Barack Obama

Further Proof Obama is a Communist

​The photo above: President Obama, who was spotted yesterday taking a to-go order from Miami institution El Mago De Las Fritas. A Frita, by the way, is a Cuban version of a hamburger. Cuban hamburger! What's up Obama? American hamburgers aren't good enough for you? Is your socialist agenda impacti ... More >>

Florida Politicians Scrambling to Take Credit for BP Cleanup Escrow Account Idea

McCollum claims Obama's stealing his material.​It's not often that Republicans pounce on a Barack Obama idea to claim it as their own, but this oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has a way of creating strange bed partners. After reports surfaced Sunday that Barack Obama was preparing to demand t ... More >>

Does George LeMieux Think Obama Is Moses?

Sen. George LeMieux is beginning to doubt whether this Barack Obama fellow really is the Chosen One. Because if he were, Obama would be standing on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, parting the sea. Oil to the left. Saltwater to the right. And his people (Americans) would be free.Seriously, what's w ... More >>

Allen West Pins Oil Spill on Obama, Democrats

FlickrThe Gulf oil spill suggests that Obama may not, in fact, be Superman.​President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress failed to see into the future and prevent the April 20 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. What's more, it's apparent that the White House and Congress are not experts on how ... More >>

Wilted Wall Street Protest Highlights Obama Fatigue

Lisa Rab​The small crowd gathered outside the West Palm Beach courthouse at noon today was sweaty and subdued. Holding signs urging people to "Stand With the President: Support Wall Street Reform!" the ten protesters -- polite, mostly middle-aged, in shorts and sneakers -- drew mixed reactions."Ye ... More >>

Video Highlights From Last Week's Broward Tea Party

flickr.com​It's almost impossible to describe the sights and sounds of last Thursday's Tax Day Tea Party without making it seem like it was a crowd of angry, government-hating, probably-racist religious nuts willing to exploit their children to convince people the federal government should stop sp ... More >>

Two-Thirds of Florida Republican Voters Have Doubts About Obama's Citizenship

FlickrA birther demonstrating outside the White House.​This poll by Daily Kos came out a few weeks ago, but there's a statistic buried near the bottom that deserves more attention: Roughly one-third of registered Republicans likely to vote in Florida's August primary believe that President Barack ... More >>

All Eyes on Obama-Crist Greeting; Hands Above the Waist, Gentlemen!

Flickr: pauldfullerObama and Crist: a political Romeo and Juliet​Let's be real. Charlie Crist isn't trailing in the Senate race because he's a weak leader who surrounds himself with a coterie of crooked businessmen and conflicted advisers. No, those would be legitimate reasons. Rather, he's traili ... More >>

President Obama Fails to Go After Those Responsible for Financial Meltdown

Did Wexler Have Falling Out With Obama?

Wexler​In Barack Obama's presidential election, Robert Wexler was one of those linchpins. As an early supporter, he convinced a great many wary Jewish voters in South Florida that Obama would be a friend of Israel, as Obama himself promised. It was crucial to winning Florida.But since Obama won el ... More >>

Your 912 Project Scavenger Hunt

Pretending Obama is a Muslim might never get old. ​Here's a fun way to look at today's so-called 912 events. But first, some background: Eight years ago, this country was struck in the worst terrorist attack in our history. In the days and weeks following, Americans felt a sense o ... More >>

Media Spins Survey to Find Racial Divide Between Obama, Whites

Flickr: uncletony063​This past weekend, the major newspapers in the Tribune company chain, including the Sun-Sentinel, ran this article, originally from the Los Angeles Times, about how Obama is "fast losing white voters' support."And judging by the mostly white tea party types who've been hecklin ... More >>

Morning Juice: Justice at a Snail's Pace

​On the day that Obama has chosen for his health-care miracle, let's look at what's happening on this rain-spattered peninsula.Opening arguments today in the trial of the week: Toby and Kerstin Fenn, accused of first-degree murder in the death of Elly Lorey -- Kerstin's 89-year-old mother, who had ... More >>

Pretty Speech, Barack, But What Will You Do About the Robots Who Will Eat Our Pills?

