The cover story of the current issue of New Yorker delves into Barack Obama’s rise from an unknown lawyer to a powerful Chicago politician, but it’s cartoonist Barry Blitt’s satirical artwork on that cover has got people screaming. Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton: “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is …
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Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic National Committee’s Gay & Lesbian Leadership Council dinner last night at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan. A week after her smash appearance on “The View,” Michelle Obama returned here Thursday night to win more kudos – this time from well-heeled gay activists at a Waldorf-Astoria party fund-raiser. The wife of Democratic candidate Barack Obama spoke …
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Via Pam Spaulding comes word of the latest racist outrage perpetrated by Fox News: calling Michelle Obama “Obama’s Baby Mama!” Unfuckingbelievable. Oliver Willis: So here’s the thing (because during this campaign I’m apparently learning that we black people have our own secret code and hand signals so this stuff has to be explained like you are speaking to a child …
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Michelle Obama raised the ire of conservatives on Monday when she said, “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country, and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.” Hmm, not the best choice of words for a potential First Lady. Right-wing blog Newsbusters responds: Doesn’t …
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