Barack Obama

Campbell Brown: “Arab” is Not an Insult

by Cara October 14, 2008

Before a few weeks ago, I had never heard of CNN commentator Campbell Brown.  But her name seems to keep coming up lately, and the impression I’m getting is that she’s pretty cool.  Here’s some of her latest commentary about the “insults” that have been thrown at Barack Obama. Woman at rally: I don’t trust [...]

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Palin Attacks Obama’s Record on Abortion

by Cara October 13, 2008

Apparently realizing that the whole racist “Barack Obama is a big meanie American-hating terrorist, and oh probably a Muslim too (oh no!)” line of attack was losing them more points than it was winning them — and you know, inciting hate-based violence — the McCain/Palin campaign has seemingly switched tactics again. On Saturday, Palin started [...]

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Barack Obama: More Intelligent, More Likeable and a Stronger Leader

by Cara October 8, 2008

Well this seems pretty conclusive. What were your thoughts on the debate? A lot of people are saying they were bored, but while I can’t say that I was exactly enthralled, I did find it more interesting, entertaining and watchable than the first debate. I thought that Tom Brokaw asked dumbass questions (“evil empire????”), and [...]

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Obama Breaks Fund-Raising Record

by Cara September 15, 2008

Today we get the news that in August, the Obama campaign raised more money than any presidential candidate ever has in a one-month period, pulling in a whopping $66 million and drawing in 500,000 first time donors! The record-setting figures and particularly the new supporters who can contribute again before Election Day were crucial for [...]

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Chill.

by Cara September 11, 2008

I’m with Tim Fernholz. (h/t) It’s not that it’s wrong to criticize a campaign, or that some criticisms don’t ring true. The Obama campaign and its surrogates need to stop saying that McCain is such a great man before they tear him apart. (Joe Biden, for one, has already gotten the message.) They could be [...]

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Jon Stewart Writes Barack Obama’s Campaign Ads For Him

by Cara September 8, 2008

The whole video is funny, but the relevant bit starts at about 4:20. I hope Barack at least made a token thank you phone call to Jon . . .

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Republican Congressman Calls Barack and Michelle Obama “Uppity”

by Cara September 4, 2008

Republican Congressman Lynn Westmoreland was asked (in an already sexist question) to compare Michelle Obama to Sarah Palin. In doing so, he decided to call Michelle “uppity” — and made sure to let everyone know that he feels the same way about Barack. Westmoreland was discussing vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s speech with reporters outside [...]

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Ah, the good ol’ “race card”

by Cara August 5, 2008

Well to be entirely honest, this took longer than I expected. Of course, by claiming that Obama is playing the “race card” (I can’t take that phrase seriously), McCain is in no way playing the “race card” himself. You see, McCain is white, and everyone knows that white people don’t have a race, and definitely [...]

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Chris Matthews Racism Watch

by Cara June 6, 2008

Like I’m sure you did, as it became more and more likely that Obama would be the Democratic nominee, I started to worry about Chris Matthews. After all, the man makes his living from misogyny. More specifically, I’m pretty convinced that he actually lives off of it — saying horrible things about women is his [...]

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No, My First Name Ain’t Sweetie

by Cara May 16, 2008

As a known, strong and continued Obama supporter, I would just like to say: Not cool. Not fucking cool at all. [The video on the linked page is no longer available. This one should work fine.] First of all, good for the reporter for calling out Obama’s totally inappropriate and disrespectful word choice. Secondly: WTF [...]

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