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By Truthteller on Apr 17, 2009 in Andrew Sullivan, Barack Obama, British, Cuba, Current Affairs, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Gas Prices, Hugo Chavez, Iran, Middle East, National Debt, Obama Administration, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Terrorism, Venezuela | View Comments
Susan’s Notes: Well!!! It’s happened, after all the conjecture the past few days speculating if the two men would meet. Today, they shook hands. From the April 18, 2009 Times UK, “President Obama in historic handshake with Hugo Chavez of Venezuela“: All the conjecture and today’s meeting reminded me of Truthteller’s excellent piece on March [...]
By Truthteller on Apr 14, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments
The press’s mindless and sycophantic coverage of the First Family and the First Dog gamboling on the simulated verdure of the White House lawn as they each perform their respective roles in that foundational American fiction we call the heteronormative, patriarchal nuclear family located in “nature” prompted this incisive comment from ABC News’s Jake Tapper [...]
By Truthteller on Mar 26, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Barack Obama, Campaign Gaffes, Campaign promises, David Axelrod, Democrats, Deval Patrick, Earmarks, Economy, Flip Flopping, Governance, Hillary Clinton, Obama Administration, Obama Comrades, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Budget, Obama's Cabinet, Obama's Priorities, Obama's Thugs, Plagiarism | View Comments
David Axelrod manufactures commodities, not politicians: they don suits; they read teleprompters; they promise something new and unprecedented; but these newfangled objects cannot govern. No, I am not referring to Barack Obama, although this news does not bode well for Axelrod’s latest product; I am discussing Deval Patrick, who according to a 7News Boston poll [...]
By Truthteller on Feb 24, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Obama will address Congress tonight about his budget proposal and his intention to reduce the deficit. This is nothing more than hackneyed political theater. But this time it is not a Republican puppet at the Speaker’s chair; it is a Democratic marionette named Barack Obama. Obama will espouse the same rhetoric that Bush espoused in [...]
By Truthteller on Jan 12, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Another classic NQ story focused on the rampant misogyny directed at VP candidate Sarah Palin. Truthteller wrote this piece back in October. Do make sure to see all the images. Classic! Original Post ——————— Venal journalists and mindless bloggers who simply regurgitate what the Obama campaign places in their email accounts hope to convince voters [...]
By Truthteller on Jan 10, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Remember when Tony Rezko was convicted during the campaign? NQ thought you might like a reminder of what Rezko was up to and his connection to PEBO. This story by truthteller was originally posted in June, 2008. Pictures with the original story are no longer available. Good job, Obamacrats. Do you seriously believe it is [...]
By Truthteller on Jan 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Way back in May, Truthteller dissected a speech by candidate Obama to show the difference between the man and the message. Picture with the original story is no longer available. Original story. ———————– MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) – Filling in for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and tying himself to the family’s legacy, Democratic presidential candidate Barack [...]
By Truthteller on Jan 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments
From November, 2008, Truthteller warned people in coal producing states that their economy could take a hit from Obama’s energy position. Original post. ———————- Wyoming, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, Montana, Illinois, Virginia, North Dakota, Colorado, Indiana, New Mexico, Utah, Ohio, Alabama and Arizona: these coal producing states will be adversely affected by Barack Obama’s [...]
By Truthteller on Dec 24, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Uppity Woman on December 15 2008, alerted No Quarter readers to the Department of Justice’s investigation of alleged “pay to play” schemes involving New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Obama’s choice for Secretary of Commerce, and CDR, a company that relies on contracts funded by taxpayer dollars for private profit. She quotes Bloomberg News: Dec. 15 [...]
By Truthteller on Dec 24, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
(bumped up by Susan from this morning) Not yet inaugurated, fierce Blagojevich supporter and Daley puppet Barack Obama already has a public relations problem as a result of his staff’s questionable engagement with Governor Rod Blagojevich, the man who attempted to sell Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder. According to a Rasmussen Reports poll [...]
By Truthteller on Dec 17, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
(bumped up by Susan) According to Michael Sneed of the Chicago Sun-Times, Rahm Emanuel was not recorded in one, two, three, four or five conversations captured by the feds; he participated in TWENTY-ONE conversations recorded by Fitzgerald’s team. Allow me to write the number again: 21. I quote Michael Sneed: Sneed hears rumbles President-elect Barack [...]
By Truthteller on Dec 15, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
That is what I glean from an article entitled “Obama: Review shows no inappropriate contact”. I quote: CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama said Monday a review by his own lawyer shows he had no direct contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about the appointment of a Senate replacement, and transition aides “did nothing inappropriate.” In [...]
By Truthteller on Dec 14, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicago politics, Corruption, Crime, FBI, Illinois, Obama Administration, Obama's Thugs, Patrick Fitzgerald, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Daley, Rod Blagojevich, Tony Rezko, Transparency, US Senate, Unions, Valerie Jarrett | View Comments
(bumped up by nasuS) [Truthteller's piece is terrific. I've added the latest video from the guys at the Nose On Your Face at the end. I think it is a dandy companion for this piece.] Barack Obama on Thursday stated the following: “I have never spoken to the governor on this subject. I am confident [...]
By Truthteller on Dec 14, 2008 in Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicago politics, Corruption, Crime, Democratic Party, Democrats, FBI, Illinois, Nancy Pelosi, Obama Administration, Obama Comrades, Obama's Cabinet, Obama's Priorities, Obama's Thugs, Patrick Fitzgerald, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Transparency, US Senate | View Comments
Times Online reports calls for Emanuel’s resignation as Obama’s Chief of Staff. I quote with emphasis: THE bullish, foul-mouthed but effective Chicago arm-twister Rahm Emanuel has come under pressure to resign as Barack Obama’s chief of staff after it was revealed that he had been captured on court-approved wire-taps discussing the names of candidates for [...]
By Truthteller on Dec 13, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
One cannot agree more with this assessment of the scandal engulfing and enveloping inner city Chicago machine politicians Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich and Rahm Emanuel. I quote: Here is the lie, which caught my eye because of the phrasing Obama was using during his press conference on Daschle’s appointment: “I had no contact with the [...]