Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Afternoon View – DC Hotel

I’m in DC for the annual LGBT media convention and also in our hotel is the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee. The place is swarming with German shepherds and ominous-looking men in trench coats. (I thought better of taking their photo, the guys above are DC cops, who are here by the dozens.) President Obama is due to …

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Obama & Biden: Let’s Move

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Obama Bets Canadian PM On Hockey

Harper is already owed one case of beer as moments ago the Canadian women took the gold. The men’s teams meet tomorrow for the semi-finals.

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Crazy Eyes On Hillary 2016

“Two things that need to be done: Remind people (Clinton) is seeking to become commander in chief (and) how she has operated in the past with these types of responsibilities. She was in charge during the Benghazi debacle. If a person reads the Senate Intelligence (Committee) report and the House Foreign Affairs (Committee) report released (last) week, it is damning …

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Cruz: Obama Hates Opposite Marriage

“This administration is the most hostile to traditional marriage administration this country has ever seen. The administration has been using the authority of the federal government to try to force states, to force federal recognition of marriages that state law prohibits. The Obama administration came into Utah and said, ‘We’re not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court …

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Concerned Women: Obama Wants To Impose Homosexual Values On Uganda

Concerned Women For America mouthpiece Janice Crouse is very upset about President Obama’s denouncement of Uganda’s anti-gay bill. “His arrogance is breathtaking,” Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse, director and senior fellow of Concerned Women for America’s Beverly LaHaye Institute, told LifeSiteNews. The “president repeatedly insists that his personal values and beliefs are equated with the nation’s values and beliefs. When he …

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Obama Slams Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law

“As a country and a people, the United States has consistently stood for the protection of fundamental freedoms and universal human rights. We believe that people everywhere should be treated equally, with dignity and respect, and that they should have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential, no matter who they are or whom they love. “That is why I …

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White House: Thank You Edie Windsor

A message of thanks to DOMA champion Edith Windsor was posted today on the White House blog. The statement is attributed to White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett. An excerpt: When the Court handed down its decision last June, President Obama called Edie from Air Force One to congratulate her on her victory. And earlier this week, the President invited …

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Romney: Nobody Trusts Obama

Josh Feldman recaps: Mitt Romney joined Megyn Kelly on Thursday night to take on the continuing problems and delays with Obamacare. Kelly reminded viewers that Romney warned about the problems with the health care law as far back as 2012, and tonight Romney said that the “breach of that promise” that people could keep their doctors and plans if they …

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Obama Issues Executive Order Raising Minimum Wage For Federal Workers

Via the Associated Press: Obama is speaking at a White House event where he’ll sign an executive order increasing the minimum hourly wage for federal contractors from $7.25 to $10.10. He first announced the measure during his State of the Union address. Because the measure applies only to new contracts, the White House says it will affect just a few …

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Liberty Counsel: Impeach Obama

Fresh off a long and unbroken string of losses in the federal courts, the Liberty Counsel today launched a petition campaign which calls on Congress to file articles of impeachment against President Obama. From Liberty Counsel head Mat Staver: Our constitutional republic exists to secure the rights bestowed upon individual Americans by God. Civil government can only do its job …

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Russian Figure Skater Who Lit Olympic Flame Tweeted Racist Photo of Obamas

Sports Illustrated reports: Former Russian figure skater Irina Rodnina was given the honor of lighting the Olympic flame at Sochi 2014′s Opening Ceremony on Friday, but she has started receiving attention for a racist photograph she tweeted last September. Rodnina tweeted a doctored photo of President Barack Obama and his wife. When asked about it at the time, she said …

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Obama On Sochi Delegation: Of Course
We Sent Open Gays There On Purpose

“There is no doubt we wanted to make it very clear that we do not abide by discrimination in anything, including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. One of the wonderful things about the Olympics is that you are judged by your merit, how good you are regardless of where you come from, what you look like, who you …

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Jon Stewart Rips Fox News Over President Obama’s Super Bowl Interview

Josh Feldman has the recap: Jon Stewart thinks Fox News is maybe a little too sensitive about President Obama taking a few swipes at them during his Super Bowl interview with Bill O’Reilly, and mocked the idea that the leader of the free world went out of his way to deflect from the major scandals plaguing his administration by doing …

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Obama: Fox News Is Unfair To Me

Noah Rothman reports at Mediaite: On Monday, Bill O’Reilly played portions of his interview with Obama that were not broadcast on Sunday which revealed details of the president’s thinking on the Keystone XL Pipeline, the cultural issues facing African-American families, and how Fox News covers the White House. O’Reilly asked Obama about the large number of children being born to …

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RNC: SOTU Was Just Another Rerun

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State Of The Union: Open Thread

President Obama’s State Of The Union address begins at 9pm Eastern. Watch live here and give us your reactions. UPDATE: The address has concluded. Jason Collins appeared onscreen seconds before the president delivered these lines: “We do these things because they help promote our long-term security. And we do them because we believe in the inherent dignity and equality of …

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NOM Has The SOTU Sadz

Posted today at NOM’s blog: Well, the President is singling out an athlete for special recognition at the State of the Union address this evening. We might have expected the President would invite one of the following, but shockingly it is none of these who will be so honored – despite their impressive roster of good deeds: [JMG – long …

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RNC: Don’t Watch The SOTU Address

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Mitt Romney Slow Jams The News

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