19
“Mike Tyson on George Zimmerman: âIt's a disgrace he hasn't been shot yet,'”
Grio
, April 12, 2012.
20
Arelis R. Hernandez, “Trayvon Martin: New Black Panthers offer $10,000 bounty for capture of shooter George Zimmerman,”
Orlando Sentinel
, March 24, 2012.
21
Rheana Murray, “Man beaten in âjustice for Trayvon' rage,”
New York Daily News
, April 24, 2012.
22
Jayson K. Jones and Ana C. Rosado, “McCain Campaign Says Obama Is Playing the âRace Card,'”
New York Times
The Caucus, July 31, 2008.
23
“NAACP Delegates Vote To Repudiate Racist Elements Within Tea Party,”
NAACP.org
.
24
Jimmy Orr, “Janeane Garofalo says tea parties were for rednecks,”
Christian Science Monitor
, April 17, 2009.
25
“Herman Cain: Tea Party racism claims are âridiculous,'” CBS News, June 9, 2011.
28
Donovan Slack and Patrick Reis, “Romney repudiates Jeremiah Wright plan,”
Politico
, May 17, 2012.
29
Peter Wallsten and Richard Simon, “Sotomayor nomination splits GOP,”
Los Angeles Times
, May 27, 2009.
30
Ward Connerly, “Inestimable Harm,” National Review Online, April 5, 2010.
31
Caitlin McDevitt, “Spike Lee: Obama win not a sure thing,”
Politico
, June 12, 2012.
32
Barack Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
(Random House, 2006), 245.
34
Suzanne Goldenberg, “US election 2008: âI want to cut his nuts out'âJackson gaffe turns focus on Obama's move to the right,”
London Guardian
, July 10, 2008.
35
Barbara Reynolds, “President Barack Obama's support of gay marriage splits African Americans,”
Washington Post
, May 24, 2012.
36
“Data Brief: Black Employment and Unemployment in May 2012,” UC Berkeley Labor Center, June 2012.
39
Corey Boles, “Black Caucus Warns Obama on Jobs,”
Wall Street Journal
, August 31, 2011.
40
Steven Gray, “Obama's Message to Black Leaders: “Stop Complaining,”
Time
, September 26, 2011.
41
Dana Milbank, “Obama and his foot soldiers go toe to toe,”
Washington Post
, October 3, 2011.
42
Tim Mak, “On unemployment rate, black leaders press Obama,”
Politico
, September 2, 2011.
43
Michael Muskal, “Rep. Maxine Waters says it's time for Obama to fight,”
Los Angeles Times
, August 18, 2011.
44
Daniel Bates, “âI'm exhausted defending you': Middle-class mother confronts Obama at meet-the-voters event,”
Daily Mail
, September 22, 2010.
45
Edward Klein,
The Amateur
(Regnery, 2012), 188â89.
Chapter 21: Obama Bullies the Media
1
Brent Baker, “By Nearly 8-to-1, Voters Say Journalists Want Obama to Win,” Media Research Center, October 24, 2008.
2
“Canvassing Campaign Media: An Analysis of Time, Tone and Topics,” Pew Research Center Publications, October 22, 2008.
3
John Heilemann, “Newt's Base,”
New York
magazine
,
January 27, 2012
.
4
Danny Shea, “Chris Matthews: âI want to do everything I can to make this new presidency work,'”
Huffington Post
, November 6, 2008.
5
Noel Sheppard, “Shocker: âBarack Obama and the Press Break Up,'”
News Busters
, July 25, 2008.
6
Jodi Kantor,
The Obamas
(Little, Brown and Company, 2012), 157.
7
Michael Scherer, “Team Obama's Petty Limbaugh Strategy,”
Time
, March 4,2009.
9
Ben Smith, “Obama Ditches CBC/Fox Debate,”
Politico
, April 9, 2007.
10
Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen, “Obama strategy: Marginalize most powerful critics,”
Politico
, October 21, 2009.
11
Michael Scherer, “Calling 'Em Out: The White House Takes on the Press,”
Time,
October 8, 2009.
13
Mike Allen, “Fox ânot really news,' says Axelrod,”
Politico,
October 18, 2009.
14
Lynn Sweet, “Rahm Emanuel on CNN's âState of the Union' Transcript,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
October 18, 2009.
15
Brian Stelter, “Fox's Volley With Obama Intensifying,”
New York Times
, October 11, 2009.
16
Jonathan Alter,
The Promise
(Simon and Schuster, 2010), 276â77.
17
Chris Rovzar, “Did the White House Lie About Trying to Exclude Fox News?”
New York
magazine, July14, 2011.
18
Jeff Greenfield, “President Obama's Feud with FOX News,” CBS News, October 24, 2009.
19
“Top White House Official Says Obama Team âControlled' Media Coverage During Campaign,” Fox News, October 19, 2009.
20
Andrew C. McCarthy, “Re: Anita Dunn and Mao Zedong,” National Review Online
The Corner
, October 6, 2009.
21
Amanda Carpenter, “âDiversity czar' takes heat over remarks,”
Washington Times
, September 23, 2009.
Chapter 22: The Imperial Presidency
1
Hayley Peterson, “Obama flexing same powers he once criticized,”
Washington Examiner
, January 11, 2012.
2
David Grant, “Why is Obama now supporting super PACS?”
Christian Science Monitor
, February 7, 2012.
3
Michael A. Memoli, “Obama: Overturning healthcare law would be âextraordinary step,'”
Los Angeles Times,
April 2, 2012.
7
Sahil Kapur, “Dems Warn Of âGrave Damage' To SCOTUS If âObamacare' Is Struck Down,”
Talking Points Memo
, March 28, 2012.
8
David Nakamura, “Obama âconfident' Supreme Court will uphold health care law,”
Washington Post
, April 2, 2012.
9
“Remarks by the President on the Payroll Tax Cut,” The White House Office of the Press Secretary, February 21, 2012.
10
“Obama's Lawless Presidency Close To Totalitarianism,”
Investor's Business Daily
, June 18, 2012.
11
Mike Brownfield, “Mike Brownfield: Obama's tyrannical abuse of power,”
Orange County Register
, January 5, 2012.
12
Peter Baker, “Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power,”
New York Times
, February 12, 2010.
13
Charlie Savage, “Shift on Executive Power Lets Obama Bypass Rivals,”
New York Times
, April 22, 2012.
16
Z. Byron Wolf, “President Obama Instructs Justice Department to Stop Defending Defense of Marriage Act calls Clinton-Signed Law âUnconstitutional,'” ABC News, February 23, 2011.
17
“No Child Left Behind: Obama administration grants 10 waivers,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 9, 2012.
18
James Risen, “Obama Takes On Congress Over Policy Czar Positions,”
New York Times
, April 16, 2011.
19
Charles Krauthammer, “The immigration bombshell: Naked lawlessness,”
Washington Post
, June 25, 2012.
20
Juana Summers, “Marco Rubio: Immigration âall about politics' for some,”
Politico
, June 22, 2012.
21
Hayley Peterson, “Obama flexing same powers he once criticized,”
Washington Examiner
, January 11, 2012.
23
Philip Klein, “The Empress of Obamacare,”
American Spectator
, June 4, 2010.
25
C. Boyden Gray, “Dodd-Frank, the real threat to the Constitution,”
Washington Post
, December 31, 2010.
26
David Limbaugh,
The Great Destroyer
(Regnery, 2012).
27
Bill Haymin, “Americans dangerously close to living in dictatorship,”
San Francisco Telegram
, April 25, 2012.
28
Edwin Meese III and Todd Gaziano, “Obama's recess appointments are unconstitutional,”
Washington Post
, January 5, 2012.
30
Charlie Savage, “Shift on Executive Power Lets Obama Bypass Rivals,”
New York Times
, April 22, 2012.
31
Steve Freiss, “Obama's policy strategy: Ignore laws,”
Politico
, June 16, 2012.
33
Ryan Lizza, “The Second Term,”
New Yorker
, June 18, 2012.
Index
9/11.
see also
September 11
60 Minutes
1965 Voting Rights
2009 Iranian elections
2010 midterm elections
A
Abbas, Mahmoud
abortion
abortion-inducing drugs
abortion industry
abortion lobby
in China
forced abortions
late-term abortion
partial-birth abortion
population control and
race-selective abortion
as “right,”
sex-selective abortion
Abunimah, Ali
Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical
Education
Adams, J. Christian
Afghan women
Afghan Women and Children
Relief Act of 2001,
Aguilar, Alfonso
Al Jazeera
Alfred E. Smith Memorial
Foundation Dinner
Alford, Harry C.
Al-Gaddafi, Muammar
Alito, Samuel
Alliance Defending Freedom
al-Qaeda
Alter, Jonathan
Amateur
,
The
American Board of Obstetrics
and Gynecology (ABOG)
American Catholics.
see
also
Catholic Church
American College of
Obstetricians and
Gynecologists (ACOG)
American exceptionalism,
American Religious
Identification Survey (ARIS)
American Spectator
,
The
Americans for Tax Reform
Americans United for Life
Amnesty International
anti-defamation laws
Anti-Defamation League
anti-Semitism
apartheid
Apostolic Signatura
Appleby, Scott
Arab Spring
Archdiocese of Kansas City
Archdiocese of New York
Archdiocese of Washington
Arizona
Atlas, Scott W.
Audacity of Hope
,
The
Axelrod, David
B
Bachmann, Michele
Barak, Ehud
Barnard College
Barnes, Melody
Bauer, Gary L.
Beanie Babies
Bensahel, Nora
bin Laden, Osama
black community
Black History Month
black liberation theology
Bloomberg, Michael
Blumenthal, Richard
Bo
Bolden, Charles
Bonilla, Henry
Bowman, Matt
Brewer, Jan
Bridge
,
The
Brokaw, Tom
Brown, Campbell
budget cuts
Buehrle, Mark
Burke, Raymond
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
Bush Justice Department
C
Cadillac plan excise tax.
see
also
health care, Obamacare
Cain, Herman
Cambridge Police Department
Cantor, Eric
Cardinal Newman Society
Carney, Jay
Carney, Tim
Carson, Andre
Casey, George
Catholic Association, the
Catholic Charities
Catholic Church,
Barack Obama and
contraception and
HHS mandate and
Joe Biden and
Obama administration and
persecution of
women and
Catholic Health Association (CHA)
Catholic University Law School
Cato Institute
CBS
Center for Reproductive Rights
Chavez, Hugo
Chen Guangcheng
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Chicago White Sox
children
black children
Democratic Party and
health insurance and
illegal immigrant children
Obamacare and
poor children
special needs children
China
Barack Obama and
Canadian oil and