thenewagenda.net - 12/8/2008
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In the above photo, the man with “authority over [Obama’s] own words” expresses profound disrespect toward Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Jon Favreau was the chief speechwriter for Obama’s presidential campaign, and he has been named as Director of Speechwriting in ...
blogs.knoxnews.com - 12/9/2008
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blogs.knoxnews.com —
Today, President-Elect Obama spoke out about the emerging political
scandal out of Illinois involving his former Senate seat,...
and he denied emphatically having ever even spoken to the now-arrested governor about the matter, saying : "I had ...
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Note to President-Elect Obama: just tell the truth
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 12/6/2008
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
This photo of Favreau and Clinton is perhaps
not one the future White House staffer wanted in...
wide circulation. (CNN) — Most of the time, any White House staff hopeful would welcome the wide distribution of a smiling photo of the would-be ...
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Obama speechwriter Favreau learns the perils of Facebook
politico.com - 12/10/2008
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politico.com —
The WaPo today obtained this lovely photo of
Obama's speechwriter, Jon Favreau, which was posted on Facebook....
Of course now all photos of Favreau are - poof! - gone, but alas, not before this minor offense made its way to the surface. You knew ...
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Jon Favreau, just another Facebook victim
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NOW Remains Silent About Sexism in Obamaland
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
If you haven't yet written a letter to the Obama transition team about the outrageous bigotry of Obama's chief speechwriter Jon Favreau, you can find all you need to know over at The New Agenda. You won't find anything on the subject at NOW. Nor did the National Organization for Women bother to mention that sexism is alive and well in Obamaland in the emails they sent to my Inbox. Apparently, you have to be a Republican before NOW will dare to mention that you are a sexist bigot who is ...
Question No. 63
Opinionator —
... : “The National Organization for Women, which last struck issuing news releases on why Sarah Palin isn’t a real woman, refused to comment on the Obama speechwriter incident. When NOW’s press secretary Mai Shiozaki was reached Friday, she first claimed not to have seen the Favreau photograph. But when called later, she offered two reasons for not weighing in: ‘I haven’t looked into it’ and ‘I have a 5 p.m. deadline. … I am already late.’ ” But another feminist group, the New Agenda, has looked into it, and doesn’t like what it saw : These antics ought to be summarily ...
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