Post-American Presidency (56 page)

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, Stanley 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