Taste We Can Believe In
By Dylan Matthews - Nov 21st, 2008 at 3:51 pmYou know he’s a baller. You know he’s a nerd. But did you know Barack Obama is a picky eater, too (via)?
Obama was abstemious.…
Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’
Syzygy
By Nick Sifuentes - Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:38 amNot only is it an awesome word that I never get to use, but it also describes the current state of the healthcare debate. Watch…
Why Is Obama Leaking Now?
By Dylan Matthews - Nov 20th, 2008 at 5:12 pmThe Obama presidential campaign was incredibly, frustratingly closed. There was very little access to the press, and consequently few leaks.
So it’s puzzling to me…
Obama: Gym Rat
By Kay Steiger - Nov 20th, 2008 at 3:15 pmPresident-elect Barack Obama may be our healthiest president ever (well, except for that whole smoking thing), since, as Mike Scherer stalks reports in a post…
Silver/Ziegler
By Dylan Matthews - Nov 19th, 2008 at 2:07 pmYes, the How Obama Got Elected site that Russell linked to yesterday is weapons-grade stupid, but it also led to funniest interview I’ve read in…
More on Obama and Waziristan
By Jesse Singal - Nov 19th, 2008 at 1:28 pmOver at Duck of Minerva, Rodger Payne responded to my post on the credulousness with which we’ve accepted the idea that the situation in Waziristan…
Why Are People This Optimistic About Obama?
By Emily Rutherford - Nov 19th, 2008 at 12:52 pmAt The Blog of Pro-Porn Activism, Ernest Greene posted a very detailed and informative piece on why folks in the (for lack of a better…
Re: Lieberman
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 18th, 2008 at 5:44 pmLike Ned, I’m definitely not pleased with the decision to let Joe Lieberman keep his chairmanships, and I’m disappointed that Obama supported–and from some reports,…
Idiocracy
By L. Russell Allen - Nov 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pmAfter deep introspection and soul searching, some of the torch bearers of the right have finally realized how Barack Obama won the presidency.
“Lots and…
Obama’s Gay Agenda
By Dylan Matthews - Nov 18th, 2008 at 2:53 pmOnly two weeks after winning the election, President-elect Obama has posted his civil rights agenda to Change.gov, the largest portion of which is devoted to…
Michelle Obama: Black Beauty… and Booty?
By Loryn Wilson - Nov 18th, 2008 at 12:29 pmErin Aubry Kaplan at Salon sings the praises of Michelle Obama’s beauty and her well-proportioned rear end:
But what really thrills me, what really feels…
Are We Sure Waziristan Has Much to Do With National Security?
By Jesse Singal - Nov 18th, 2008 at 11:17 amJuan Cole’s entire article on whether President-elect Obama should emphasize the hunt for Osama bin Laden is worth a read, but this paragraph, near the…
What Made National Review So Crappy?
By Jesse Singal - Nov 18th, 2008 at 10:35 amI’m a bit confused by The New York Times‘ article on National Review, which opens thusly:
In a span of 252 days, the National Review…
Obama on the Supreme Court
By Kay Steiger - Nov 17th, 2008 at 1:22 pmThe LA Times had a speculative piece this weekend on who President-elect Barack Obama would choose to nominate for the Supreme Court if a vacancy…
God-Talk Controversies
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 17th, 2008 at 12:48 pmThis weekend, while I was away from the blogosphere–on a much needed break–Culture 11’s Joe Carter basically called Barack Obama a fake Christian (based largely…
