Barack Obama

Obama Rides, Praises Broward Students' Science Project Bike

Kionna Elliot, 18, and Payton Karr, 16, of Northeast High School in Broward unveiled their science-fair project in the East Garden of the White House on Wednesday afternoon.And the result was not only a display of pride from students repping our hometown but it also gave us a fantastic image of Pres ... More >>

Obama Says Marco Rubio Has Been a "Positive Force" on Immigration

Barack Obama took to the TV and told the world that Marco Rubio "has been a very positive force" in the immigration debate. Hmm.Obama is up to no good. He has to be. Why else would he suddenly be praising the GOPers' Goldeny Golden-Touch Golden Boy of the Golden Future Rubio? What say you, Admira ... More >>

How Barack Obama Should Now Respond to Rick Scott's Letter: Shut Up

Earlier this week, Rick Scott decided a tweet just wasn't enough. Nor was a Facebook message. Nor an email. Rick instead did something wild. He wrote a letter, slapped a stamp on it, and shipped it across the land to Barack Obama in the White House using something called the "U.S. Postal Service." ... More >>

Marco Rubio Rejects His Own Immigration Proposal, Because of Barack Obama

Shining Beacon of Light Marco Rubio called President Obama's first draft on immigration reform "dead on arrival" yesterday, saying that the president's bill "repeats the failures of past legislation" and that the bill will die as soon as it enters the hallowed halls of Congress just like every past, ... More >>

Obama Supports Florida's Bid to Host Gay Games

Barack Obama is super down with The Gays. And, in another showing of being so, he's thrown his support behind Florida's bid to host the 2018 Gay Games via a letter to the organizing committee. The Gay Games have yet to pick a host nation for 2018. Orlando joins London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Lim ... More >>

Obama Welcomes Miami Heat to the White House

President Obama welcomed the Miami Heat to the White House on Monday afternoon to honor the team for kicking everyone's ass in the 2012 NBA Finals. Obama cited a pickup game some of the members of the Heat participated in with the president on his birthday as the real reason the Heat were able to g ... More >>

Obama's Inaugural Speech Mentions Gays, Long Voting Lines

If you found yourself saying, "Hey! He's talking about me!" during Barack Obama's inaugural speech, it's because you either waited in line to vote for many hours or you're gay or both! During the speech for his second inauguration, Obama made references to two items that are of great importance to ... More >>

Barack Obama's Speech: Three Things To Expect

Today, a less popular, but in some ways, stronger Barack Obama will become our president for four more years -- well, kinda. Sure, he already took the oath yesterday, but that was just the wedding ceremony without the reception. Today's the party. So what can we expect? Exactly that: a party. If hi ... More >>

Florida Rep. Trey Radel Hints at Impeaching Obama Over Gun Control

President Obama held a press conference where he unveiled 23 executive actions on gun control yesterday. And, naturally, the GOPers are up in arms and want the President impeached because gun control is tyranny and bad for liberty and un-American and other butthurt reasons. Among those that are hin ... More >>

Obama Unveils Sweeping Gun Control Proposals

With Florida now numero uno in concealed gun permits and with thousands showing up to the gun show in Fort Lauderdale this past weekend comes today's news conference held by President Obama that aims to anger lots and lots of Floridians who just want to be able to buy themselves an assault rifle so ... More >>

Palm Beach Democrats Meet, Squabble, Pick New Leaders

They may have just won a national presidential election, helping carry Florida for Obama and glorying in the defeat of the despised Allen West, but the Palm Beach Democratic Party executive committee was surprisingly prickly at its reorganizational meeting last night. It's the family squabbles that ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Says Fiscal Cliff Is Obama's Plot to End the GOP

One of the wonderful things about Obama's winning reelection is watching the GOPers immerse themselves in doing what they do best: making loud noises and saying crazy shit that makes even certifiably crazy people say, "Whoa. Thassome crazy shit." But amid the thicket of Benghazi ramblings and other ... More >>

