Obama Nation

Republicans Embrace the Cootie Effect

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Zunes

Though it is easy to dismiss the Republican reliance on the cootie effect and guilt-by-association as a sign of desperation, it would be a mistake to underestimate its potential impact.

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An Interview with Erica Payne, Author of The Practical Progressive

Julian Brookes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Julian Brookes

Erica Payne's book, The Practical Progressive: How to Build a Twenty-First Century Political Movement, is the essential guide to what's happening, who's who, and how to get involved in the new progressive "infrastructure."

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Jerome Corsi And Jane Hamsher Go Head To Head (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 05.25.2011

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In light of "The Obama Nation" author Jerome Corsi's recent detainment in and deportation from Kenya, here are some highlights from a recent Bloggingh...

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Jerome Corsi, Obama Smear Author, Detained In Kenya

AP | TOM ODULA and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The American author of a controversial book accusing Barack Obama of seething with "black rage" and of being unfit for the U.S....

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Media Helps Corsi's Obama Smear Book Even When Debunking It

CJR | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a Wednesday town hall meeting in Lynchburg, Virginia, Barack Obama derided The New York Times number-one bestseller The Obama Nation, and its autho...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Corsi's Obama Book Inspires New Dissidents On Right

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011

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At last count, there are only four members of the dissident cell -- Peter Wehner, Ross Douthat, Jon Henke and John Hawkins -- conservatives who have b...

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How Should Obama Respond? A Third Way to End the Sliming

Joel Weinberger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joel Weinberger

Obama is refuting charges against him in an effort not to repeat the mistake of the Kerry campaign -- but this just substitutes a new mistake for the old one.

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A Tale of Two Obama Books: Why Do Progressives Still Not Get It?

Jennifer Nix | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Nix

Obama Nation is a pathetic excuse for a book and is just one more example of how the right effectively moves their lies into the national discourse while the left fails to do so with progressive ideas.

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Howard Wolfson: Obama Smear Book Dead On Arrival

Gotham Acme | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although Jerome Corsi's book "The Obama Nation" has been out for just a brief period, it is already clear that it has failed to put a real dent in Sen...

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Obama Nation An Abomination

Paul Peete | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Peete

Corsi's New York Times bestseller status is mentioned like some imprimatur to the book's veracity rather than introducing his book as the right wing tactic, Swiftboating.

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Reading The Pictures: Swiftboating A Facial Expression

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Shaw

2008-08-15-corsi_cover_shaw.jpgWhat makes a meme effective -- be it verbal, visual or the combination -- is repetition.

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