Since Nov. 4, when Barack Obama became the first biracial president of the United States, the prevailing sentiment has been: if Barack Obama can make it, so can you.
I’ve heard from many of my loyal readers who say that while they are happy Obama won the election, they resent the media’s implication that now we […]
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As predicted, Barack Obama named Valerie Jarrett as his senior adviser to the White House. I have no clue who Jarrett is other than she was senior adviser to Obama while he campaigned for president, and she co-chaired his transition team.
The mainstream media has already dug up dirt on Jarrett, but dirt doesn’t seem […]
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On Greta’s blog today, a reader asked what’s the deal with Obama’s mother-in-law moving into the White House when Obama gets the keys from Bush on January 20.
I love Greta’s answer:
I think - if President elect and Mrs. Obama want this- it is a great idea for President Elect Obama’s mother-in-law to move to the […]
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Sean Combs is capitalizing on Barack Obama’s historic win to hustle his cologne “I Am King.”
The fragrance hits stores next month and Sean is hoping that it will resonate with the same people who voted for Barack Obama. “When you see Barack Obama, you see a strong, elegant black man and when people see my […]
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Residents of Suffolk County, Long Island awoke to graffiti spray painted on their cars last week. The vandals spray painted racial slurs and threats targeted at president-elect Barack Obama. The Secret Service is investigating due to the nature of the threats against Obama.
The victims included blacks, whites and Latinos and the message was […]
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According to The NY Post, Obama advisers are floating Sen. Hillary Clinton’s name as possible frontrunner for secretary of state.
Two Obama advisers confirmed Clinton is under serious consideration, according to NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell
Washington Post gossip columnist Al Kamen wrote in his blog, “The pick of the former presidential contender and Senate Armed Services Committee […]
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Barack Obama waits in his SUV while First daughters Malia, 18, and Sasha, 7, head to school in Chicago.
Obama and his wife Michelle still haven’t confirmed whether the girls will attend public or private school in DC when he takes office in January.
Meanwhile, TMZ.com reports that Obama is busy searching for qualified applicants to fill […]
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Now that Barack Obama is headed for the White House flush after having tallied over $600 million in campaign contributions — the most ever in history for a presidential candidate — the Democratic National Committee is crying broke!
Can you believe it?
A loyal reader and esteemed member of my community forwarded this email to me:
Our friends […]
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We all know First daughters Malia and Sasha Obama are big Hannah Montana fans. So when the Disney Channel people extended an invite to the First daughters to visit the set or maybe make cameos in the show, the girls were ecstatic.
The cable network said in a statement, “We’re pleased that Malia and Sasha […]
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I sort of understand where this video is going, but because of all the negative stereotyping of black men by a black man, I guess the message was lost on me.
The video was produced by Marc Clark Productions, of www.nowhitetees.com which plans to sell “A Black Man Stole […]
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Lindsay Lohan, who is a big Obama supporter, recently sat down with Maria Menounos of Access Hollywood. When Maria asked her thoughts on the election, Lindsay said, “It’s an amazing feeling. It’s our first, you know, colored president.”
Remember now, Lindsay is a big Obama supporter who rallied other celebrities to support him. She understands […]
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Barack Obama and his advisors are crafting plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and bring the Iraqi terrorists to the U.S. for open trials.
The plans would call for the creation of a new legal system to handle the classified information. A new legal system would of course cost a ton of money. […]
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