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Controversial Barack Obama Photo Revisited

June 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Now that Barack Obama seems to have secured the Democratic Party presidential nomination, I decided it an appropriate time to revisit the message(s) delivered by a controversial photograph (below) published in a BMW post Oct. 16, 2007. I found the photo above as the eighth of 11 available for viewing at the Barack Obama web [...]

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‘Cafe Obama’ Serving Up Waffles — Part 3

April 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

‘Cafe Obama’ served up a payroll tax waffle today during an appearance on the Fox News Channel’s Fox News Sunday this afternoon. During an appearance this afternoon on Fox News Channel’s Fox News Sunday program, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama said he would raise payroll taxes on Americans and small businesses earning over $102,000: “And [...]

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‘Cafe Obama’ Serving Up Waffles — Part 2

April 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

‘Cafe Obama’ served up a capital gains tax waffle during an appearance on the Fox News Channel’s Fox News Sunday this afternoon. Appearing on Fox News Channel’s Fox News Sunday this afternoon, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama waffled on his position regarding a capital gains tax hike, claiming he would only raise capital gains taxes [...]

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Press Turns Blind Eye to Obama Web Site Photo

February 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

While Monday marks the 44th anniversary of the first heavyweight boxing match between Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay), it’s a photo from their May 25, 1965, rematch that has generated a great deal of interest on this blog and should have — but, unfortunately, has not — generated at least [...]

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Barack Obama Video Removed from YouTube

February 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments

One year ago on this date, I published a post that featured a video clip of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama telling Chicago’s CBS television affiliate in 2004 that he would not run for president in four years. His exact words were as follows: “I think I’ve been very clear…There’s a presidential election in [...]

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Did Hillary Move Iowa Caucus to Jan. 14?

December 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Years ago, Hillary Clinton allegedly turned $1,000 into $100,000 in the cattle futures market. Today, however, the former first lady-turned U.S. senator-turned Democrat presidential candidate doesn’t seem so smart. According to the folks at The Politico, the Clinton Campaign has been handing out cards that encourage Iowa voters to caucus Jan. 14, 2008 — a [...]

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Mike Huckabee Benefits from ‘Okra Effect’

December 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Much of the political world’s attention in recent days has been focused upon Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama and how he might benefit from the so-called “Oprah Effect.” Conversely, little attention has been paid to the impact of the “Okra Effect” — that is, until now. During the last weekend of September, Republican presidential candidates [...]

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