Seriously, that classic SNL sketch above is only slightly more absurd than the kind that are being circulated by Boca Raton's state legislator and House Leader Adam Hasner. In tonight's speech, Obama took on the "death panel" myth and the socialism myth and remembered to shave the Hitler mustache th ... More >>

Ohmygod Grandma Do Not Rap When the NY Times Reporter Is Around!

nytimes.comArtificial hip-hop and health care hysteria: all the rage at Sunrise Lakes​They've still working do on destroying Obama's health care plan but in the opening moments of this New York Times video,  Sunrise seniors dealt a death blow to hip-hop. Chilling video here.The accompanying a ... More >>

For Cub Reporter, No Love From the Home Crowd

Flickr: luvreforsale​It's a pity that not all commenters are as classy as those here at Juice. I'm reminded of this disparity after looking hopefully toward the comments field in this NBC6 Miami report about Damon Weaver, the 11-year-old African American boy from poverty-ravaged Pahokee who just m ... More >>

Sotomayor Confirmed for Supreme Court

As was widely expected (and dreaded, in conservative quarters) the U.S. Senate gave its approval to Barack Obama's appointment for U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor. Florida's Sen. Mel Martinez was one of just nine Republicans to cast a vote in favor of the appointment. That's because he fell head ... More >>

Obama's Listening Tour Comes to Broward Monday

Flickr user: fyunkieSure, President Obama's ears are big, but he's got a helluva lot of people competing for their attention. If you have a message you hope will make its way to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., your best bet may be to attend Monday's "Listening Tour" stop in Plantation.  The prez himsel ... More >>

D-Wade Invited to D.C., May Play One-on-One With Obama

flickr.com Obama has game, but can he beat MV3? When the president says he wants you to come over to play some hoops, you go. Especially if you're a gold-medal-winning NBA champion who comes from the same neighborhood in Chicago. Dwyane Wade will meet with Obama in Washington, ... More >>

New Perspective on How Obama Won Florida -- or not?

Obama at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise this fallFreshly arrived election data, suggests that Barack Obama's defeat of John McCain in Florida was not the product of an energized Democratic base:Updated election data shows that Florida Republicans actually turned out at a greater rate than Democr ... More >>

In Hallandale, National Review Writer Finds Liberals to Lampoon

Doesn't really look like Obama, but he smiles. And he's black(ish).After eight years of watching Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Michael Moore crack wise over the dunderheadedness of a Republican president, the arrival of a Democrat in the Oval Office means the Republican humorists get their turn.B ... More >>

Waste Reduction a Red-hot Political Trend

With Americans stressing about the economy, politicians at every level are either skimping on the usual luxuries that come with elected office, or pillorying their rivals for failing to do so. But mostly, they're trying to do both.The Obama administration, which staged a bargain basement inauguratio ... More >>

And Now, a Break From the Gloom and Doom in the South Florida Housing Market

Maybe the worst days of this region's housing crisis are finally behind us.A day after President Barack Obama outlined a plan to help as many as 9 million families avoid foreclosures comes news that the number of foreclosure filings in South Florida fell 12 percent in January.

Teflon Charlie Rules Lauderdale Stage

The big punchline in Washington D.C. these days is "bipartisanship." Barack Obama wants to be friends with Republicans but they don't want to be friends with him. Of course, it's all politics. The Republicans have nothing to gain from jumping on the Obama bandwagon and everything to gain if that wag ... More >>

Pembroke Pines Mayor Has Most Boring Stimulus Wish List Ever

Broward CountyOrtisWith its 150,000 population, Pembroke Pines stands to get a nice, fat slice of the $10-12 billion coming to Florida from the economic stimulus package Obama will sign into law today. How will Mayor Frank Ortis spend his Obama bills? Not on hookers nor cocaine. Not on a U2 performa ... More >>

Koala Overdose

The Australian bush fires that started on Saturday have racked up a devastating death toll, with 181 confirmed dead and it could total over 200. How does the world comfort itself? By oohing and ahhing over a rescued koala bear. Get outta the way, you un-cuddly human survivor with unsightly burn woun ... More >>

Wasserman Schultz Pushing for Delay in Digital TV Switch

Starting February 18, television signals are scheduled switch to digital, meaning that people with analog televisions (read: the elderly) who don't have converter boxes would lose their signal. But today the U.S. House of Representatives voted to push conversion back to June. President Obama is expe ... More >>

Morning Juice: Fear Broward's New Child Teacher, Fidel Succumbs to Internets

The president falls prey to the Vulcan mind meld. The newest teacher in Broward County schools is an 11-year-old child prodigy. Some might say that Adora Svitak is an inspiration to children everywhere because she has already taught college classes, appeared on CNN, published a book, taken over th ... More >>

