The Audacity of Mope

The Two Faces of Obama

2009-08-09T10:01:00.000-07:00

ISM

2008-08-13T01:15:00.000-07:00

All Hail the Hypnobama!

2008-08-11T17:10:00.000-07:00

LEAVE BARRY ALLLLOOOOOOONNE!

2008-08-09T19:53:00.001-07:00

Yeah, this is soooooo 2007. Still.

2008-08-05T08:22:00.000-07:00

(From Time Magazine)

Obama and Paris Hilton...

2008-08-05T08:19:00.000-07:00

Turns out, Obama made the first comparison ... thus spake the Obamamessiah :

There's nothing exotic or complicated about how phenoms are made in Washington, and, more to the point, how they are broken.

"Andy Warhol said we all get our 15 minutes of fame," says Barack Obama. "I've already had an hour and a half. I mean, I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse."

Full article.

Sigmund Fraud : Obamamaniac

2008-08-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

Warning: excessive adulation of Barack Obama is harmful to the vision and can in extreme cases cause hallucinations.

We're all familiar with how an Obamania overdose produced strange tingling sensations in Chris Matthews. A new, virulent strain of the affliction has now emerged, claiming its first victim in the person of Bob Herbert, who on live national TV saw visions of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Washington Monument where none existed.

-- Newsbusters

Herbert says the McCain “Celeb” ad shows two phallic pieces of architecture: the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and the Washington Monument.

But he didn’t even get that right. Both of the clips in that McCain advertisement show the same building: the Victory Column in Berlin.

-- LGF

The Blowback of Mope

2008-08-04T13:48:00.000-07:00

Sixty-nine percent (69%) of the nation’s voters say they’ve seen news coverage of the McCain campaign commercial that includes images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and suggests that Barack Obama is a celebrity just like them. Of those, just 22% say the ad was racist while 63% say it was not.

However, Obama’s comment that his Republican opponent will try to scare people because Obama does not look like all the other presidents on dollar bills was seen as racist by 53%. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disagree.

Complete Article Here

Obamabots Censor Video!

2008-08-04T12:20:00.001-07:00

Details here.

New McCain Ad - Moping Begins Immediately!

2008-08-01T12:46:00.001-07:00

The Dreaded Ad ...

2008-07-31T11:25:00.000-07:00

Or, click here.

Obama Tries to Make "Paris Hilton" Ad About... Race!

2008-07-31T11:14:00.000-07:00

"You know, he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name, you know, he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

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Obama often makes references to his distinctions as a candidate, such as saying there are doubts among some voters because he has "a funny name." At times he refers to his race as well, saying he looks different that any previous candidate but then adding that the differences are not just about race. Addressing supporters Tuesday night at a fundraiser in Springfield, he said, "It's a leap, electing a 46-year-old black guy named Barack Obama."

Full article.

Simply weird. There is nothing in the ad about "race", "patriotism", etc, etc ... the Obama camp seems to be spewing talking points that were written 6 months ago.

Audacity Watch

2008-07-30T16:46:00.000-07:00

New site!

Prom Queen Blues

2008-07-30T16:40:00.000-07:00

Still, the campaign hasn't helped itself, approaching reporters with a sense of entitlement. "They're an arrogant operation. Young and arrogant," one reporter covering the campaign says. "They don't believe in transparency with their own campaign," another says.

Reporters who have covered Obama's biography or his problems with certain voter blocs have been challenged the most aggressively. "They're terrified of people poking around Obama's life," one reporter says. "The whole Obama narrative is built around this narrative that Obama and David Axelrod built, and, like all stories, it's not entirely true. So they have to be protective of the crown jewels." Another reporter notes that, during the last year, Obama's old friends and Harvard classmates were requested not to talk to the press without permission.

As tensions escalate, the risk to Obama, of course, is that reporters will be emboldened to challenge his campaign ever more aggressively. At the same time, McCain has demonstrated a longstanding ability to deftly manage the press. After all, it wasn't long ago that McCain, short on cash and trailing in the Republican primaries, re-launched his campaign in New Hampshire by courting the press, "my base," as he once proudly put it. In June, the McCain camp unveiled its redesigned campaign plane, a Boeing 737 that recreates the Straight Talk Express bus, so reporters can assemble with McCain and shoot the breeze.

- By Gabriel Sherman, for The New Republic

HuffPo Gets in on the Wingeing

2008-07-29T19:38:00.000-07:00

Wow... the people who've been bringing us the yawn-o-rific "Chimpy McHalliburton" and "Bushitler" nonsense for the past 8 years or so have gone stark raving mad over BarackBook!

BarackBook Launches, Moping Increases in Audacity!

2008-07-29T17:28:00.000-07:00

So BarackBook.com launched today ... an immediately ObamaZombies leapt into action, simultaneously (1) trying to shut it down and (2) whining when they couldn't post comments there any more. Free speech is only free if it's theirs, I guess. Oh well.

Lolbamas are go...

2008-05-25T12:44:00.000-07:00

Look here for lolbamas!

UN to Investigate "Racism" in Dem Campaign!

2008-05-17T11:13:00.000-07:00

Wowee.... Hillary to be prosecuted in the World Court for Human Rights abuses? Stay tuned!

GENEVA (Reuters) - A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this month to probe racism, an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

The United Nations said Doudou Diene would meet federal and local officials, as well as lawmakers and judicial authorities during the May 19-June 6 visit.

"The special rapporteur will...gather first-hand information on issues related to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance," a U.N. statement said on Friday.

His three-week visit, at U.S. government invitation, will cover eight cities -- Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, Omaha, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Race has become a central issue in the U.S. election cycle because Sen. Barack Obama, the frontrunner in the battle for the Democratic nomination battle, stands to become the country's first African American president.

His campaign has increased turnout among black voters but has also turned off some white voters in a country with a history of slavery and racial segregation.

Diene, a Senegalese lawyer who has served in the independent post since 2002, will report his findings to the U.N. Human Rights Council next year.

However, the United Nations has almost no clout when it comes to U.S. domestic affairs and is widely perceived by many as interfering. The United States is not among the 47 member states of the Geneva-based forum, but has observer status. ...

"It's All About Me!" - Obama

2008-05-15T12:07:00.000-07:00

The White House insists that Bush was "referring to a wide range of people, not any single person." But Obama's campaign says it appeared to be a swipe at him, ...

(article)

Not even mentioned by implication, Obama inserts himself into the speech, then complains.

If you're interested in some context, look here.