Crimes Against Liberty (60 page)

83
Glenn Thrust, “Dems Ducking Obama’s Reform Calls,”
Politico
, March 19, 2010; available at:
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0310/busy_signal_79e06a9d-554a-495b-9d4b-cbbf5f75160f.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

84
John McCormick, “Obama’s Air Force One Flight to Chicago and back Monday to Cost $236,00,”
Chicago Tribune
, June 15, 2009; available at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-air-force-one-15-jun15,0,2483578.story
[accessed June 28, 2010].

85
Data available from the
Encyclopedia Britannica
Online.

86
“Narcissism,”
Healthline.com
; available at:
http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/narcissism
[accessed June 28, 2010].

87
Joy Tiz, “America’s Crash Course in Narcissism 101,” Joy
Tiz.com
; available at:
http://joytiz.com/2010/americas-crash-course-innarcissim-101/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

88
Robin of Berkeley, “Is Obama a Narcissist?”
American Thinker
, September 16, 2009; available at:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/obamas_malignant_narcissism.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

89
Ibid.

90
M. Scott Peck,
People of the Lie
(New York: First Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, 1985), 66, 76, 77.

91
James Lewis, “Obama’s Malignant Narcissism,”
American Thinker
, March 4, 2010; available at:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/obamas_malignant_narcissism.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

92
Noel Sheppard, “CNN Shows Faces Obama Was Making During Healthcare Summit,”
NewsBusters
, February 28, 2010; available at:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/02/28/cnn-shows-faces-obama-was-making-during-healthcare-summit
[accessed June 28, 2010].

93
Lamar Alexander, “Alexander: ObamaCare the Most Brazen Act of Political Arrogance Since Watergate,” Breitbart TV, March 15, 2010; available at:
http://www.breitbart.tv/alexander-obamacare-the-most-brazen-act-of-political-arrogance-since-watergate/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

94
Mark Knoller, “Obama’s $3M Chicago Olympics Pitch Falls Short of the Gold,” CBS News, Political Hotsheet, October 2, 2009; available at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5359359-503544.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

95
Ibid.

Chapter 2

1
Brian Friel, Richard E. Cohen, and Kirk Victor, “Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007,”
National Journal
, January 31, 2008; available at:
http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/voteratings/
.

2
Peter Wehner, “Why Republicans Like Obama,”
The Washington Post
, February 3, 2008; available at:
http://www.washingtonpostcom/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102663.html

3
Tony Campbel, “Why Some Conservatives will Vote for Barack Obama,”
Republicans for Obama
, July 14, 2008; available at:
http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/1513
.

4
Jitendra Joshi, “Obama’s Strange Appeal to High Priests of US Conservatism,”
Agence France-Presse
, June 21, 2008; available at:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hTmPa3TKWcnYhN5dNGmP7AWgtmIA
.

5
Christopher Buckley, “Sorry, Dad, I’m Voting for Obama,”
The Daily Beast
, October 10, 2008; available at:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-10/the-conservative-case-for-obama
.

6
Doug Kmiec, “Endorsing Obama,”
Slate
, Convictions, March 23, 2008; available at:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/03/23/endorsing-obama.aspx
.

7
Danny Shea, “David Brooks: Sarah Palin ‘Represents A Fatal Cancer to the Republican Party”
The Huffington Post
, October 8, 2008; available at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/david-brooks-sarah-palin_n_133001.html
.

8
“Fukuyama Backs Obama for US Presidency,” ABC News, May 27, 2008; transcript available at:
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2257118.htm
.

9
Mary Lu Carnevale, “Obamacons: Prominent Republicans Line Up Behind Obama,”
Washington Wire, Wall Street Journal Blogs
, October 24, 2008; available at:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/24/obamacans-prominent-republicans-line-up-behind-obama/
.

10
George Packer, “First Colin Powell, Now . . .”
The New Yorker
, October 20, 2008; available at:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/georgepacker/2008/10/not-quite-colin.html
.

11
Ibid.

12
Adam Levy, “Former Reagan Adviser Endorses Obama,”
CNN’s Political Ticker
, October 31, 2008; available at:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/31/former-reagan-adviser-endorses-obama/?fbid=dTM8OJzYU_J
.

13
“Eisenhower Appointees for Obama,”
Republicans for Obama Blog
, November 3, 2008; available at:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/GOP/gGg8zW
.

14
Editorial, “It’s Time,”
The Economist
, October 30, 2008.

15
“How He Did It,”
Newsweek
, November 5, 2008.

16
Ibid.

17
Ben Domenech, “Conservatives to Obamacons; A rose is not always a rose,”
The Washington Times
, June 13, 2008.

18
Robert Novak, “Two Big Obamacons?”
Mississippi Press
, June 26, 2008.

19
Bruce Bartlett, “Mr. Right?”
The New Republic
, June 25, 2008; available at:
http://www.tnr.com/article/technology/mr-right
.

