Category Archives: The Obama Files

Manipulating Obama High Stakes Interest Group Politics Speaks To True Desperation

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Dr. Samad

The reelection bid of President Barack Obama has posed some interesting dilemmas for those who helped push the change agenda. The change agenda has evolved into a manipulation agenda, whereby everybody has a new demand for the President. The new demand is an extension of the old demands of classic “stakeholder” politics; what did the President promise versus what did the President deliver on, with a little “what have you done for me lately” added in. They represent the segmented politics that either want to continue the change that pushes Obama back in, or be the change that pushes him … Continue reading →

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Challenging The President’s Credibility Justice Was Done on Both Fronts (Trump and Bin Laden)

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Dr. Samad

Just when you thought they were “piling on” President Barack Obama on issues of little or no consequence…namely the birth certificate issue, the reversal of the President’s fortunes continue to show why he won the presidential election of 2008. He’s just flat out smarter than they are and he demonstrated with the past week. One issue was put to sleep, the other was put to death. The first was the birthers issue. Donald Trump began to gain high salience on the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was a resident alien and not a citizen of the United States. Obama let … Continue reading →

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Attack On Libya: When Islamophobia Collides With Negrophobia

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Dr. Samad

The decision to elevate the assault on Libya and its leader, Moammar Gadhafi, has some very chilling forecasts for normalizing relations with Muslims in America. Libya is involved in a civil war for which no vital American interests are at stake. Libya only controls two percent of the world’s oil, of which the United States is not highly invested. The destabilization of Libya now threatens the stabilization of the whole Middle East region. Yet the U.S. can’t resist invading another Muslim nation. Interesting. Following the regime change in Egypt, conflict in Libya signals the changing of the guard of a … Continue reading →

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Obama’s “State of the Union” Address: A Glowing Reminder As To Why This Is Our Time

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Dr. Samad

President Barack Obama’s second State of the Union address last week offered us a glowing reminder of why we elected him the 44th President of these (dis) United States. A remarkable display of reason, logic, results and yes, HOPE, all wrapped up into one, President Obama disarmed even a cynical Congress with its new “hostile majority” in the House. In the aftermath of the Gabrielle Giffords assassination attempt and emboldened by the landslide shift that included radical “tea-partiers,” the expectation was that civility would be a less than gallant exploration. Rationality is rarely able to check irrationality. But the President … Continue reading →

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The Party of ‘NO’ Is About To Get Their Chance

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Dr. Samad

The Republican Party is about to return from a two year banishment, from political Siberia, back into the political mainstream as it seats its House majority for the 112th Congress. While “change” of the past two years has occurred (no matter what the rhetoricians says), some of the most progressive change in recent congressional history mind you, the Republicans spent most of their time trying to find the tail they lost in the 2008 Presidential elections. For the past two years, the Republicans have spent their energy whining and crying on the sidelines, playing the obstructionist role and fanning the … Continue reading →

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