Crimes Against Liberty (65 page)

54
David Hogberg, “None Dare Call Them Unpatriotic,”
American Spectator
, May 6, 2003.

55
The Editors, “Rush Rammed,”
National Review
, October 16, 2009; available at:
http://article.nationalreview.com/410299/rush-rammed/the-editors
[accessed June 29, 2010].

56
Transcript: Part III Of a FOX News Channel “The O’Reilly Factor Interview With Senator Barack Obama,”
Federal News Service
, September 9, 2008.

57
Paul Ibrahim, “Rush Limbaugh Is Only the First Target of Obama’s ‘New’ Politics,”
Paulibrahim.com
, January 26, 2009; available at:
http://www.ronaldreagan.com/forums/showthread.php?p=196479
[accessed June 29, 2010].

58
Rush Limbaugh, “Obama Is Stoking Racial Antagonism,”
Wall Street Journal
, September 19, 2008; available at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122178554189155003.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

59
Ibid.

60
Noel Sheppard, “New Anti-Limbaugh-Beck Group Tied To Ex-Obama Czar Van Jones,”
NewsBusters.org
, November 1, 2009; available at:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/10/31/limbaugh-bashing-group-has-ties-ex-obama-czar-van-jones
[accessed June 29, 2010].

61
Jim Geraghty, “Barack Obama Calls Out National Review on Michelle,”
National Review Online
, The Campaign Spot, July 17, 2008; available at:
http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot
[accessed June 29, 2010].

62
Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen, “Obama, Dems Sharpen Personal Attacks on Palin,”
Politico
, September 9, 2008; available at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13315.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

63
Nick Sabloff, “Obama Takes First Direct Shot At Palin,”
Huffington Post
, October 7, 2008; available at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/06/obama-takes-first-direct_n_124507.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

64
Toby Harnden, “Barack Obama Using ‘Dangerous’ Sarah Palin to Raise Cash,”
Telegraph.co.uk
, November 20, 2009; available at:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100017412/barack-obama-using-sarah-palin-to-raise-cash/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

65
Robert Gibbs, “Gibbs Blames Palin For Spreading Misinformation About Health Reform,” Real Clear Politics Video, August 12, 2009; available at:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/08/12/gibbs_blames_palin_for_spreading_misinformation_about_health_reform.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

66
Greg Sargent, “Dem Strategists: Sarah Palin Is The New Rush Limbaugh,” The Plum Line, March 30, 2009; available at:
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-party/dem-strategists-sarah-palin-is-the-new-rush-limbaugh/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

67
Jim Rutenberg, “Behind the War Between White House and Fox,”
New York Times
, October 22, 2009; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/us/politics/23fox.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

68
Michael Scherer, “Team Obama’s Petty Limbaugh Strategy,” Time. com, March 4, 2009; available at:
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/03/04/team-obamas-petty-limbaugh-strategy/
[accessed June 29, 2010]; see also, Jonathan Martin, “Obama ‘Gearing Up for a Fight,”
Politico
, February 28, 2009; available at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19434.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

69
Dave Cook, “Robert Gibbs Calls Senator Jim Bunning Irrational,” Christian Science Monitor, March 2, 2010; available at:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0302/Robert-Gibbs-calls-Senator-Jim-Bunning-irrational
[accessed June 29, 2010].

70
Benjamin Spillman, “Obama Draws Ire Over Vegas Junket Criticism,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 11, 2009; available at:
http://www.lvrj.com/news/39420937.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

71
“President Obama Refuses to Meet With Governor Gibbons About Tourism Comments,”
KTVN.com
, May 18, 2009; available at:
http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10383051
[accessed June 29, 2010].

72
Benjamin Spillman, “Mayor Upset By Questions About Criticism of Obama,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 5, 2010; available at:
http://www.lvrj.com/news/mayor-upset-by-questions-about-criticism-of-obama-83623837.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

73
Stephen Dinan, “Holder Hasn’t Read Arizona Law He Criticized,”
Washington Times
, May 13, 2010; available at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/13/holder-hasnt-read-ariz-law-he-criticized /
[accessed June 29, 2010].

74
Transcript: On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, “Ariz. Governor to Obama, Napolitano: ‘Do Your Job!’” FOX News, May 21, 2010; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,593302,00.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

75
Margaret Talev, “Most Americans Approve of Arizona’s Law on Illegal Immigrants,” McClatchy Newspapers, May 12, 2010; available at:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/05/12/94050/most-americans-approve-of-arizonas.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

76
“Gov. Brewer very disappointed in Obama Snub, Vows to Beat Feds in Court Over Illegal Immigraiton Law,”
FOXNews.com
, June 18, 2010; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,594862,00.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

77
Press Release, “Governor Jan Brewer Learns of President’s Directive to Sue Arizona via Ecuadorean Television Interview,” press release, Office of the Governor of Arizona, June 17, 2010; available at:
http://azgovernor.gov/dms/upload/PR_06171 0 _BrewerResponse-ClintonAnnouncement. pdf
[accessed June 29, 2010].