Three Men Arrested for Stealing Obama Signs, Yelling Racial Slurs, According to FHP

Three Orlando men were none-too-thrilled that Barack Obama won reelection as Black President last week, so they decided to drink their sorrows away, then also go drive through a mostly black neighborhood stealing Obama campaign signs while yelling out racial slurs at people, according to the Florida ... More >>

Florida Residents Petition White House to Secede From United States

Man, some people really, really can't stand having a black dude for president. So, in light of Barack Obama resoundingly winning reelection by virtue of both the electoral college and the popular vote and in the process winning traditional GOP strongholds Ohio and Florida, some brave American heroe ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Says Obama Won Women Voters Because He Treats Them Like Vaginas

Pill-poppin' conservative blowfish blowhard Rush Limbaugh, like all the other GOPers in the past few days, is seriously butthurt over Barack Obama's resounding reelection this past Tuesday. In rummaging through the Conservetard devastation handed to them (they couldn't win Ohio or Florida... nut-ja ... More >>

Marco Rubio Won the 2012 Election, Apparently

Barack Obama won both the electoral votes and the popular vote (and he did it without Florida, which is looking like it will go to him anyway!) Despite those things that reelected our president and will have him serve a second term, the real winner of the 2012 election was Marco Rubio. This accordi ... More >>

Barack Obama Has Mostly Won Florida, But It's Still Not Official

It's Wednesday afternoon, the day after Election Tuesday, and Florida is still lagging on declaring a winner between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.SORRY, YOU GUYS. While Obama won reelection after gaining 303 electoral votes, Florida continues to Florida things up by not yet knowing the final tally ... More >>

At Last, The Psychics Have Spoken: Barack Obama Will Win Today

According to a recent New Times poll of Broward County psychics, there's a general consensus among the spirits that Barack Obama will win a second presidential term over Mitt Romney. Though, as one of the three psychics we interviewed cautioned, "the cards are tight." Indeed. There are apparently ... More >>

Obama, Romney Tweet Their Election Day Snacks

Though the polls officially close in Florida in just a few minutes, this is where the game really begins. We suggest getting a beer and some popcorn and settling down for a long night of speculation, talking heads, and incessant chatter to fill up the dead air that is the waiting game on election ni ... More >>

Barack Obama in Hollywood Yesterday: We'll Miss You Candidate Barry (Kinda Sorta)

We'll miss a lot of things about covering Barack Obama's addresses -- all that hopey changey stuff, the enthusiasm, the fact that we're not cheering another old white dude -- it just gets us. But what we won't miss? Yesterday. Yesterday, Obama said all of the things one might expect him to say. He ... More >>

Seminole Hard Rock Wine and Food Festival in Pictures

Poor President Barack Obama. Obama was stumping to would-be voters on one of his last campaign events before the Tuesday election at nearby McArthur High School when he could have been among the thousands of happy people enjoying a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at the Seminole Hard Rock Wine and Food Fe ... More >>

Obama and Romney All Over The Polls In Florida

As we gear up for another colossal clusterfuck big election day here in Florida, the polls, all eyes will be on how badly we fuck up this election things turn out in our key swing state on Tuesday. A few months ago, Florida polls gave Obama a modest lead, and then things switched to a solid Romney ... More >>

Obama Wins; Local Power Brokers Back to Business as Usual

It's over -- the election, that is -- and we're already back to business as usual in Palm Beach County: favorable official treatment of questionable businesses, hypocritical maneuvering by powerful lawyers, and rampant dissembling by deep-pocketed merchants of crap.What's that you say? Election Day ... More >>

I-4 Corridor Predicts Florida for Romney

Obama and Romney Hitting Up Florida For The Home Stretch

Polls are tight in Florida as the presidential election mercifully grinds down to its final days, and anything can and will happen in the Sunshine State, because that's just how we roll. A Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News Poll have Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in a virtual tie in Flori ... More >>

