President Obama begins speeches to get public’s attention back on the economy TRANSCRIPT
Seeking to focus public attention on the economy, President Barack Obama is making a renewed push for policies to expand the middle class, helping people he says are still treading water years after the financial More...
President Obama’s speech on Trayvon Martin ‘painful to read’ for some, divisive for others
President Obama spoke on the George Zimmerman verdict, comparing himself and his life to that of Trayvon Martin. “You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another More...
President Obama says ‘government is us’ and ‘we’re tracking weather’ well VIDEO
President Obama spoke this week while rolling out the Management Agenda for Government Innovation. President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers a statement on management agenda for his second More...
President Obama insults climate change skeptics and Flat Earth Society with comment
During President Obama’s speech on climate change, discussing White House initiatives on energy, the President insulted skeptics. “Nobody has a monopoly on what is a very hard problem, but I don’t have much More...
President Obama to turn to Executive Orders to get new climate change rules in place
President Obama laid out his comprehensive plan to reduce carbon pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of climate change, and lead global efforts to fight it. His Tuesday speech While the President once More...
President Obama upsets Ireland Catholics and Protestants saying schools are divisive
President Barack Obama reportedly offended Catholics and Protestants during a speech he gave while in Northern Ireland for the G8 summit. Speaking to about 2,000 young people, which included many Catholics, Obama More...
President Obama doesn’t have speech waiting for him, calls for his ‘People’ VIDEO
President Obama was caught without his prepared remarks Friday afternoon, leading him a bit speechless as he called for his aides to frantically find a paper copy of his statement. Photo/donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.wordpress.com Obama, More...
President Obama speaks on drone policy, Rand Paul responds
A day after Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to members of Congress acknowledging the deaths of four Americans, including Anwar al-Awlaki, in counterterrorism strikes “outside of areas of active hostilities”, More...
President Obama points to Martin Luther King Jr, Jim Crow and racism during Morehouse College commencement speech TRANSCRIPT
In a commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, President Barack Obama recalls Jim Crow laws and racism of the 40s and 50s. Morehouse College is a historically black college. “Dr. King More...
President Obama recognizes Natoma Canfield during Obamacare speech, says medical care ‘is a right’
Natoma Canfield will once again visited the White House Friday afternoon for an event on the Affordable Care Act. Canfield has been applauded by the President in his battle for uninsured Americans after she became More...
Don’t listen to Obama, ‘gum up the works’ and listen to me
Graduates of Ohio State University were treated to a speech by King… I mean, President, Obama… where he spoke to them about rejecting the voices they hear warning them of tyranny. President Barack Obama More...
President Obama to college grads ‘reject’ voices that warn of government tyranny
President Barack Obama gave the commencement address to the graduating class of The Ohio State University at Ohio Stadium on Sunday and angered his opposition with comments about ignoring warnings of government More...
Daniel Day-Lewis, Steven Spielberg spoof ‘Obama’ a hit at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
President Obama stars as Daniel Day-Lewis in Steven Spielberg’s spoof follow-up to Lincoln, entitled ‘Obama,’ in a sketch made for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2013. As part of More...
President Obama praises Planned Parenthood, says opponents to abortion want to go back to 1950s
President Barack Obama on Friday defended Planned Parenthood, the first sitting President to address the organization, praising their reproductive health care for women. donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.wordpress.com “Planned More...
President Obama America will recover together from the Texas plant explosion TRANSCRIPT
A row of 12 coffins, each draped with a flag, symbolizes the human cost of an explosion that destroyed much of a small Texas town and left the residents of that town searching for answers. Hundreds of firefighters More...
President Obama quotes scripture as encouragement in the wake of the Boston bombing, but cuts short of mention Jesus
President Barack Obama joined religious leaders on Thursday for an interfaith service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts. During his address, he delivered an inspirational message that invoked More...
President Obama makes gun control plea in Connecticut, attacks Republican filibusters plans and says ‘It’s not about politics’ TRANSCRIPT
President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned plea before a packed gymnasium in Hartford on Monday, almost four months after the horrific massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The speech served More...
President Obama angers Israel politicians, calling his speech ‘filth,’ offensive’ and Hezbollah upset over his ‘terrorist’ label
President Obama addressed students in Jerusalem, but members of Knesset are criticizing the President, calling Obama’s speech “offensive to Netanyahu” and another saying it contained “filth.” Obama encouraged More...
President Obama calls for gun control, minimum wages hikes and more spending in State of the Union address TRANSCRIPT
President Barack Obama outlined an ambitious agenda in his State of the Union address Tuesday that included raising the minimum wage, increasing spending on infrastructure, attacking climate change and passing gun-control More...
President Obama National Prayer Breakfast address speech is strong on Christian faith, ‘nail-scarred hands of Jesus Christ’
Wednesday morning President Barack Obama spoke at the annual National Prayer Breakfast address, during which he highlighted his Christian faith, praised Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln and encouraged More...
