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TROUBLEMAKER
Let’s Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again
Page 1: Book subject; http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,2035036,00.html
Page 3: Study published by Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism, "Michael Calderone writes that Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has discovered that in the past few months, O’Donnell 'vaulted from zero national name recognition to garnering more coverage than any other 2010 candidate'—even though she’s declined to make many appearances in the national media." Mediaite.com, 11/2/10 http://www.journalism.org/numbers_report/midterms’_media_mainstays
http://www.journalism.org/index_report/pej_news_index_report_0
Page 4: ‘Troublemaker’ title; http://www.politico.com/static/PPM176_101027_time_cover.html & http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2028074-1,00.html
Page 7: Ruling Elite; http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/30/americas-quiet-anger
Page 9: Every American child born today already owes over $200,000; http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/08/the-economy-hits-home-e...
Page 10: Non-military federal workers; http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/overpaid-federal-workers
Page 18: “dabbling”; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dabbling & http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870379410457554608085282628... & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SppaBzzKoVQ & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27z-8IfUcmc
Page 18: Politically Incorrect regular; http://www.examiner.com/howard-stern-in-national/christine-o-donnell-wit...
Page 24: Kathleen Carroll - Charles Carroll; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carroll_of_Carrollton & http://www.chcweb.com/catalog/files/threecatholicgrandsons.pdf
Page 33: Pope John Paul II Encyclical; http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/h...
Page 39: Coons brought New Castle County to the brink of bankruptcy; http://deconservative.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-report-new-castle-county-... & http://deconservative.blogspot.com/2011/01/recently-news-journal-broke-s...
Page 40: Turn Rove into a supporter clip; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVIYn41w0Qc&NR=1 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SppaBzzKoVQ
Page 43: Reagan’s “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”; http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jun/11/20070611-121708-9655r/
Page 48: Bozo the Clown; http://articles.philly.com/2010-10-08/news/24978738_1_larry-harmon-senat...
Page 58: Child-run lemonade stands shut down; http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/07/sf_cops_lemonade_stand.php
Page 65: William Penn statue; http://wikimapia.org/8151630/William-Penn-statue
Page 66: Saturday Night Live, Kristen Wigg; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex_WbDgSIlA&NR=1
Page 79: Human Life International; www.coalitionforlife.com/documents/Alcorn%20TOC.doc
Page 81: Press; http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/from-affleck-to-al-franken-ho...
Page 84: The New York Times leak; http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/odonnell-ad-confronts-repo...
Page 89: Rebecca Hagelin; http://www.rebeccahagelen.com/
Page 90: Fairleigh Dickinson University; Note: FDU graduation picture between Pages 150 & 151 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ntdvLbYTs & http://video.foxnews.com/v/4329729/can-republicans-embrace-the-tea-party
Page 92: Haley Barbour, RNC; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haley_Barbour
Page 95: Rising Tide; http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-11-20/features/9511200204_1_gop-...
Page 95: Press Secretary, CWA; http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-christine-odonnell-pi...
Page 96: MTV audience; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6XEg4UL-q8
Page 97: Al Franken; Note: Picture of Al Franken between Pages 150 & 151 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIYQf8GkWR8
Page 98: MTV, Sex in the 90’s; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6XEg4UL-q8
Page 100: Jimmy Kimmel Live, Coons “pro-masturbation” candidate; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/17/kimmel-chris-coons-masturbation...
Page 105: Syringomyelia; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002373/
Page 107: Patti Simpson; http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/3388921-418/tea-politics-party-cunni...
Page 108: Saturday Night Live parody; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex_WbDgSIlA&NR=1
Page 112: Phoenix Institute, Oxford professors; http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/10/christine-odonne...
Page 115: Fellowship; http://www.claremont.org/projects/pageID.299/default.asp
Page 130: Auto Tune of ad; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44mqiBrB0zI
Page 138: Icon Productions The Passion of the Christ; http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2010/10/christine-odonnell-and-the-...
