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Once again I must thank my brother Rush for personally inspiring me, for opening up doors for me directly and indirectly, for leading the charge for American conservatives, and for truly making an immeasurable and positive impact on this nation and the preservation of its Constitution and freedom tradition.

NOTES

Introduction

1
Ben Wallace-Wells, “Destiny’s Child, No candidate since Robert F. Kennedy has sparked as much campaign-trail heat as Barack Obama. But can the one-term senator craft a platform to match his charisma?”
Rolling Stone
, February 22, 2007.

2
“Partisan Gap in Obama Job Approval Widest in Modern Era,”
Pewresearch.org
, April 2, 2009; available at:
http://pewresearch. org/pubs/1178/polarized-partisan-gap-in-obama-approval-historic
[accessed July 2, 2010].

3
Jeffrey M. Jones, “Obama’s Approval Most Polarized for First-Year President,”
Gallup.com
, January 25, 2010; available at:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/125345/obama-approval-polarized-first-year-president
. aspx [accessed July 2, 2010].

4
Andy McCarthy, “A New Dawn?”
National Review Online
, The Corner, March 4, 2010; available at:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=yjgyMGRjZWUzZjQ30GY5MDJ1M2RjMzd
. [accessed July 7, 2010].

5
Ibid.

6
Karen Travers, “Exclusive: President Obama: We Lost Touch with American People Last Year,”
ABCNews.go.com
, January 20, 2010; available at:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/president-obama-lost-touch-american-people-year/story?id=9613462
[accessed July 2, 2010].

7
Quin Hillyer, “Not the American Way,”
American Spectator
, March 5, 2010; available at:
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/05/not-the-american-way
[accessed July 2, 2010].

8
“Book: Rahm ‘Begged’ Obama for Days Not to Pursue Ambitious Health Reform,”
Washington Post
, May 14, 2010; available at:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/05/book_rahm_spent_week_aggressiv.html
[accessed July 2, 2010].

9
Mark Knoller, “Obama Has Given 54 Speeches on Health Care,”
CBSNews.com
, March 19, 2010; available at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20000825-503544.html
[accessed July 2, 2010].

10
Transcript: “George Stephanopoulos’ Exclusive Interview with President Obama,”
ABCNews.com
, January 20, 2010; available at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2010/01/transcript-george-stephanopoulos-exclusive-interview-with-president-obama.html
[accessed July 2, 2010].

11
Anne E. Kornblut, “Obama’s 17-minute, 2500-word Response to Woman’s Claim of Being ‘Over-taxed,’”
Washington Post
, April 2, 2010; available at:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/04/obamas-17-minute-2500-word-res.html
[accessed July 2, 2010].

12
Video available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlKIfzoC8D0
.

13
“Team O: Incoherent on Iran,”
New York Post
, February 17, 2010; available at:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/team_incoherent_on_iran_JrMOBaVv159w6StvVzGMOJ
[accessed July 2, 2010].

Chapter 1

1
Charles Krauthammer, “The Audacity of Vanity,”
Washington Post
, July 18, 2008; available at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071701839.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

2
Greta Van Susteren, “Interview With Rick Santorum, Jack Kelly,” FOX News Network
, On the Record With Greta Van Susteren,
September 29, 2009.

3
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 28, 2010].

4
“Sen. Reid Says Obama Told Him, ‘I Have a Gift,’” Associated Press, April 28, 2009; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/28/sen-reid-says-obama-told-gift/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

5
President Barack Obama, “Obama’s Speech to the United States General Assembly,”
New York Times
, September 23, 2009; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/us/politics/24prexy
. text.html [accessed June 28, 2010].

6
Jeff Jacoby, “Obama’s Swelling Ego,”
Boston Globe
, November 14, 2009; available at:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/11/14/obamas_swelling_ego/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

7
Major Garrett, “Obama Endures Ortega Diatribe, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Lashes Out at a Century of what he called terrorist aggression in Central America,” FOX News, April 18, 2009.

8
Ed Carson, “Obama to Dems: ‘Don’t Worry, You’ve Got Me,’”
Investors.com
, January 25, 2010; available at:
http://blogs.investors.com/capitalhill/index.php/home/35-politics/1233-obama-to-demsdont-worry-youve-got-me
[accessed June 28, 2010].

9
Kevin Hall, “A Numbers Breakdown of the SOTU: Obama Refers to Himself 114 Times,”
Des Moines Conservative Examiner
, January 28, 2010; available at:
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/2439024/posts
[accessed June 28, 2010].

