Obama Zombies: How the Obama Machine Brainwashed My Generation

  medical care distinguished from, 124-25

  and MTV election coverage, 160

  and Obama integrity, 17

  and Obama power grab, 17

  and personal responsibility, 115-16

  poll about, 52

  public negotiation about, 111

  regulation of, 43, 114, 122

  as right/entitlement, 115, 118-19, 121

  and Rock the Vote efforts, 154-55

  and "shared sacrifice," 113; and special interests, 111

  and Stewart-Obama interview, 182

  and taxes, 113, 122, 125

  and uninsured, 109-10, 155

  universal, 44, 116, 141, 155

  Health Care for America Now, 154

  Health Choices Administration, 123

  Health Choices Commissioner, 123-24

  Health Insurance Exchange, 123

  Heartland Institute, 114

  helping others, 201-2

  Heritage Foundation, 123

  Hill, Jonah, 29

  Hilton, Paris, 175, 180

  Hilton, Perez, 117

  Hip Hop Caucus, 58-59

  Hip-Hop Team Vote, 59

  Hoffman, Dustin, 29

  Hollywood: and climate change, 89, 101-2

  and deprogramming of Obama Zombies, 196

  importance to political campaigns of, 45-61

  and success as core tenet of conservatism, 60. See also celebrities; specific person

