impotence of, 163–64
inauguration of, xiv, 107, 110, 138, 179–80, 182–83, 198, 211, 305, 323
internationalism of, xvi, xix, 1–6, 12–16, 20, 22–24, 26, 28, 31, 33, 41, 65, 83, 156–57, 171–76, 198, 220, 226, 317, 321, 328–29
Joker poster of, 238–39, 242
leftist associates and policies of, 59–62, 67, 181, 242, 301
media takeover of, 237–38
middle name of, 47–49
myopia of, 168–69
Nobel Peace Prize of, 11, 22, 174–75, 200, 288, 293, 322
personality cult of, 279–81, 287–88
physical appearance of, xvi, 55, 60
popularity of, xviii, 73–76, 79, 97, 104–7, 208–9
presidential campaign of, xviii, 1, 14, 35, 39–42, 47–48, 50–52, 54–56, 60, 66–68, 72, 75–77, 79, 81, 84–92, 96, 102–3, 105–7, 115–16, 161, 167, 176, 183, 221, 236–37, 246–49, 266, 278, 282–84, 287, 290, 304, 306, 309
on race and racism, 24, 41, 59–60, 66–68, 216, 232, 238–39, 241–42
radicalism of, xvii–xviii
secrecy of, 265–66
Obama, Barack Hussein, Sr., xiii, 36, 38, 49, 51–52, 55, 57, 69, 195, 265, 281
Obama, Michelle, 55, 77, 249
Obama, Sarah Hussein, 55–56
Obama, Syed, 55
Odinga, Raila, xiii, 68–72
Office of the United States Special Representative to Muslim Communities, 9
oil, 19, 39, 69, 162–63, 312–13, 318
On Rumors (Sunstein), 253
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), 33, 129, 132
and free speech, 3, 7–11, 44–46, 260–61
and Obama’s Islamic policy, 125, 185–86, 190
Organizing for America (OFA), 96–98, 282–83
Ornament of the World, The (Menocal), 188
Pakistan, Pakistanis, 3, 30, 42, 46–47, 55, 101, 169–71, 212
free speech and, 7
Muslim population of, 207
Obama on, xi, 57–58, 169, 180, 198, 220
Taliban in, 170–71, 182
terrorism and, 218
Palestine, Palestinians, 80–92, 107, 125–31, 152, 215, 222
anti-Semitism and, 76–78, 82, 114
and comparisons between Israel and Nazis, 97–98
Hamas television and, 120
image of U.S. among, 120–21
Israeli Gazan operations and, 94, 100
Israeli roadblocks and, 128
military training for, 114–15
Obama’s Israeli policy and, 74–75, 81, 84–85, 89–91, 99–106, 112–18, 121, 126–27, 130–31, 198–99, 209
Obama’s presidential campaign and, 86–87
self-hating Jews and, 122–23
terrorism and, 67, 83–85, 88, 90, 95, 99, 105, 116, 118, 131, 187–88, 196
and war-crimes charges against Israel, 128–29
Palin, Sarah, 243, 248, 273–78, 328
energy policy and, 312, 317, 323–24
on health care, 274–78
Obama’s socialism and, 274–77
trying 9/11 masterminds and, 230
Palmer, Alice, 61–62, 266
Parsi, Trita, 151
Pelosi, Nancy, 64, 235–36, 243, 254, 256, 271, 278, 288
personality cults, 279–81, 287–88
Petraeus, David, 169
Phillips, Melanie, 177
Phillips, Richard, 226
Poland, 13, 133–34, 294, 329
population control, 294–95
Post-American World, The (Zakaria), xvi–xvii
Powell, Colin, 57
Power, Samantha, 89–91, 93
Prague, Obama’s speech in, 162–63
Prairie Fire (Ayers), 76
Prelutsky, Burt, 191
Press, Bill, 243–44
Price, Hugh, 125
Princeton University, 24, 97, 261–62
Priyono, Hardi, 53
Project Vote, 304–6, 309
public schools, 279–83
Obama’s personality cult in, 279–81
Obama’s recruiting in, 282–83
Pugwash Conferences, 293–96
Qassem, Sheikh Naim, 145–46
Rafah, 85–87
Ramadan, 131, 189–90, 209–11
Rand, Ayn, 33–34, 174, 178
on economics, 289, 329
on free speech, 235
on U.S. exceptionalism, xii–xiii
Reagan, Ronald, vii–ix, 3, 145, 274
D-Day remarks of, viii–ix
on U.S. exceptionalism, vii, xiv–xv, 24
Redman, Renee, 148
Reid, Harry, 124, 243, 271