Page 142: The Passion of the Christ; http://highest-grossing-movies.findthebest.com/question/48/763/How-much-...
Page 142: Chuck Holton; http://www.livefire.us/?page_id=301
Page 146: Honor Killing/Honor Crime; http://www.stophonourkillings.com/
Page 149: Father John Bartunek; http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2005/03/24/passion/
Page 149: Natalia Tsarkova; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1406704/posts
Page 150: World Education & Development Fund; http://j.worldfund.org/assets/files/WEDFPR2906.PDF
Troublemaker Pictures (between Pages 150 & 151)
5th Page: Comedian turned U.S. Senator Al Franken and me during a 1998 episode of ‘Politically Incorrect’. Backstage he told my sister and me that I was the girl you “hate to love.” Pun intended. He got over that, because by 2010 he dutifully campaigned against me for the man Harry Reid called his “pet.” http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/119017-reid-coons-qmy-p... & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeYumGeWZp8 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWPjo657drA & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSzjPaaN94Y&NR=1 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jepw3W00g04
12th Page: CNN debate at University of Delaware, 2010… At this point, he [Coons] had no fewer than five public positions [on tax increases]; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by-APp5XYHs & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNhbPfbwPo & http://debate.christine2010.com/
Page 150: Wilmington Rotary Club debate; http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/can-t-take-their-eyes-her_5... & http://debate.christine2010.com/
Page 151: Priscilla Rakestraw, party never support a pro-life candidate for statewide office; http://www.gop.com/2008Platform/Values.htm & http://delawarenewscenter.com/?p=250 & http://www.examiner.com/elections-2010-in-wilmington/mike-castle-write-c...
Page 157: Alaska Senate race; http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/04/murkowski.write.in/index.html
Page 157: 2006 grassroots results; http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2006/2006senate.pdf & http://electionsncc.delaware.gov/2006g/2006_all_offices.shtml [curious how DE BoE doesn’t have COD?]
Page 163: Life for Lauren; http://topics.dallasnews.com/article/00Js7Eubc2fj7
Page 166: Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed; http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/movies/reviews/2008/expelled.html & http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sciam-reviews-expelled
Page 170: Darfur Op-Ed; DARFUR RHETORIC JUST DOESN’T MAKE MILITARY SENSE, The News Journal, Wilmington DE, by Christine O’Donnell, June 9, 2007, Page A-9
Page 171: IRS Audit; https://christinepac.com/Christine-Counters/
Page 172: 2008 Grassroots race; http://www.younggunscoalition.com/liberty-cavalier/christine-odonnell-ev...
Page 173: Biden spent $4,900,000; http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/06/biden-donor...
Page 173: Obama taps Biden; http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/08/obama_taps_biden_to_be_r...
Page 175: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour; Barbour Letter
Page 176: 2008 polls showing that we were closing the gap; http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/members/2008/DEPoll.htm & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware,_...
Page 177: Biden’s over forty-fold+ fundraising advantage [not including VP coattails]; http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/06/biden-donor...
Page 178: Most number of votes against Biden in a DE election; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
Page 182: Biden did not officially resign his Senate seat until after he’d been sworn in for his seventh term on January 6, 2009; http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2008/12/why-hasnt-joe-b.html & http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/01/09/4434201-biden-to-resign-...
Page 186: Rasmussen Poll, Fall 2009; http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/electi...
Page 187: King RINO Castle; http://logisticsmonster.com/2010/07/23/christine-odonnell-20000-votes-wi... & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOw3wPGyKd8
Page 189: Op-Ed on the NY-23rd Congressional District race; WHIGGED OUT REPUBLICANS, Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia, PA by Christine O’Donnell, November 6, 2009
Page 190: Joanne Herring; http://www.observer.com/2008/houston-socialite-commie-hater-joanne-herri...
Page 191: Raza Bokhari; http://www.razabokhari.com/Raza-Bokhari-bio.php
Page 192: Mitt Romney; http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/15/5115722-romney-backs-odo...
