Obamamania

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Barack Does Berlin

July 29, 2008 - When Barack Obama was in Europe last week the enlightened progressives of the United States got a rare opportunity to indulge two of their compulsive behaviors at the same time: Europhoria and Obamamania. Fortunately for me, I was in Alaska enjoying myself looking at glaciers that were supposed to b...

From The Feed: Obama sees your surge and raises you an Iraq War

July 28, 2008 - At the Unity Conference in Chicago, Barack Obama swats back at the surge question...

From The Room: Obama Announces European Treaty

July 27, 2008 - Senator Barack Obama announced today that on his recent overseas tour he successfully negotiated a wide-ranging treaty with America's European allies. According to the Illinois Senator, the treaty ends the use of torture in interrogations, closes th...

Obama: From Governor of America to President of the World

July 25, 2008 - Der Spiegel, Germany's most influential newspaper (well, it's the only one we've heard of) was mighty impressed with Barack Obama: ...this man will become the 44th president of the United States. He is more than ambitious- he wants to lay claim to become the president of the...

From The Room: The World Should Vote for U.S. President

July 24, 2008 - Barack Obama gave an inspiring, uplifting speech today to 200,000 people in Berlin, Germany. Not to be outdone, John McCain woodenly...

Candidate FlairWatch: what's on Obama's bling?

July 24, 2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, gave a historic speech in Berlin today to a crowd of over 100,000 left-leaning, pro-minority, genocide-abhorring Schuldkinder, or "guilt-children." Obama's speech called for a renewed alliance with Europe to fight terror and extremism, echo...

Translated: German newspapers covering "U.S. president shank applicant" Obama

July 24, 2008 - Obama's trip to Germany is not only a major story in the United States, it's also big news in Germany. It turns out that their version of the 2008 race is way more interesting than ours. Using the Babel Fish translator, we assembled our fav...

Fighting the Berlin Speech rumor mill: Obama not going to make the lame walk and the blind see

July 24, 2008 - In the hours leading up to Barack Obama's Berlin speech, the rumors were getting a little out of control. Obama has been trying to tamp down some of the excitement, and we're going to do our part by debun...

Barack Obama speaks in Berlin—world has simultaneous, collective orgasm

July 24, 2008 - Barack Obama gave a rousing speech in Berlin on Thursday, and the crowd...

From The Room: Notes from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Obamamania Replaces Europhoria as Favorite Progressive High

June 21, 2008 - It was announced today that Obamamania has officially replaced Europhoria as the favorite new high of the far left. Until recently, progressives in the United States preferred mentioning things European when they needed a lift. For example, if you were considering buying a new car, they would tell y...