Republicans, 57, 81, 94, 196, 228, 240, 250, 273, 327–28
ACORN and, 306–8, 311
energy policy and, 316
Obama’s czars and, 291
Obama’s middle name and, 47–48
Obama’s socialism and, 286–87
Revkin, Andrew, 322
Reynolds, Morgan, 39
Rice, Susan, 6
Robinson, Mary, 121
Rockefeller, John, 252
Roeh, Avi, 127–28
Roosevelt, Theodore, 287–88
Rosenbaum, Lee, 285
Rosenberg, Milt, 236
Rosenthal, Hannah, 124–25
Rotblat, Joseph, 293–96
Rove, Karl, 316
Rubin, Michael, 90
Rumsfeld, Donald, 172, 228
Russia, 3, 61–62, 97, 191, 260, 288, 317
Afghani policy and, 182
Iranian nuclear weapons program and, 133, 155–58
nuclear disarmament and, 293–94
U.S. missile defense system and, xviii, 133–34
Sanchez, Linda T., 257–58
Saudi Arabia, 3, 56, 69, 82–83, 122, 161, 184, 214, 218, 222, 317
Obama’s Israeli policy and, 100
Taliban and, 182
Scales, Robert, 217
Schanzer, Jonathan, 152–53
Senate, Illinois, 61–63
Obama’s campaign for, 62–63, 268–69, 297
Obama’s career in, 61, 63, 68, 269
Senate, U.S., 27, 242, 326
energy policy and, 315
health care and, 244, 255, 270, 276
Internet free speech and, 252
Islamic policy and, 197
on Israel, 95
Obama’s campaign for, 75
Obama’s career in, 14–15, 55, 102–3
Obama’s czars and, 291–92
see also Congress, U.S.
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 245–47, 302
Sex Rebel (Davis), 40–41
Shapiro, Tony, 298
Shora, Kareem, 211
Silver, Stephen A., 94
Silverman, Sarah, 74, 106
Sinaga, Fermina Katarina, xiii–xiv
Skolnik, Michael, 284
slavery, 205
Smadi, Hosam Maher Husein, 219
Smith, Kyle, 253
socialism, xix, 12–20, 174–76, 265–89, 328–29
of ACORN, 303
and causes of 9/11, 232
climate change and, 16–20, 322
energy policy and, 316, 319
free speech and, 238–39
health care and, 268, 270–79, 288
and Joker poster of Obama, 238
in Kenya, 69
nationalizing auto industry and, 269–70
NEA and, 283–85
net neutrality and, 259
Obama as hero of, 286–88
Obama’s Afghani policy and, 175–76
and Obama’s family and friends, xiii, 38, 41, 66, 72
Obama’s internationalism and, 12–16
Obama’s political appointees and, 285–86, 292–300
personality cults and, 279–81, 287–88
wealth redistribution in, xvi, 15, 232, 267–69, 294–99
Soetoro, Lolo, 36–39, 54, 57, 195, 265
Soetoro, St
anley Ann Dunham Obama, 37–39, 52–54, 265
Soetoro-Ng, Maya, 40, 54
Solomon, Haym, 202
Somalia, 97, 218, 220, 226–27
Soros, George, 90, 95, 125, 149, 196
Sotomayor, Sonia, 22–24
Sowell, Thomas, 61, 164, 274
Spain, Islam in, 188, 203
Spencer, Robert, 263–64
Stalin, Joseph, 62, 265, 270, 279, 285, 287–88
State Department, U.S., 90–91, 328
gun control and, 32–33
Iranian policy and, 148–49
Islamic policy and, 9, 120, 125, 189–90, 210
Israeli policy and, 90, 120, 130
Koh’s appointment to, 25–28
terrorism and, 109–10
Stephanopoulos, George, 51
Stern, Andy, 247
Steyn, Mark, 186–87
Sudan, 3, 5, 70, 97, 109, 222
Sultan, Sohaib, 262–63
Sunstein, Cass, 253–54, 260, 298–99
Supreme Court, U.S., 22–27, 135
free speech and, 26, 32, 252, 254, 260–61
gun control and, 32
Koh and, 25–27
Obama’s socialism and, 267, 294–95
Sotomayor’s appointment to, 22–24
trying 9/11 masterminds and, 228–29
Surrender Is Not an Option (Bolton), 2
Sutton, Percy, 81–82
Syria, 97, 107–11, 146
human rights in, 222–23
Obama’s policy on, 91, 100, 107, 109–11
terrorism and, 107–10
Tabarook, Alex, 301
Taliban, 168–73, 176–78
moderate, 169–71, 173, 177, 199
