Barack Obama
Vacationing Obama gets temp press secretary
By The Admin on August 25, 2010
With a broad grin and aw-shucks approach, Bill Burton is a marked contrast with his boss, the always ready-for-battle White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. While Gibbs comes off as combative and hot, Burton is low-key and self-deprecating. He always seems ready to smile. Describing how Obama was spending his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, Burton [...]
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African-American leaders and intellectuals express dissatisfaction with President Obama
By The Admin on August 25, 2010
Daily Caller – With President Barack Obama’s approval ratings dipping below 50%, members of his strongest voting bloc have also started to voice displeasure with the way he has chosen to govern. Since Obama has taken office African Americans have faced a number of disproportionate “highs,” few of them good, such as an exceptionally high [...]
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Rep. Charles Rangel swats back at President Obama in candidate forum
By The Admin on August 24, 2010
New York Daily News – Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel shot back Monday night at President Obama’s unsolicited advice for him to “end his career with dignity.” “Frankly, he has not been around long enough to determine what my dignity is,” Rangel said of Obama during a fiery candidates’ forum at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church [...]
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What Constitutes a “Black” Political Leader?
By The Admin on August 10, 2010
Chuck Hobbs, Esq. – What constitutes a black leader? You may have missed it, but the July 25th edition of Newsweek has Al Sharpton on its cover and in a four page feature article on his “reinvention” from a much maligned fringe to a mainstream “black” political leader. Indeed, during the 20 years since he [...]
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Is Obama distancing himself from prominent African Americans?
By The Admin on August 9, 2010
The Daily Caller – Black Americans have rallied around the president as perhaps no constituency has ever supported an American politician. As of this week, fully 88 percent of black voters approved of Barack Obama. Many predicted Obama’s election would herald a new era of African-American leadership. And yet, curiously, something different has happened. In [...]
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