knew Obama had dug himself a deep hole from which he would have to spend considerable time climbing out of. Via Zeek Miller at BuzzFeed Politics, the Obama campaign and Democrats understand how bad the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2012 107 Comments

Obama has stepped in it big time, and we have Elizabeth Warren to thank. Obama gave voice to his political creed in the form of parroting Warren's famous rant about factory owners: Here's Obama's rendition (and a Romney response): Watch More News Videos at ABC2012 Presidential ElectionEntertainment &...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 57 Comments

that both the Bain and tax return issues were entirely predictable and in fact predicted. No sense piling on, but remaining silent might be worse. Defenses of Bain which worked in the primaries -- you hate capitalism -- don't necessarily work in the general.  Show why Bain...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 01, 2012 22 Comments

The New York Times declares that the Bain attacks are working, Bain Attacks Make Inroads for President Propelled by a torrent of blistering television advertisements, President Obama is successfully invoking Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital to raise questions about his commitment to the middle class,...

Posted by Anne Segal on June 29, 2012 22 Comments

President Obama tweeted out a link to a t-shirt for sale on his campaign website Thursday evening: Still a BFD: OFA.BO/ayPgAZ— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 29, 2012 The t-shirt reads, "Health Care Reform: Still a BFD," and is being sold for $30. "BFD" stands for "Big F--ing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2012 51 Comments

The sickest thing about it is that when you read the headline, it didn't surprise you in the least.  Such is the state of the Obama campaign. With everyone talking about the bizarre Obama Event Registry, wherein people are asked to have wedding guests donate to Obama in...

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