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Is Barack Obama Jewish? Shocking new evidence!

July 24, 2008 - IS BARACK OBAMA A JEW??? It's the internet rumor that the Obama campaign has been unable to quash (because we just started it). Recent photos of Senator Obama wearing traditional Jewish garb have raised a lot of questions about the candidate's religious background. Most obvious, of course, is...

Obama visits the Wailing Wall: now even holier!

July 24, 2008 - Democratic presidential hopeful (get it?) Barack Obama visited one of the holiest sites of Judaism early Thursday morning in Jerusalem, The Wailing Wall. He showed up before dawn wearing a yarmulke (an unfortunately sorta Muslim-y looking skullcap) and, as many visitors do, placed...

From The Feed: Obama expected more "reverence" at the wailing wall

July 24, 2008 - When Obama visited the wailing wall, people started chanting for him to split. He said afterwards that he expected more "reverence...

America's "Jewslims" united in their suspicion of Barack Obama

July 22, 2008 - Barack Obama's visit to the Middle East is being scrutinized by Muslim and Jewish voters back home. Osama Siblani, publisher of Michigan's Arab American News, called Obama's June speech to pro-Israeli lobbyists a "pander to the Israeli lobby." Apparently not enough of a pander, however. Nathan...

From The Room: What Obama Can Teach Jesus

July 22, 2008 - While Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama tours the Middle East, he brings to mind another inspirational leader who made waves in that neck of the woods not too long ago. That's right, Jesus Christ. While many people see Obama as someone who draws inspiration from Christ, I view...

From The Room: McCain on Maliki: Barack's Funny Foreign Friends

July 20, 2008 - Ripped from the headlines... Some have wondered how the McCain campaign can recover from Iraqi prime minister Maliki supporting Obama's position...on the war. Oh, it could be so e...

From The Room: Obama Scores Big in Iraq

July 20, 2008 - Barack Obama appears to have made a hit with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who said In an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine that he approves of the pres...

Obama visits Israel, but oy, would it kill him to write or call once in a while?

July 21, 2008 - Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama is slated to visit Israel and the occupied West Bank this week. In a mere 24 hours or so, he's planning to haggle meet with Israeli Pr...

Attack and response: are you a ruthless political adviser?

June 12, 2008 - As the general election kicks into high gear, John McCain and Barack Obama will ratchet up their attacks on each other to inflict the maximum damage. Just what kind of a...

The primary is over, but who has the nicer lapels?

June 5, 2008 - Barack Obama learned the hard way: Refusing to wear a flag pin on your lapel means you hate America. Now that the general election is underway, we're betting he tacks extra-special flair onto his campaign uniform, both to scor...

From The Feed: Obama speech at AIPAC conference (video)

June 4, 2008 - At the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference, Obama all but volunteers to spend the summer working on a Kibbutz...