TEST: Press Releases

Obamas: At least one-half of Ebony's "hot couple" opposes DOMA

by Fran Eaton

  Don't you find it ironic that someone who has so little respect for traditional marriage that he adamantly opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 and says he would oppose a constitutional ban on gay marriage is the same person held up as part of an American marital bliss icon?

Don't be.  When it comes to the media extolling the attributes of St. Barack, nothing should surprise us. 

Born Alive Veterans for Truth

by Jill Stanek

On Jan. 10, 2005, newly elected U. S. Sen. Barack Obama sauntered a victory lap inside the Illinois state Capitol, where he had just tenured seven years as state senator.

A journalist recently wrote that journalists can't seem to write about Obama these days without using the term "rock star." At that time, Obama was famous for the speech he gave five months prior at the Democratic National Convention but not yet the celebrity he is today, like the 1962 Beatles in Hamburg, to correlate.

So as Obama bid farewell to former colleagues and staffers, he attracted small crowds but was still approachable.

Obama turns to pastor to explain liberal positions

by Fran Eaton

Barack Obama attributes the title of his book, "The Audacity of Hope" to his pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ's Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr.,  who he met 20 years ago.  Wright is an outspoken critic of George W. Bush, and calls those who voted for him "stupid." 

Obama hanging out a lantern

by Fran Eaton

Please don't get all giddy about the  . . . eww. . . revelation that Barack Obama did cocaine in high school as discussed in today's Washington Post and hitting the news cycles today.

There's a political strategy of "hanging a lantern" on potentially devastating secrets candidates have in their closets that could hurt them in the heat of a campaign.  This "secret" is easily found in his autobiography.  It's no secret.

Obviously, the Obama campaign has worked with the Post to reveal his cocaine use in high school to "hang that lantern," ride through some rocky news cycles, get some sympathetic fellow cocaine users who have kicked the habit to form a "Junkies for Obama '08" group, and hey, we're on our way to announcing a run for Prez!

This one won't stick.  We'll hear about Bush's DUI and Clinton's "I didn't inhale" comments ad nauseum.  Actually, this news now should put all questions aside.  Obama's in.