In what he vowed was the last campaign stop of his life, President Barack Obama told supporters in Iowa last night they had evolved beyond a campaign into a “movement.” “You took this campaign and you made it your own,” Obama said Monday night. “And you organized yourselves block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, county by county, starting a movement that spread across the country, a … [Read more...]
Obama’s Second Term Agenda: A Progressive Army
The Radical Behind Obama’s Get-Out-The-Vote Campaign

“Who wins the 2012 presidential election,” the pundits and experts agree, “will all come down to who has the best get-out-the-vote game.” This week, we’ve dedicated a a number of stories to Buffy Wicks, the woman who is managing Barack Obama’s nationwide ground campaign and who oversaw all western states in 2008. Hers is a story of a woman who traced her steps from the further reaches of the … [Read more...]
Jim Wallis, Soros-Funded Pastors Seek to Yoke the Nation’s Pulpits to Obama’s Agenda
Barack Obama’s White House meeting with members of the Christian organization Circle of Protection on Wednesday has been portrayed as a moment of spiritual solace in the midst of polemical upheaval, or the president’s attempt to seek divine guidance on the stalled debt ceiling negotiations. The media describe the 12 attendees as selfless advocates for the poor and downtrodden. In reality, its … [Read more...]
Obama’s New “Terminator” – Paid With Your Taxes
Throughout his time as president, Barack Obama has made ample use of Saul Alinsky’s rules for political warfare. Alinsky’s Rule #5 states “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon,” while Rule #13 prescribes: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Obama has repeatedly mocked and belittled his political opponents, attempted to stifle dissent, and tried to delegitimize news … [Read more...]
Obama Locuta Est, Causa Finita Est
One of the phrases attributed to St. Augustine is, “Roman locuta est, causa finita est” — Rome has spoken, the cause is finished. Unfortunately, today’s Roman Catholic politicians have no trouble ignoring the moral teachings of the Pope. But for three years, the American Left has invested plenipotentiary authority in the words of The One, Barack Obama. Anyone who disagrees with him is treated … [Read more...]
Baiting Boehner
Who do you think scares the American people more? The Associated Press today has a story confirming what we all knew: The Democrats as a party have gone into full Alinsky mode against John Boehner. Obama rolled out the strategy at his Obama used his poorly attended speech in Parma, Ohio, last week. An Obama media advisor, Jim Margolis, explained that any strategy his boss might use to blame-shift … [Read more...]
Memo to Obama: Why They Talk About You “Like a Dog”
Seeing his popularity diminishing before his eyes, Barack Obama sought comfort in the steely arms of Big Labor yesterday. The most criticism-averse president in history whined that it was "special interests" who opposed his agenda -- and these people were not very nice. Looking deliberately into the camera, he tried out a down-home phrase to show solidarity with the union rabble. "They talk about … [Read more...]
Valerie Jarrett’s Ministry of Culture
Conservative journalists have exposed the Obama administration’s attempts to politicize the National Endowment for the Arts. Andrew Breitbart’s website has detailed two conference calls in August aimed at recruiting artists to shill for health care “reform” and environmental legislation. However, it has been overlooked that an NEA official and numerous employees in Valerie Jarrett’s office … [Read more...]
Who’s Behind the Immigration Rallies?
BIG CORPORATIONS AND THE FAR-LEFT HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON: both like to employ cheap illegal immigrants to do their heavy lifting. The leftist media have tried to portray this weekend’s massive protests against House measures to curtail illegal immigration as the uprising of “The Other America”: forgotten, humble, hidden Hispanic members of the working poor simply demanding their “rights.” As … [Read more...]