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I Guess They Can Get the Bust Done in Eight Years
Oh, come on. Plans are being made to promote a national holiday for Barack Obama, who will become the nation’s 44th president when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20. “Yes We Can” planning rallies will be at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the downtown McDonald’s restaurant, 1100 Kansas Ave., until [...]
Barack Obama’s First Press Conference as President Elect Features a Dig at an Old Widow with a Broken Hip
Nice. Obama says in his first post-election press conference that he’s spoken to all the former presidents — Carter, Bush, Clinton, as well as the current Bush — and, looser than he’s been in months, dares a joke at the expense of the widow of a deceased one. “I have spoken to all of them [...]
Helen Jones-Kelley Has Been Suspended and Her Story Disputed.
There’s an update today on the story of how Helen Jones-Kelley, director of Ohio’s Department of Job and Family Services and maxed-out donor to Barack Obama authorized her department to go trapising through their confidential files for any dirt on Joe Wurzelbacher. The Governor, Ted Strickland, has put Jones-Kelley on paid leave while the investigation [...]
Meet Your New White House Press Secretary Who Also Does a Great Puffer Fish Impression
The Obama folks aren’t letting any moss grow under their feet are they? Fresh on the heels of word that mega-partisan hatchetman Rahm Emanuel has been offered the Chief of Staff position comes word that Robert Gibbs is likely to be the White House spokesman. This video should give you a taste of what four [...]
I Think They Might Need to Review What the Word “Protect” Means
You know you’re in trouble when the New York Times begins an editorial like this: This is one of those moments in history when it is worth pausing to reflect on the basic facts: Here is the most basic of the Times’ “basic facts”. You can see just how far into Bizarro World the paper [...]
Meet the New Special Interests, Same As the Old Special Interests
You’ll ever guess who are licking their chops waiting for January to get here. The Hill reports that lobbying firms and other special interest groups are scrambling around looking for any Democrat they can get their hands on to help them cash in when the new administration takes office. And it’s not just the special [...]
Global Test Number One for our New President?
Russian President and Putin-pawn Dmitri Medvedev has announced he’ll deploy nuclear missiles near Poland in response to our agreement with the Poles to employ a missile defense shield there. The missiles will likely be located between Poland and Lithuania, both new US allies who have been growing closer to us while growing farther away from [...]
Change You Can Believe In, Straight from the Chicago Political Machine.
For a guy who has promised a new way of running a government, he’s sure sticking to the old ways pretty closely. President-Elect Barack Obama Offers White House Chief of Staff Job to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., ABC News Has Learned [8:31 a.m. ET] Rahm Emanuel is currently a member of the House who represents [...]
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