Obama on, 168–70, 172–73, 176–77, 182, 199
Tapscott, Mark, 286
Tea Party, tea parties, 239, 244, 246–47, 326
terrorism, terrorists, x, 2, 28, 45, 76, 145–46, 152, 171–72
Afghanistan and, 168, 171
Ayers and, 62–64, 236
Fort Hood massacre and, 215
at Guantánamo, 4–5
Hamas and, 88, 94, 107, 109, 115–16, 146, 209, 214, 264
Islam and, 11, 54, 57, 91, 108–9, 123, 136, 182–84, 186, 191, 195, 198–200, 206–7, 209–12, 214–19, 223–24, 227, 230, 232, 239, 256
Israel and, 81, 83–85, 88, 90–91, 94–95, 99, 102–5, 107, 112, 115–16, 118, 158, 187–88, 196, 230
Kenyan politics and, 69
nuclear weapons and, 158, 327
Palestine and, 67, 83–85, 88, 90, 95, 99, 105, 116, 118, 131, 187–88, 196
Syria and, 107–10
torture and, 200, 223–24
see also 9/11 terrorist attacks
Thomas, Evan, viii–ix
Thurmond, Strom, 240
Timmerman, Kenneth, 151
Tocqueville, Alexis de, vii
tort reform, 277–78
torture, 148
Guantánamo and, 199–200, 221–23, 225, 230–31
Obama on, 175, 199–200, 221–26, 230–31
successes with, 225, 230
Treasury Department, U.S., 39, 152, 315
Trinity United Church of Christ, 65–66, 68, 77
Tripoli, Treaty of, 203
Troy, Gil, 121
Troy, Tevi, 211
Tucker, Chris, 317
Umar, Warith-Deen, 119
United Arab Emirates, 160
United Church of Christ, 52, 55, 65–66, 68, 77
United Nations, viii–ix, 6–9, 14–20, 121, 134–35, 137, 171–73
Afghanistan and, 172–73
climate change and, 16–20, 296
free speech and, 7–9, 44–45, 183
gun control and, 31–33
Human Rights Council of, 2–3, 7, 9
Iranian nuclear weapons program and, 145, 156–58, 160, 163–64, 325
Israel and, 73, 80, 100, 102, 104, 126–29, 132
Obama’s czars and, 295–96
Obama’s internationalism and, 15–16, 33
Security Council of, 3–4, 102, 156, 158, 160–61, 172
United States:
exceptionalism of, vii–ix, xi–xvi, xviii, xx, 2, 4, 24–26, 36, 234–35, 311, 326–27
sovereignty of, xi, xiv, 1–2, 4–5, 11, 14–16, 18, 20–21, 24, 26, 33, 296, 319, 324, 329
welfare system in, 18–19
United We Serve, 283–85
UN Watch, 3
Van Rompuy, Herman, 21
Vietnam era, 178
Volokh, Eugene, 10–11, 257
Wade, Abdoulaye, 8
Walden, Andrew, 38, 62
Walesa, Lech, 329–30
Wallsten, Peter, 84–85
Wall Street Journal, The, 5, 23, 88, 275–76
on cap and trade, 314, 316
Warner, Gerald, 6
“War on Iraq IQ Test” (Wright), 79–80
Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade bill, 314–19
Weather Underground, 62–63, 76
Weisman, Ben, 262
West Point, Obama’s speech at, 166–68, 171–75, 182
Whelan, M. Edward, III, 27–28
When Black Men Stand Up for God (Wright and Birchett), 79
White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, 248–50
Wilders, Geert, 10, 45, 264
Williams, Rowan, 29–30
Wilson, Joe, 240
Winthrop, John, vii
women, 143–44
health care and, 276–77
in Islam, 8, 29, 31, 46, 108, 170–71, 177, 186–87, 192–95, 212–13, 231, 263
Sotomayor and, 22–23
World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, 7–8, 121
World War II, 58, 174, 205, 228, 291, 293
Wretched of the Earth, The (Fanon), 60
Wright, Jeremiah, 77–81, 214
anti-Semitism of, 75, 77, 79–81, 93, 98
on Farrakhan, 77–79, 81
on Iraqi war, 79–80
Obama’s relationship with, 65–68, 72, 75, 77, 79–81
race-baiting of, 66–68, 72
White House visits of, 64, 68
Yabroudi, Sami, 262
Yoo, John, 225
Zakaria, Fareed, xvi–xvii
zakat, 213–14
Zaki, Abbas, 113
Zazi, Najibullah, 219
Zelaya, Manuel, 134–36
Zogby, John, 270–71
Zorthian, Robin Reeves, 29
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