Talking With Chuck D About Obama

Image via www.myspace.com/chuckdpublicenemyThere are few rap songs as important to modern culture as Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," a rallying cry against political indifference. Well, it's been 20 years since PE's frontman Chuck D helped scare the hell out of white America, and a black man now ... More >>

Obama's BFF (Best Florida Friend) Embroiled In Home Renovation Scandal

Sun-SentinelBroward County Mayor Stacy Ritter's involvement with a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme should finally wise Barack Obama up about his supporter, friend, and possible White House hire (that's the two of them pictured above at an Obama rally at the BankAtlantic Center la ... More >>

If There's a Conspiracy, Florida Journalist's in on It

No television cameras bore witness to President Barack Obama's second oath of office -- just a single photographer who snapped the shot above, of two people who vaguely resemble Obama and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, their right hands raised and looking all oath-y. Or... it really happe ... More >>

Local Artist = Celebrity BFF in D.C.

We first heard of Fort Lauderdale artist Ryan Paul Simmons in the fall, when he made a real cool painting of Barack Obama and offered it up to help the campaign in whatever way he could. He ended up participating in a Miami event where actors Matt Damon and Alicia Silverstone were urging voters to c ... More >>

Coral Ridge Surrenders; Jack Seiler Explains

The church that D. James Kennedy built is waving the white flag in the culture war -- just in time for Barack Obama's inauguration. By hiring 36-year-old Tullian Tchividjian -- Billy Graham's grandson -- Coral Ridge Presbyterian has all but surrendered its right-wing, homop ... More >>

Inauguration Update: Boobs Not Welcome in a Post-Bush World

This may come as a disappointment to all those Wag the Dog conspiracy theorists, but the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States was not a CGI stunt; it really happened, reports Juice Capitol Correspondent Deirdra Funcheon. She witnessed the ceremony firsthand, over t ... More >>

Fashionable Inauguration Parties Will Serve Barack O'buca Till You Puke-a

The view from my train, bound for the center of the political universeAfter trekking 21 hours by Amtrak from West Palm Beach to Washington DC.   -- along with  140 kids from a high school marching band and conductors who swore they had graduated from "Choo Choo U."  --  the ... More >>

My Inauguration Photo Album Full of Obama Droves, Celebrity Specks And Snipers

It is hard to overstate how crowded it was on the National Mall Sunday. I've been to New York City.  I've been to Disney World. I've been to Phish concerts. But to be one amongst nearly a million human bodies is oddly disconcerting. Especially because it seemed like a good thirty percent of tho ... More >>

On the List - XXXChange, VNDLSM, Little Louie Vega and Yo! Majesty

Should we be worrying, ya'll? Economy is going to shit. Let's hope Obama fixes things soon after he gives Bush the boot from the White House next week. Until then, there shall be more drinking and partying to forget we are on the verge of going broke.Here is what you'll want to check out this weeke ... More >>

A Change Will Do You Good

Celebrate the switch-off we've all been waiting for, today

Obama Is Three Syllables, Haiku Lovers

Morning Juice: Samaritans, Good And Bad, All on Same Sinking Ship

The big story today is that justice appears to have caught up to the driver of the truck that killed wheelchair-bound Kenneth Scotto Sunday night in Dania Beach. The Bad Samaritan's name is Hugo Daniel Detteren and this is the truck model.But fate was unkind to a Good Samaritan, too. Former Fort Lau ... More >>

T.G.I.2009

Let auld years be forgotten, tonight

Hey Barack: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

No to be contrary, but I'm not remotely bothered by the fact that the incoming president is a smoker. Or at least I'm not as concerned as Palm Beach Post columnist Rhonda Swan who today demanded that Obama "Quit Smoking, Period."This habit makes him human. The man who directed the most disciplined c ... More >>

Fear of the Queer: Blacks in Florida vote to oppress gays

How Do You Spell Relief? O-B-A-M-A

Barack Obama wins -- and So Does South Florida

It's a victory just to have an election pass without a local embarrassment

The Morning After

Throwback Tuesdays: Sam Cooke--"A Change is Gonna Come"

On the List - Election Day Edition

Early Election Results

South Florida maintenance man becomes Barack Obama impersonator