Obama Criticism

Imagining the Hateful Obama

Gary Dorrien | Posted 05.16.2012

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Obama is a lightning rod for the politics of fear and loathing, which raises delicate choices for Republicans running for president.

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Zuckerman on Business Despair and Obama

Robert Teitelman | Posted 12.05.2011

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Zuckerman's entire argument rests uneasily on his armchair reading of psychology. Consumers and executives are depressed, anxious, and they will only spend again when they feel better -- not that they are over-leveraged and that aggregate demand is deficient.

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Give 'Em Hell, Barry!': Political Rebirth and the Obama White House

Peniel E. Joseph | Posted 11.09.2011

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A president elected on the combined strength of dazzling oratory and improbable personal biography has proved more deft at saving his political career in times of great crisis, than crafting a bold vision of American democracy in the 21st century.

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In Defense of My President

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 11.08.2011

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With frustrations high and solutions still a bit unclear, we should expect the pressure to become intensified in the coming months. However, it is crystal clear to me that there are unrealistic expectations of the president.

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Black Baptists Decry 'Disrespect' Directed At Obama

Posted 10.15.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A black denomination that began 50 years ago in support of the Rev. Martin Luther King J...

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Snap Out Of It!

Steven Weber | Posted 10.04.2011

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To buy into the writ-in-crayon meme of Obama having "let us down" or that he is in any way "less than what we hoped he would be" makes us into the slobbering chumps we have characterized our opposition to be.

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No Drama Obama

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 08.30.2011

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When I see and listen to Obama, sometimes I think of those memorable words by the gospel hymn composer, James Cleveland: "Nobody told me the road would be easy. But, Lord, don't believe you brought me this far, just to leave me."

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Critics Push Obama To Change Faith-Based Hiring Rules

Posted 08.22.2011

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By Lauren Markoe Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of clergy and lawmakers is trying to overturn a nearly decade-old policy that allows ...

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Cornel West And The President: What Are We Really Talking About?

Jeffrey Stout | Posted 07.26.2011

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Cornel West's recent criticisms of President Obama have made news for the wrong reasons. The story is all about West. It shouldn't be.

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Obama Returns To Big Political Challenges, Criticism From Both Sides Of The Aisle

AP | BEN FELLER and ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Returning home to some messy politics, President Barack Obama is confronting a battery of challenges, from a spending standoff that...

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War Trumps Peace And A President's Trip

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — In the heart of his mission to Latin America, President Barack Obama tried to get the world to see what he saw. "La...

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Dan Rather: Obama Has 'Reputation For Playing A Little Soft'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the more surprising features of the post-midterm-election handwringing that has occurred on the Democratic side of the aisle has been the gener...

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Gibbs Need Not Apologize for Blasting the "Professional Left"

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are too many on the left whose heads are stuffed with delusions about what Obama can do and when and how he should do it.

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Eric Cantor Calls Obama's Middle East Policy 'Naive,' Stops Short Of Calling Him A 'Domestic Enemy'

Posted 05.25.2011

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House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) stopped short on Tuesday of agreeing that President Obama should be "defined as a domestic enemy" for his appr...

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How to Properly Criticize a President 101

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you want people to be frightened of Barack Obama because you say he's like Hitler, you have to understand that people don't hate Hitler because he provided governmental health care.

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Conservatives/Republicans Have "New Rules" for President Obama

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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New Rule: Don't engage in the outrageous, unethical practice of inviting your friends and donors to use the bowling alley at the White House. Instead give them no-bid contracts like we did for Halliburton.

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Idealism In Obama's America

The Point Mag | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cynicism about politics, rampant in the United States for years now, has peculiar features that distinguish it from its siblings in the disillusionmen...

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It's Tough Love Time for Obama

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's no reason his supporters on the left should suck it up and defend him when we disagree with him. Tough love for Obama is a sign of respect.

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RNC Pulled Video Of Mock-Obama Criticizing Troops, Thanking Ayers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: The RNC confirms that the mock Obama video it put up on its site -- in which a voice impersonation of the president pledges to hand the census...

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Obama: I Read My Bad Press, Not My Good Press

The Hill | Walter Alarkon | Posted 05.25.2011

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President-elect Obama said he often reads bad press about himself and avoids the good press so that he can stay outside the information "bubble." "I ...

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Obama's Talking Points On Rick Warren

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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At his press conference on Thursday, Barack Obama for the first time addressed the flurry of protest that has erupted over the choice of Rick Warren t...

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Interview with Steve Hildebrand; Steve, Did you tell Progressives to Shut Up?

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Interview done on the Rob Kall Radio Show, live, on WNJC 1360 AM, December 10. 2008 To hear the interview, click this link (good until Jan 10): Con...

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McCain Now Above Partisanship In New Bailout Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A day after the RNC and John McCain himself criticized Barack Obama both for supporting a bailout package for Wall Street and contributing to its defe...

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Eating A Reuben Amidst A Crowd Of Protesting Clintonites

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Updated below with video of angry Clinton supporter being escorted from the building. When is a Reuben sandwich not just a Reuben sandwich? When one...

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