Tag Archives: Barack Obama

New Blog: LGBT For Obama

Check out LGBT For Obama, a new community blog where LGBT activists, politicians, celebrities and other notables get together to advocate for an Obama presidency. You should recognize most of the names of the contributors.

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Obama Attacks McCain On Economy

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Obama Veep Announcement Imminent

Barack Obama is set to announce his running mate, the word may come by tomorrow morning. Senator Barack Obama has all but settled on his choice for a running mate and set an elaborate rollout plan for his decision, beginning with an early morning alert to supporters, perhaps as soon as Wednesday morning, aides said. Mr. Obama’s deliberations remain remarkably …

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Common Ground

At their joint forum at California’s Saddleback megachurch on Saturday, both candidates voiced their opposition to gay marriage. Though the candidates came down on opposite sides of the California initiative that would ban gay marriage, both stressed that they opposed same-sex marriage. Obama called marriage “a sacred union,” drawing applause when he added, “God is in the mix.” God is …

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Baracky II

The last few months in a hilarious nutshell. Very clever. (Via – Andrew Sullivan)

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Obama Caves, Hillary To Be On Ballot

Hillary Clinton will be on the official nomination ballot at the Democratic National Convention. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s name will be placed into nomination at the Democratic National Convention, a symbolic move approved by the Obama campaign in an effort to soothe a lingering rift with Clinton supporters. The decision was reached this week, according to Democratic officials, and will …

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Anti-Bayh Movement Grows

The number of progressives demanding that Barack Obama not choose Evan Bayh as running mate is growing, as many point out that Bayh was instrumental in building the Democratic consensus to support the war in Iraq. Increasing speculation about the vice-presidential prospects of Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana is stirring strong interest among backers of Senator Barack Obama and not …

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New Obama Ad: Middle Class First

About 28 seconds of attacking McCain, then the tag line. “Barack Obama: the middle class first.” Is it just me, or is there a new ad from both sides about every 12 hours?

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O No

Oy vey. Some designer named Rick Husong is trying to promote an Obama “hand-signal”, which he wants to turn into the “peace sign of our generation.” George Bush had his three-fingered W salute that supporters flashed when greeting him at presidential campaign events in 2000. And now, if a Los Angeles creative agency gets its way, Sen. Barack Obama will …

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Worst Person In The World: Stuart Shepard

Last week I told you about Focus On The Family Anus spokespig Stuart Shepard asking for Christians to pray for rain at Barack Obama’s outdoor speech at the DNC. Last night Keith Olbermann tapped Shepard as the “Worst Person In The World.” UPDATE: Good As You reports that Focus On The Family has pulled Shepard’s video. Out of shame, we …

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Celebrity Wars, Part 4

Another “Barack Is A Pop Star” ad from McCain. This “celebrity” war is so tiresome.

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Barack Roll

Meme note: A “rickroll” is the supposedly hilarious bait-and-switch trick of linking to something claimed to be outrageous or offensive, only the link actually takes you to the video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up. Cute mash-up though.

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Do The Math

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Obama Hits Back On Celebrity Meme

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Srsly, He’s The VP

Barack Obama will announce his running mate by text message. An email from David Plouffe, campaign manager for Sen. Barack Obama, sent tonight to supporters is sure to stoke speculation about the candidate’s announcement of who his choice for vice president will be. In a message entitled “Barack’s VP: Be the First to Know,” Plouffe writes: “Barack Obama is about …

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Focus On The Family: Pray For It To Rain On Obama’s Speech

Christianist group Focus On The Family is asking its members to pray for rain during Barack Obama’s outdoor speech at Denver’s Invesco Field at the end of the Democratic convention.

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Florida Man Arrested In Obama Assassination Threat

I just have the sickest feeling that we’re going to be hearing about more of these. A man is being held in Florida on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, according to court documents. An affidavit filed by a Secret Service agent in U.S. District Court claims that Raymond Hunter Geisel, of Marathon, Florida, threatened to …

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Obama On Gay Families

Last month Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council, wrote identical letters to both presidential candidates to ask about their positions on gay families. Barack Obama has responded with a letter (PDF) that mostly talks about his own family and offers some general platitudes about family life, but closes with this paragraph: [W]e also have to do more …

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Obama Heckled From Press Pit

A man heckled Barack Obama from the photographers’ pit at an appearance in Ohio yesterday, causing some to question the Secret Service and their vetting of press credentials at Obama events. The man shouted down Obama as he began to speak, demanding that he lead the crowd in the Pledge Of Allegiance, which Obama did with the crowd joining in. …

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White Power Groups Like Obama

White supremacist groups are claiming that Barack Obama’s candidacy is boosting their membership. Tom Prater, Florida spokesman for the white power group Euro and a member of the National Association for the Advancement of White People, says the Illinois senator’s success is a boon for his cause. “I’ve gotten more calls in the last two months about interest in our …

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