Obama Zombies: How the Obama Machine Brainwashed My Generation (35 page)

D'Souza, Dinesh,
206
-7

Dumpster diving,
88
,
89

"earmarks,"
42

Earth Day,
91

Eastern Michigan University: Springsteen concert at,
55

economy: and deprogramming the Obama Zombies,
199
-200

differences between McCain and Obama on,
157

and economic and social justice,
140
-43

fixing of,
44

and gender wage gap,
133
-37

and green jobs,
137
-40

and minimum wage,
129
-33

and Obama's power grab,
17

and rich paying fair share of taxes,
143
-47

and stimulus package,
20
,
139
,
199
-200

education: affordability of,
160
,
163

and economic and social justice,
141

and helping others,
201
-2

left domination of,
150
-51

and Obama's Democratic Convention speech,
158

and quality of voters,
150
-51

and terrorism,
71
.
See also
academia

Edwards, John,
15
,
162

Election Day (2008); online activities on,
34

elections of 2004,
177

elections of 2006,
35
,
185
-87

elections of 2008.
See specific person, organization, or topic

Emanuel, Rahm,
15

Emory University,
96

"empathy deficit,"
116
-17

employer-based health care insurance,
112
-13,
114
,
118
,
123

energy: alternative,
20
-21,
97
-98,
139

"clean,"
20
,
98
,
202

and climate change,
90
-91,
96
,
97
-99,
107

and green jobs,

energy (
cont.
)
138
-40; and MTV's election coverage,
160

Schmidt's views
about,
20
-21

veterans concerned about,
156

Energy Action Coalition,
90
,
137

Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S.,
98

engagement: and deprogramming of Obama Zombies,
195
-96

entertainment industry: liberals' domination of,
57
.
See also
celebrities; Hollywood;
specific person

environment: and MTV's election coverage,
160

and Obama's power grab,
17

Schmidt's views about,
21
,
22
.
See also
climate change

Ettinger, Amber Lee,
28

Facebook: and deprogramming the Obama Zombies,
205

and disconnect between terrorism and youth,
83

as election campaign tool,
27
,
28
,
31
-32,
33
,
34
,
35
,
42
,
43

fairness: and economic and social justice,
140
-43

and minimum wage,
12
,
131

and rich as not paying fair share of taxes,
143
-47

Fallon, Jimmy,
100

Fanning, Dakota,
45

Flo-Rida,
59

Fogg, Piper,
93

food industry,
117

Ford, Harrison,
29

foreign aid,
71

foreign policy: and American image abroad,
65
,
70
-76

and Ayers-Obama relationship,
65
-66

Harvard poll about,
64
-65

McCain's versus Obama's experience in,
63
-65

and militarism,
67
-68

and Obama as apologist,
69
,
72
-73

and peace studies in academia,
78
-80.
See also specific nation;
terrorism

Fortune
magazine,
122
,
134

Fox News,
2
,
65
,
172
,
179
,
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,
181
,
187
,
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,
189

Foxx, Jamie,
29

France: Obama's apologies to,
73

Frank, Barney,
114

Frausto, Valli,
33

free markets,
20
,
43
,
111
,
114
-15,
119
,
147
,
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,
191
,
203

free speech,
118
-19

free trade,
142

freedom: and climate change,
89
,
107
,
108

and economic and social justice,
143

and expansion in government,
205

and function of government,
204
,
205

and green jobs,
139

and health care,
117
,
121
,
122
-23

liberal meaning of,
82

lost under Obama,
122
-23

and McCain-Stewart interview,
184

and message framing,
203

and moneymaking,
202

and Rock the Vote efforts,
155

Friedman, Milton,
119
,
122

Friends of the Earth,
107

Fund, John,
125
,
126

fund-raising: importance of conservative,
206
-7

online,
32
,
36
,
37
-38,
39
,
40
.
See also
campaign contributions

G-20 conference,
74
-75

Gaffney, Frank J.,
69

garbage: as Christmas gift,
91
-92,
93

Gardiner, Nile,
72

Garthwaite, Craig,
57

Gawker website,
21

gay rights,
29
,
160

Geithner, Tim,
4

gender: celebrities talking about,
153

and wage gap,
133
-37

George Mason University: Cordova interviews at,
142
-43

Gephardt, Dick,
15

Geraghty, Jim,
118

getting out the vote,
32
,
33
-34,
38
,
40
,
54
-55,
152
-54,
167

Gibson, Charlie,
23
,
140

"Giving(Live at the Apollo" event,
162
-63

global warming/cooling.
See
climate change

Goedman, Menno,
34

Goldman Sachs,
19

Goldwater, Barry,
207

Goodstein, Scott,
40

Google,
19
-22,
27
,
39

Gore, Al,
22
,
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,
89
,
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,
95
,
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,
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,
106
,
202

Gosselin, Peter,
4

government: Colbert's comments about,
187
,
191

compassionate,
142

control by,
20

and core principles of conservatives,
197
,
198

and economic and social justice,
140
,
142

expansion of,
20
,
205

and health care,
17
,
110
,
113
-15,
117
,
126
,
127

in Iraq,
187

as "knowing best,"
204
; limited,
43
,
142
,
191
,
197

responsibility of,
140
,
198
,
204

Schmidt's views about,
20

and trickle down theory,
145

trust in power of,
44

worldviews about function of,
198
.
See also
debt, national; spending

grade redistribution,
142
-43

Gray, Shameeka,
165

Great Britain: and climate change,
106
-7

greed,
141
,
198

Guantanamo Bay,
73
,
176
,
197

guaranteed issue,
111
,
112

Guardian
(Britain),
90

gun control,
29

Hais, Michael D.,
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-78

Hall, Tamron,
6

Halter, Bill,
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-60

Hamas,
78

Hannity, Sean,
180
,
182

Harkin, Tom,
80
-81

Harris, John,
10

Hartmann, Cassidy,
166

Harvard University: Green Campus Initiative at,
95
-96

and Institute
of Politics poll,
64
-65

as Obama campaign contributor,
19

Havlan, J. R.,
185

Hayes, Stephen,
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-75

HeadCount,
57
-58,
161

health care: affordability of,
110
-11

capping premiums for,
122

celebrities talking about,
29

and community rating,
111
-12,
124
,
125
-26

and competition,
111
,
114
,
123

cost/funding for,
114
,
118
,
121
-22,
123
,
126
,
127

in Cuba,
175

disinterest in,
117

and economic and social justice,
141

and "empathy deficit,"
116
-17; employer-based insurance for,
112
-13,
114
,
118
,
123

free,
113

and free market,
114
-15

and freedom,
117
,
121
,
122
-23

and government,
17
,
113
-15,
117
,
126
,
127

and guaranteed issue,
111
,
112

and income,
110
,
126

and level of insurance,
119
-20,
123

and liberal media,
17

mandates for,
114
,
121
,
123
,
125
,
126
,
127

medical care distinguished from,
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-25

and MTV election coverage,
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