20
Christine Allison, “Why this Republican is Voting for Obama,”
Dallas Morning News
, February 23, 2008; available at:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-allison_23edi.ART.State.Edition1.45e0862.html
.

21
Christopher Buckley, “Sorry, Dad, I’m Voting for Obama,”
The Daily Beast
, October 10, 2008; available at:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-10/the-conservative-case-for-obama
.

22
George Packer, “First Colin Powell, Now . . .”
The New Yorker
, October 20, 2008; available at:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/georgepacker/2008/10/not-quite-colin.html
.

23
Kenneth P. Vogel, “Obama Had Greater Role on Liberal Survey,”
Politico
, March 31, 2008; available at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9269.html
; Ed Morrissey, “Politico: Obama Lied About Survey,” Hot
Air.com
, March 31, 2008; available at:
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/31/politico-obama-lied-about-survey/
.

24
Kenneth P. Vogel, “Obama Had Greater Role on Liberal Survey,”
op. cit
.

25
Peter S. Canellos, “Just Don’t Call Barack Obama Liberal, Okey Doke?”
The Boston Globe
, February 26, 2008; available at:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/26/just_dont_call_barack_obama_liberal_okey_doke/
.

26
Mark Schmitt, “The ‘Theory of Change’ Primary,”
The American Prospect
, December 21, 2007; available at:
http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_theory_of_change_primary
.

27
Ibid.

28
Jonathan Chait, “The Case For Bush Hatred, Mad About You,”
The New Republic
, September 23, 2003; available at:
http://www.tnr.com/article/mad-about-you
.

29
Jonathan Chait, “The Obama Method And The Health Care Summit,”
The New Republic
, February 9, 2010; available at:
http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/the-obama-method-and-the-health-care-summit

30
Ibid.

31
Bill Clinton, “Transcript: Remarks to the Democratic Leadership Council,” December 6, 1993; available at:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2889/is_n48_v29/ai_14891633/
.

32
Julie Mason, “He’s No Charmer: Obama’s Personal Appeal Not Delivering Results,”
The Washington Examiner
, February 28, 2010; available at:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/he_s-no-charmer_-Obama_s-personal-appeal-not-delivering-results-85569262.html
[accessed July 7, 2010].

Chapter 3

1
Ernest S. Christian and Gary A. Robbins, “Denying Truth and Rewriting a Dictionary,”
Investors.com
, October 6, 2010; available at:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/508150/200910061830/Denying-Truth-And-Rewriting-The-Dictionary.aspx
.

2
Macon Phillips, “Change Has Come to
WhiteHouse.gov
,” The White House Blog, January 20, 2009; available at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/01/20/change-has-come-whitehousegov
.

3
Jim Harper “A Flagging Obama Transparency Effort,” The Cato Institute, April 9, 2009; available at:
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/04/09/a-flagging-obama-transparency-effort/
.

4
Chelsea Schilling, “Obama Racks Up List Of Broken Promises,”
WorldNetDaily.com
, March 12, 2009; available at:
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=91286
.

5
Jim Harper “A Flagging Obama Transparency Effort,” The Cato Institute, April 9, 2009; available at:
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/04/09/a-flagging-obama-transparency-effort/
.

6
“The C-Span Lie? See Eight Clips of Obama Promising Televised Healthcare Negotiations,”
Breitbart.tv
, January 6, 2010; available at:
http://www.breitbart.tv/the-c-span-lie-did-obama-really-promise-televised-healthcare-negotiations/
.

7
President Barack Obama, “Interview of the President by YouTube,” White House Documents and Publications, February 1, 2010; available at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/interview-president-youtube
.

8
Angie Drobnic Holan, “Obama Said He’d Televise Health Reform Negotiations on C-SPAN,”
PolitiFact.com
, July 10, 2009; available at:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/517/health-care-reform-public-sessions-C-SPAN/
.

9
“Obama Asked About Broken Health Care Debate on C-SPAN Promise,” C-Span Video, February 3, 2010. [Can’t find video]

10
Lynn Sweet, “Obama Finally Admits He Broke C-SPAN Transparency Promise,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, January 26, 2010; available at:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/01/obama_finally_admits_he_broke.html
.

11
Joseph Ashby, “‘Death Panel’ is not in the bill . . . it already exists,”
American Thinker
, August 15, 2010; available at:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/death_panel_is_not_in_the_bill.html
; The Editors, “Ending Welfare Reform as We Knew It,”
National Review Online
, February 12, 2009; available at:
http://article.nationalreview.com/385671/ending-welfare-reform-as-we-knew-it/the-editors
.