Eugene Robinson

Bring the troops home By Eugene RobinsonTuesday, October 27, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/yfdkwtm Barack Obama didn't set out to be a "war president," but that's what history compels him to be. The nation and the world are fortunate that he doesn't have the reckless, ready-fire-aim mentality of George W. Bush. But Afghanistan doesn't present the kind of "false choices" that Obama, by nature, habitually rejects. The choices are real and awful, and no amount of reframing and rephrasing will make them go away. Monday's tragic events -- 14 Americans killed in helicopter crashes in Afghanistan -- remind us of the decisions Obama faces. At least he ... Read Full Story

I do not think the Obama campaign can be stopped. I will give my reasons for that... 1. The Obama smear machine is too strong. Example How smart was it to start running the Limbaugh ad during the financial crisis? Hispanic Americans are probably following the events on wall street at a far distance. Obama knows his ad is an evil distortion the Hussein is completly immoral do not get me wrong I have no respect for Obama, But he runs this ad when the media will not talk about and point out the distortions. 2. The media is too strong in its support ... Read Full Story

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Obama Faces The Smear Machine By Eugene Robinson Friday, August 15, 2008; A21 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403057.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 Here come the goons, right on schedule. The "author," and I use the term loosely, whose vicious lies damaged John Kerry 's 2004 presidential campaign has crawled back out from under his rock to spew vicious lies about Barack Obama . Right-wing radio talk-show hosts are dutifully transmitting this concocted venom. This presidential campaign has officially gotten ugly. (Comment: Obama campaign issues rebuttal to book's claims: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_el_pr/anti_obama_book;_ylt=AnGMTzaclA7Rz41PAUJrk9qs0NUE ) The "author" I'm talking about is a man named Jerome Corsi . In a book published last year, "The Late Great USA: ... Read Full Story