Page 193: David Hust; http://www.davidhust.com
Page 194: Beau Biden had announced he would not run for the U.S. Senate for allowing a botched pedophile prosecution case as the DE AG; http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/beau-biden-not-running-for-se... & http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/crime&id=7186139
Page 195: But Mike Castle had voted with Democrats well over fifty percent of the time on major initiatives; http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2010/09/13/the-truth-about-mike-castl... & http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/245790/just-what-mike-castle...
Page 196: Pete du Pont; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_S._du_Pont_IV
Page 196: Bill Roth; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_V._Roth,_Jr.
Page 197: Rove’s vicious attack; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VXmCMv18iQ & http://michellemalkin.com/2010/09/14/rove-bashes-odonnell-odonnell-suppo...
Page 197: Rove & Amnesty; http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20003631-503544.html & http://www.alipac.us/article763.html
Page 197: Rove/GOP loss of Congress, 2006; http://midtermmadness.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/roves-losing-strategy/
Page 198: Rove’s Delaware meddling; http://www.breitbart.tv/rove-privately-asked-de-tea-party-to-back-castle/ & http://spectator.org/archives/2010/09/15/this-changes-everything
Page 199: House sold; https://christinepac.com/christine-counters/ & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ntdvLbYTs
Page 200: March, 2010 campaign announcement; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzuY7IUK8C4
Page 201: Tax Lien computer error; http://video.foxnews.com/v/4329729/can-republicans-embrace-the-tea-party
Page 202: Karl Rove attacks; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWwXJ2PQ9g8
Page 203: Delaware Republican Party attacks; http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=11546645 & http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2587987/posts & http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2010/09/03/christine_o_donnell_mike_ca... & http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/246632/toss-ross-robert-costa# & http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870372000457547806200203559...
Page 204: Bill Maher on Larry King Live; http://www.mediaite.com/online/bill-maher-larry-king-live-obama-tea-party/
Page 204: CNN calls race; http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/14/odonnell-wins-in-delaware/
Page 206: Bill Maher, HBO; http://videoshare.politico.com/singletitlevideo.php?bcpid=19407224001&bc...
Page 207: HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher; http://lybio.net/william-bill-maher-jr-christine-odonnell-i-dabbled-into...
Page 208: Castle’s Disclose Act=a grassroots gag order; http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll391.xml & http://www.redstate.com/haystack/2010/06/23/castles-wet-finger-doesnt-li...
Page 208: The Mark Levin Show, June, 2010; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtZIgXy75H8
Page 210: In Delaware it takes fewer votes to win a U.S. Senate primary than it does many county council general elections; http://elections.delaware.gov/services/candidate/regtotals.shtml & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_populous_counties_in_the_U...
Page 210: The Mark Levin Show appearance donations; http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37724&page=1&viewID=1470867 & http://tunein.com/radio/options/Mark-Levin-Show-p30095/
Page 211: Rasmussen Poll, July 2010; http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/electi...
Page 211: Death Tax; http://www.heritage.org/issues/taxes/death-taxes
Page 213: According to the IRS, “The purpose of this tax (death tax) is to raise revenue and redistribute wealth in order to prevent the concentration of wealth.”; http://www.house.gov/jec/fiscal/tx-grwth/estattax/estattax.htm
Page 214: Until late in the primary campaign most news coverage concerned only Castle & Coons; http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/17/democrat-chris-coons-narrows-mik... & http://slavenssays.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/chris-coons-vs-mike-castle/
Page 217: Jeffrey Lord; http://spectator.org/archives/2010/09/10/the-ruling-class-hits-christin/
Page 219: Palin rock star on the Tea Party circuit; http://www.twitvid.com/25KXW
Page 221: There are only three counties in the state (of Delaware), and in just about two hours you could drive through them all; http://delaware.gov/facts/geo.shtml
Page 222: Kirby & Holloway Family Restaurant; http://www.kirbyandhollowayfamilyrestaurant.com/Kirbys/Kirby_%26_Hollowa...
