What Did Obama Know About His Pastor’s Hateful Sermons

John Stephenson

Sunday Chat, Take One

At the suggestion of NBer Free Stinker, here is a link to our first Sunday livechat. We'll keep doing 'em if there is enough interest.
NB Staff

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Spitzer's call girl could turn her fame into fortune: According to Reuters, the prostitute reportedly hired by former New York Governor, Eliot Spitzer may be turning her instant fame into cash.... Hustler’s Larry Flynt told Access Hollywood Friday that he is prepared to offer Dupre $1 million to pose nude in his magazine. Penthouse…
NB Staff

Petraeus: New Prez Pushing Ill-Advised Withdrawal Could Replace Me

David Petraeus was diplomatic in his language and careful to honor the primacy of civilian authority over the military. But the commanding general of multi-lateral forces in Iraq has left little doubt that if a new president wanted to withdraw from Iraq faster than would reflect Petraeus's considered military opinion, his family would be happy to have him home.ABC's Bill Weir interviewed the Gen…
Mark Finkelstein

Obama's Faith: 'Complex,' or Just Calculated

Tim Graham

Rolling Stone Changes Headline From Obama's 'Radical Roots' to 'Destin

Rolling Stone Gives Obama Campaign Some Free Damage Control Back on Feb. 22nd, Rolling Stone published their in depth story (6-pages on the net) about Barack Obama's "charisma" under the title, "The Radical Roots of Barack Obama." However, the story has lately been retitled "Destiny's Child." One might wonder why Rolling Stone made the sudden change avoiding the word "radical"... unless, that is…
Warner Todd Huston

Can Obama Take the Pressure

Matthew Sheffield

Instead of Wright, NBC Touts Childhood Friends: 'Good Luck Barry

Friday's NBC Nightly News allocated a mere 22 seconds to Barack Obama's condemnation of what fill-in anchor Ann Curry vaguely described as “inflammatory remarks that his long time pastor made about Hillary Clinton and the nation,” but instead of informing viewers of any of those remarks, such as Reverend Jeremiah Wright's suggestion that the U.S. deserved 9/11, the newscast then devoted three…
Brent Baker

Weekend Captionfest II

Appearing on the last episode of Tucker on March 14, 2008, Barack Obama fan and LA Times columnist Rosa Brooks grimaces after claiming Obama "probably wasn't listening" in church when Rev. Jeremiah Wright made his controversial statements.
NB Staff

Ad Council Uses Children in Horrific Global Warming Commercials

Since 1942, the Ad Council has been creating important public service announcements that have ranged from Smokey Bear's "Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires," The Crash Test Dummies, McGruff the Crime Dog, "A Mind is a Terrible Thing To Waste," and "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk."Sadly, this non-profit organization has not only decided to take on the most recent liberal bogeyman known as…
Noel Sheppard

Weekend Sports Open Thread

NB Staff

Is Media Biased to the Right With McCain/Hagee vs. Obama/Wright Storie

As you should know by now, Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has a Wright problem. That would be a Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. problem. It turns out that Barack Obama's "spiritual mentor" has a long, long history of hatred against whites and the history of the U.S.A. But, late last week, news began to surface that one of John McCain's religious supporters, John Hagee, has made many…
Warner Todd Huston

The AP Style Guide on Defending Barack Obama

The Associated Press editors tasked in-house "writer" Phillip Elliott to write an article that dispels the "rumors and outright lies" concerning Barack Obama and the perception that Mr. Obama's support of Israel is questionable. The product of that task is what you'd expect from any number of left leaning story tellers in the mainstream media who write about Obama as opposed to journalists,…
Terry Trippany

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Is the world caving in on the Democrats:Democrats in Michigan and Florida struggled Friday to resolve the impasse over their disputed January primaries, coming up with a plan to hold a June primary in Michigan while remaining deadlocked in Florida. Reflecting how tense the situation has become, influential fund-raisers for Senator Hillary…
NB Staff