Campaigning for Sen.
Harry Reid, Obama mocked the Republican candidate to an unusual degree for a president
Source:
http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/09/obama-slams-sharron-angle-in-nevada-crowd-calls-her-a-lunatic/
President Obama's Justice Department has decided to sue the State of Arizona over its new law targeting illegal aliens, when a majority of the public favors the legislation, leaving many to wonder if the increasingly detached White House has gone too far.
President Obama lauded the late Sen.
Robert C. Byrd today for keeping faith with his family, his state of West Virginia and his beloved U.S. Constitution. "He was a Senate icon, he was a party leader, he was an elder statesman, and he was my friend," Obama told thousands who gathered for Byrd's funeral.
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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/07/obama-biden-byrd-funeral/1
President Obama renewed his push for comprehensive immigration reform Thursday, calling for bipartisan cooperation on an issue that has repeatedly proven to be a major cause of deep social and political division.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/01/pol.obama.immigration/index.html?hpt=T2
Questions about the overall leadership of the U.S. effort come at a critical moment for Mr.
Obama's Afghanistan strategy six months into what he said would be an 18-month-long surge, and as the CIA director said fighting there is "harder" than expected.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/27/lawmakers-say-obama-faces-last-chance-afghanistan/
President Obama removed Gen.
Stanley A. McChrystal from his position as the top commander in Afghanistan on Wednesday and tapped Gen. David H. Petraeus to lead the war effort there, a White House official said.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/us/politics/24mcchrystal.html?hp
U.S.
District Judge Martin Feldman overturned President Obamas six month moratorium on offshore drilling today. Oddly, on June 17th of this year in another unrelated case, Judge Feldman had this to say: Dont you think people have gotten weary of public officials who dont live and act the way citizens expect them to act? Dont you think.....
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http://freakoutnation.com/2010/06/22/a-judge-with-special-interests/
Alan Simpson is one of two chairs of a bipartisan commission created by President Obama to study the Federal deficit.
His comments reveal some very important things about his biases, his tendency to distort and mislead, and his ideological extremism. These traits are likely to taint the Commission's work, which has great implications for the future
Difficult choices are what serious politics is all about-the Obama administration and Congress face the toughest collection of such choices Washington has seen in years.
Stimulate the economy or cut spending? Halt deepwater drilling or permit drilling?
**Oh poor lamb! Didn't know that being President was so tough! Maybe because he never had a job!
Source:
http://blog.nj.com/njv_john_farmer/2010/06/at_every_turn_another_tough_de.html#mode_smoref_digg
President Obama implored Congress to provide more aid to states and cities to blunt the devastating economic impact of budget cuts� by local governments that imperil the jobs of teachers, the police and other public employees.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/health/policy/13address.html
Obama's strategy against Teheran (or is it FOR Teheran) has not worked.
The outstretched hand drew laughs, the failure to support democracy was a failure of US principles. Now Turkey has turned against us and Israel. Obama is ruining the US image of strengthh in the world and making it a much more dangerous place
President Obama will address the graduation class at Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan on Monday, after the school won the "Race to the Top" challenge initiated by the Department of Education.
President Obamas reluctance to comment in any but the most vague terms of the massacre of [10] aid workers by Israeli commandos late Sunday night has left many wondering exactly where the US government will fall on an issue which has been blanketly condemned by virtually every government in the civilized world and virtually every government outsi
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http://news.antiwar.com/2010/06/01/as-obama-havers-congressmen-cheer-aid-ship-massacre/
President Obamas next task? Shaping the public reaction to the gulf spill so that we can use it to generate the will to break our addiction to oil.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/opinion/30friedman.html
Chief Deputy Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.
House Minority Leader John Boehner's (R-Ohio) charge of negligence on the part of the White House in the Gulf oil spill cleanup.
Speaking at The Monitor Breakfast, Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) criticizes President Obama's handling of the Gulf oil spill and asks whether it poses a 'serious, long term problem' for Democrats.
President Obama has stood for fewer news conferences than the last three presidents in which reporters were free to ask him questions on the topic of their choosing.
The regime hates to be questioned.
Source:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/27/obama-appear-rare-press-conference/
In an unusual move that would let the current administration control fuel economy standards even after one or two more occupants have cycled through the White House, President Obama ordered work to begin immediately on 2017-2025 fuel mileage standards for cars and light trucks.
A White House technology adviser hired from Google was reprimanded for improperly contacting former colleagues in violation of Obama administration ethics rules, a spokesman said.
Source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/18/AR2010051805957.html
On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart deftly exposed the flaws in the conservative argument that Obama is just like George W.
Bush. Stewart said, "Remember that terrible thing that Bush did that we fought for eight years to convince you wasn't bad, but actually good? Well now we use those very incidents as the low water mark for your guy..."