Page 223: Neil King Jr. of The Wall Street Journal; http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/09/03/delawares-odonnell-stop-thug-po...
Page 223: It (text message while at Kirby & Holloway’s) said, Gov. Palin just endorsed you on Sean Hannity’s radio show; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKnypMDz9rk & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ8SOI7W8yw
Page 224: As a matter of fact, in a Fox News interview with Carl Cameron, Mike Castle thought he was dismissing my candidacy by saying, “ She’s got no money; she’s never held office … all she has is her principles.”; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4iqC8zDmE & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ntdvLbYTs
Page 225: The Tea Party Express; http://www.teapartyexpress.org/ & http://video.foxnews.com/v/4329729/can-republicans-embrace-the-tea-party & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB-upHOExs8
Page 225: Tom Ross and the Delaware GOP ended up filing a complaint against our campaign and against the Tea Party Express for illegal coordination; http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/09/delaware-gop-calls-t... & http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/119925-election-complai...
(ref. Tom Ross and Delaware GOP complaint) The complaint was dismissed almost nine months after election day; http://campaigntrailreport.com/2011/06/03/christine-odonnell-vs-politics... & http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56122.html
Page 228: Cornyn’s Counsel; http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18261.html
Page 231: Signs saying, “Farmers for O’Donnell” & “Honk if You Support O’Donnell”; http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=138122276236707
Page 235: O’Donnell 53, Castle 47; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j4K-Mz4oww
Page 236: Elks Lodge victory party; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00yYVIyB0NM
Page 237: Newsweek cover; http://www.mediaite.com/online/newsweek-cover-story-explores-the-mama-gr...
Page 238: Time cover; http://www.politico.com/static/PPM176_101027_time_cover.html
Page 240: Mike Castle wasn’t the most gracious loser. All along he and Karl Rove had given voice to working for the good of the party; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTGRhTP5dU
Page 241: Obama calls Castle after defeat: http://michellemalkin.com/2010/09/15/hmmm-what-did-mike-castle-talk-abou... & http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/17/obama-calls-mike-castle-a_n_721...
Page 241: Romney; http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/15/5115722-romney-backs-odo...
Page 241: Good Morning America, The Today Show, Fox & Friends; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpZ5JZD0Y_Y & http://foxnewsinsider.com/2010/09/15/video-christine-o%E2%80%99donnell-o... & http://www.mofopolitics.com/2010/09/15/christine-odonnell-on-today-show-...
Page 242: An foreign reporter introduced the phrase “the second American Revolution” to the O’Donnell campaign; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1312405/TEA-PARTY-poll-breakthro...
Page 242: After historic primary win, Rove attacks on Hannity; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpZ5JZD0Y_Y & http://spectator.org/blog/2010/09/14/rove-attack-nrsc-refusal-will
Page 243: Hannity TV appearance; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP3auxZdNNw & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7YLpY6gxjg
Page 246: Three days after the primary, Castle finally calls to congratulate; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTGRhTP5dU & http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/category/mike-castle/ & http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/13/5102646-castle-if-odonne...
Page 246: Tom Ross slander; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870372000457547806200203559... & http://mobile.salon.com/news/feature/2010/09/02/us_delaware_senate/index...
Page 246: Tom Ross abused GOP funds and authority in setting up “robo-calls” before the primary; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhptWcS5CQw
Page 247: DE GOP trackers; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDCSn3TH2i4
Page 249: According to exit polls, the independent vote in the general election was fairly split between my Democratic opponent and me; http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/02/exit-polls-the-surprise-...
Page 251: University of Delaware/CNN Debate; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrqZL6s9YZ4 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6dFsHkJB4Q & http://www.wgmd.com/?p=11232 & http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/politics&id=7682579
Page 252: Castle-DeGette Bill; http://degette.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95...
Page 253: National Geographic; http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1214_051214_stem_cell.html
* 2013 Update, NBC News; http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_
Page 253: Associated Press & MSNBC; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10441350/ns/health-cloning_and_stem_cells/t/... & http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7681252/ns/health-cloning_and_stem_cells/t/s...
