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Television Cameras Missed Big Story in Baltimore

January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Earlier this week, President Barack Obama was roundly criticized — especially by those on the right, including yours truly — for relying upon a teleprompter while speaking at an elementary school.  That’s why no one was surprised to see he didn’t use a teleprompter while addressing members of the House Republican Caucus in Baltimore late [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Humor · Republican Party

Media Fail to Report Obama’s Need for Teleprompter

January 26th, 2010 · No Comments

One week ago today, as shown in the video above, President Barack Obama used teleprompters as he addressed sixth-grade students at Graham Road Elementary in Falls Church, Va.  But who knew?  A Google News search today showed the mainstream news media certainly didn’t mention it in any of their reports — unless, that is, you [...]

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Tags: Arne Duncan · Barack Obama · Media Bias

Questions Pit ‘W’ Bashing Against Love of Obama

December 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Several times each day, I find in my inbox one of those “must-forward” e-mails from some well-intentioned person upset with someone or something.  Usually, I delete them quickly.  Today, however, I felt compelled to share excerpts (below) from one such message that uses rhetorical questions to slam the media bias apparent when one compares coverage [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · George W. Bush · Media Bias

Flashback: 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama

November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Today, I offer a flashback to a post I published one year ago today which offered 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama president of the United States.  Was I right?
1. Obama said he wants to establish a civilian national security force and, in doing so, further enlarge the federal government.

2.  Obama said his energy [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Defense Spending · Energy · Missile Defense

Obama Struggles with Teleprompter…Again!

October 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

President Barack Obama visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today to deliver an address about American leadership on clean energy and meet MIT faculty and students whose research is focused on energy.  Unfortunately, as shown in the video above, the man who inspired my Barack Uhhbama line of merchandise spent an inordinate amount of energy [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama