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1
Jonah Goldberg, “The bashing of American exceptionalism,”
Los Angeles Times
, November 9, 2010.
2
Amie Parnes, “Obama: My career is ‘testimony to American exceptionalism,'”
The Hill
, April 2, 2012
.
3
Alicia Colon, “Plenty to be Proud of,”
New York Sun
, February 22, 2008.
4
Ben Wallace-Wells, “Destiny's Child,”
Rolling Stone
, February 9, 2007.
5
Michael Gledhill, “Who is Barack Obama?”
National Review
, September 1, 2008.
6
Jodi Kantor,
The Obamas
(Little, Brown and Company, 2012), 160.
7
Ibid., 161.
Chapter 16: Obama's Islamophilia
1
Text: “Obama's Speech in Cairo,”
New York Times
, June 4, 2009.
2
Ibid.
3
“NASA Chief: Next Frontier Better Relations with Muslim World,” Fox News, July 10, 2010.
4
Mark Matthews, “Obama: Science no longer to take a ‘back seat' to ideology,”
Orlando Sentinel
, April 27, 2009.
5
Elise Viebeck, “Obama to host Ramadan meal,”
The Hill
, August 13, 2010.
6
Kristi Keck, “Obama tones down National Day of Prayer observance,” CNN, May 6, 2009.
7
Patrick Goodenough, “Religious Tolerance Resolution Backed by Obama Administration Aligns with Islamic Bloc's Interests,” CNS News, December 16, 2012.
8
Nina Shea, “SHEA: Wrong way to address ‘Islamophobia,'”
Baptist Press
, December 19, 2011.
9
Nina Shea, “A Perverse ‘Process,'”
New York Post
, December 16, 2011.
10
Stephen Schwartz, “Obama's Islamic Envoy: Obama Is America's ‘Educator-in-Chief on Islam,'”
Weekly Standard
, June 24, 2010.
11
U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment
,
http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf
.
12
“RADICAL ISLAM'S ALLIANCE WITH THE SOCIALIST LEFT,” Discoverthe
Networks.org
.
13
“Moran: U.S. Has ‘Ethnically Cleansed Most of Baghdad,'” YouTube, December 19, 2007.
14
Melanie Phillips,
The World Turned Upside Down
(Encounter Books, 2011).
15
“Global Opinion of Obama Slips, International Policies Faulted,” The Pew Center, Pew Global Attitudes Project, June 13, 2012.
16
Laurie Goodstein, “American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?”
New York Times
, September 5, 2010.
17
Joshua Miller, “Imam Won't ‘Barter' Over So-Called ‘Ground Zero Mosque' with Florida Pastor,” ABC News, September 9, 2010.
18
Andrea Elliott, “More Muslims Arrive in U.S., After 9/11 Dip,”
New York Times
, September 10, 2006.
19
Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keyser, “American Religious Identification Survey [ARIS 2008],” Trinity College, March 2009,
http://commons.trincoll.edu/aris/files/2011/08/ARIS_Report_2008.pdf
20
Ibid.
21
Cathy Lynn Grossman, “Number of U.S. mosques up 74% since 2000,”
USA Today
, February 29, 2012.
22
Michael B. Farrell, “Fort Hood Shootings: US Muslims feel new heat,”
Christian Science Monitor
, November 17, 2009.
23
Eric Gorski, “Another attack leaves U.S. Muslims fearing backlash,” Associated Press, November 7, 2009.
24
Mark Thompson, “Army Gains with Muslim Soldiers May Be Lost,”
Time
, November 9, 2009.
25
Gary L. Bauer, “The Myth of the Anti-Muslim Backlash,”
Weekly Standard
, December 21, 2009.
26
Ibid.
Chapter 17: Obama Divides Americans over Israel
1
“Report: Sarkozy calls Netanyahu ‘liar,'”
Ynetnews.com
, November 7, 2011.
2
“Obama and Israel,” New York Sun, January 7, 2008.
3
Ibid.
4
Mary Bruce, “Obama Says His Commitment To Israel ‘Is Unshakable,'” ABC News, December 16, 2011.
5
Herb Keinon, “‘US has no better friend than Israel,'” Jerusalem Post, March 11, 2010.
6
Justin Elliott, “Obama's Israel Shuffle,” Mother Jones, February 1, 2008.
7
Jim Geraghty, “‘Obama used to be very comfortable speaking up for and being associated with Palestinian rights and opposing the Israeli occupation,'” National Review Online
Campaign Spot
, June 3, 2008.
8
“Obama: Had Wright not retired, I'd have left church,” CNN, March 28, 2008.
9
Richard Cohen, “Obama's Farrakhan Test,”
Washington Post
, January 15, 2008.
10
Aaron Klein, “Obama's mystery links to Qaddafi uncovered,” Fox News
,
February 23, 2011.
11
“Obama Church Controversy,” PBS, March 9, 2007.
12
Gil Hoffman, “‘Jerusalem Post'/Smith Poll: Only 6% of Israelis see US gov't as pro-Israel,”
Jerusalem Post
, June 9, 2009.
13
Barak Ravid, “Visiting Biden slams E. J'lem housing plan,”
Haaretz
, March 10, 2010.
14
Nir Hasson, Avi Issacharoff, and Natash Mozgovaya, “Biden: East Jerusalem plan undermines peace talks,”
Haaretz
, March 9, 2010.
15
“Ax: Israel announcement ‘an insult,'”
Politico,
March 14, 2010.
16
Jeffrey Heller, “Israeli envoy sees ‘historic crisis' with U.S.: report,” Reuters, March 15, 2010.
17
“Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa,” The White House Office of the Press Secretary, May 19, 2011.
18
“Netanyahu: 1967 lines ‘indefensible,'”
Ynetnews.com
, May 20, 2011.
19
“Hamas: we will never recognise Israel,”
London Guardian
, December 8, 2006.
20
Khaled Abu Toameh, “Hamas denounces killing of a ‘Muslim warrior,'”
Jerusalem Post
, May 2, 2011.
21
Gary L. Bauer, “‘Two-state solution' not a synonym for peace,”
Politico
, September 3, 2010.
22
Jeffrey Heller and Matt Spetalnick, “Obama, Netanyahu give no sign of narrowing gap on Iran,” Reuters, March 5, 2012.
23
“Obama's Iran Abdication,”
Wall Street Journal
, June 18, 2009.
24
John Bolton, “Israel is not the threat, Mr. Obama. Iran is,”
Christian Science Monitor
, April 3, 2012.
Chapter 18: Playing the Hispanic Card
1
“Data Brief: Black Employment and Unemployment in May 2012,” UC Berkeley Labor Center, June 2012.
2
Jon Feere, “Obama and McCain at La Raza,” Center for Immigration Studies, July 15, 2008.
3
Kristina Wong, “President Obama Says Arizona's ‘Poorly-Conceived' Immigration Law Could Mean Hispanic-Americans Are Harassed,” ABC News, April 27, 2010.
4
Ibid.
5
Josh Gerstein, “Justice Department sues over Arizona immigration law,”
Politico
, July 6, 2010.
6
Stephan Dinan, “Supreme Court casts doubt on Obama's immigration law claim,”
Washington Times
, April 25, 2012,
7
Jonathan S. Tobin, “Arizona Immigration Law: Verrilli Strikes Out Again with SCOTUS,”
Commentary
, April 25, 2012.
8
“Nationally, 60% Favor Letting Local Police Stop and Verify Immigration Status,” Rasmussen Reports, April 26, 2010.
9
Jeffrey M. Jones, “More Americans Favor Than Oppose Arizona Immigration Law,” Gallup, April 29, 2010.
10
“Democrats call for elimination of Arizona's new immigration law,” CNN, April 28, 2010.
11
Jerry Markon and Michael D. Shear, “Justice Department sues Arizona over immigration law,”
Washington Post
, July 7, 2010.
12
Randal C. Archibold, “Arizona Enacts Stringent Law on Immigration,”
New York Times
, April 23, 2010.
13
“Obama mocks GOP, jokes they want border moat,” CBS News, May 10, 2011.
14
Mary Bruce, “Obama Calls Romney's Stance on Immigration ‘Very Troublesome,'” ABC News, April 14, 2012.
15
Ibid.
16
Dylan Smith, “Brewer: ‘Heart of SB 1070 can now be implemented,'”
Tucson Sentinel
, June 25, 2012,
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062512_brewer_sb1070/brewer-heart-sb-1070-can-now-implemented/
.
17
Lydia Saad, “Hispanic Voters Put Other Issues Before Immigration,” Gallup, June 25, 2012.
18
Jonathan Easley, “Republican senator: Obama's immigration move ‘possibly illegal,'”
The Hill
, June 15, 2012.
19
Lisa Mascaro and Matea Gold, “Marco Rubio calls Obama immigration order a ‘short-term answer,'”
Los Angeles Times,
June 15, 2012.
20
Mike Allen, “Barack Obama's group therapy,”
Politico
.
21
Helene Cooper and Trip Gabriel, “Obama's Announcement Seizes Initiative and Puts Pressure on Romney,”
New York Times,
June 15, 2012.
22
Ibid.
23
Sarahi Uribe, “After record deportations, Obama's welcome change of immigration policy,”
London Guardian
, June 15, 2012.
24
Steve Freiss, “Obama's policy strategy: Ignore laws,”
Politico
, June 16, 2012.
25
Alfonso Aguilar, “President's hypocritical stance on immigration,”
Politico
, June 11, 2012.
Chapter 19: Obama's Divisive Justice Department
1
“Attorney General Eric Holder at the Department of Justice African American History Month Program,” U.S. Department of Justice, February 18, 2009.
2
Ibid.
3
“FNC Exclusive: Former DOJ Attorney Discusses New Black Panther Party Voter Intimidation Case,” Fox News, June 30, 2010.
4
William Douglas, “Holder says ‘60s voting-rights gains at risk,'”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, June 1, 2012.
5
Ibid.
6
Ibid.
7
Krissah Thompson, “Voter registration down among Hispanics, blacks,”
Washington Post
, May 4, 2012.
8
“Holder's Racial Incitement,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 31, 2012.
9
Ibid.
10
Jerry Markon, “Justice Dept. rejects South Carolina voter ID law, calling it discriminatory,”
Washington Post
, December 23, 2011.
11
Jeremy Pelofsky, “Obama administration blocks Texas voter ID law,” Reuters, March 12, 2012.
12
Ibid.
13
Ibid.
14
Robin Bravender, “2012 Elections: Left girds for voting rights battle,”
Politico
, June 21, 2012.
15
“56% Oppose Justice Department's Blocking of Texas Voter ID Law,”
Rasmussen Reports
, March 15, 2012.
Chapter 20: Obama's Destructive Race-Baiting
1
Ron Suskind,
Confidence Men
(Harper, 2011), 231.
2
Michael Gledhill, “Who Is Barack Obama?”
National Review
, September 1, 2008.
3
David Remnick,
The Bridge
(Knopf, 2010), 77.
4
Ibid., 238.
5
David Mendell,
From Promise to Power
(Amistad, 2007).
6
Ibid.
7
Illinois Senator Barack Obama, “Keynote address at the Democratic National Convention,” July 27, 2004.
8
Helene Cooper, “Obama Criticizes Arrest of Harvard Professor,”
New York Times
, July 22, 2009.
9
Roddie A. Burris, “Jackson slams Obama for ‘acting white,'”
Politico
, September 9, 2007.
10
Stephanie Condon, “Obama: ‘If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon,'” CBS News, March 23, 2012.
11
Ibid.
12
“‘Our Challenges Are Complex,' First Lady Says,” NPR, April 17, 2012.
13
Jefferson Morley, “Trayvon's parents go to Washington,”
Salon
, March 28, 2012.
14
Renee Lynch, “Trayvon Martin case: ‘Blacks are under attack,' says Jesse Jackson,”
Los Angeles Times
, March 23, 2012.
15
Erika Harrell, “Black Victims of Violent Crime,” U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, August 2007.
16
Ken LaRive, “Federal Statistics of black on white violence, with links and mathematical extrapolation formulas,”
Examiner.com
, August 1, 2009.
17
Erik Wemple, “NBC issues apology on Zimmerman tape screw-up,”
Washington Post
, April 3, 2012.
18
“Spike Lee pays up for wrong-address tweet in Trayvon Martin case,”
Los Angeles Times
The Envelope, March 30, 2012.

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