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Cenk Uygur (Host of The Young Turks) filling in for Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC talks to Sam Seder and Matt Lewis about Netroots 2010, president Obama and liberal Vs. conservative media bias.

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Obama on public life: “I never thought I’d have a bobblehead”. As broadcast: First hour, Part 6 of 12 An NBC Special Presentation. Inside The Obama White House. Brian Williams Reports.

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Barack Obama’s golf swing reveals he’s an athlete, a duffer and fun to play with By Michael Bamberger Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated Published: December 24, 2008 Golf.com has performed an important service. It has posted five photographs, taken by AP photographer Gerald Herbert, that shows President-elect Barack Obama on vacation in Hawaii playing golf. This is invaluable as we all know that nothing, not even a CNN special called “Obama Revealed,” reveals the soul as ruthlessly and efficiently as how one plays the old Scottish game. John F. Kennedy nearly made a hole-in-one on the short par-3 15th at Cypress Point (the best-smelling hole in all of golf, if you like the mix of eucalyptus and brackish ocean water) while running for the presidency in 1960. Kennedy, considered by presidential golfing historians to be by far the most skilled of our golf-playing presidents, was relieved to see the ball stay out. He was trying to succeed Dwight Eisenhower as president, and not as First Golfer. The game then wasn’t the populist activity it has become. Kennedy, foolishly, allowed himself to be photographed taking a golf swing in fancy loafers, no socks. Still, he won West Virginia. But Obama does not have to run from his golf. The guess here is that he’s an athlete and a duffer and fun to play with. In Photo No. 1, the first thing that strikes you is that Obama is a lefthanded golfer who plays golf wearing a watch, just like Phil Mickelson. Also like Lefty, the future president …

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First aired: 05/28/2010 HBO Journalist Jonathan Alter, political strategist Patrick Ruffini, educator Cornel West, conservationist Philippe Cousteau Jr., author Scott Turow

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MAY 25, 2010 (CNN) — President Barack Obama was once again heckled by a gay rights activist over the military policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” by a heckler seeking swift repeal of the policy at a fundraiser for Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA). Kip Williams, co-founder of the activist group GetEqual, interrupted as Obama was delivering a fundraising speech for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). The president paused to lecture the man as other Democratic supporters booed the heckler. The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy bars openly gay and lesbian soldiers from military service. “I hate to say this, but … if he wants to demonstrate, buy a ticket to a guy who doesn’t support his point of view, and then you can yell as much as you want there,” Obama said. Williams’ group interrupted another Obama speech earlier this year, in Los Angeles. Obama told Williams to “read the newspapers.” “He said do it faster,” the president said. “It’s like, come on, man, I’m dealing with Congress here. It takes a little bit of time.” “Maybe he didn’t read the newspapers, because we’re working with Congress as we speak to roll back ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’” Obama retorted. “It’s like, come on, man, I’m dealing with Congress here. It takes a little bit of time.” An agreement worked out with congressional leaders and the military would have legislators pass a measure calling for repeal of the controversial policy to kick in once the Pentagon completes a review of the matter and Obama and military leaders …

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