Obama Zombies: How the Obama Machine Brainwashed My Generation (37 page)

Media Matters,
171

Medicaid,
121
,
122

Medicare,
121
,
122

Medill News Service,
58

Mellencamp, John,
49

Mendes, Eva,
100

message framing,
203
-5

Microsoft,
19
-20

microtargeting,
34
,
41

Middlebury College,
96

Milano, Alyssa,
45

militarism,
67
-68

military: and benefits of American power,
82
-83

and core principles of conservatives,
197

criticisms of,
81
-83

distrust of,
82

diversity in,
158

expansion of,
81

liberals versus conservatives in,
81

and McCain-Stewart interview,
183
-85

need for,
83

number of youth having served in,
155

military (
cont.
) and patriotism,
157
-58.
See also
Afghanistan; Iraq War; veterans

minimum wages,
29
,
129
-33

Miss California,
76

Mitchell, Greg,
189

moneymaking,
200
-203

Moore, Demi: video by,
45
-48

Moore, Michael,
166
,
175
,
207

Moore, Timothy,
57

morality,
76
-77,
78
-79,
121

Morrissey, Ed,
119
-20

MoveOn.org,
154
,
190

Moyers, Bill,
30

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Obama compared with,
12

MSNBC,
6
,
11
,
18
,
57
,
161
,
179

MTV: and climate change,
89

election coverage by,
156
-67

presidential forums of,
160
-61

Trippin'
series of,
99
-101.
See also
MTV/MySpace forum; Rock the Vote program

MTV/MySpace presidential forum,
68
,
70
-71

multiculturalism,
71
,
150
,
151

Murphy, Cait,
134
-35

Murs (rapper),
155

musicians,
57
,
89
.
See also specific musician

Muslims: American,
77

Obama's apologies to,
73
-74

MyBO (my.barackobama.com),
32
,
33
-34,
36
-37,
42
,
206

Nader, Ralph,
161

National Security Council,
7
-8

National Association of Colleges and Employers,
135

National Council of La Raza,
154

National Guard,
81

nationalization,
17

Native Americans: Obama's apologies about,
73

natural gas,
98

NBC,
11
,
102
-3,
172
,
207
.
See also
MSNBC;
specific person

Neighbor-to-Neighbor (online calling-and-canvassing tool),
33
-34

neology,
17

Neumark, David,
132

New American Foundation,
20

New Jersey: health care in,
112

New York: health care in,
111
-12

New York Observer,
11
-12

New York Times:
Ayers comment to,
66

and climate change,
100
,
102
,
103
,
104
-5

Cowan comments about Obama to,
9

health care story in,
117

Homecoming
documentary story in,
164
,
165

on Hughes' social networks site for Obama,
32
-33

on Lear,
30

Obama story on militarism and nuclear disarmament in,
67

and Obama's use of online campaign techniques,
42

and Roby garbage gift,
91
,
92

at Stewart breakfast,
179

Stewart profile in,
172
-73

and Stewart's partisanship,
185

and "Trayless Tuesday" campaigns,
94
-95

New York University,
98

New Yorker
magazine,
173

Newsweek
magazine,
5
-6,
8
,
92
,
173

Nine Inch Nails (band),
58

Norman, Christina,
162
,
163

Norman, Noah,
13

North Korea,
67
,
69
,
83

Northeastern University: Stewart performance at,
169
-70

Northwestern University: Obama speech at,
116

Novak, Robert D.,
172

nuclear power,
98

nuclear weapons,
67
-68,
69

O
magazine,
57

O-phone,
41
-42

Obama, Barack Hussein Jr.: as apologizer,
69
,
72
-73

college years of,
15
,
67
,
141
,
153

at Columbia University,
67

Democratic Convention acceptance speech of,
140
-41,
156
,
157
-58

energy of,
9

experience of,
7
-8,
49
-50,
63
,
199

as hip president,
13
-15

image of,
11
-15

as inspiring,
13
,
51
,
183
,
198

op-ed writings of,
67
,
70

physical fitness of,
10

as reformer,
16

salaries of female staffers of,
136

swearing-in party of,
21
.
See also specific person or topic

Obama Girl,
28
,
31
,
196

Obama, Michelle,
141
,
158
,
201

Obama Zombies: deprogramming of,
195
-207

and fading of ObamaMania,
196
.
See also specific person, organization, or topic

ObamaCare,
122
,
123
,
124

Occidental College: left domination of,
150

Office of National Drug Control Policy, U.S.,
4

Office of Science and Technology, White House,
5

Ohio: Crow PSAs in,
151
-52

Jay-Z concerts in,
56

Obama (Michelle) campaign in,
201

Obama web operation in,
33
,
34

Ohio State University: Springsteen concert at,
55

oil,
20
,
139
-40

Olbermann, Keith,
76
-77

ONE campaign,
152

O'Neill, June,
134

O'Neill, Tip,
12

"Only You Can Silence Yourself" video campaign,
31

Oprah
(TV show): Obama on,
33

O'Reilly, Bill,
180
,
188
,
189
,
191

O'Rourke, P. J.,
202

Ortega, Daniel,
75

Oxtoby, David W.,
99

Page, Clarence,
2
-3

Page, Larry,
21

Palin, Sarah,
7
,
38
,
53
-54,
55
,
137
,
159
,
166
-67,
170
,
171

Parks, Rosa,
56

patriotism,
77
,
141
,
157

Peace Corps,
203

peace studies,
78
-80

Pearl, Daniel,
71

Pearl Jam (band),
58

peer pressure,
34

Pelosi, Nancy,
156

Pennsylvania: Springsteen concert in,
55

Pentagon: bombings of,
66
,
79

People for the American Way,
30

People
magazine,
31

personal responsibility,
60
,
115
-16,
118
,
124
-25,
140
,
180
,
189
,
197

Pew Research Center,
9
-10,
31
,
173
-76

Phillips, Kyra,
14
-15

Phish (band),
58

Pink,
53
-54

Pitzer College: green initiatives at,
97

Plame, Valerie,
174

Pledge of Allegiance,
29

Plouffe, David,
7
,
15
,
35
,
36
,
37
-38,
52
,
53
,
54
,
206

Podesta, John,
205

political correctness,
76

politicians: trust of,
127
.
See also specific person

Politico,
13
,
14
,
104
,
130

politics, Chicago,
15
-16

Pollan, Michael,
117

Pomona College,
99

Poppel, Ed,
97

"Pork Invaders" (video game),
42

post-traumatic stress syndrome,
159
,
165

postracialism,
5
-6

poverty,
44
,
71
,
146
,
162
,
163
-64,
190
,
202
,
205
.
See also
welfare

Power Shift conference,
137
,
138

presidents: as commanders in chief,
63
-64,
74
.
See also specific person

Pressly, Jaime,
45

private capital,
17
-18,
20

progressives,
198

Putin, Vladimir,
53

race: celebrities talking about,
30
,
49
,
153

and liberal media,
5
-6,
9
,
13
,
18

Obama's Independence Hall speech about,
39

and online campaigning,
39

rap music,
56
,
58
-59