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Latest Articles: (s)Elections
Senate-for-sale case threatens new chief of staff (Rahmbo)
Post Date: 2008-12-20 19:37:16 by Rotara
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47 mins ago In this Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, White House Chief of Staff designate Rahm Emanuel listens to President-elect Barack Obama, not pictured, speak at a news conference in Chicago. Gov. Rod Blagojevich is legendary in Illinois political circles for not picking up the phone or returning calls, even from important figures like the state's senior senator, Dick Durbin. But there was always one call Blagojevich regularly took, say his aides, and that was from Rahm Emanuel — his congressman, his one-time campaign adviser and, more recently — and troubling for Emanuel — one of his contacts with President-elect Barack Obama's transition staff. (AP Photo/Charles ...
Bush Insider Who Planned To Tell All Killed In Plane Crash: Non-Profit Demands Full Federal Investigation
Post Date: 2008-12-20 15:38:59 by CadetD
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Bush Insider Who Planned To Tell All Killed In Plane Crash: Non-Profit Demands Full Federal Investigation Buzz Up Send Email IM Share Digg Facebook Newsvine del.icio.us Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print Sat Dec 20, 11:24 am ET Featured Topics: Barack Obama Presidential Transition To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Ilene Proctor PR, +1-310-858-6643 WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michael Connell, the Bush IT expert who has been directly implicated in the rigging of George Bush's 2000 and 2004 elections, was killed last night when his single engine plane crashed three miles short of the Akron airport. Velvet Revolution ("VR"), a non-profit that has ...
The High Cost of Being (and Staying) Cool -- Rick Warren in a Whirlwind
Post Date: 2008-12-19 20:40:55 by X-15
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Pastor Rick Warren now stands at ground zero of a whirlwind, and he is likely to be there for some time. The announcement that President-elect Obama had chosen him to deliver the invocation at the inaugural ceremonies on January 20 came with formality but no fanfare. The first headlines speculated that Warren had become "the next Billy Graham" -- for Billy Graham has missed praying at few inaugurations in recent decades. Within hours, however, the story had quickly changed. Rick Warren had gone from being the next Billy Graham to being the next Fred Phelps -- and in a media instant. Joe Solmonese, President of the Human Rights Campaign, a group that promotes homosexual rights, ...
US MILITARY MOBILIZES TROOPS FOR OBAMA INAUGURATION
Post Date: 2008-12-18 22:49:45 by X-15
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US military plans to mobilize thousands of troops to protect Washington against potential terrorist attack during the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama, a senior US military commander said Wednesday. They will fly combat air patrols and man air defenses, organize large scale medical support, and help local law enforcement provide security in the capital, said General Gene Renuart, head of the US Northern Command. "(It's) not because we see a specific threat, but because for an event this visible, this important and this historic, we ought to be prepared to respond if something does happen," he told reporters. Renuart said some 7,500 ...
We Ain't Rich, But We Will Be Cuz Of Obama!!
Post Date: 2008-12-18 15:18:23 by X-15
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IT'S SEN. CAROLINE: LIKE IT OR NOT!
Post Date: 2008-12-18 00:03:47 by Horse
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Wed Dec 17 2008 19:45:45 ET When a powerful labor leader picked up the phone this week, he was surprised to hear the voice of a top aide to New York City Mayor Bloomberg. The aide made it clear: Caroline Kennedy [lose the Schlossberg] is going to be senator, "so get on board now!" Buttons are being pushed and strings pulled by the mayor, the NEW YORK TIMES plans to front on Thursday. The involvement has helped immediately elevate and coordinate the debut of Kennedy, who lacked an experienced political staff of her own. But now, it is setting off an intense backlash among Democrats. Developing... Click for Full Text!
Poster Comment:You would think that the mayor is ...
Got birth certificate?
Post Date: 2008-12-17 18:50:47 by Rotara
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Got birth certificate? The following is a media release from the Constitution Party: 12/09/2008 Got Birth Certificate?Constitution Party Calls For Barack Obama To Prove Eligibility For Office Lancaster, PA, The country’s fastest-growing third party (Ballot Access News 12/08) challenged Barack Obama to release his birth certificate and dispel the grave concerns that he is ineligible to assume office as president of the United States. “The Constitution is crystal clear on the issue of citizenship. Article 2, Section 1 states that no one can be sworn into office as President of the United States unless he is a natural born citizen”, said Constitution Party National ...