Page 253: Somatic cell nuclear transfer; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbZiOiPVG6c & http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/s/somatic_cell_nuclear_transfer.htm
Page 253: Approximately two-thirds of the world’s Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware; http://www.corp.delaware.gov/aboutagency.shtml
Page 254: Delaware Family Policy Council; http://www.delawarefamilies.org/
Page 255: SB5 & Rose and a Prayer; http://www.aroseandaprayer.org/ & http://lifesablessing.org/Pro-Life_Legislation.htm
pAGE 255: The O’Reilly Factor, November 2007; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXvV11-Xwpw
Page 256: Obama whoppers; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4gFdKuMYL8 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4-AKcH3eC8 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2sp_YLUgs & http://www.therightscoop.com/mark-levin-proves-obama-the-dumbest-man-run... & 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_AAMa_X2dM&NR=1
Page 256: Biden gaffes; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWlSX9TT2eo & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t156wKFs3g
Page 256: Coons’ campaign ad; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXvV11-Xwpw&feature=related & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSzjPaaN94Y&NR=1
Page 256: Rasmussen Poll, July 2010; http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/electi...
Page 257: Ronald Reagan’s “Eleventh Commandment”; http://www.floridapoliticalpress.com/2011/07/06/ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-...
Page 257: Post-Election Appearance on The O’Reilly Factor; http://www.mediaite.com/tv/christine-odonnell-slams-delaware-gop-on-orei... & http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/transcript/christine-o039donnell-e...
Page 263: First Amendment folly by Coons; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdOpo-pNhWc&NR=1 & http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/46921/ & http://spectator.org/blog/2010/10/19/odonnell-right-about-eparatio & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFcF2me6z2A & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh1ovuPO0M0
Page 266: Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association; http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=39596
Page 271: Poland, 2010; http://www.poloniaxxi.com/2010/01/christine-odonnell-trip-to-poland-and....
Page 272: Sex Trafficking; http://www.traffickingproject.org/2009/01/usdoj-releases-trafficking-vic...
Page 273: Humanae Vitae; http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_...
Page 280: Obama’s Chairman Mao Christmas tree ornament; http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/23/white-house-christmas-decor-f... & http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/12/the-great-christm...
Page 281: Oldest consistent representative democracy in the world; http://australianpolitics.com/usa/overview/ & http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,,-80426,00.html
Page 283: “We win; they lose.”; http://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-digest/article/7398 & http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/06/how_about_this_president_obama.html
Page 284: “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history…”; http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/congress.htm & http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/66drf5re9780252069819.html
Page 285: “We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves…”; http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/congress.htm
Page 292: The Constitution framers created the concept we now call Federalism; http://www.constitution.org/constitutionalism.htm & http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/constitutionalism/http://plato.stanfor... & http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/06/AR201101...
Page 296: Sebelius had it exactly 180 degrees wrong; http://www.1-love-quotes.com/quote/955400
Page 308: Jindal’s actions in response to The Gulf oil spill; http://www.therightscoop.com/bobby-jindal-gives-most-blistering-comprehe... & http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/08/bobby-jindal-gulf-oil-spill_n_6...
Page 309: It took the President over a week to even declare an emergency or visit the Gulf region; http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/28/obamas-oil-spill-response-on-top... & http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/bp-oil-spill-political-headache-obama...
Page 309: Obama vulgarity he dutifully “emoted” after being chastised by Hollywood director Spike Lee; http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/23/spike-lee-blasts-preside... & http://articles.cnn.com/2010-06-02/politics/obama.oil.spill.tone_1_oil-s...
Oval Office address… bullying America into a national energy tax; http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/15/obamas-pitch-energy-speech-gu...
