{"quotes":[{"text":"In 2008, Barack Obama was the electoral equivalent of the Hula Hoop; a political Pet Rock; a craze, a fad, an irrational gadget. The latest have-to-have, must-vote-for candidate.","author":"Mondo Frazier","tags":["2008-presidential-election","barack-obama","fads","political"],"id":884,"author_id":"Mondo+Frazier"},{"text":"The absence of even rough agreement on the facts puts every opinion on equal footing and therefore eliminates the basis for thoughtful compromise. It rewards not those who are right, but those - like the White House press office - who can make their arguments most loudly, most frequently, most obstinately, and with the best backdrop.","author":"Barack Obama","tags":["argument","barack-obama","compromise","media","news","opinion","opinions","politics","press","united-states","white-house"],"id":15416,"author_id":"Barack+Obama"},{"text":"For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election.","author":"Glenn Greenwald","tags":["2012","barack-obama","drone-attacks-in-pakistan","politics","twitter","united-states","unmanned-aerial-vehicles","us-presidential-election-2012"],"id":26818,"author_id":"Glenn+Greenwald"},{"text":"Proximity to power has an unsurprising ability to mutate a politician's spinal cord into bright yellow jelly.","author":"Tariq Ali","tags":["2010","affordable-care-act","barack-obama","bravery","cowardice","health-care","health-care-reform","politics","power","united-states","united-states-elections-2008"],"id":31004,"author_id":"Tariq+Ali"},{"text":"There are no clean victories for black people, nor, perhaps, for any people. The presidency of Barack Obama is no different. One can now say that an African American individual can rise to the same level as a white individual, and yet also say that the number of black individuals who actually qualify for that status will be small. One thinks of Serena Williams, whose dominance and stunning achievements can’t, in and of themselves, ensure equal access to tennis facilities for young black girls. The gate is open and yet so very far away.","author":"Ta-Nehisi Coates","tags":["african-americans","barack-obama","blacks","equality","politics","potus","presidents","race-relations"],"id":35904,"author_id":"Ta-Nehisi+Coates"},{"text":"It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.","author":"Glenn Greenwald","tags":["2012","barack-obama","dissent","liberalism","loyalty","politics","twitter","united-states"],"id":43238,"author_id":"Glenn+Greenwald"},{"text":"The American people are fed up...With political posturing.' True, but also an example of political posturing.","author":"James Taranto","tags":["2011","2011-us-debt-ceiling-crisis","barack-obama","hypocrisy","politics","posturing","twitter"],"id":52496,"author_id":"James+Taranto"},{"text":"Nine had heard whisperings that the secretive Bilderberg Group was effectively the World Government, undermining democracy by influencing everything from nations' political leaders to the venue for the next war. He recalled persistent rumors and confirmed media reports that the Bilderberg Group had such luminaries as Barack Obama, Prince Charles, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Tony Blair, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George Bush Sr. And George W. Bush. Other Bilderberg members sprung forth from Nine’s memory bank. They included the founders and CEOs of various multinational corporations like Facebook, BP, Google, Shell and Amazon, as well as almost every major financial institution on the planet.","author":"James Morcan","tags":["amazon","amazon-com","barack-obama","bilderberg","bill-clinton","clinton","conspiracy","conspiracy-theories","conspiracy-theory","facebook","george-w-bush","google","hillary-clinton","microsoft","morcan","the-ninth-orphan","the-orphan-trilogy","thriller","tony-blair"],"id":59871,"author_id":"James+Morcan"},{"text":"He's the President—it's the responsibility of every citizen to criticize aggressively when they think it's warranted.","author":"Glenn Greenwald","tags":["barack-obama","criticism","democracy","dissent","politics"],"id":61422,"author_id":"Glenn+Greenwald"},{"text":"I'd like to vote for the candidate similar to the one the Right absurdly claims Obama is.","author":"Glenn Greenwald","tags":["2012","barack-obama","politics","right-wing-politics","twitter","united-states","united-states-elections-2012"],"id":80354,"author_id":"Glenn+Greenwald"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":50,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}