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 … [Read more...]
The Radical Behind Obama’s Get-Out-The-Vote Campaign
November 6, 2012 By
“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 … [Read more...]
Obama’s get-out-the-vote leader worked with Marxist groups on antiwar, anti-Israel rallies
November 1, 2012 By
A sign from the February 16, 2003, rally shows "counterfeit Jews" setting the world aflame. One of the senior leaders of President Obama's presidential campaign worked with Marxist-led groups to organize rallies in the San Francisco area, including a demonstration that barred a progressive rabbi from speaking because he believes Israel has the right to exist. Buffy Wicks, who currently … [Read more...]
Code Pink’s Girl in the White House
November 1, 2012 By
“To really understand the Obama phenomenon, you should know Buffy Wicks,” the get-out-the-vote leader for the Obama 2012 campaign. The person who said this was not Andrew Breitbart, Glenn Beck, or Rush Limbaugh but Cynthia Boaz, a political science professor and mentor to Ms. Wicks. Boaz is listed as a “coordinator” with the radical group Code Pink, an organization that delivered … [Read more...]
Is MSNBC Taking Programming Decisions from the White House?
July 21, 2011 By
(Was Cenk Uygur purged at the White House’s request?) After years of mutual courtship, the White House may have consummated its marriage to MSNBC by canceling the program of the network’s most critical host. This unprecedented invasion of journalistic autonomy comes after years of MSNBC’s fawning coverage, promotion of the administration’s objectives, and receiving on-air prompts to guide … [Read more...]
