Early friction plagues talks between NASA, Obama team
By STEWART M. POWELL and MARK CARREAU Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
Dec. 11, 2008, 7:08PMWASHINGTON — Officials with NASA and President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team on Thursday tried to paper over tensions that have arisen as the agency defended a chronically underfunded blueprint for space exploration.The officials […]
December 6, 2008
Obama speechwriter Favreau learns the perils of Facebook
Posted: 04:40 PM ET
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This photo of Favreau and Clinton (cut-out) appeared on Facebook Friday.
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(CNN) — Jon Favreau, future White House director of speechwriting, has so far been at a loss for words over Facebook pictures of him at a recent party.
Pictures of Favreau, 27, at a […]
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Novemeber 24, 2008
NRA Propaganda At Nation’s Largest Gun Show: Obama Is An ‘Enemy Of Your Gun Rights’
Since Barack Obama’s election, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and other pro-gun groups have been warning that the new president will take away their second amendment rights. This multi-million dollar campaign is already having effects. Not only is the […]
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Story is at huffingtonpost.com
From Times Online
November 5, 2008
World press reaction to Barack Obama’s victory
Paris, several international newspapers’ frontpages, the day after the victory of Democrat Barack Obama in US presidential election
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Headlines proclaiming Obama’s victory at an international newsstand in Paris
Kaya Burgess and Jenny Booth (Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images)
France
An editorial in the national daily Le Monde proclaims “Obama’s victory ushers […]
The Sunday Times
November 2, 2008
The Republicans accuse Obama of ‘palling around’ with Ayers
Sarah Baxter in Washington
The Republicans have made a last-minute attempt to prevent Barack Obama’s ascent to the White House by trying to recruit an Oxford academic to “prove” that his autobiography was ghostwritten by a former terrorist.
With two days before the election, Obama […]
House GOP Leader Calls Obama “Chicken Sh*t”: House Minority leader John Boehner shockingly used an expletive to describe Obama for his “present” votes in the Illinois State Senate:
House minority leader John Boehner’s spokesman confirms the accuracy of this quote, from an Ohio student newspaper:
“Now, listen, I’ve voted ‘present’ two or three times in my entire […]
Rep. Steve King: Obama Will Make America A ‘Totalitarian Dictatorship’
On Saturday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) gave little-noticed remarks at Sioux City’s West High School during an appearance by Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK). King went beyond the traditional right-wing talking points — which brand Obama a “Marxist” who adheres to “socialism” — and said that he […]
Think Progress
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October 25, 2008
palinboots.jpgThe Politico reports that tensions between the Palin and McCain camps are increasing in the waning days of the campaign. Palin reportedly “has decided increasingly to disregard the advice of the former Bush aides tasked to handle her,” blaming “her handlers for a botched rollout and a tarnished public image.” A McCain […]
The New York Times
October 24, 2008
Editorial
Barack Obama for President
Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation’s future truly hangs in the balance.
The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush’s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government […]
“That One,” McCain Calls Obama In Debate (VIDEO)
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Huffington Post
Seth Coulter Walls
October 7, 2008 10:06 PM
During a discussion about energy, McCain punctuates a contrast with Obama by referring to him as “that one,” while once again not looking in his opponent’s direction (merely jabbing a finger across his chest). That’s not going to win McCain any […]