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Except for that part about organizing it ; Newly disclosed emails link White House directly to NEA politicalization scandal By: Mark Tapscott Editorial Page Editor 10/30/09 12:02 PM EDT Former actor and present White House associate director of public engagement Kalpen Modi was directly involved in planning the controversial conference call hosted by a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) flack to encourage tax-supported artists to create propaganda for President Obama, according to emails obtained by Judicial Watch via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

It's pretty sad when you have to go to a Pakistani college student to get tough questions asked of this administration; "What guarantee can the Americans give Pakistanis that we can now trust you ... and that you guys are not going to be betraying us like you did in the past," one student asked at a "townhall-style" meeting Clinton held at the Government College University in Lahore.

Just yesterday Rep Bart Stupak (D) said he would not vote for a bill that contained public funding for abortions.  Well that didn't last long;

Politico does the work that NY Times and the rest of the watchdog media doesn't seem interested in doing... President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years. CBS' Mark Knoller  an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related  wrote on his Twitter feed that, "Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24. Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months." This news comes on the heels of today's news that Obama played golf with a woman  chief domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes  for the first time since taking office.

From Gallup ; Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. . . . Americans are more likely to consider themselves conservative this year than they were in 2008, resulting in conservatives -- now 40% of the American public -- outnumbering moderates for the first time since 2004. While Gallup first documented this trend in June, the finding has been sustained through the third quarter.

If you read a paragraph like this what do you think the lede would be? As the anniversary of his election approaches, the mood of the recession-battered nation continues to be generally glum: By 3-1, those surveyed say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country, and Obama's job-approval rating is a middling 50%. So of course the headline reads Poll: Hope Bouyed on race relations

From Gallup ; In fact, the 9-point drop in the most recent quarter is the largest Gallup has ever measured for an elected president between the second and third quarters of his term, dating back to 1953. One president who was not elected to his first term — Harry Truman — had a 13-point drop between his second and third quarters in office in 1945 and 1946… More generally, Obama’s 9-point slide between quarters ranks as one of the steepest for a president at any point in his first year in office. The highest is Truman’s 19-point drop between his third and fourth quarters, followed by a 15-point drop for Gerald Ford between his first and second quarters. The largest for an elected president in his first year is Bill Clinton’s 11-point slide between his first and second quarters.

Be careful , you may lose the Robert Gibbs Seal of Approval; Have you heard the news? President Obama inherited an economic mess from the Bush administration. You say that's hardly news? But it's been the message sounded over and over by the White House. Top Obama adviser David Axelrod said on one of the Sunday news shows, "He walked in the door, we had the worst economy since the Great Depression." In San Francisco, Obama talked of being "busy with our mop." White House heavy hitter Rahm Emanuel used the worst-economy-since-the-Depression line on a public TV news show. You'd think it's October 2008, the final month in the Obama presidential candidacy, rather than October 2009, nine months into the Obama presidency. Yet the Obama White House is in full campaign mode -- maybe because it needs to mask the shortcomings of the Obama presidency. Take, for example, all the talk of inheriting the worst economy since the 1930s crisis. That came in response t...

How's that hope & change working for you now? The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -13. Thats just a point above the lowest level ever recorded for this President. Its also the sixth straight day in negative double digits, matching the longest such streak (see trends). Just 31% of voters believe that Congress has a good understanding of the health care proposal. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Republicans have a favorable opinion of their partys national chairman, Michael Steele. The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Updates also available on Twitter and Facebo...

They wouldn't do that, would they ? Alexander to White House: Don't Create 'Enemies List' Oct. 21, 2009, 9:31 a.m. By Keith Koffler Roll Call Staff A top Senate Republican will take to the floor Wednesday morning to suggest that the Obama White House is plotting a political strategy similar to that of ex-President Richard Nixon and may be on the verge of preparing its own enemies list. Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, who served in the Nixon White House, plans to offer what he will say is a friendly suggestion to the White House not to repeat the errors he saw committed by the staff of the disgraced former president. Based upon that experience and my forty years since then in and out of public life I want to make what I hope will be taken as a friendly suggestion to President Obama and his White House: dont create an enemies list, Alexander will say, according to a copy of his remarks obtained by Roll Call. Describing the actions of Vi...

... and he got just that .

Anita Dunn speaks again at an event in Santa Domingo back in January 2009 about they controlled the media and made them report on what the campaign wanted them to report on; TEL AVIV  President Obama's presidential campaign focused on "making" the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was "controlled," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference. "Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control," said Dunn. "One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe videos was not just for our supporters, but also because it was a way for us to get our message out without having to actually talk to reporters," said Dunn, referring to Plouffe, who was Obama's chief campaign manager. "We just put that out there and made them write what Plouffe had said as opposed to Plouff...

