Tag Archives: Barack Obama

“When the blow comes, it’s going to be horrible.” Maybe Pat needs to find himself a better dealer.

President Obama today issued an unprecedented directive that federal agencies should work to promote and protect LGBT rights in foreign countries. The Human Rights Campaign reacts: The presidential memorandum is the first ever U.S. government strategy to deal with human rights abuses against LGBT people abroad. It directs all government agencies that engage in foreign affairs to promote LGBT human …

We must go forward not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!

President Barack Obama “This country has never had a Congressman like Barney Frank, and the House of Representatives will not be the same without him. For over 30 years, Barney has been a fierce advocate for the people of Massachusetts and Americans everywhere who needed a voice. He has worked tirelessly on behalf of families and businesses and helped make …

In support of Small Business Saturday, the president today treated his kids to an armful of items from Dupont Circle’s gay-friendly Kramer Books. Part of the bookstore is a brunch spot packed with gay men on most weekends. The retail industry is encouraging shoppers to patronize mom-and-pop businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It’s a counterpoint to Black Friday and …

The Wall Street Journal speculates: Paul Starr, co-editor of The American Prospect, a liberal-left magazine, has observed that 45 percent of the people who disapprove of Mr. Obama’s performance view Mrs. Clinton favorably. It is fair to say that Mrs. Clinton’s addition to the ticket would be a substantial gain for President Obama that he badly needs next November, since …

That’s the president’s hand clutching the note that an OWS protester slipped him after his jobs speech in New Hampshire this afternoon.

The forums at Free Republic exploded in an orgy of anti-gay satisfaction last night after Hillbuzz homocon editor Kevin DuJan posted his promised interview with Larry Sinclair, the multiple felon nutcase who claims to have smoked crack and had sex with the president. Sinclair also claims that young gay men from Obama’s church were murdered once his candidacy for president …

The Supreme Court today announced that it will hear an appeal on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, which mandates penalties for citizens who fail to purchase private health insurance. A decision is expected by June, timing that will surely have an impact on the 2012 party conventions.

This sounds like a winner. “We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim,” he added. “We won’t even comment on them, we’ll just run those in a loop on Univision and Telemundo, and people can make up their own minds.” The president was speaking to Hispanic journalists, obvs.

Business Insider crows that the president is “surging” because he’s now essentially tied against that mysterious “generic” GOP candidate. Incumbents running for reelection underperform in this sort of poll, which allows voters to imagine their ideal candidate running against Obama. When placed in a head-to-head match-up with the GOP field, Obama performs even better. Obama has also gained tremendously among …

An excerpt: The decision to adopt a child has brought profound joy and meaning into the lives of Americans across our country. Parents are moved to adopt for reasons as unique and varied as the children they embrace, but they are unified by the remarkable grace of their acts. Adoptive families come in all forms. With so many children waiting …

The birthers continue to pester state election boards to bar Barack Obama’s name from appearing on 2012 ballots. And they have a new tactic. Via World Net Daily: The Liberty Legal Foundation has filed a pair of lawsuits in state and federal courts that don’t ask anything about Obama’s birth or for any determination from the court about his eligibility. …