americanthinker.com - 3/18/2009
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President Obama is organizing his own personal political movement, and you should be alarmed.
narcosphere.narconews.com - 3/18/2009
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narcosphere.narconews.com —
By Al Giordano Jeremy Bird of Organizing for
America conducts an online training on “the ten basic...
steps” for this coming weekend’s nationwide door-to-door canvass, meant to build vocal public support for the President’s budgetary ...
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Door-to-Door, Again
briefingroom.thehill.com - 3/17/2009
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briefingroom.thehill.com —
President Barack Obama and his political operation will
return to campaign mode in the biggest way since...
taking office in the next couple weeks. The effort, which has been carefully leaked to several new sources, will likely answer several important ...
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Obama back to campaigning
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Weds. morning links
Maggie's Farm —
... energy policy.
Obama's $100,000 bonus from AIG
More new evidence that intelligence is inherited (h/t, Gene Expression)
Cap and trade would be the largest tax ever
Afghanistan: "far from a catastrophe." Max Boot et al
Cosmetic surgery down in sagging economy
ACORN to participate in Census. That is unreal. Somewhat related: Do you know what OFA is?
...we have a Movement -- this is ...
Enforcing Obamunism
Moonbattery —
... If the authorities aren't up to the job of keeping counterrevolutionaries in line, Organizing for America might come into play. ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/18/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... The Knock on the Door A sitting President of the United States is “organizing a political organization loyal to him, bound by a pledge, outside the government and existing party apparatus. The historical precedents are ominous.” […] As Politico reported, OFA will take the 10 million person database built up by the Obama campaign “to mobilize support for the president’s legislative agenda.” A visit to the OFA website reveals that supporters are not simply asked to sign up, they are asked to ...
Surprise! Dodd Lies while Congress Burns and Geithner Fiddles
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... ? Bills of Attainder? Extort any executive who makes more than the minimum wage? Hell, what's next: Mob Rule? Public hangings? Or...maybe we will just send the Brownshirts door to door so we will know who to round up later. Or (more aptly), the ...
Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: "It's a record! $11 trillion in debt!"
Doug Ross @ Journal —
Have a great link you'd like me to review? Drop me an email! [image] The knock on the door : AT (Manning) It's a record: $11 trillion in debt : Bachmann The Obama Pledge : AT (Lifson) The Prosperity Killers : Kudlow Spare us your fake fury, DC hypocrites : Malkin Slamming Obama's Cap-and-Trade Scheme : BMW Census: officially hijacked by the left : Liberal Heretic ACORN's Federal Judge : Spectator Geithner vs. Dodd? : Instapundit Fed's balance sheet now 25% of GDP : PJM (Fernandez) Will ...
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