From Big Hollywood ; “And the game done chose me to bring pain to niggas and pussy holes, they one in the same.” -  I’m Real , co-written by Jennifer Lopez , minority owner of the Miami Dolphins. Read the rest ...

Oh wait... UPDATE: Did Warren Ballentine just call Juan Williams an Uncle Tom? Sure sounds like it. Those silly libs, they are so compassionate and tolerant of all views, I wish I could be just like Mr. Ballentine.

I called BS on this from the start and now little Falcon seems to have spilled the beans;

Well what do you know.  Bob Beckel was on Fox last week screaming about there being three conservatives on the committee of five (this article seems to indicate two conservatives) that selected Barack Obama to receive the Nobel Peace Prize as though that is some kind of confirmation of His greatness.  Well it turns out that there weren't exactly on board with the selection of Dear Leader for the prize; Majority of Nobel jury 'objected to Obama prize' Oct 15 07:23 AM US/Eastern Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to US President Barack Obama, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported Thursday. "VG has spoken to a number of sources who confirmed the impression that a majority of the Nobel committee, at first, had not decided to give the peace prize to Barack Obama," the newspaper said. In a surprise move last Friday, the Nobel committee attributed the Nobel Peace Prize to Obama less ...

How true ... "How is it that when Righties quote Lefties, they have video, audio, and notarized confirmation from the Pope, but when Lefties quote Righties, they have Wiki entries contributed by 'Cobra?'"  

Are you surprised?  You shouldn't be; Unions will oppose Baucus bill unless it's changed Oct 13, 3:35 PM (ET) WASHINGTON (AP) - About 30 unions will run a full-page ad in newspapers Wednesday announcing their opposition to the Senate Finance Committee's health overhaul bill, a top labor lobbyist said. The ad will state that unions will oppose the measure on the Senate floor unless improvements are made, according to Chuck Loveless, legislative director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The ad will state, "Real health care reform and nothing less," Loveless said. Labor has been a major Democratic ally in the health care debate but is unhappy the legislation lacks a publicly run insurance plan and would tax expensive policies in an effort to drive down costs. Officials also want it to prevent insurance companies from refusing to cover some people and to force employers to cover their workers. The Finance Committee voted Tuesday to...

Rep. Frank says DC gay rights march misses mark By ANDREW MIGA, Associated Press Writer Andrew Miga, Associated Press Writer – Sat Oct 10, 11:28 am ET WASHINGTON – Rep. Barney Frank, an openly gay member of Congress, says he'd rather see gay rights supporters lobbying their elected officials than marching in Washington this weekend, calling the demonstration "a waste of time at best." Frank said in an interview with The Associated Press that he considers such demonstrations to be "an emotional release" that does little to pressure Congress. "The only thing they're going to be putting pressure on is the grass," the Massachusetts Democrat said Friday. Thousands of gay men and women are expected to gather for Sunday's National Equality March. Many gay rights advocates have criticized President Barack Obama for not moving faster to keep his campaign promises to extend gay rights, and Congress has also drawn flak for not doing more. Obama plans ...

Oh for God sakes ... President Barack Obamas Nobel Peace Prize is quickly turning from a singular honor into a gold-medal headache, as even supporters call it premature and critics say it proves hes a darling of the international elite. Obama himself sought to put some distance between himself and the award, saying, "I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but a recognition of the role of American leadership" in the world. "To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures" who won in the past, Obama said at the White House. "I will accept this award as a call to action, a call to all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st Century."

Especially if you're a Republican; "The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists - the Taliban and Hamas this morning - in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize," DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse told POLITICO. "Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are criticizing the President of the United States for receiving the Nobel Peace prize - an award he did not seek but that is nonetheless an honor in which every American can take great pride - unless of course you are the Republican Party. "The 2009 version of the Republican Party has no boundaries, has no shame and has proved that they will put politics above patriotism at every turn. It's no wonder only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore - it's an embarrassing label to claim," Woodhouse said.

After all its a teachable moment and why pass up another opportunity to give a historic speech; Obama to come to Oslo to receive Nobel-Norway PM 09 Oct 2009 14:45:29 GMT Source: Reuters OSLO, Oct. 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will come to Oslo to collect the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday after speaking with Obama. The prize is handed out on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of the award's founder Alfred Nobel. "Obama said he looked forward to coming to Oslo to receive the prize," a statement from Stoltenberg's office said after the prime minister phoned Obama to congratulate him.

Great... how long before this gets dropped too ? The new missile plan from US President Barack Obama's administration raises questions and Moscow is waiting for Washington to explain its intentions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. "The statements that are constantly being voiced raise more questions than answers," Lavrov told reporters during a visit to the Moldovan capital for a summit of ex-Soviet countries. "We would like to receive full clarification," Lavrov added, referring to the plan presented by the Obama administration last month to replace an older plan backed by George W. Bush that would have placed missile defence facilities in eastern Europe. Moscow and Washington are now holding talks so Russia can "understand the configuration" of the new missile defence system, Lavrov said, but he added that reports of some US proposals were raising eyebrows in Moscow. He said a recent US report that the United States might inclu...