  "Hollywood Declares Themselves" (YouTube videos), 29-31

  Holmes, David, 102

  Holmes, T. J., 14-15

  Homecoming (MTV documentary), 164-65

  hope, 13, 23, 151, 152, 203

  Hot Air, 119

  housing: regulation of, 43

  Howett, Ciannat M., 96

  Hu, Kelly, 48

  Huffington Post, 13, 75, 120, 189

  Hughes, Chris, 31-33, 35, 43

  Hughes, Dudley J., 105-6

  Humphreys, Gabriel, 115

  "I got a crush on Obama" (song), 28

  immigrants: and economic and social justice, 141

  Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania): Obama speech at, 39

  Indiana University: Clinton rally at, 51-52

  individualism/individuals: and core principles of conservatives, 43, 60, 198

  and function of government, 204-5

  Internet as promoting, 43

  and message framing, 203, 204-5

  and moneymaking, 203

  Obama's comments about, 60

  rights of, 204-5

  and successful entertainers, 60. See also freedom; personal responsibility

  inflation, 132, 133

  Inhofe, Jim, 104

  International Energy Agency, 90

  Internet: importance to election campaigns of, 26, 27-29, 31-32, 35-36

  as promoting individualism, 43

  iPhones, 20, 43, 206

  iPods, 90

  Iran, 67, 68, 69, 81, 83

  Iraq War: celebrities comments about, 29

  Colbert's comments about, 187

  and elections of 2006, 185

  Hayes-Stewart comments about, 174-75

  as major issue in elections of 2008, 165

  and McCain as warmonger, 81

  and McCain-Stewart interview, 183-84

  and MTV interviews, 159-60, 163, 164

  Obama comments about, 72

  poll about trust of McCain versus Obama concerning, 64

  spending for, 146, 147

  young Americans having served in, 155

  Irvine, Martha, 52

  Islam: Obama's exaltation of, 74

  Islamic radicals, 73, 78

  Jablow, Jen, 191-92

  Jack Johnson Band, 58

  Jackson, Carissa, 166

  Jackson, Jesse, 5

  Jacoby, Susan, 190

  James, LeBron, 55-56

  Japan: post-World War II reconstruction of, 25-26

  Jay-Z, 14, 55-56, 59

  Jeter, Derek, 83

  Jobs, Steve, 22

  jobs, 22, 131-32, 133, 137-40, 145, 146, 199-200, 202

  Joe the Plumber, 50

  Joel, Billy, 55

  Johansson, Scarlett, 26, 49

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 146, 205, 207

  Johnson, Sasha, 4

  Jones, Emil, 16

  journalists: campaign contributions of, 11

  "fake," 192; female, 1-2

  MTV, 165-66

  as prostitutes, 3-7, 15, 17, 22

  Stewart's comments about, 179. See also specific person

  Justice Department, U.S., 4

  justice, economic and social, 140-43

  Kaiser Family Foundation, 125

  Kass, John, 15-16

  Kennedy, Edward "Ted," 32, 130

  Kennedy, John F., 12, 40, 49, 85

  Kennedy, Robert, 151

  Kerry, John, 32, 161, 177, 181

  Kiedis, Anthony, 47

  King, Martin Luther Jr., 56, 66, 157

  Kleeb, Jane Fleming, 154, 166

  Kleeb, Scott, 166

  Klein, Joe, 9

  Kolasa, Matthew, 192

  Kurtz, Howard, 179

  Kutcher, Ashton: video by, 45-48

  LaBoeuf, Shia, 29

  Larry King Live (CNN-TV), 153, 175

  "Last Chance for Change" concerts, 56

  Lauer, Matt, 172, 178

  Laws, Tirann, 165

  Lear, Norman, 28-31, 161

  Lee, Brian, 157

  Leibowitz, Jon. See Stewart, Jon

  Leno, Jay, 104

  liberals. See specific person or topic

  Limbaugh, Rush, 19, 81, 180

  Lincoln, Abraham, 49, 50, 73

  Live Earth concerts, 85, 86, 87, 102-3

  The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook (Rothschild), 85-89

  Lohan, Lindsay, 53

  London Daily Mail, 103

  London Sunday Telegraph, 188, 189

  Lopez, Joshua, 157

  Ludacris Band, 103

  Lumpkin, Beverley, 4

  Maddow, Rachel, 76

  Madoff, Bernie, 200

  Madonna, 48, 86, 103-4

  Maguire, Toby, 29, 45

  Malkin, Michelle, 206-7

  Malone, Kobutsu, 166

  Marxism, 141, 151, 181

  Matthews, Chris, 11-12, 19, 137

  Matthews, Dave, 49-51, 57

  Mayer, John, 58

  McCain, John: attack ads of, 38

  and Ayers issue, 65

  biographical background of, 64

  campaign contributions for, 22

  and climate change, 108, 161

  and deprogramming of Obama Zombies, 187, 195-96, 197

  and economic and social justice, 141

  and economy, 157

  foreign policy experience of, 63

  and gender wage gap, 133

  and Iraq War, 159-60, 183-84

  journalists' views of, 6, 10

  as maverick, 197

  media coverage of, 10

  and message framing, 203

  as military man, 63, 64, 159-60

  MTV coverage of, 158, 160-61

  and Palin candidacy, 7, 53, 54, 170

  as POW, 6, 7, 64

  reaching out to young voters by, 108

  Republican National Convention acceptance speech of, 158, 159

  salaries of female staffers of, 136

  Stewart's comments about, 170, 171, 178

  Stewart's interviews with, 183-85

  and taxes, 159

  text messaging by, 41

  use of online tools by, 26-28, 36, 39, 42

  as warmonger, 80-81

  McLaughlin, Andrew, 21

  McLeod, Jaime, 166

  media: and climate change, 89

  and deprogramming of Obama Zombies, 196

  "drive-by," 19

  and health care, 111, 117

  and media titans, 19-22

  as Obama supporters, 1-23

  White House credentials for, 3

  you
th-targeted, 99-104. See also journalists; specific person or organization

  Media Matters, 171

  Medicaid, 121, 122

  Medicare, 121, 122

  Medill News Service, 58

  Mellencamp, John, 49

  Mendes, Eva, 100

  message framing, 203-5

  Microsoft, 19-20

  microtargeting, 34, 41

  Middlebury College, 96

  Milano, Alyssa, 45

  militarism, 67-68

  military: and benefits of American power, 82-83

  and core principles of conservatives, 197

  criticisms of, 81-83

  distrust of, 82

  diversity in, 158

  expansion of, 81

  liberals versus conservatives in, 81

  and McCain-Stewart interview, 183-85

  need for, 83

  number of youth having served in, 155

  military (cont.) and patriotism, 157-58. See also Afghanistan; Iraq War; veterans

