President Obama

Illinois Senator Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States and the first African American President on January 20th, 2009 after his charismatic style, eloquent public speeches, and message of change helped him win the November 2008 election.

Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden also benefited from a strong grass roots political organization and public backlash against some of the perceived mistakes of the previous Bush administration.

President Obama has inherited wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, an economic slump and a variety of simmering domestic issues. In February of 2009, President Obama signed into law a $787 billion dollar stimulus package targeted at kick-starting the economy. Early in his presidency he has sought to overturn some of George W Bush's more controversial decisions, more specifically related to the ban on stem cell research and the existence of the Guantanamo Bay prison facility.

You'll find both Obama's supporters and detractors blogging about our 44th president at sites like Bartcop and Radioactive Liberty.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “President Obama”

• ClimateGate: Global Warming fear mongers have knickers in knot!

  
  22MOON.COM — Authority: 151
  . . . . ClimateGate: It’s all unravelling now By James Deliingpole . ___ D ecember 2nd, 2009 TELEGRAPH.CO.UK Climategate: it’s all ...
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• National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 152
  December 3, 2009National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse. In attendance the First and Second families. VP Biden has been all over the place since he was photographed with the crashers.National Christmas Tree = a live Colorado Blue SpruceOfficial Christmas Tree arriving at the WH (video)WH Christmas ...
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• FLOTUS: Holiday Press Preview (video/text)

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 152
  December 2, 2009First Lady Michelle Obama’s remarks re: Christmas at the White HouseAnd we opened the doors last night to the first of more than 50,000 visitors who will come to the White House during this holiday season, and it’s safe to say that everyone was really impressed.  And I heard you all partying last ...
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• Pix of the day: Desiree Rogers

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 152
  December 3, 2009This picture says it all.Seems the photographer and CNN think so too.Show it to any grandmother in the land and ask: guilty or innocent?FLOTUS Social Secretary and self-invited State Dinner guest DESIREE ROGERS. // Rogers to photographer: How did you get in here?Walked right in… [...]
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• Dinner with the First Family

  
  Augusta Free Press — Authority: 428
  Chef assists with state dinner at the White House Story by Chris Graham newdominion@ntelos.net Mike Lund found himself a few feet away from the First Couple at the November state dinner held at the White House in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur. President Barack ...
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• No Nuance

  
  Broadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania — Authority: 139
  Ive been doing a little more reading than writing on the blogs today, when my internet and cable wasnt out (DAMN YOU, TIME WARNER!!!) and its pretty interesting, the blackness and whiteness of it all. No, Im not comparing President Obama to the Senate. Im reading the left ripping their hair out over the fact that ...
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• Worse than last year, but …

  
  Augusta Free Press — Authority: 428
    Column by David Reynolds Columns, letters: freepress2@ntelos.net Back during the dark ages of the 1960s, the days after Thanksgiving did not mark the beginning of the holiday season. Rather it was the start of the “Budget Season.” At the old Bureau of the Budget in the old Executive Office Building ...
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• Afghanistan and the Delaware Liberal

  
  Common Sense Political Thought — Authority: 143
  I’m sure most of you remember how our good friend Donviti was dismissed by his (now former) felows on the Delaware Liberal . It seems that Mr Viti was simply unwilling to toe the Democratic Party line, and, in that, he had made himself persona non grata on that fine website. (He does still comment there, ...
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• VIDEO: The Human Cost of Guantanamo

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 674
  By GottaLaff Please watch this video. Please. It says so much in 13 minutes. Andy Worthington has spent the past several years exposing the stories of the hundreds of men who were taken to Guantanamo prison. The British journalist, who is also a contributing reporter to Truthout, produced a groundbreaking ...
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• President Obama: Helping all Americans helps Black Americans

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 132
  Watch video excerpt of an interview  President Obama had with the Detroit Free Press in which he said “…I think the most important thing I can do for the African-American community is the same thing I can do for the American community, period, and that is get the economy going again and get people hiring again. ...
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• SENATE…SAY NO TO REID! NO…NO…NO!

  
  Desert Conservative — Authority: 155
  UK CANCER DEATH RATE IS 38% HIGHER THAN IN US By DICK MORRIS Published on DickMorris.com on December 2, 2009 As the Congress prepared to vote to let us enter the world of waits for doctors, waits for specialists, waits for testing and waits for surgery, radiation and chemo –  we should pause to consider the ...
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• Reid GLOATS, Baucus LIES and the DEMOCRATS claim VICTORY

  
  Desert Conservative — Authority: 155
  Harry ‘Hands Up’ Reid gloated as he announced John McCain’s proposed amendment to the Healthcare (Obamacare) Bill before the Senate as defeated with a vote of 58 to 42. MaxBaucus, Reid’s ‘butt kisser.’ said, “this Bill does nothing to reduce MEDICARE benefits.” Oh really? The McCain amendment ...
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• On the Presidents West Point speech

  
  Beers with Demo — Authority: 478
  Late news, perhaps, but a few words on President Obama’s speech at West Point two nights ago: Whatever other problems we have with President Obama, we applaud his decision to grant General McCrystal most of the troops he had sought. Well, he was just fulfilling a campaign promise. Yeah, and we see how well ...
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• Allegedly green Obama lights National Christmas Tree, leaves them on

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 815
  It was Barack Obamas first time. But tonight for the 86th year in a row a U.S. president turned on the lights of the National Christmas Tree, a 40-foot Colorado spruce near the White House. Claiming to be technologically-challenged, the BlackBerry-loving, 48-year-old president asked his daughters, Sasha and ...
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• Poll: Narrow majority support Obama’s Afghan strategy

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 163
  By Susan Page USA TODAY WASHINGTON — A narrow majority of Americans support President Obama’s revamped strategy on Afghanistan, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Wednesday, but there are broad concerns that the costs of the war will sap the government’s ability to address problems facing the nation ...
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• Obama Wont Be Photographed With F-22

  
  Jumping in Pools — Authority: 611
  President Obama apparently too cool to be photographed with the F-22 Raptor. Earlier this year, under Obamas approval, the Defense Department killed the F-22 program. Lets find some things out about this awesome plane : General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 62 ft 1 in (18.90 m) Wingspan : 44 ft ...
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• Three Secret Service members have been put on administrative leave because of the White House Crashers

  
  WHITE NOISE INSANITY — Authority: 430
  Well, it makes sense to me that the Secret Service would have to punish their own considering they did not do their job properly the night of the White House’s first State Dinner when they allowed Tareq and Michaele Salahi in . This said… I still think the Obama’s KNEW THE SALAHI’S as this article claims ...
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• She Answered The Call...

  
  Little Drops..... Into the pool of life. — Authority: 122
  It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism.~~~~~J. Horace McFarlandLast week over the Thanksgiving holiday, I had read the news that the President had called 10 members of our Military stationed in the hot-spots of Iraq and Afghanistan. There was one member who ...
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• A Realistic Look At Obama's Afghanistan Strategy

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 420
  At first glance, it seems like nobodys happy with President Obamas new Afghanistan strategy, announced Tuesday night before an audience of West Point cadets. Voices from the left and right (for different reasons, of course) are decrying the presidents decision as not what they wanted to hear. Hard-liners are ...
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• Mission Viejo florist wowed at White House forum

  
  Total Buzz — Authority: 611
  Mission Viejo florist Joni ONeill at White House jobs summit. Joni O’Neill spent almost five hours at the White House today and the Mission Viejo florist said it was the “opportunity of a lifetime.” O’Neill was one of 130 people from business, academia, labor and the non-profit sector who were invited to ...
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