10
Dan Gainor, “Obama’s Speeches—Obama Mentions Self Nearly 1,200 Times,”
FOXNews.com
, September 23, 2009; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/09/23/dan-gainor-obama-speeches-ego/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

11
Judi McLeod, “Obama’s West Point Address,”
Canada Free Press
, December 3, 2009; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/22/obama-focus-wars-abroad-speech-west-point-graduates/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

12
Jim Hoft, “Obama Refers to Himself 132 Times In One Speech” (Video), Gateway Pundit Blog, First Things, January 26, 2010; available at:
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/01/obama-refers-to-himself-132-times-in-one-speech-video/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

13
Mark Finkelstein, “Oh the Sacrifices Obama Has Made: I Didn’t Get Into This for Fame or Fortune,”
NewsBusters.org
, February 3, 2010; available at:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2010/02/03/oh-sacrifices-obama-has-made-i-didnt-get-fame-or-fortune
[accessed June 28, 2010].

14
Linda Matchan, “A Law Review Breakthrough,”
Boston Globe
, February 15, 1990; available at:
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/1990/02/15/a_law_review_breakthrough/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

15
Caroline Kim, “Obama Visits U. Illinois Campus in Final Leg of Campaign,”
University Wire
, November 2, 2004.

16
Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep, “Obama Draws a Big Crowd in New Hampshire,” National Public Radio, December 11, 2006; available at:
http://ww.npr.org/templates/story/storyComments
. php?storyId=6607687 [accessed June 28, 2010].

17
Kim Ahern, “Barack is on the Ballot!” Rhode Island’s Future, December 10, 2007; available at:
http://rifuture.org/barack-is-on-the-ballot-html?blogger=Kim+Ahern
. [accessed June 28, 2010].

18
“Democratic Presidential Debate,” Federal News Service, December 13, 2007.

19
Kevin Chappell, “A Moment in History,”
Jet
, September 15, 2008; available at:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_10_114/ai_n28572804/?tag=content;col1
[accessed July 7, 2010].

20
“Obama: ‘This Inauguration is Not About Me. It’s About All of Us,’”
Washington Post,
Inauguration Watch, January 14, 2009; available at:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/inauguration-watch/2009/01/obama_this_election_is_not_abo.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

21
“Stephanie Condon, “Obama on Health Care: ‘This Isn’t About Me,’” CBS News Political Hotsheet, July 20, 2009; available at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5175035-503544.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

22
Alister Bull and Steve Holland, “Feisty Obama: ‘I won’t stop fighting for you,’” Reuters, January 22, 2010; available at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60L4MC20100122
[accessed June 28, 2010].

23
“Gibbs: Obama Willing To Be One-Term President To Pass His Agenda,”
BreitbartTV.com
, August 21, 2009; available at:
http://www.breitbart.tv/gibbs-obama-willin-to-be-one-term-president-to-pass-his-agenda
[accessed July 7, 2010].

24
Kyle-Anne Shiver, “Danger Ahead: Obama Jumped the Shark, But Didn’t Drown,” Pajamas Media, March 25, 2010; available at:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/danger-ahead-obama-jumped-the-shark-but-didn%E2%80%99t-drown/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

25
Byron York, “For Obama and Pelosi, Health Care is Ego Trip,”
Washington Examiner
, March 2, 2010; available at:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/For-Obama-and-Pelosi_-healthcare-is-ego-trip-85871962.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

26
Byron York, “For Obama and Pelosi, Health Care is Ego Trip,”
op. cit
.

27
Valerie Jarrett, “Americans are Idiots, Obama Too Intelligent For Words,”
The Lid
, February 23, 2010; available at:
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post_23.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

28
Tom Brokaw, “Interview with David Axelrod,” NBC,
Meet the Press
, March 14, 2010; available at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29209460/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

29
Larry King, “Interview with Bill Maher,” CNN,
Larry King Live
, February 16, 2010; available at:
http://quiz.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0406/02/lkl.00.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

30
Jacob Weisberg, “Down With the People,”
Slate
, February 6, 2010; available at:
http://www.slate.com/id/2243797
[accessed June 28, 2010].

31
Joe Klein, “Too Dumb to Thrive,”
Time.com
, Swampland Blog, January 25, 2010; available at:
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/01/25/too-dumb-to-thrive/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

32
Mathhew Yglesias, “Reframing Public Ignorance,”
Yglesias
, January 25, 2010; available at:
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/01/reframing-public-ignorance/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

33
Sarah Lai Stirland, “McCain Campaign Yanks ‘Obama Love’ Web Video,”
Wired.com
, July 25, 2008; available at:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/07/mccain-campai-1/
[accessed June 28, 2010].

34
Karen Travers and Jake Tapper, “President Beekcake? D.C. Magazine to Feature Shirtless Obama on Cover,”
ABCNews.com
,
Political Punch
, April 20, 2009; available at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/04/president-beefc.html
[accessed June 28, 2010].

35
Scott Whitlock, “ABC Heavily Promotes New HBO Documentary on Obama: He’s so ‘Zen’ and ‘Normal,’” Media Research Center, October 27, 2009; available at:
http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2009/20091027051654.aspx
[accessed June 28, 2010].