By SusanUnPC on Mar 26, 2009 in AIG, Larry Summers, Middle America, President Barack Obama, Tim Geithner, Toxic Assets | 36 Comments
The plutocrat pigs are at our trough again, thanks to one Timothy Geithner and one Lawrence Summers. Well, if you have seen my posts featuring interviews or columns by Princeton’s Paul Krugman, Nobel Laureate in Economics, you know Geithner’s “toxic assets plan,” announced Monday under Geithner’s, not Obama’s name, is designed to 1) Avoid any [...]
By Larry Doyle on Feb 23, 2009 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Housing & Housing Crisis, John McCain, Middle America, Mortgage Crisis, Obama, Obama Administration, Wall Street | 26 Comments
I worked in the mortgage business on Wall Street for 23 years. During that time period I had the good fortune of developing relationships with some of the finest minds in this sector. While I do not know Laurie Goodman personally, I can tell you that there is no one individual in the market [...]
By Uppity Woman on Sep 25, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Democratic Party, Disenfranchisement, Donna Brazile, GLBT, Jewish Voters, Middle America, Misogyny, Race Card, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Sexism, White People, Women | 277 Comments
I vividly remember when Paul Begala Davis told smug Donna Brazile on CNN: You can’t win an election with African Americans and Eggheads. She snorted. That was not long after Donna said we could all just “Stay Home” because she has a New Party.
Don’t believe me. Take a look at this sarcastic woman talk about [...]
By Bud White on Sep 25, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, McCain/Palin 2008, Michigan, Middle America, Minnesota, Montana, Pennsylvania | 87 Comments
According to this report, celebrity candidate Barack Obama had 4,000 fewer people in attendance than McCain-Palin at an event in Wisconsin:
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Hoping to shore up support in his suddenly undependable backyard, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama flew here Monday to talk about how he’d handle economic crises as president.
Recent polls have shown [...]
By Bud White on Aug 11, 2008 in Advertising, Appalachia, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Current Affairs, Elitism, Florida, John McCain, Latinos, Middle America, West Virginia, Workers | 151 Comments
During the opening night of the Olympics, John McCain broadcast the following ad, titled “Painful”:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWXqpHEsrxc[/youtube]
I was struck by the high quality of the ad. It tweaks Obama’s celebrity status, and then unleashes a full-throttle class attack on Obama. “Life in the spotlight must be grand,” intones a woman’s voice, dropping her voice off for emphasis, [...]
By medusa on Jul 3, 2008 in Christianity, Media, Middle America, MoveOn.org, Ohio, Transparency, WORMs, White Working Class | 305 Comments
One of the lead stories listed on my Google homepage today was about Obama’s current tour of Middle America, and as the title of the article by Leonard Doyle makes clear, these folks aren’t sure who Obama is:
Obama courts Middle America in attempt to counter ‘antiChrist’ image
If Obama thinks he has problems [...]