Yes, out of the mouth of babes, a 7-year-old tripped up Obama today with the question of, “Why are you running for president?”

You would think that this was a puff ball question from an NBC reporter promoting the next President of the United States, but it wasn’t,  and I am sure the 7-year-old meant nothing by it, but Obama said, “America is . . . uh, is no longer, uh . . . what it could be, what it once was.  And I say to myself, I don’t want that future for my children.” Continue reading this post…

We have covered in this column the branding of worldwide politicians from Hilter-Stalin & Mao to the branding of US Presidential candidates from Kennedy to Obama. Continue reading this post…

When we think of branding in the United States we think of a product, much like Coke a Cola or Tylenol, but we don’t necessarily think of a person or a presidential candidate as a brand. Continue reading this post…

If a rookie baseball player came to the show with the arrogance of a rookie Senator named Obama running for President of the United States, they would send him back to the bush leagues with the heat of a 97 mph fast ball. Continue reading this post…

In a brilliant John McCain Campaign ad, Obama has been branded for what he is, a ‘celebrity’. Continue reading this post…

Obama’s low-key master strategist David Plouffe sat alongside Barack on the recent flight to the Middle East and said, “Barack I have a Wailing Wall of an idea.  Now with all that you have on your plate for this trip, I don’t want you to take your eye off the ball, but believe me this little side trip to the Wall will pay off big time.” Continue reading this post…

I have trouble with flawed characters and characters of poor judgment.

Scott McClellan, the former White House Press Secretary, of little note, is one with a flawed character and little judgment, unfortunately the Bush White House didn’t recognize this before they put him in the Press Secretary position. Continue reading this post…

A few columns ago we did a piece on Barack Obama entitled ‘Obama’s Trip To Iraq As Phony As The Podium He Stands Behind.’  The podium read ‘Judgment To Lead.’

I recently received an e-mail forwarded by a relative of a Captain serving in Afghanistan who was an eye witness to Obama’s visit to Bagram.  It is a letter that you will not find in the mainstream media: Continue reading this post…

Obama played it safe during his overseas trip, made few mistakes, but little gains, despite his star quality and being followed by network personality anchors, held ‘fake press conferences’ and delivered a dry philosophical speech in Berlin. Continue reading this post…

While it was John McCain who suggested that Obama make a trip with him to Iraq to do some fact finding before making outlandish comments about pulling out of Iraq he has taken McCain up on his suggestion and is turning it into an outlandish media event. Continue reading this post…