Most people know that Obama’s two autobiographical books have become bestsellers, but it now looks like Obama also has the power to create bestsellers out of other people’s books. The first example is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln”. The book’s discussion of how Lincoln brought his political […]
Obama has announced that he will be making a weekly posting to YouTube (which is owned by Google) of four-minute long videos, starting tomorrow and continuing indefinitely. Other members of his staff will also be posting videos. Already, transition co-chairman Valerie Jarrett has recorded a two-minute video and posted it. The videos can be found […]
Sarah Palin quotes from 23/6 and About.com. Channeling Yoda: But not for me personally were those cheers for. Trying for a Dubya / Quayle hybrid: Sitting here in these chairs that I’m going to be proposing but in working with these governors who again on the front lines are forced to and it’s our privileged obligation […]
I wrote in here a few days ago that the Republican brand is based on three big lies, but in fairness we should talk about the Democratic brand too. Unfortunately, all I can say is that the Republican brand may be in the toilet, but at least they have a brand. I tried to figure out what […]
I know, I know, everyone (outside the die-hard right) is tired of Sarah Palin. But I just can’t resist this. Even though Palin stayed as far away as she could from the media during the campaign, ironically she is now BFF with the press since the election ended. But she still doesn’t seem to have […]
The “Big Lie” is a propaganda technique defined (by Adolf Hitler no less) as a lie so colossal that no one can believe that someone “could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously”. The principal of the big lie (defined by Joseph Goebbels) is that if one needs to “lie, one should lie big, […]
Jon Stewart comments on the fact that the large African-American turnout for Obama in California also voted 70% for the ban on gay marriage, which helped it pass. Also contributing to the irony, and definitely worth a read, is Robert Kirby’s column in the Salt Lake Tribune. Utah Mormons are estimated to have contributed 70% […]
From Bush to Obama “Starting today, Barack Obama is now going to receive the daily White House intelligence briefing on things like, you know, security and terrorism, stuff like that. It’s the same briefing President Bush gets every day, but without the pictures and the color by numbers.” -Jay Leno “People are now asking if […]
More funny goodness from The Onion: Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are And their last line about babies being named after Barack is coming true, except that people are actually naming their babies “Obama”.
The age of computerized online ad placement has resulted in some odd juxtapositions, like this article in Political Wire announcing that Gordon Smith has lost the Senate race in Oregon, accompanied by an ad asking you to vote for Smith. One also has to wonder why someone is running a “get out the vote” ad […]
Social conservatives seem to want Palin to lead the Republican Party and run for president in 2012. Part of me would really like to see that happen (hee hee), while part of me really wants to never hear from or about her again. UPDATE: This story gets even more complicated. A “Martin Eisenstadt” claimed that […]
Newsweek has a fascinating article with inside information on the political campaigns of both Obama and McCain. Both campaigns allowed special reporters inside their campaigns in exchange for a promise that they would not report anything until after the election was over. Some interesting highlights: Palin’s shopping spree was worse than reported. One angry McCain […]
The Onion, as usual, has the most twisted look at the election results. WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling […]
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