The Age of Katrina – Not Obama

by Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford
The more delusional Obama supporters behave as if “their candidate’s speech on Thursday will herald a crack in time, after which posterity will speak of Before-Obama (BO) and After-Obama (AO) eras, and the transcendental Age of Obama.” They draw straight lines from Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 “I [...]

Proper Attire For The Temple Of Obama (“The Barackopolis”)

This memo courtesy of JohnMcCain.com
To: Interested Parties
From: Brian Rogers, Deputy Communications Director
Date: August 27, 2008
Re: Proper Attire For The Temple Of Obama (“The Barackopolis”)
Today, workers at Invesco Field are putting the final touches on the newest wonder of the modern political world — The Temple of Obama (“The Barackopolis”). It is upon this pulpit [...]

Barack Obama: Leap of Faith

By Daniel Henninger
“Every four years the Democrats send us another Governor we have to get to know.”
So said The Wall Street Journal editorial page in 1992 as the electorate began its discovery of Arkansas’s then-obscure governor, Bill Clinton. In 1988 it was Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, and before that Georgia’s Jimmy Carter. “The real question,” [...]

Political Punch: Democrats Proudly Plan to Play AGE Card in Toledo Tomorrow

Democrats are eagerly sending around a story from the Dallas Morning News reporting that “mischievous Democrats” are planning on meeting Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in Toledo tomorrow, on McCain’s 72nd birthday, with a cake with 72 candles on it.
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Oratory could be Obama’s undoing

By Edward Luce
There is a tried and tested Republican maxim: do not waste time attacking your opponent’s weaknesses. Target his strongest point. Barack Obama’s greatest strength is his ability to inspire millions with his electrifying oratory. Which makes it his greatest vulnerability.
In much the same way that John Kerry’s decorated military record was the petard [...]

Obama Campaign: Ayers is Off Limits

Guy Benson of National Review gives us a peek into the Fairness Doctrine preview that we all can look forward to under a Barack Obama Administration.
Read his article here.

Britney Spears’ set designer made Obama’s Temple

“We’ve done Britney’s sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated and we had to do it in far less time,” said Allen, of RDA Entertainment. Asked who is harder to satisfy – the Democrats or Britney – Allen replied: “I better not answer that.”
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The Audacity of Hypocrisy

As more information comes to light about Barack Obama’s relationship with Bill Ayers (unrepentant co-founder of violent radical leftist group Weather Underground), and as these facts get closer and closer to leaking into the consciousness of the average American voter, the Obama campaign continues to step up their strong-arm tactics to silence those who would [...]

Obama campaign confronts WGN radio

by John McCormick and Steve Schmadeke, updated
DENVER — Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign organized its supporters Wednesday night to confront Tribune-owned WGN-AM in Chicago for having a critic of the Illinois Democrat on its air. ( (Listen to the interview.)
“WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering [...]

Whose Voice Will Obama Use Thursday?

by Lee Cary
Will Obama deliver his acceptance speech with his own voice, or return to the oratorical style that permeated his primary victory speeches when he used the voice of Martin Luther King?

Thursday, Obama will speak on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech. Will he lean on King’s style, [...]