  minimum wages, 29, 129-33

  Miss California, 76

  Mitchell, Greg, 189

  moneymaking, 200-203

  Moore, Demi: video by, 45-48

  Moore, Michael, 166, 175, 207

  Moore, Timothy, 57

  morality, 76-77, 78-79, 121

  Morrissey, Ed, 119-20

  MoveOn.org, 154, 190

  Moyers, Bill, 30

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Obama compared with, 12

  MSNBC, 6, 11, 18, 57, 161, 179

  MTV: and climate change, 89

  election coverage by, 156-67

  presidential forums of, 160-61

  Trippin' series of, 99-101. See also MTV/MySpace forum; Rock the Vote program

  MTV/MySpace presidential forum, 68, 70-71

  multiculturalism, 71, 150, 151

  Murphy, Cait, 134-35

  Murs (rapper), 155

  musicians, 57, 89. See also specific musician

  Muslims: American, 77

  Obama's apologies to, 73-74

  MyBO (my.barackobama.com), 32, 33-34, 36-37, 42, 206

  Nader, Ralph, 161

  National Security Council, 7-8

  National Association of Colleges and Employers, 135

  National Council of La Raza, 154

  National Guard, 81

  nationalization, 17

  Native Americans: Obama's apologies about, 73

  natural gas, 98

  NBC, 11, 102-3, 172, 207. See also MSNBC; specific person

  Neighbor-to-Neighbor (online calling-and-canvassing tool), 33-34

  neology, 17

  Neumark, David, 132

  New American Foundation, 20

  New Jersey: health care in, 112

  New York: health care in, 111-12

  New York Observer, 11-12

  New York Times: Ayers comment to, 66

  and climate change, 100, 102, 103, 104-5

  Cowan comments about Obama to, 9

  health care story in, 117

  Homecoming documentary story in, 164, 165

  on Hughes' social networks site for Obama, 32-33

  on Lear, 30

  Obama story on militarism and nuclear disarmament in, 67

  and Obama's use of online campaign techniques, 42

  and Roby garbage gift, 91, 92

  at Stewart breakfast, 179

  Stewart profile in, 172-73

  and Stewart's partisanship, 185

  and "Trayless Tuesday" campaigns, 94-95

  New York University, 98

  New Yorker magazine, 173

  Newsweek magazine, 5-6, 8, 92, 173

  Nine Inch Nails (band), 58

  Norman, Christina, 162, 163

  Norman, Noah, 13

  North Korea, 67, 69, 83

  Northeastern University: Stewart performance at, 169-70

  Northwestern University: Obama speech at, 116

  Novak, Robert D., 172

  nuclear power, 98

  nuclear weapons, 67-68, 69

  Omagazine, 57

  O-phone, 41-42

  Obama, Barack Hussein Jr.: as apologizer, 69, 72-73

  college years of, 15, 67, 141, 153

  at Columbia University, 67

  Democratic Convention acceptance speech of, 140-41, 156, 157-58

  energy of, 9

  experience of, 7-8, 49-50, 63, 199

  as hip president, 13-15

  image of, 11-15

  as inspiring, 13, 51, 183, 198

  op-ed writings of, 67, 70

  physical fitness of, 10

  as reformer, 16

  salaries of female staffers of, 136

  swearing-in party of, 21. See also specific person or topic

  Obama Girl, 28, 31, 196

  Obama, Michelle, 141, 158, 201

  Obama Zombies: deprogramming of, 195-207

  and fading of ObamaMania, 196. See also specific person, organization, or topic

  ObamaCare, 122, 123, 124

  Occidental College: left domination of, 150

  Office of National Drug Control Policy, U.S., 4

  Office of Science and Technology, White House, 5

  Ohio: Crow PSAs in, 151-52

  Jay-Z concerts in, 56

  Obama (Michelle) campaign in, 201

  Obama web operation in, 33, 34

  Ohio State University: Springsteen concert at, 55

  oil, 20, 139-40

  Olbermann, Keith, 76-77

  ONE campaign, 152

  O'Neill, June, 134

  O'Neill, Tip, 12

  "Only You Can Silence Yourself" video campaign, 31

  Oprah (TV show): Obama on, 33

  O'Reilly, Bill, 180, 188, 189, 191

  O'Rourke, P. J., 202

  Ortega, Daniel, 75

  Oxtoby, David W., 99

  Page, Clarence, 2-3

  Page, Larry, 21

  Palin, Sarah, 7, 38, 53-54, 55, 137, 159, 166-67, 170, 171

  Parks, Rosa, 56

  patriotism, 77, 141, 157

  Peace Corps, 203

  peace studies, 78-80

  Pearl, Daniel, 71

  Pearl Jam (band), 58

  peer pressure, 34

  Pelosi, Nancy, 156

  Pennsylvania: Springsteen concert in, 55

  Pentagon: bombings of, 66, 79

  People for the American Way, 30