This is getting interesting ... And the No. 1 reason David Letterman is a cad: The "Late Show" host brought the assistant he was sleeping with on Caribbean vacations with his wife and their young son, sources told The Post. Letterman's wife, Regina Lasko, had no clue the comic was having an affair with his pretty, much younger assistant Stephanie Birkitt -- a $200,000-a-year employee -- when she was tagging along on the cozy, romantic trips, sources said. Lasko, 48, "has to be really, really pissed" to learn recently that Letterman was so brazen as to have invited his paramour on vacations with their 6-year-old son, Harry, a source said. At least one jaunt was to the Caribbean island of St. Barts. Lasko -- a former show staffer herself who married Letterman in March after 23 years as his girlfriend -- believed that Birkitt was only an innocent "friend" and "co-worker" at the time. Letterman also brought other friends and co-workers along for ...

He won for trying really really hard .... The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons. Here's the AP , even Jennifer Loven can hardly believe it... Analysis: He won, but for what? By JENNIFER LOVEN, AP White House Correspondent Jennifer Loven, Ap White House Correspondent – 1 hr 7 mins ago WASHINGTON – The awarding of the Nobel Peace Price to President Barack Obama landed with a shock on darkened, still-asleep Washington. He won! For what? For one of America's youngest presidents, in office less...

Read it and weep ....

Forget the song....listen to Willie during the first minute;

Suddenly she sees that everything she was writing about health care may not have been totally true... What makes this a double blow is that my experience contradicts so much of what I wrote for political leaders over the last decade . That's a terrible feeling, too. I typed line after line that said everything Massachusetts did would make health insurance more affordable. If I had a dollar for every time I typed, "universal coverage will lower premiums," I could pay for my own health care at Massachusetts's rates. Except that she can't afford Massachusetts universal health care premiums.

Will the MSM notice ? Bill Ayers admits writing 'Dreams' to conservative blogger October 6, 2:32 PM DC Independent Examiner JamesSimpson Last Friday we posted an article  on these pages asserting Bill Ayers' authorship of President Barack Obama's 'Dreams From My Father,' based on claims made by Obama biographer Christopher Andersen . It is possible that we have now gotten direct confirmation of this from Bill Ayers himself.

Congressional leaders fight against posting bills online By: Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent October 6, 2009 As Congress lurches closer to a decision on an enormous overhaul of the American health care system, pressure is mounting on legislative leaders to make the final bill available online for citizens to read before a vote. Lawmakers were given just hours to examine the $789 billion stimulus plan, sweeping climate-change legislation and a $700 billion bailout package before final votes. While most Americans normally ignore parliamentary detail, with health care looming, voters are suddenly paying attention. The Senate is expected to vote on a health bill in the weeks to come, representing months of work and stretching to hundreds of pages. And as of now, there is no assurance that members of the public...

The White House staff handed out white coats to the doctors that appeared with Dear Leader yesterday to make them look like, ah, doctors; WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday rolled out the red carpet -- and handed out doctors' white coats as well, just so nobody missed his hard-sell health-care message. In a heavy-handed attempt at reviving support for health-care reform, the White House orchestrated a massive photo op to buttress its claim that front-line physicians support Obama. PHOTOS: OBAMA'S BOTCHED PHOTO OP OBAMA LIFTS HEALTH CARE ADDRESS -- FROM HIMSELF A sea of 150 white-coated doctors, all enthusiastically supportive of the president and representing all 50 states, looked as if they were at a costume party as they posed in the Rose Garden before hearing Obama's pitch for the Democratic overhaul bills moving through Congress.

Freakin awesome! From a site called Mediaite : Last week we were forwarded this message board post on ActivityPit.com – Red Eye’s online community that feeds its dedicated base of fans. Here’s a part: The ratings came out for September and Red Eye is up over 30% in total viewers and up 50% in the key demo (25-54) since July. They have more overall viewers than every CNBC show, every MSNBC show that is on before Hardball, most of HLN, and American Morning on CNN. But the show is looking up year-to-year as well. Compared to September 2008, the program grew 23% in total viewers and 43% in the A25-54 demographic. But let’s look at the individual shows. Last week we wrote about the 13 shows at the top of the ratings in September – all on Fox News. Red Eye, naturally, wasn’t one of them. But let’s see where they fell. Here’s the full chart for September programs. Red Eye averaged 432,000 total viewers and 202,000 in the demo. Let’s deal with the demo first – CNN’s 8pmET show, hosted by Ca...

