Bob McCarty Writes

It seems I’m on the same “sheet of music” with Mary Katherine Ham when it comes to recognizing President Barack Obama’s inability to fulfill his pledge of transparency: In a Jan. 21 post, I pointed out the fact that, nearly 24 hours after the new president had delivered his inaugural speech, the text of his [...]

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Despite media reports of controversy over Barack Obama’s selection of Pastor Rick Warren to give the prayer at today’s inauguration, the average American seems to be either unaware of the selection or to approve. According to survey results released Monday by Gallup, Warren isn’t nearly as unpopular as many in the mainstream news media and [...]

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Members of the mainstream news media seem to have no interest in Leon Panetta’s past open involvement with the Institute for Policy Studies, an anti-CIA think tank closely linked to the former Soviet Union’s KGB spy agency.  But they should. Such disinterest is evident in the results of a Google News Search of “Panetta” and [...]

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Albeit late and in a far-too-abbreviated manner, at least one member of the mainstream news media has finally admitted that he and his brethren in the Fourth Estate failed to properly vet President-elect Barack Obama when he was a mere candidate for the highest office in the land. In an otherwise left-leaning commentary published Thanksgiving [...]

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In a post three days ago, I asked a question — Will Obama Be First Arab-American President? — none in the mainstream news media have dared to address.  It followed my reading of a Wisconsin-based writer’s claim that, if elected, Barack Obama will be the nation’s first Arab-American president.  Today, I ask another race-related — [...]

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As a college football fan and political junkie, I see similarities in the seemingly-disparate activities which lead me to believe John McCain can succeed by waging a fourth-quarter comeback over Barack Obama. Twice this year, college gridiron fans have seen three or more Top 10 teams fall during a single weekend to squads that were [...]

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The Barack Obama campaign and its allies have adopted an extensive “messaging strategy” that seeks to persuade religiously committed Americans that Obama has a middle-of-the-road position on abortion policy and will promote “abortion reduction.” Douglas Johnson, longtime legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee and author of an article published today on National [...]

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