I have seen more powerful men than Barack Obama fall. I worked in South Africa during Thabo Mbeki’s presidency, when the ruling African National Congress (ANC) won 70% of the vote and earned the power to change his country’s constitution unilaterally. In 2005, I watched from the gallery as he told Parliament he was dismissing… Read more »
Posts Tagged: strongest
NBC Provides Gauzy Puff Piece on First Family, Obama’s ‘Strongest Base of Support’
On Wednesday's NBC Today, correspondent Andrea Mitchell provided a gushing profile of the First Family winning four more years in the White House: "Obama's family is key to his success….Like the Kennedys, the Obamas swept into their first term on the promise of hope….And now with four more years ahead, the First Family continues to… Read more »
Did Vanity Fair Prematurely Launch The Obama Campaign’s Strongest Attacks On Romney?
An extensive report in Vanity Fair magazine investigating the Mitt Romney’s financial history—including the Republican presidential candidate’s family’s finances and his notorious offshore accounts—is significant for two reasons. One, it signals the beginning of the inevitable and specific attacks on Romney’s wealth and financial transactions which have always tested well among independent voters. Second, by… Read more »
NBC’s Todd Avoids Obama’s ‘Incompetence,’ Falsely Touts Health Care as Obama’s ‘Strongest Positive’
Some creative spin in favor of President Barack Obama from Chuck Todd on Tuesday’s NBC Nightly News. Recounting the results of a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll which puts Obama ahead of Mitt Romney by 47 to 44 percent, Todd declared Obama’s “strongest positive was a surprise, ‘health care,’” though it actually was the… Read more »