CNN fact checks SNL spoof of Obama and of course gets in a shot on Sarah Palin calling Tina Fey's impersonation dead on;

Of course they are.  They've had nukes for 30 years and haven't used them.  So obviously they can't be trusted;     At a joint press conference with Iran's Atomic Energy Organization chief Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran, ElBaradei brought Israel under spotlight and said that the Tel Aviv regime has refused to allow inspections into its nuclear installations for 30years, the report said.     "Israel is the number one threat to the Middle East given the nuclear arms it possesses," ElBaradei was quoted as saying.     Israel is widely assumed to have nuclear capabilities, although it refuses to confirm or deny the allegation.     "This (possession of nuclear arms) was the cause for some proper measures to gain access to its (Israel's) power plants ... and the U.S. president has done some positive measures for the inspections to happen," said ElBaradei.

They couldn't stand his arrogance; “The fact that Barack Obama came, could not do it. I think he lacked emotion, it seemed too empty and business-like. When Tony Blair promoted London he was around three days to lobby and talk to people. You can not just come with the train one day and try to affect everything. People have felt that it was a lack of respect for the Olympics and sport in general. I think people felt it was too business-like to get into the way we have now seen it many times, and you would have feelings back.” Hans Bonde, professor of sport history at the University of Copenhagen, told the newspaper: “Here come the media favorite Obama just before the deadline and made showoff. He clearly won the battle in the media, but it turned out indeed to be indifferent . IOC members did not feel important, and they were indeed reduced to spectators and not players. "

Chicago torpedoed by anti-U.S. sentiment? October 3, 2009 BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter apallasch@suntimes.com Some Chicago officials say anti-American resentment likely played a role in Chicago's Olympic bid dying in the first round Friday. President Obama could not undo in one year the resentment against America that President Bush and others built up for years, they said. "There must be" resentment against America, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, near the stage where he had hoped to give a victory speech in Daley Center Plaza. "The way we [refused to sign] the Kyoto Treaty, we misled the world into Iraq. The world had a very bad taste in its mouth about us. But there was such a turnaround after last November. The world now feels better about America and about Americans. That's why I thought the president's going was the deal-maker." It is stunning how clueless Jesse Jackson is. You don't think that maybe the world just do...

Dear Leader bashes the US during his pitch to the IOC....Gee I wonder why Chicago lost?

But of course! Senator Rowland Burris of Illinois, the Senator who was appointed to fill President Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat, blames George Bush for Chicago not getting the Olympics in 2016. Burris stated in an interview, shortly after the announcement, that the image of the U. S. has been so tarnished in the last 8 years that, even Barack Obama making an unprecedented pitch for the games could not overcome the hatred the world has for us as a result of George Bush.

Shocker! Chicago eliminated in 2016 voting Lobbying by Obamas goes for naught; Rio, Madrid remain alive BREAKING NEWS COPENHAGEN - In a stunning development, Chicago was the first city eliminated on Friday in IOC voting to be host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Earlier, Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid made final pitches to the International Olympic Committee, with President Barack Obama and Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pitting their star power against each other in emotional pushes for their cities. Never did I believe that The One would put everything on the line for something that now seems as though there was never any shot at winning. How could he be this stupid? He flies over, Michelle flies over with Oprah. And they get eliminated during then first ballot? How embarrassing! I wonder if this had anything to do with it from September 29; Chicago's Olympic bid hurt by Daley's remarks? COPENHAGEN -- Could Chicago's bid for the 2016 ...

David Letterman Confession: I Had Sex With Staffers, Got Targeted by Extortionist Tells Fans of Scandal During Thursday Night Show By MICHAEL S. JAMES Oct. 1, 2009 David Letterman told the audience of his late night talk show that he had sexual relationships with female members of his staff, and added he forked over a bogus $2 million check as part of an extortion plot over the matter. Letterman, 62, made the confessions to the audience during a taping of "The Late Show" for broadcast Thursday night, according to a statement by Worldwide Pants Inc., Letterman's production company. "This morning, I did something I've never done in my life," Letterman told his audience, according to the statement. "I had to go downtown and testify before a grand jury." During that testimony, Letterman acknowledged unspecified sexual relationships with staff members, the Worldwide Pants statement said. "My response t...

Don't worry, Barack Obama will save the world ! Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara warned on Wednesday the 2016 Olympics could be the last Games, with global warming an immediate threat to mankind. Tokyo is bidding to host the 2016 summer Olympics with Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid also in the running. The International Olympic Committee will elect the winning candidate during its session on Oct. 2 in the Danish capital. "It could be that the 2016 Games are the last Olympics in the history of mankind," Ishihara told reporters at a Tokyo 2016 press event ahead of the vote. "Global warming is getting worse. We have to come up with measures without which Olympic Games could not last long. "Scientists have said we have passed the point of no return,"said Ishihara.