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Rasiej, Andrew,
27
-28
Rasmussen Reports,
191
Rather, Dan,
192
Rattendi, Julie,
117
Raven-Symone,
86
Ravindran, Vijay,
4
Reagan, Ronald,
85
,
136
,
144
,
147
,
207
recycling,
107
Red Hot Chili Peppers (band),
47
,
86
,
102
regulation,
43
,
44
,
89
-90,
114
,
122
,
140
,
147
,
204
Reid, Harry,
183
religion,
30
,
119
,
189
-90
Remnick, David,
173
Republican National Convention (2008),
77
,
158
,
159
-60,
172
Republicans: and deprogramming of Obama Zombies,
196
and elections of 2006,
185
-87
as Stewart targets,
174
-76.
See also specific person
"Respect My Vote" campaign,
58
-59
Revkin, Andrew,
104
Rice, Susan,
3
rich: as paying fair share of taxes,
143
-47
Rich, Frank,
186
Richie, Nicole,
45
Rieckhoff, Paul,
157
Rivera, Ray,
41
Roby, Claire,
91
-92,
93
Rochester Institute of Technology,
94
Rock the Vote program,
117
,
125
-26,
151
-56,
161
Rockefeller, Jay,
80
Roe v. Wade
(1973),
150
Rolling Stone
magazine,
31
,
49
,
192
Ronson, Samantha,
53
Roosevelt, Franklin,
8
Rospars, Joe,
31
,
32
,
36
,
38
,
41
Rothschild, David de,
86
,
87
Rove, Karl,
179
Russia,
81

Saslow, Eli,
10

Schechtman, Jason,
52
Schmidt, Eric,
20
-21,
22
Schubert, Bill,
66
Schultz, Ed,
81
Schweizer, Peter,
207
Selma, Alabama: Bloody Sunday in,
11
September 11, 2001,
66
,
77
,
78
,
79
sex; and media adoration of Obama,
1
-2
"shared sacrifice,"
113
Sharp, Leith,
95
-96
Sharpton, Al,
5
Shepherd, Sherri,
49
Shure, Joe,
116
Sicko
(documentary),
175
Siddique, Asheesh,
82
Sifry, Micah L.,
28
Silicon Valley: Obama campaign contributions from,
19
-20,
21
,
22
Silverman, Sarah,
29
,
30
Simmons, Russell,
54
,
59
Simpson, Ashlee,
45
Sirulnick, Dave,
165
Skidmore College,
94
slavery: Obama's apologies about,
73
small-town America: Stewart's comments about,
170
Smith, Heather,
117
,
153
-54
Smith, Marcie,
138
Snapp, Martin,
12
Snoop Dogg,
29
-30
soccer debate,
82
social justice,
140
-43
social networking,
31
-34,
43
,
205
-6
Social Security,
43
,
121
socialism,
17
-18,
20
,
142
,
143
,
155
,
181
,
182
Somers, Patricia,
77
Soros, George,
82
,
207
South Carolina: Oprah-Obama rally in,
40
Southern New Hampshire University: McCain-MTV interview at,
160
-61
Spain: green jobs in,
138
-39
Sparks, Jordan,
83
Spears, Britney,
37
,
83
,
180
spending,
17
,
20
,
139
,
146
-47,
161
,
185
,
199
,
200
Springs, Bonner,
158
Springsteen, Bruce,
54
-55,
59
standard of living,
131
,
142
,
147
Stanton, Katie Jacobs,
21
Stephanopoulos, George,
4
-5,
23
Stewart, Jon: Colbert as "fake correspondent" of,
188
Colbert compared with,
187
conservatives as targets of,
172
,
175
,
178
,
179
-80,
185
McCain interviews with,
183
-85
as news source for youth,
191
-92
Obama interviews with,
181
-83
partisanship of,
169
-76,
185
self-deprecation of,
176
-78
Stewart, Neil,
199
Stewart, Nestor,
131
-32
Steyn, Mark,
71
stimulus package,
20
,
139
,
199
-200
Sting,
86
Stossel, John,
149
-50
Strahan, Michael,
46
straw homes,
85
,
88
,
89
Students Against Militarism,
67
Styler, Trudie,
102
Summit of the Americas,
75
superpower, U.S. as,
75
-76,
198
sustainability,
94
,
95
-96,
98
Sutton, Nikki,
35
"Swagga Like Us" (hip-hop song),
14
Swarthmore College,
150
swing voters,
197

talk radio,
19

Tannen, Deborah,
14
Tarantino, Tom,
158
Tax Foundation,
144
taxes: on capital gains,
140
and climate change,
98
and deprogramming of Obama Zombies,
197
and economic and social justice,
140
,
142
,
143
and health-care insurance,
113
,
122
,
125
and job 145,
146
and message framing,
204
;and moneymaking,
202
and MTV's coverage of McCain,
159
rich as not paying fair share of,
143
-47
terrorism,
65
,
68
,
71
,
72
,
73
,
76
,
77
,
78
-79,
80
,
83
text messaging,
37
,
39
-42,
205
Thatcher, Margaret,
153
T.I. (rapper),
58
-59
Timberlake, Justin,
29
,
100
Time
magazine,
4
,
7
-8,
9
,
92
,
173
Today
show (NBC),
102
-3
toilet paper: regulation on use of,
151
Tolkan, Jessy,
90
-91,
137
Tomei, Marisa,
45
torture: Obama's apologies about,
73
Transportation Department, U.S.,
4
,
5
transportation energy,
107
"trash journals,"
93
"Trayless Tuesdays" campaign,
94
-95
trickle-down theory,
141
,
145
Trippin'
series (MTV),
99
-101
"truthiness" factor, Colbert's,
185
-86,
188
Tully, Shawn,
122
-23,
124
Turkey: Obama's apologies to,
73
Twitter,
27
,
83
,
205

unemployment.
See
jobs

United Nations,
69
,
72
,
174
United States: and American exceptionalism,
74
-75,
195
as evil dictatorship,
81
-82
image abroad of,
65
,
70
-76
left's intentions for,
75
-76
Obama's vision of flawed,
74
-75
as superpower,
75
-76,
198
University of California system; as Obama contributor,
19
University of Florida,
96
-97
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities,
93
University of Pennsylvania; adultery novel classes at,
150
-51
University of Southern California; student questions for McCain from,
160
-61
US Weekly
magazine,
31
USA Today,
77
,
178

values,
76
-77,
78
-79,
121
,
197
,
201

Vanity Fair
magazine,
187
,
188
veterans,
156
,
159
,
164
-65
Vick, Michael,
118
Vietnam War,
64
,
72
Villanueva, Jose,
199
viral marketing,
30
Virginia: Crow PSAs in,
151
-52
Virginia Commonwealth University,
152
Vote Vets,
156
voters: importance of youth,
196
independent,
197
quality versus quantity of,
149
-51
registration of,
37
,
41
,
58
,
59
,
149
-50,
152
,
155
,
161
swing,
197
undecided,
33
-34.
See also
get out the vote

wage gap, gender,
133
-37

Waide, Paul,
90
Walker, David,
121
-22
Wall Street Journal,
98
,
125
,
179
Wallace, Chris,
179
War on Poverty,
146
,
147
,
205
Washington Post,
3
,
10
,
13
,
70
,
81
,
179

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