Obama and Gop

Obama's Speech: New School Year, Same Class Clowns

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.02.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Vacation's almost over and we're getting our school supplies, and then Barack puts out the word. Barack -- he's class president, except half the kids can't stand him and they, like, don't even treat him like he was ever elected.

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Obama: No More Mr. Nice Guy?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.02.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Republicans have had a tough go of it lately, and a large chunk of it comes from the dashing of those sweet Obama expectations. They thought they could say anything about him and he wouldn't push back.

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GOP and Libya: Glad to Be Unhappy

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.28.2011

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Rick Horowitz

It's not that the GOP enjoys criticizing this president. It's more like breathing -- you don't "enjoy" it, it's just something you find yourself doing over and over again. It's something that keeps you alive.

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Lame-Duck Session: Only a Few Carping Days Left

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The meeting was gaveled to order. (But gently -- the poor dears were short of sleep.)

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Dialogue? More Like Denialogue!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

"Nobody said bipartisanship is easy."

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GOP Wants a Do-Over

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

As Christopher Columbus, after days and days at sea, First spied the mighty continent ahead, Up stepped young Mitch McConnell from his hiding place be...

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It's the Narrative, Stupid: Tales Around the Camp(aign)fire

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our highly trained staff, at the National Narrative Institute, of highly skilled narrative-crafters can put aside complexity, and zero in on what really matters: a simple tale, with easy-to-recognize good guys and bad guys, and a moral that can fit into a fortune cookie. In today's 24/7 world, after all, who has time for more?

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Sam Stein

Obama Goes To GOP Lions' Den -- And Mauls The Lions

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama traveled to a House Republican retreat in Baltimore on Friday and delivered a performance that was at once defiant, substantive and en...

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GOP Tactics: All Hail the (Loyal) Opposition!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Just so you know: We're against it. We were against it before, and we're still against it. We thought it was a terrible idea when President Obama proposed it, and we still think it's a terrible idea.

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GOP Is Withering About His Dithering

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

If you look before you leap / And worry that you're in too deep / If flag-draped coffins cost you sleep / You're "dithering."

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Joe Wilson: Just Another Heckler in the Crowd

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Once you've spent day after day among the constituents -- hearing the president being called a Nazi, a commie, a socialist tool, a terrorist mole -- calling Barack Obama a liar must have seemed almost quaint.

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School Daze: That Speech Was Controversial?!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Take heart, my friends. Our national leaders and media titans aren't nearly as spineless, as clueless, as paranoid as they appear to be. It's all an act.

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Obama To Host White House "Happy Hour" For Lawmakers Voting On Stimulus Bill

Huffington Post/NY Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to The NY Post, President Obama is greasing the voting process a bit with some libations at the White House for lawmakers who are considerin...

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Obama To GOP: When You Beat Me Up ... I Will Watch You On Fox News And Feel Bad About Myself

US News | Paul Bedard | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama went to Capitol Hill today to push Republicans to back his $825 billion stimulus plan. While they probably won't, he won points...

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