Obama Rang Your Doorbell Last Night? Halloween Masks Predict President

Now that all the candy's been handed out and the toilet paper cleaned off the trees and the egg yolk scrubbed off of front doors, it's time to see who our next president is going to be. While presidential Halloween masks are probably the most unoriginal, uncreative, and lamest of all costumes, thos ... More >>

Russell Simmons on President Obama, Politics, and Hip-Hop

Dream Defenders Protest Presidential Debate at Lynn University

Both Obama and Romney have promised to overhaul the country's cumbersome and costly immigration system. Yet there was little talk about how they would actually do so over the course of three debates.The Dream Defenders were one of the groups protesting the debate at Lynn University, and they sent al ... More >>

Presidential Debate Protests: Sit-in On Yamato Road, Mass Arrests at the Lynn Debate

It wasn't just Obama and Romney who had something to say last night in Boca Raton. Hundreds of citizens (and some non-citizens) showed up to speak their minds on the election and the issues of the day. Fifteen of those who spoke out went to jail for their troubles. It was all fun and games for the ... More >>

Celebrity Sex, Benghazi, and Jobs: What The Broadwalk Wants Asked at the Debates

This evening, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will look to destroy one another in an epic battle of banter at Lynn University in Boca. It's a safe bet that moderator Bob Schieffer won't throw too many curveballs and the questions will be similar to everything that's already been asked in the ... More >>

Obama-Romney in Palm Beach: The GOP Suffers a Knockout

They were back in force again last night, some 40 strong local GOPers to cheer on the Romster at the Palm Beach Ale House. No red-white-and-blue boaters as at PrezDebate I, but balloons on the tables in red and blue with white stars. Almost cheerful enough to make up for a roomful of 16 TV screens f ... More >>

Mitt Romney Closes Gap on Latino Voters In Florida, Still Lags Nationwide

Apparently, Barry Obama's debate performance was so craptacular, The Mittbot has gained some points with Latino voters in Florida. According to a ImpreMedia & Latino Decisions tracking poll released Monday, Obama's lead among Hispanic voters in Florida has slipped from 72% last week to 67% this ... More >>

Romney Volunteer Tells Florida Elderly That Muslim Obama Will Get Rid of Medicare

With the election a mere weeks away and the polls tightening ever so much, campaign workers and volunteers are burning the midnight oil to get their man a November victory. They're knocking on doors, registering folks to vote, and making phone calls to educate the masses on the qualities of their c ... More >>

Allen West Thinks Obama Cooked Today's Unemployment Rate Numbers

In case you haven't heard, the unemployment rate went down to 7.8 percent -- the lowest in four years -- thanks to the addition of 114,000 jobs September and big upward revisions for July and August. Politically, it's good news for Obama, since he's been taking a beating after his bland debate pe ... More >>

Mitt Romney Wins Debate by Way of Lies, Lies, and More Lies

Wake up this morning and the consensus is that Mittington Willard Romnom RoboRomney Mittbot won the first presidential debate over Velvet Thunder Barack. Most pundits on Twitter and your mother agree. Romney was feisty, aggressive, kind of a dick, and on the offense. Meanwhile, Obama was a big ... More >>

Debate 2012: Romney and Obama Attack; Jim Lehrer Loses Control -- the Media Room View

Editor's note: This piece was originally published by our sister paper's news blog Latest Word on Denver Westword. It's written by Sam Levin, an editorial fellow who's been keeping tabs on both candidates in the swing state of Colorado for the past few months. President Barack Obama and former Mass ... More >>

Matt Drudge "Unearths" Another Dumb Video of Obama Saying Stuff

When a video of Mittington Mittbot saying rich douchey things about the majority of Americans to other rich people surfaced a couple of weeks back, Matt Drudge released a 14-year-old video of President Obama saying "redistribution" a lot of times. When that failed to anger America and force an impea ... More >>

Marco Rubio Gets After Joe Biden's Latest Gaffe

Crazy Uncle Joe was campaigning in Charlotte on Tuesday and did that thing where he said stuff that makes Democrats smack themselves on the forehead. Speaking of Mitt Romney and how he and Paul Ryan would raise taxes on the middle class, Biden said, "How they can justify... raising taxes on the mid ... More >>

