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Barack Obama ’
Barack Obama appeared on David Letterman's show last night, reminding everyone that FDR, JFK and Reagan experienced similar opposition during their presidencies- brushing off speculation that a lot of opposition to his policies is rooted in racial ...
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Talk about the pot calling the kettle black but is seems that George Bush doesn’t have that much regard for President Obama. In an interview in GQ the ex-president’s former speechwriter, Matt Latimer, ...
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As a contrite Kanye West apologized to the nation on Jay Leno's show last night, President Barack Obama dissed him off the record in an ABC interview.
Obama was just chatting with ABC's reporters when he let slip ...
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While nearly one out of three Americans question the 9/11 Commission Report and nearly one out of five think that the Bush Administration had a hand in the attacks, Charlie Sheen has taken questioning the official account ...
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US President Barack Obama's speech to American students has been the subject of much hand-wringing and drama as Americans argue as to whether the President speaking to our snowflakes is appropriate and encouraging, or an attempt to ...
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A video being circulated (and shown in some schools) is rubbing righties the wrong way.
"I Pledge," a video featuring myriad celebrities pledging all kinds of things to improve American society, such as civil service and selective toilet ...
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From next month, Second Life publisher Linden Labs is set to ban all celebrity avatars, with its new guidelines using Barack Obama and Angelina Jolie avatars as specific examples of content that will be dropped.
Also for the ...
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Before you judge him, what if all your "back that ass up" moments were preserved in history?
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Chip Reid and Helen Thomas gave White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs a four-minute chunk of grief over trying to "control the press" in a way Thomas said was worse than even Richard Nixon.
Thomas, who has been ...
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Actor and writer John Hodgman (known from The Daily Show and Apple ads) was the headline speaker at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C last Friday.
The theme of his speech was "nerds" and ...
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He's real good at the internets!
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Sherri Goforth, an aide to state senator Diane Black, was given a "strong letter of reprimand" after embarrassing the GOP by sending a mass e-mail with a racist picture attached mocking President Barack Obama.
Following racist humor related ...
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Barnes and Noble is repudiating recent photos showing a monkey book within one of its stores' presidential displays. The book chain says the incident was the result of "a malicious act."
The Barnes and Noble Obama Display
The photo ...
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Mariah Carey managed to whip out her diva ways even during a huge moment in history, reports Page Six. Sources say that she was "furious" when she found out that she was not going to be seated ...
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Video on the web has come a long way with broadband speeds making watching online less like a hurky jerky dance that use to make it all so painful and pointless. As good as ...
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Kanye West has commenced his fashion internship, which he has been doing for, I don't know, about a week now, and already he is so freaking awesome that he is ready to dress President Elect Barack Obama.
The ...
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Some gratuitous pectoral muscles. Is President Elect Obama going to be the best looking world leader? He certainly would be the only with a body that would look at home on the Manpower stage.
Obama was ...
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Yahoo has released its list of the top Internet searches of 2008 -- at least, based on data from the minority of users still relying on Yahoo's search engine.
Nonetheless, the results are somewhat interesting. The first category ...
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President-elect Barack Obama has announced his selections for America's top national security posts. Among them is the foreign policy adviser from his campaign, Susan Rice, who will become ambassador to the United Nations.
Susan Rice Bio
Susan Rice, perhaps ...
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You're Barack Obama. It's November 4. You're in the final moments of of the Presidential election. Polling places have closed. Canvassing of votes have started. You, together with your family are eagerly awaiting the final results. Network ...
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Word has it that the Obama campaign has asked select high-profile supporters to avoid Obama's rally held tonight in Chicago's Grant Park.
According to The Sun-Times, Jay-Z, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Susan Sarandon, Ben Affleck, Tim Robbins, and Mary ...
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Akon's threatening to move back to Africa, kind of like how Seal and Heidi Klum are saying they'll leave, but with less panache because (let's face it) he's not as popular as he thinks. He spends way ...
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