Page 310: The housing bubble started with Democratic policies forcing banks to make bad loans; http://usactionnews.com/2011/01/democrats-cover-up-government-fault-in-f... & http://issuepedia.org/Bill_Clinton_helped_cause_the_2008_mortgage_crisis & http://omnia21.com/cgi-bin/mt4/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&tag=DEMOCRATIC%20...
Page 310: Some Republican lawmakers earnestly tried to seek Fannie and Freddie reform; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM & http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123137220550562585.html
Page 311: When either party establishes pro-growth policies, recessions are short and minimally damaging; http://www.house.gov/jec/growth/longterm/longterm.htm & http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitextlo/ess_nixongol... & http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/aug-15-1971-nixons-economic-policy-...
Page 313: NIH plan to spend $2.5 million of that stimulus money to teach prostitutes in China how to drink responsibly; http://www.cnsnews.com/node/47976
Page 314: Obama sues Arizona in federal court for trying to help ICE enforce the border; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzDlN7VLmXQ & http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39413.html & http://www.sfexaminer.com/politics/white-house/obama-sues-arizona-over-i... & http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2011/0510/Immigrat...
Page 314: Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address included this nugget: “Because you deserve to know exactly how and where your tax dollars are being spent, you’ll be able to go to a Web site and get that information for the very first time in history.” Actually, the very first time that happened in history was in 2006, when the Coburn-Obama Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act was signed by President Bush and implemented shortly thereafter in the form of the groundbreaking new Web site; http://www.usaspending.gov
Page 315: In 2008 Obama claimed to oppose the Iraq War and the successful surge; http://www.nhpr.org/node/13507 & http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/07/14/2008-07-14_barack_ob...
Page 316: Obama pro-surge in Iraq; http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/70787-petraeus-says-obama-tol... & http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26550764/ns/politics-decision_08/t/iraqi-sur...
Page 316: Obama flip-flops on Guantanamo Bay; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXZoM__vU0 & http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/04/25/obama_guantanamo_... & http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/261792/obamas-gitmo-doubletalk-ed...
Individual mandate waffle; http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/opinion/04krugman.html & http://sandrarose.com/2010/07/obama-administration-now-defends-obamacare...
Page 317: Presidential promise for plug-ins; http://www.good.is/post/presidential-plug-in-promise-is-broken/
Page 317: Peace Corps/after school promises broken; http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/push-for-peace-corps/2010/10/31/president... & http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/221/do... & http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20tue4.html & http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/subjects/educa...
Page 317: NASA promises broken; http://biggovernment.com/rlaurie/2011/01/27/obamas-true-sputnik-moment-r... & http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/subjects/space/ & http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/02/01/obamas-nasa-budget-...
Page 318: Promised to put the health care meetings and debate on C-SPAN. He didn’t; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Api4fUziAnI & http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/05/c-span-challenges-congress-op...
Page 318: Promised to include Republican ideas. He didn’t; http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/02/obama-says-hell-include-gop-ideas-...
Page 318: Promised to allow five days of public comment before signing bills; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-05TLiiLU & http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/peter-roff/2010/03/09/pelosi-pass-he...
Page 318: Promised that you could keep your insurance plan if you liked it. But the bill allows employers (through whom most Americans have coverage) to dump all their employees into the government insurance market; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1TO-ORIs7khttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v... & http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230443230457637125218140160... & http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/you_re_losing_your_p... & http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/jborowski/unintended-consequences-of-ob...
Page 318: Provided more than two thousand exemptions from the law; http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/01/unions-... & http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/04/03/3-million-and-counting-exem...
Page 318: Falsely promised that the bill would lower the deficit; http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/01/medicare_chief_actuary_confi... & http://scaredmonkeys.com/2011/01/26/chief-medicare-actuary-richard-foste... & http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/30/blase-obamacare-has-clas...
Page 318: Promised that insurance premiums would go down. They have gone up dramatically; http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/09/obamacare-increases-hea... & http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/08/16/bradley-blakeman-obamacare-blu... & http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_720358.html
Page 318: He promised (in writing, in an executive order!) that abortions would not be funded by taxpayers under the law. Now exposed in painstaking legal detail exactly how taxpayer-funded abortions will be dramatically expanded and even mandated under the law; http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/13/obamacare-abortions-on-tap/ & http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/4065-obamacare-abortion...