Obama Seen As Being More Supportive of Small Businesses In Florida Than Romney, According to Poll

Do a Google Image search for "Obama and small business" and you'll get inundated with mindless memes harping on the president's "you didn't build that" comment. But a recent poll shows that 37 percent of small business owners in Florida see Obama as being more supportive of their ... More >>

Paul Ryan Compares Obama to NFL Replacement Refs in Clumsiest Analogy Ever

In case you've been trapped under something heavy, you already heard about how the replacement referees screwed the Packers on Monday night, when they awarded the Seahawks with a last-second touchdown that never happened. Well, Paul Ryan was none too happy about it, being a Packers fan and all. He ... More >>

Allen West Calls Obama's Speech to the U.N. "More Apologies"

President Obama made a speech this morning to the General Assembly at the United Nations in which he condemned the anti-U.S. protests in the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of the attacks in Libya and urged world leaders to rally against extremism. But Rep. Allen West, with his Communist ... More >>

7-Eleven's Presidential 7-Election Returns; Free Coffee on Friday, September 28

7-Eleven is no stranger to clever marketing schemes, but their 7-Election campaign -- which kicked off earlier this month -- is, like, genius level selling. Now through Election Day (Tuesday, November 6) cast your vote by spending money while a subsidiary tallies the election; just like in real life ... More >>

Marco Rubio Says Obama's Agenda Is Redistribution

As we mentioned yesterday, Mittington Mittbot's crack team went into damage control over his now infamous "47 percent" remarks by not only releasing a 14-year-old tape that apparently shows Barack Obama wearing a Che T-shirt and saying that the government should send everyone a check for $1 million ... More >>

Jewish Voters Give Obama Big Lead in Florida, According to Poll

Mittington Romnom RoboRomney Mittbot Romney ain't doing too hot with Jewish voters. That's according to a new poll from the American Jewish Committee. The poll, which surveyed 254 registered Jewish voters in Florida between September 7 and 9, says President Obama leads Romney by 44 points in Florid ... More >>

Barack Obama Responds to Romney's 47 Percent Remarks on David Letterman

President Obama went on Letterman last night and addressed Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comments for the first time publicly.David Letterman broke the ice by asking Obama how much he weighed, then commented on how the two weigh the same but how the president looks better. When Obama said Letterman loo ... More >>

Mitt Romney's Campaign Is One Giant Epic Fail, and It Started In Florida

Congratulations, Florida. You probably maybe almost for sure destroyed Mitt Romney's hopes and dreams to become president of Don'tTreadOnMeLand. As we pointed about yesterday, RoboRomney set his pants on fire with his "47 percent" comments at a fundraiser right here in Boca. And since then, things ... More >>

Bear-Hugging-Obama Pizza Guy Scott Van Duzer: A Follow-Up Q&A

It's been a crazy week for Big Apple Pizza owner Scott Van Duzer. He's gained national fame for bear-hugging the President. He's experienced a

Obama Says Romney "Shoots First, Aims Later"

Yesterday we told you about how one RoboRomney seized the opportunity of the attacks on Libya that left Chris Stevens and other U.S. diplomats dead to pounce on Obama's terrorist-coddling, apologetic ways by attacking a statement Obama never actually made. Well, it turns out, the president watches ... More >>

Obama Would Beat Up Romney in a Fistfight, According to Poll

With all the trash-talking and name-calling that goes on during presidential elections, it's high time we go back to the way these things were settled according to what we learned from watching Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York: with fisticuffs. That's exactly what Esquire magazine and Yahoo! New ... More >>

Obama Rips the Miami Dolphins On Local Radio

Barack Obama panders to no one! Especially not Dolphins fans because, well, that would be pretty stupid. Because they suck, you see. Obama made an appearance this morning on Pimp With A Limp DJ Laz on 106.7 FM where he did some campaigning. Because it's important to reach that Pimp With A Limp dem ... More >>