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Be careful what you accuse; you might get it
Who is this Jason Stanford guy, and why haven’t I found him earlier? Stanford wrote that the Romney campaign keeps accusing Obama of Chicago-syle politics — and it finally came true! Obama’s latest...
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Got Obama’s back, he’s got ours . . .
Not sure why I love this photo so: President Obama poses for snapshots with people in a midwest cafe, summer 2012 – via Instagram Partly it’s the spontaneity of the event. You know that Barack Obama...
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Desperate Republicans? Recycling four-year-old PhotoShop hoaxes . . .
This is an encore post, from August of 2008. We need to recall, an issue early in the Democratic primaries was ‘who would you want on the Hotline at 2:00 a.m.’ Sometime before the end of the...
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Romney/Ryan: U.S. can’t afford to be great any more
Democrats assembled some quick looks at federal budgeting with Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney: Someone with a handle LLORT3 maybe put it concisely: “We need healthcare, not wealthcare.” The lines for the...
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President Obama: On anniversary of ending of Iraq War, a pledge to heal the...
President Barack Obama spoke at Fort Bliss, Texas, On August 31, 2012: Description from the White House: On the two-year anniversary of the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the President speak to...
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Labor Day Bathtub reading, part 2
More tea! Good. Warm up the tub. Where were we? Caption from the Royal Society: A cast of the face of Sir Isaac Newton was made at his death in 1727. The original, now owned by the Royal Society,...
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Bill Clinton’s nomination of Barack Obama – the text
The prepared text, according to Market Watch; Clinton probably made a few changes between that text and delivery; and Clinton ad-libbed a lot of flourishes: “We’re here to nominate a President, and...
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Bill Clinton’s convention speeches: Better every time
Especially when one recalls that in 1988, pundits said Bill Clinton‘s 32-minute speech was way too long, too dull, and the end of his political career, this chart is interesting: Infographic: Bill...
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Barack Obama: “Let’s just stay normal”
I’m perplexed by people like Lou Pritchett, who claimed not to know who Barack Obama was after the last presidential election, or like Dinesh D’Souza, who make up fantastic webs of stories about how...
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Presidential debate on science; here are the answers
You’ve seen that button in the right hand column for several weeks now, “Submit a science question for the candidates for president.” Second time in a row, we didn’t get a separate debate on science...
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Why Obama Now?
Obama’s own words, with animation provided by Lucas Gray, a veteran animator from The Simpsons and Family Guy. Andre Tartar wrote about it at the New York Magazine website: Your average campaign ad...
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12 million jobs — but not until when?
Oy. It’s extraordinary to consider with just three weeks until Election Day, but Mitt Romney’s central argument to voters has been exposed as a total fraud. Greg Sargent added, “Let’s recap what...
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Republican luminaries endorsing Obama
Former Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell, endorsed President Obama’s reelection today. Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell, CBS via NPR Correspondent Jim Stanley provides his count of GOP...
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Cliffhanger avoidance, from Robert Reich
Economist/policy wonk/good guy Robert Reich sends along notes on the discussions in Washington (at his Facebook site, and at his personal site) (links added here for your benefit and ease of use):...
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Texas secessionists ecstatic . . . over what, they don’t know
Not sure how I got on the mailing list, but I’ll take it. Graphic for the New York Times, by Paul Windle To those who commented here that the Texas secessionists are joking, and the petition means...
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Fly your flag today, Pearl Harbor remembrance 2012
Proclamation from President Barack Obama for the remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941: For Immediate Release, December 06, 2012 Presidential Proclamation — National Pearl...
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Odd juxtaposition of images — but it gives me some hope
A great photo from Pete Souza, the current White House photographer. I’m hoping to track down I’ve tracked down even more details on this, because not all sources like to post all the credit...
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Anthony Watts’s political push poll, “Gore or Obama?”
Al Gore and Barack Obama don’t appear to be on the opposite side of most issues, especially not climate change. Here they appear together in Detroit, circa June 11, 2012 – Rebecca Cook photo for...
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White House Easter Egg Roll tickets go to kids of military
Not big news — they do this almost every year — but I want to put down the anchor on this story. First lady gives White House Easter Egg Roll tickets to military kids – wp.me/p4HKM-1a0M— CNN Political...
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Obama Derangement Syndrome, described in 2013
This photo will set off most sufferers of Obama Derangement Syndrome — who can’t stand Superman’s duplicating Obama’s stance. Can’t find details on this photo — I believe it was taken in Metropolis,...
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