• February 13, 2012

valerie jarrett

DINNER-PARTY FOUL

Valerie Jarrett Commits Faux Pas At ‘Fancy Dinner!’

by Jack Stuef

11:59 am February 7, 2011

Four-star Army Gen. Peter Chiarelli — the No. 2 general in the U.S. Army — says he is absolutely not offended that Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett mistook him for a waiter at a fancy Washington dinner this week and asked him for a glass of wine. [...] “It was an honest mistake that ANYONE could [...]

REBLOGGING MAUREEN

Maureen Dowd Now Shouldering the White Man’s Burden

by Sara Benincasa

1:16 pm July 26, 2010

Hi, Black People! Famous New York Times griot Maureen Dowd has written an entire column about what you adorable (chocolate) Munchkins do and don’t need. She also helpfully defines who is and is not Black Enough! Let’s parse her latest masterpiece, which is titled “For Rich Old White Ladies Who Have Considered Suicide, When the [...]

COUNTERFACTUALS

by Josh Fruhlinger

1:40 pm June 30, 2010

OH, WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN: According to the testimony of some union thug, Rod Blagojevich thought that maybe he could appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services if he appointed close personal Obama friend Valerie Jarrett to the Senate. He came up with this idea after he specifically found out that Obama wanted Jarrett to [...]

OBAMA GOES TO JAIL

Obama Transition Team Reports That Obama Transition Team Did Nothing Wrong

by Jim Newell

5:09 pm December 23, 2008

The Obama camp’s internal investigation report about its contact with Blaggy’s office regarding the “fuckin’ valuable” Senate seat “thing” has been released. Written by Obama’s fancy lawyer, Greg Craig, the report comes in at a brisk 4.5 pages. No one on the Obama team, according to the Obama team report, ever discussed any sort of [...]