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Obama Gets Slammed for Not Attending Daily Intelligence Briefings That Helped Bush Prevent 9/11
Louis Peitzman · 09/11/12 06:47PMPizza Shop Owner Who Bear-Hugged Obama Facing Boycott Threats from Angry Republicans
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/10/12 06:03PMObama Blames Nicki Minaj's 'Voting for Mitt Romney' Lyric on Her Alter Egos
Emma Carmichael · 09/10/12 11:15AMThis Is a Photo of the President Being Lifted in the Air by a Powerful Hug (UPDATED)
Louis Peitzman · 09/09/12 02:34PMLindsay Lohan Gets Political, Asks Obama to Lower Her Taxes
Taylor Berman · 09/07/12 08:39PMAsk the DNC: Is Romney Ready for the Kill List?
John Cook · 09/07/12 11:25AMAs you may have heard last night, Osama bin Laden is dead, has perished from the earth, is at the bottom of the sea, and is not better off than he was four years ago. The Democrats are trying to pull a Bush on national security, inflating Obama's reputation as a killing machine and portraying Mitt Romney as a bungling softie.
Running on Empty: Obama Omitted Details, Drones and His Best Chance at Dynamism
Mobutu Sese Seko · 09/07/12 09:50AMICYMI: The Daily Show's Larry-David-Narrated Barack Obama Retrospective, 'It Could Have Been Worse'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/07/12 07:30AMSure, President Obama may not have kept all the promises he made, but he didn't not keep the promises he didn't make either. So there's that.
North Carolina Man Arrested After Tweeting Plans to 'Hit President Obama with That Lee Harvey Oswald Swagg'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/06/12 06:10PMBill Clinton Doesn't Really Portend Great Things For Obama
John Cook · 09/06/12 10:35AMCHARLOTTE, N.C.— Bill Clinton's interminable speech last night here at the Time Warner Cable Arena certainly had the room going (though there was a noticeable lag in energy from minutes 457 through 588). It was probably a little tougher to take for anyone who had in hand a printed copy—small type, two columns, two pages, front-and-back—provided to the press by eager young DNC assistants. Thumbing through at what I thought was the speech's crescendo, I quickly realized that he was less than a third of the way through, and started wondering whether or not our parking lot closed at midnight.
Obama and Clinton Shared a Tender Bro Hug After Clinton's 49-Minute Speech at the DNC
Taylor Berman · 09/05/12 11:30PMDNC Day Two: A Very Special Liveblog
John Cook · 09/05/12 08:33PMGreetings from the Democratic National Convention in horrible Charlotte, North Carolina, where your humble correspondents were just penned like dogs with a mass of humanity while waiting for fire marshals or some such to approve our entrance. Hamilton Nolan, myself, and SPECIAL GUEST AND GAWKER EMERITA Ana Marie Cox of the Guardian are here to liveblog this magical night for you. Let's begin.
Hamilton Nolan · 09/05/12 09:19AM
Barack Obama's DNC speech tomorrow will be given indoors, not in a football stadium, due to "severe weather forecasts."
The White House Released a Photo of Barack Obama and His Daughters Watching Michelle Obama Kill It
Louis Peitzman · 09/04/12 10:21PMThe Democratic National Convention Is Pretty Gay
Louis Peitzman · 09/04/12 09:42PMMovement to Get Betty White to Speak at the Democratic National Convention Gaining Momentum
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/04/12 03:15PMHoping to counter the "bad name" Clint Eastwood gave "to older Americans everywhere with his absurd and awkward-to-watch introduction of Governor Romney" at last week's Republican National Convention, an ever-growing number of Internet users hope to convince the Democratic powers-that-be to let Betty White introduce President Obama at this week's Democratic National Convention.
Miss. Governor Hits Perfect Intersection of Racism, Homoeroticism
Max Read · 09/04/12 02:43PMChuck Norris and His Wife Warn that Obama Re-election Would Mean '1,000 Years of Darkness'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/04/12 07:55AMIn a "public service announcement" posted on YouTube over the weekend, formerly beloved action hero Chuck Norris and his wife Gena don't mince words in their warning to evangelical Christians that allowing President Obama to be re-elected would mean certain gloom and doom of apocalyptic proportions.
Obama and Kumar Go to the Democratic National Convention
Louis Peitzman · 09/03/12 10:22PM
Is Barack Obama finally embracing stoner comedy?