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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
WHO IS BEN LaBolt? OBAMA'S PRESS SECRETARY. WHAT' S HE EVER DONE TO MERIT SUSPICION? THIS (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES): Last year, Obama's Senate press secretary, Ben LaBolt, was the spokesman for the Brown campaign and roomed with de Vellis in an Ohio apartment. LaBolt only would echo the statement released by the Obama team: "The Obama campaign and its employees had no knowledge and had nothing to do with...
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The Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
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The latest report on Obama's missing thesis comes from MSNBC. Written his senior year at Columbia University, Obama's thesis was about Soviet nuclear disarmament. It's only natural to wonder what the budding socialist turned presidential candidate thought of nuclear proliferation in the early 1980s. The Obama campaign, proving every bit as secretive as the Office of the Vice President, has been less...
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Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
I just heard from Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt....regarding presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) not appearing before the Democratic Leadership Council, holding a big meeting in Chicago...Obama's absence has "absolutely" nothing to do with a DLC honcho being Clinton...
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Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The Washington Post story "Obama Got Discount Home Loan," drew some attention this week -- no doubt due to the fact that other prominent Democrats have recently been scandalized for having received special mortgage...
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Power Line (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
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This morning the Washington Post broke the news that Barack Obama got a sub-market interest rate when he took out a mortgage to buy his Chicago mansion in 2005: The freshman Democratic senator received a discount. He locked in an interest rate of 5.625 percent on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, below the average for such loans at the time in Chicago. The loan was unusually large, known in banker...
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JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Uh oh. Time for the Obama Spin Machine to go into overdrive. Memo to Obama: We're not questioning your obvious lack of patriotism here. We're questioning how you managed to get a sweetheart deal the little people can't get. Much be great to have such privileges.Shortly after joining the U.S. Senate and while enjoying a surge in income, Barack Obama bought a $1.65 million restored Georgian
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Liberally Conservative (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Keep in mind, Barack Hussein Obama is not Muslim and we are not allowed to use his middle name or suggest he has any Muslim background in his past. But wait, the Liberal Nut-House of The New York Times reports on the fact that Mr. Obama has yet to visit a mosque. While the senator has [...]
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The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
U.S. Muslim leaders say likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama faces a dilemma over the enthusiastic initial support he received from them. ...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race from Unity, N.H. Time for some campaign arithmaric. If two plus two equals four, what does a $2,300 campaign contribution plus a $2,300 campaign contribution equal? The answer: unity! The “Unite for Change” joint rally here on Friday isn’t the only way Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have shown solidarity lately. [...]
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Queerty (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Barack Obama’s campaign simply can’t resist the gays! Deputy campaign chairman Steve Hildebrand and communications director Ben LaBolt hosted another gay outreach call today to announce that Dave Noble will head up the team’s LGBT Vote campaign. This is the second homo-related call in less than a week. Noble, previously director of the National Gay and [...]