78
“Obama tells Kyl in private Oval Office meeting: I won’t secure border b/c then Republicans will have no reason to support ‘comprehensive immigration reform,’”
Redstate.com
, June 20, 2010; available at:
http://www.redstate.com/coldwarrior/2010/06/20/obama-tells-kyl-in-private-oval-office-meeting-i-wont-secure-borderbc-then-republicans-will-have-no-reason-to-support-comprehensive-immigration-reform/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

79
Ed Morrissey, “Is Obama Avoiding Red States?” Hot Air, March 29, 2010; available at:
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/29/is-obama-avoiding-red-states/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

80
Editors, “On Presidential Rhetoric, Obama’s ad hominem method and the politics of polarization,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 22, 2010; available at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704448304575196121075748664.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

81
Jordan Fabian, “Obama Slams Decision on Campaign Finance in His Weekly Address,” The Hill, January 23, 2010; available at:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/77633-obama-targets-campaign-finance-decision-in-weekly-address
[accessed June 29, 2010].

82
Andrew Malcolm, “‘Very Troubling’: Chief Justice Roberts on Obama’s Court Criticism to Joint Session of Congress,”
Los Angeles Times
, Top of the Ticket, March 9, 2010; available at:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/03/john-roberts-obama-html
. [accessed June 29, 2010].

83
Ibid.

84
“President Obama Says ‘BP Will be Paying the Bill’ for Oil Spill,” Associated Press, May 2, 2010; available at:
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/president_obama_vows_to_do_wha.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

85
Stephen Collinson, “White House Keeps ‘Boot’ on BP’s Throat,” Associated Press, May 3, 2010; available at:
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/White_House_keeps_boot_on_BP_s_thro_05032010.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

86
“An Offer BP Couldn’t Refuse,” Heritage Foundation; available at:
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/17/morning-bell-an-offer-bpcouldnt-refuse/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

87
Sam Reilly, “Obama: Overhaul of Minerals Management Service on the Way in Wake of Gulf Oil Spill,” Associated Press, May 14, 2010; available at:
http://topics.signonsandiego.com/article/01Ad6114AO0Cn?q=Interior+Department
[accessed June 29, 2010].

88
Mark Silva, “Obama Criticizes Cheney’s Approach to Terrorism in ‘60 Minutes’ Interview,
Los Angeles Times
, March 22, 2009; available at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/21/obama-60-minutes-intervie_n_177660.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

89
Sam Youngman, “Gibbs on Bush Criticism, ‘We won,’”
The Hill
, June 18, 2009; available at:
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/47183-gibbs-on-bush-criticism-we-won
[accessed June 29, 2010].

90
Ryan Lizza, “Battle Plans, How Obama Won,”
The New Yorker
, November 17, 2008; available at:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/17/081117fa_fact_lizza
[accessed June 29, 2010].

91
Charles Krauthammer, “Blaming Bush At Every Turn Is Getting Old,” Investors Business Daily, October 12, 2009; available at:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/510723/200910291820/Blaming-Bush-At-Every-Turn-Is-Getting-Old.aspx
[accessed June 29, 2010].

92
Ann Scott Tyson, “Support Troops Swelling U.S. Force in Afghanistan, Additional Deployments Not Announced and Rarely Noted,”
Washington Post
, October 13, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101203142.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

93
Mark Silva, “Obama Criticizes Cheney’s Approach to Terrorism in ‘60 Minutes’ Interview,”
op. cit.

94
Caren Bohan and Richard Cowan, “High U.S. Budget Deficits Not Obama’s Fault-Orszag,” Reuters, May 11, 2009; available at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWBT01121120090511
[accessed June 29, 2010]; see also, Peter R. Orszag, Director, “Last but Not Least—The Final Installment of the FY 2010 Budget,” Office of Management and Budget Blog, May 11, 2009; available at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/blog/09/05/11/LastbutNotLeastTheFinalInstallmentoftheFY2010Budget/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

95
Mike Soraghan, “Administration Blames Bush for GM Crisis,”
The Hill
, June 6, 2009; available at:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/19996-administration-blames-bush-for-gm-crisis
[accessed June 29, 2010].

96
Jim Geraghty, “Obama: Stop Blaming Me for the Economy, I Just Got Here in January,”
National Review Online
, The Campaign Spot, July 2, 2009; available at:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

97
Joseph Curl, “Obama Still Cashing In On Bush’s Failings,”
Washington Times
, July 29, 2009; available at:
http://www.washington-times.com/news/2009/jul/29/obama-still-cashing-in-on-bushs-economic-failings/
[accessed June 29, 2010].

98
Barack Obama, “Obama’s Townhall in Shaker Heights, Ohio,” Real Clear Politics, July 23, 2009; available at:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/23/obama_townhall_in_shaker_heights_ ohio_97593.html
[accessed June 29, 2010].

99
Steve Benen, “Obama Tells Dems: I’m Not Tired; I’m Just Getting Started,”
Washington Monthly
, October 16, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_10/020475.php
[accessed June 29, 2010].