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By Charles Lemos on Jul 20, 2008 in Barack Obama, Israel | 64 Comments
2008 Presidential candidate Ralph Nader discusses the situation in the Gaza strip and challenges Senator Barack Obama’s comments to AIPAC.
By Charles Lemos on Jul 20, 2008 in Barack Obama, John McCain, National Security | 139 Comments
I have said this before but Obama is in the unenviable position of getting attacked from the left, right and center. No doubt, McCain is in the same position with critics on all sides, however, the attacks on Obama are harder hitting and more prevalent. Moreover, the attacks seem to be having an effect on [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 20, 2008 in Barack Obama | 181 Comments
That little bit from Barack Obama’s speech on national service is not in the transcript of his prepared remarks. So just what does Senator Obama mean by this: We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 19, 2008 in Michelle Obama, Republicans, Washington state | 148 Comments
A new ad by the Washington State GOP attacking Michelle Obama’s patriotism.
By Charles Lemos on Jul 17, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, John Edwards | 243 Comments
One thing they omit was that the challenging of petitions was done on the last day depriving the others of a response. Obama sent in a team of lawyers and they stayed until everyone was off the ballot, not just Alice Palmer, but everyone.
By Charles Lemos on Jul 16, 2008 in Barack Obama, Flip Flopping, Iraq | 117 Comments
Can someone please tell Senator Obama that people do pay attention to the comings and goings on his website? A funny thing happened over on the Barack Obama campaign website in the last few days. The parts that stressed his opposition to the 2007 troop surge and his statement that more troops would make no [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 16, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Democratic Party, Electability, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Iraq, John Edwards, Lobbyists, Obamaisms, Superdelegates | 150 Comments
Perhaps they are just out of the loop, the Chicago loop, that is. What could you have expected when he moved operational control of the DNC from Washington DC to Chicago? And if you think it will get better, it won’t. You keeping on seeing what you want to see in Barack Obama and not [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 15, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaigns & Campaign Financing, Chicago politics, Democratic Nomination, FISA, Flip Flopping, Gun Control, Iraq, Jesse Jackson, Obamatopia, Obamedia | 71 Comments
The repudiation of Barack Obama continues unabated. It is something so unprecedented in American history to have so many rebel against the presumptive Democratic nominee even before he has been nominated. Yet another anti-Obama website has been launched and this one is by former supporters of the very junior Senator from Illinois. The Chicago Tribune‘s [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 11, 2008 in Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Germany, Qualifications | 128 Comments
Dear Senator Obama: John McCain has now been to Canada, Colombia and Mexico. He met with leaders of these countries and held talks. In Ottawa, he gave a speech to the Economic Club of Canada. In Cartagena, Senator McCain toured the historic city Cartagena, met with Colombian leaders as well with ordinary Colombians in a [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 10, 2008 in Hillary Clinton | 97 Comments
It’s sure to be a classic. One you can wear proudly through whichever nightmare befalls us the next four years. Hillary’s T-Shirt
By Charles Lemos on Jul 10, 2008 in Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iran, Qualifications | 195 Comments
Here is Barack Obama on Iran on May 18, 2008: Here is Barack Obama on July 9, 2008: “Iran is a great threat. We have to make sure we are working with our allies to apply tightened pressure on Iran,” the Illinois senator said. Which one is it? A threat? Not a threat? Make up [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 10, 2008 in Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Economy, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Environment, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, John McCain, Lobbyists | 128 Comments
Unexpectedly or perhaps surprising to me anyway, energy policy is actually getting debated. That’s a good thing even though I don’t really expected it to lead to the tough choices we need to make in the time frame we need to make them. To be honest, we are past the tipping point. We’re doomed. The [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 9, 2008 in Barack Obama, Economy, Employment, John McCain | 109 Comments
The pliant media is fast becoming a distant memory. Well perhaps the print media because I cannot say that I paying any attention to the cable channels. I am sure Olbermann et al continue their rah-rah-rah for Obama at full pace. The Los Angeles Times, however, is not. It is looking at Obama and his [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 8, 2008 in Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Germany | 59 Comments
Der Spiegel has another update on Obama’s hopes for a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Barack Obama wants to hold a speech at the Brandenburg Gate when he comes to Berlin later this month. The city’s mayor wants to grant him his wish, but the German chancellor has misgivings. The warning from the [...]
By Charles Lemos on Jul 8, 2008 in Barack Obama, Germany | 118 Comments
To Obama, all the world is a stage, hence a stadium in Denver or the Bradenburg Gate seem fitting backdrops to his delusions of grandeur. Misanthrophic is the word that comes to mind. Contemptuous is another. However, the Germans do not seem to be willing to play his games. Via Germany’s Der Spiegel: