Tag Archives: Obama Presidency

Tom Hayden : Response to Bill Fletcher on Rethinking ‘Hope’

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Obama landscape: seeing the forest for the trees? Photo by Mark Wilson / Getty Images.Returning to a grass roots agenda:A response to Bill Fletcheron Obama, 2012, and rethinking ‘Hope’ By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Richard Flacks : Beyond Barack Obama

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Barack Obama. Image from Portlandart.Beyond Barack Obama Lefty focusing on the president and his shortcomings distracts us from the work we need to do. By Richard Flacks / In These Times / February 2, 2011 The growing progressive drumbeat about … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Good Obama, Bad Obama: The Changing Frame

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo from The Guardian, U.K.The story so far:Achievements and disappointmentsduring the Obama years By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 27, 2010 Changing media frames of political reality I am an inveterate watcher of MSNBC, the “liberal” end … Continue reading →

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Paul Krassner : An Open Letter to Barack Obama

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from GetReligion.org. Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s two-part interview with author, journalist, and legendary satirist Paul Krassner on Rag Radio here and here. To find all shows on the Rag Radio archives, go here. ‘Eat, pray, be disappointed’:An open letter … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Obama and Latin America Just More of the Same

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Early promise: Barack Obama, shown addressing the Cuban American National Foundation on Cuba and Latin American policy at a Cuban Independence Day Celebration in Miami in 2008, loosened travel restriction for Cuban Americans. Photo from AP.Promise unfulfilled:A progressive responseto Obama’s … Continue reading →

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Paul Krassner : Why Firing the General Was an Act of God

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Larson / The Far Side / The Mutt’s Nuts.Why firing the GeneralWas an act of God By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / June 25, 2010 The volcano in Iceland was considered an Act of God. Smoke … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Speech : No News is No News

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

President Obama: televised speech is weak response. Image from CBS.No news is no news:Gulf crisis imploding presidency?By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / June 16, 2010 Flanked above his left shoulder by what looked like a pair of turkey … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Change and the Bush Mess : Have We Forgotten to Remember?

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Remembering why we voted for change:The Bush mess and the blame game Eight years of Bush, Cheney, and the cynical political puppetry of Karl Rove, succeeded in driving a deep polarizing wedge … Continue reading →

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Obama Presidency : One Term if by War, Two if by Peace

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Barack Obama and the Afghanistan decision:One (term) if by war, two if by peace By Harvey Wasserman / November 17, 2009 As the world awaits Barack Obama’s decision on Afghanistan, a lethal myth has spread. It says that standing up … Continue reading →

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What Obama Has Done Right : The List of 90

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Grading Obama’s presidency:A list of 90 accomplishments By Betty Dubose Hamilton / The Rag Blog / November 16, 2009 See ‘A Grade for Obama: First six months’ record,’ by Robert P. Watson, Below. With his list of 90 accomplishments, Dr. … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Obama’s LBJ Moment

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

President Lyndon B. Johnson listens to tape sent by Captain Charles Robb from Vietnam, July 31, 1968. Photo by Jack Kightlinger / LBJ Library.Obama’s LBJ moment He has inherited from George W. Bush the beginnings of a horrific quagmire. How … Continue reading →

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Obama’s First 100 Days : Now a Piggy Pandemic?

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. The implications of a global flu pandemic superimposed upon the USA at this point in our history are staggering. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2009 As President … Continue reading →

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