Tag Archives: Barack Obama

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs announced today that he will resign, effective next month, to begin working on President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. A veteran of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, Gibbs would bring an experienced hand to Obama’s bid for a new term. His departure is among several looming staff changes as Obama regroups for the second half of …

Geico pitchman R. Lee Emery now says he is awfully sorry for his speech to thousands of Marines in which he urged them to “rise up” against the president for his plan to “impose socialism.” “I recently appeared at a fundraising event designed to collect toys and raise awareness for underprivileged children. While that event succeeded in raising thousands of …

“Successful governance is about getting 60 votes for things that move the ball forward. The people who tend to control the 55th through 60th votes on any given issue are not like you and me. They are driven by a baffling combination of raging egomania and crippling terror. They want to be treated like statesmen even as their decisions are …

From an editorial in today’s Los Angeles Times: We can’t peer into President Obama’s soul, but his statement last week that he is “struggling” with whether to endorse same-sex marriage is open to an unedifying interpretation. Given the president’s support of gay rights in other contexts, his opposition to marriage equality raises the question of whether the struggle Obama referred …

Character actor R. Lee Ermey, currently starring in that loathsome “Namby-Pamby Land” commercial from Geico, appeared before thousands of Marines at a Toys For Tots event to call on them to “rise up” against the president’s plan to “impose socialism” on the country. Ermey’s one-note career first came to notice in 1987’s Full Metal Jacket when his abusive drill sergeant …

Newly elected Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) says that now that he’s in charge, he’s going to institute changes that allow his state to release birth documentation on President Obama without violating medical confidentiality laws. Abercrombie is quite certain the birth took place in his state because he was friends with Obama’s parents before the future president was born. “It’s …

This morning the above headline screeches across the top of World Net Daily. The true story is something else, of course.

Yesterday the president sat down with Advocate reporter Kerry Eleveld, who reminded him of his recent comment that his position on same-sex marriage has been evolving. OBAMA: I’m not going to make more news today. The sentiment I expressed then is still where I am—which is, like a lot of people, I’m wrestling with this. My attitudes are evolving on …

Here’s a excerpt of this morning’s signing speech.

UPDATE: The ceremony is complete! Best quote from the president: “We are no longer a nation that says ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ we are a nation that says ‘Out of many, one.'”

President Obama will sign the DADT repeal bill at a White House ceremony this Wednesday. Though the schedule is being finalized, Gibbs said he expects a formal White House signing ceremony Wednesday morning to sign the “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal. “I think there are a lot of people who are interested in attending,” Gibbs said. Gibbs said White House …

(Tipped by JMG reader Lynda)

Just in via press release….. Today, the Senate has taken an historic step toward ending a policy that undermines our national security while violating the very ideals that our brave men and women in uniform risk their lives to defend. By ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, no longer will our nation be denied the service of thousands of patriotic Americans …

Lt. Colonel Terrence Lakin, the Army birther who said he didn’t have to obey the orders of his “illegitimate” commander in chief, has been found guilty on four felony counts of military disobedience at his court-martial. “I am extremely sorry for everything that has come of this,” Lakin said during unsworn testimony in the sentencing phase of his trial. “As …

The White House just issued the below comment on the stand-along DADT repeal bill, which is being debated in the House at this writing. The Administration strongly supports House passage of the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2965, which would repeal the statute underlying “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” after the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the …

“I don’t see the kind of willingness to fight that hard.”