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D'Souza, Dinesh,
206
-7
Dumpster diving,
88
,
89

"earmarks,"
42

Earth Day,
91
Eastern Michigan University: Springsteen concert at,
55
economy: and deprogramming the Obama Zombies,
199
-200
differences between McCain and Obama on,
157
and economic and social justice,
140
-43
fixing of,
44
and gender wage gap,
133
-37
and green jobs,
137
-40
and minimum wage,
129
-33
and Obama's power grab,
17
and rich paying fair share of taxes,
143
-47
and stimulus package,
20
,
139
,
199
-200
education: affordability of,
160
,
163
and economic and social justice,
141
and helping others,
201
-2
left domination of,
150
-51
and Obama's Democratic Convention speech,
158
and quality of voters,
150
-51
and terrorism,
71
.
See also
academia
Edwards, John,
15
,
162
Election Day (2008); online activities on,
34
elections of 2004,
177
elections of 2006,
35
,
185
-87
elections of 2008.
See specific person, organization, or topic
Emanuel, Rahm,
15
Emory University,
96
"empathy deficit,"
116
-17
employer-based health care insurance,
112
-13,
114
,
118
,
123
energy: alternative,
20
-21,
97
-98,
139
"clean,"
20
,
98
,
202
and climate change,
90
-91,
96
,
97
-99,
107
and green jobs,
energy (
cont.
)
138
-40; and MTV's election coverage,
160
Schmidt's views
about,
20
-21
veterans concerned about,
156
Energy Action Coalition,
90
,
137
Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S.,
98
engagement: and deprogramming of Obama Zombies,
195
-96
entertainment industry: liberals' domination of,
57
.
See also
celebrities; Hollywood;
specific person
environment: and MTV's election coverage,
160
and Obama's power grab,
17
Schmidt's views about,
21
,
22
.
See also
climate change
Ettinger, Amber Lee,
28

Facebook: and deprogramming the Obama Zombies,
205

and disconnect between terrorism and youth,
83
as election campaign tool,
27
,
28
,
31
-32,
33
,
34
,
35
,
42
,
43
fairness: and economic and social justice,
140
-43
and minimum wage,
12
,
131
and rich as not paying fair share of taxes,
143
-47
Fallon, Jimmy,
100
Fanning, Dakota,
45
Flo-Rida,
59
Fogg, Piper,
93
food industry,
117
Ford, Harrison,
29
foreign aid,
71
foreign policy: and American image abroad,
65
,
70
-76
and Ayers-Obama relationship,
65
-66
Harvard poll about,
64
-65
McCain's versus Obama's experience in,
63
-65
and militarism,
67
-68
and Obama as apologist,
69
,
72
-73
and peace studies in academia,
78
-80.
See also specific nation;
terrorism
Fortune
magazine,
122
,
134
Fox News,
2
,
65
,
172
,
179
,
180
,
181
,
187
,
188
,
189
Foxx, Jamie,
29
France: Obama's apologies to,
73
Frank, Barney,
114
Frausto, Valli,
33
free markets,
20
,
43
,
111
,
114
-15,
119
,
147
,
190
,
191
,
203
free speech,
118
-19
free trade,
142
freedom: and climate change,
89
,
107
,
108
and economic and social justice,
143
and expansion in government,
205
and function of government,
204
,
205
and green jobs,
139
and health care,
117
,
121
,
122
-23
liberal meaning of,
82
lost under Obama,
122
-23
and McCain-Stewart interview,
184
and message framing,
203
and moneymaking,
202
and Rock the Vote efforts,
155
Friedman, Milton,
119
,
122
Friends of the Earth,
107
Fund, John,
125
,
126
fund-raising: importance of conservative,
206
-7
online,
32
,
36
,
37
-38,
39
,
40
.
See also
campaign contributions

G-20 conference,
74
-75

Gaffney, Frank J.,
69
garbage: as Christmas gift,
91
-92,
93
Gardiner, Nile,
72
Garthwaite, Craig,
57
Gawker website,
21
gay rights,
29
,
160
Geithner, Tim,
4
gender: celebrities talking about,
153
and wage gap,
133
-37
George Mason University: Cordova interviews at,
142
-43
Gephardt, Dick,
15
Geraghty, Jim,
118
getting out the vote,
32
,
33
-34,
38
,
40
,
54
-55,
152
-54,
167
Gibson, Charlie,
23
,
140
"Giving(Live at the Apollo" event,
162
-63
global warming/cooling.
See
climate change
Goedman, Menno,
34
Goldman Sachs,
19
Goldwater, Barry,
207
Goodstein, Scott,
40
Google,
19
-22,
27
,
39
Gore, Al,
22
,
86
,
89
,
93
,
95
,
104
,
105
,
106
,
202
Gosselin, Peter,
4
government: Colbert's comments about,
187
,
191
compassionate,
142
control by,
20
and core principles of conservatives,
197
,
198
and economic and social justice,
140
,
142
expansion of,
20
,
205
and health care,
17
,
110
,
113
-15,
117
,
126
,
127
in Iraq,
187
as "knowing best,"
204
; limited,
43
,
142
,
191
,
197
responsibility of,
140
,
198
,
204
Schmidt's views about,
20
and trickle down theory,
145
trust in power of,
44
worldviews about function of,
198
.
See also
debt, national; spending
grade redistribution,
142
-43
Gray, Shameeka,
165
Great Britain: and climate change,
106
-7
greed,
141
,
198
Guantanamo Bay,
73
,
176
,
197
guaranteed issue,
111
,
112
Guardian
(Britain),
90
gun control,
29

Hais, Michael D.,
77
-78

Hall, Tamron,
6
Halter, Bill,
159
-60
Hamas,
78
Hannity, Sean,
180
,
182
Harkin, Tom,
80
-81
Harris, John,
10
Hartmann, Cassidy,
166
Harvard University: Green Campus Initiative at,
95
-96
and Institute
of Politics poll,
64
-65
as Obama campaign contributor,
19
Havlan, J. R.,
185
Hayes, Stephen,
174
-75
HeadCount,
57
-58,
161
health care: affordability of,
110
-11
capping premiums for,
122
celebrities talking about,
29
and community rating,
111
-12,
124
,
125
-26
and competition,
111
,
114
,
123
cost/funding for,
114
,
118
,
121
-22,
123
,
126
,
127
in Cuba,
175
disinterest in,
117
and economic and social justice,
141
and "empathy deficit,"
116
-17; employer-based insurance for,
112
-13,
114
,
118
,
123
free,
113
and free market,
114
-15
and freedom,
117
,
121
,
122
-23
and government,
17
,
113
-15,
117
,
126
,
127
and guaranteed issue,
111
,
112
and income,
110
,
126
and level of insurance,
119
-20,
123
and liberal media,
17
mandates for,
114
,
121
,
123
,
125
,
126
,
127
medical care distinguished from,
124
-25
and MTV election coverage,
160
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