Obama Zombies: How the Obama Machine Brainwashed My Generation (34 page)

Belzer, Richard,
3

Bernstein, Andy,
57
-58

Biden, Joe,
4
,
7

"bill jacking,"
16

bin Laden, Osama,
71
,
170

bipartisanship,
197

Bird, Jeremy,
36

birth control,
162

Black Eyed Peas (band),
25
,
42

BlackBerrys,
43

Blue State Digital,
32

Bolton, John,
174

Bon Jovi,
86

Borat,
29

Borger, Gloria,
11

Boston Globe,
33
,
94
,
166

Bozell, Brent,
3
,
13

Brayton, Jim,
35

"Breaking the War Mentality" (Obama),
67

Brigham Young University: mocking of Bush by students at,
76

Briscoe, Daren,
3
-4,
5
-6

Brokaw, Tom,
172

Bronx, New York: video of high school students in,
38
-39

Bryant, Kobe,
200

Brymer, Chuck,
53

Burleigh, Nina,
1
-2,
8
,
17

Bush, George H. W.,
136

Bush, George W.: and

Afghanistan,
185

approval ratings of,
187

coining of new terms by,
17

Colbert's comments about,
186
,
187
,
189

and elections of 2004,
57
,
177

"failed policies" of,
199

and HeadCount,
57

and McCain-Stewart interview,
184
,
185

and 9/11 attack,
79

Springsteen's comment about,
55

State of the Union address of,
76

as Stewart target,
172
,
173
,
174
-75,
177

and Strahan's comment about Obama,
46

students' mocking of,
76

and taxes,
144
,
145

and welfare,
147

West's views about,
164

and women's wages,
136

BusinessWeek
magazine,
34

Cairo, Egypt: Obama's address in,
74

Calloway, Sway,
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-57,
158
-59,
160
,
163
,
164

CalPIRG,
161

Calzada, Gabriel,
139

camels,
87
,
89

campaign contributions: by celebrities,
59

of journalists,
11

to McCain,
22

of Norman,
163

for Obama,
19
-20,
21
,
22
,
206

from Silicon Valley,
19
-20,
21
,
22

of Smith (Heather),
154

of Yago,
156
.
See also
fund-raising

campaign financing: public,
16

reform of,
197

Campaign to Make Poverty History,
162

campaign videos: as election campaign tool,
27
,
38
-39

McCain's,
26
,
37

for Obama,
26
,
28
-31,
37
-39

Campus Progress,
82
,
120
,
163

capital gains, taxes on,
140

capitalism,
20
,
141
,
142
,
164
,
200
,
202
,
204

Carlson, Tucker,
177
,
178
,
181

Carlyn, Marcia,
36

Carnegie Mellon University,
95

Carney, Jay,
4
,
7

Carney, Joe,
7

Carter, Jimmy,
12
,
136

Carville, James,
179

Catalist,
4

celebrities: and climate change,
99
-102

importance of endorsements by,
56
-57

as means for organizing youth marketing militia,
59
.
See also specific person

cell phone,
43
.
See also
text messaging

Center for American Progress,
154
,
163
,
204

Center for Responsive Politics,
19

change,
13
,
15
,
152
,
163
-64,
199
,
202
,
203

Cheney, Dick,
55
,
166
,
174
-75

Chicago, Illinois: politics in,
15
-16

Chicago Tribune,
6
,
15

"Choose or Lose" (MTV election coverage),
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-67

Chopra, Deepak,
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,
76

Christmas gifts: and climate change,
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-92,
93

Chronicle of Higher Education,
93
,
94
,
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-98

citizenship: and health care,
110

civil liberties,
63

Clark, Wesley,
80
,
156

class warfare,
60
-61,
143
-47,
190

climate change: celebrities' comments about,
99
-104

and deprogramming of Obama Zombies,
197

funding for,
108

and green jobs,
137
-40

and left domination of academia,
91
-97,
99

and Live Earth efforts,
85
-89,
102
-3

and MTV interviews,
161
,
163

and regulation,
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-90

scientific consensus about,
104
-7.
See also
energy

Clinton, Bill,
1
,
5
,
15
,
51
,
52
,
136
,
162
,
179

Clinton, Hillary,
10
,
12
,
15
,
36
,
51

CNN,
2
,
10
,
14
-15,
138
,
177
,
179

Colbert, Stephen,
185
-93

college students: majors of,
135

and online campaign tools,
36
-37

and starting salaries,
135
.
See also
academia;
specific person or institution

colleges and universities.
See
academia; college students;
specific institution

Columbia University: Obama as student at,
67

Combs, Sean "Puffy,"
45
,
54
,
60
,
61
,
167
,
200

Comedy Central,
172
,
177
,
192
. See also
The Daily Show

community rating,
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-12,
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,
125
-26

competition: and health care,
111
,
114
,
123

Congressional Budget Office,
110
,
134

Connecticut: health insurance in,
123

conservatives: as Colbert targets,
187
,
188
-89,
190
-91

core principles of,
43
,
60
,
197
-98

and deprogramming of Obama Zombies,
196
,
197
-98

fund-raising by,
206
-7

Hollywood as representing core tenets of,
60

and importance of youth voters,
196

and individualism,
43

and message framing,
203
-5

in military,
81

on MTV,
160

as Stewart targets,
172
,
175
,
178
,
179
-80,
185

and women's wages,
136
.
See also specific person

Cordova, Alyssa,
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-43

Cornell University,
94

corporatism,
111
,
201
-2

cosmetic surgery,
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-20

Coulter, Ann,
114
-15,
206
-7

Couric, Katie,
17
,
192

Cowan, Lee,
8
-9

Cox, Courtney,
29
,
45

Crossfire
(CNN-TV),
177
,
178

Crow, Michael M.,
95

Crow, Sheryl,
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-52

Cruise, Tom,
29

Curry, Ann,
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-3

Daily Kos website,
180
,
190

The Daily Show
(TV show),
169
,
172
,
173
-74,
176
,
180
,
185
,
188
,
191
,
192

Daley, Richard Jr.,
16

Daly, Steven,
188
,
189
-90

Damon, Matt,
53

Darfur,
72
,
160

Daunt, Tina,
48

Dave Matthews Band,
58

"Dave Matthews Electoral Magnet" tactic,
51
-53

DDB Worldwide,
53

Dean, Howard,
32

debt, national,
17
,
147
-48,
199
-200

"Declare Yourself" campaign,
28
-31,
161

DeGeneres, Ellen,
29

Democratic National Committee,
20
,
156

Democratic National Committee Service Corporation,
163

Democratic National Convention (Boston, 2004),
8

Democratic National Convention (Denver, 2008),
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-41,
140
-41,
151
,
152
,
156
-57,
178
,
179

DeNiro, Robert,
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-53

Diaz, Cameron,
45
,
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,
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-101,
103
,
104
,
167

DiCaprio, Leonardo,
29
,
86

diplomacy,
68
,
69
,
72
,
83

"Do It in the Dark" campaign,
94

Dodd, Chris,
15

donations: and deprogramming the Obama Zombies,
206
-7

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell,"
176

Dorsey, Alan T.,
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-97

Douglass, Linda,
4

Dreams from My Father
(Obama),
67