Page 318: ObamaCare tax for not purchasing health insurance; http://healthcarelawsuits.org/blog/detail.php?c=2390085&t=%22Not-a-Tax%2... & http://www.nationalreview.com/critical-condition/248846/ten-tax-increase... & http://sandrarose.com/2010/07/obama-administration-now-defends-obamacare...
Page 319: Mishandled democratic uprising in Iran; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-GsNH6Zc6U & http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_013111/content/01125110.gues... & http://americaintheworld.typepad.com/home/2011/03/when-freedom-was-at-st...
Page 320: Failed to support Israel’s defense of its borders when challenged by Gaza blockade runners; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37482341/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/ga... & http://israelinsider.net/profiles/blogs/obama-abandoning-support-for
Page 322: Clinton tried to warn us that Obama wasn’t ready for the grave phone call at three A.M., she was right; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yr7odFUARg
Page 322: When Biden told us that Obama wasn’t ready and would require “on-the-job” training,” he was right; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAaLEJwkh9c
Page 322: When Obama himself protested in 2006 that he wasn’t going to run for president because that job required more experience than he had, he was right; http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/09/13/2004-flashback-oba...
Page 326: Freedom is a light for which many me have died in darkness; http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier.htm & http://www.ushistory.org/tour/washington-square.htm
Page 330: Just as our Founders had Committees of Correspondence leading up to the American Revolution, we should do the same in this Second American Revolution; http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h675.html & http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/coc.htm
Page 331: Letters to the Editor page; http://people.howstuffworks.com/newspaper3.htm
Page 334: Rick Green; http://www.rickgreen.com/
Page 335: Torch of Freedom Foundation, Heritage Alliance, and other organizations offer educational resources; http://www.torchoffreedom.org/ & http://www.heritagealliancepac.com/
Page 338: Nathanael Greene; http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/greene.html
Page 339: Rise above smears; http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2010/09/17/bts.values.voters.o... & http://michellemalkin.com/2010/10/28/the-gawker-smear-machine-a-refreshe... & http://voices.washingtonpost.com/compost/2010/10/but_gawker_i_too_had_a_...
Page 340: Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington (CREW) attacks; http://www.citizensforethics.org/blog/entry/crew-calls-for-criminal-inve... & https://christinepac.com/news/2011-05-22/odonnell-fec-complaint-dismissed & christinepac.com/CREW
Page 341: Their complaint relies on the false affidavit of one man, David Keegan; http://www.delawarenewscenter.com/KeeganAudioClips.html Abbott Letter to AG Biden
Page 341: According to CREW’s own fund-raising emails, the purpose of their actions was to stop me from getting elected; http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2010/09/17/cbs-dishonestly-...
Page 341: Because CREW needed a Delaware citizen to officially file the FEC complaint, their executive director, Melanie Sloan (a former Biden staffer) turned to her father, who just so happens to have been a major donor to both Joe Biden and Tom Carper’s U.S. Senate campaigns; http://freedomist.com/2011/01/breaking-exclusive-crew-director-uses-own-...
Page 342: CREW’s gone after Republicans for (alleged) influence peddling, but never raised any questions about Vice President Biden, whose son raked in huge consulting fees while his father peddled legislation that directly benefited his son’s lobbying clients; http://michellemalkin.com/2011/02/09/culture-of-corruption-whos-policing... & http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/17/election-watchdogs-fine-biden... & http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/109389-biden-to-p...
Page 343: There is reason to believe that Melanie Sloan and CREW were well aware that their complaint was supported by a false affidavit. Keegan even suggested as much to a reporter in 2011; http://www.delawarenewscenter.com/KeeganAudioClips.html
Page 343: Fewer women are running for office because of the nasty process; http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/fewer-women-running-for-of... CREW Investigation Letter