Investigator casts doubt on Obama's birth residence
Post Date: 2008-12-17 01:07:00 by Rotara
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OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL Investigator casts doubt on Obama's birth residence Neighbor believes family didn't live at address in newspaper announcement Posted: December 16, 200810:09 pm Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi © 2008 WorldNetDaily Barack Obama and his mother, Anne Dunham A private investigator has released to WND an affidavit that casts doubt on whether Barack Obama's family lived at the address listed in the published notice of his birth in 1961. Jorge Baro was hired by WND to investigate issues related to Obama's birth amid allegations the Democrat does not meet the Constitution's requirement that a president be a "natural born ...
Minn. panel reviews disputed Senate race ballots
Post Date: 2008-12-16 18:28:53 by farmfriend
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Minn. panel reviews disputed Senate race ballots Members of a board refereeing more than 1,000 disputed ballots in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race started their work gingerly Tuesday, squinting at ballots as they tried to figure out what some voters intended. On their first day of work, the five members of the Canvassing Board dealt almost exclusively with roughly 440 challenges filed by Democrat Al Franken. Most challenges were attempts to keep a vote for Sen. Norm Coleman off the board but some were aimed at getting an unclear ballot counted for Franken. Coleman, the Republican incumbent, leads Franken by 188 votes out of more than 2.9 million ballots cast on Nov. 4. It is the only ...
Caroline Kennedy to seek Hillary Clinton's Senate seat
Post Date: 2008-12-16 13:19:45 by X-15
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Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of an American political dynasty, has decided to pursue the United States Senate seat being vacated by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, a person told of her decision said on Monday. The decision came after a series of deeply personal and political conversations, in which Kennedy, whom friends describe as unflashy but determined, wrestled with whether to give up what has been a lifetime of avoiding the spotlight. Kennedy will ask Governor David Paterson of New York to consider her for the appointment, according to the person told of her decision. The governor was traveling to Utica Monday and could not immediately be reached for comment. If ...
Obama Cabinet Is Shy on Southerners, Republicans
Post Date: 2008-12-16 06:45:05 by Disgusted
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Obama Cabinet Is Shy on Southerners, Republicans (Update1) Email | Print | A A A By Hans Nichols and Julianna Goldman Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama has moved faster than any modern president-elect in selecting his Cabinet, scouring Wall Street, academia and the Senate to assemble a diverse team that has won bipartisan praise. “He has every basic entity within his government,” said U.S. Representative David Scott, a Georgia Democrat. “He’s got Jewish people, he’s got Protestants, he’s got white, black, you name it.” Republicans including Arizona Senator John McCain, Obama’s opponent in the presidential election, also have applauded his ...
From the Top, As We Suspected
Post Date: 2008-12-15 06:20:42 by Ada
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Click for Full Text! Of course it would hardly do to consider a report [.pdf] from a congressional committee the last possible word on a past event or series of events. What makes a report this week from the Senate Armed Services Committee last Thursday of special interest is that it was bipartisan in nature, with no minority report, issued jointly by Senators Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat, and John McCain, who's back to being a Republican senator from Arizona after having lost the presidential election (perhaps to his secret relief?). Even relatively non-controversial reports often carry minority reports, sometimes amounting to nuance, sometimes in sharp opposition to the ...
McCain: I can't promise to support Palin for president
Post Date: 2008-12-15 00:37:44 by Rotara
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(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain said Sunday he would not necessarily support his former running mate if she chose to run for president. Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin embrace after election results were in November 4. Speaking to ABC's "This Week," McCain was asked whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin could count on his support. "I can't say something like that. We've got some great other young governors. I think you're going to see the governors assume a greater leadership role in our Republican Party," he said. He then mentioned governors Tim ...
The Daley Machine Goes National
Post Date: 2008-12-14 12:01:32 by 2big2fail
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At the moment it seems clear that Barack Obama has had no direct involvement in the growing scandal involving Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but nothing can remove the stench of Chicago politics that engulfs Obama thanks to his appointments of the Chicago Three. Let it be said at the outset -- the only way Barack Obama can separate himself from any hint of the sordid corruption that is the earmark of Chicago’s Daley machine is to send the Chicago Three back to the political sewer from which they have emerged. Obama has chosen three long-time associates, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett, to fill key posts in his administration. All are products of the scandal-ridden ...
Date Set For Broe v. Reed( En Banc Court; Obama BC Suit Jan 8, 2009)
Post Date: 2008-12-13 14:48:47 by freepatriot32
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Written by admin · Filed Under Press Alerts | Leave a Comment Summary Of Arguments December 10, 2008 Broe v. Reed Washington State Supreme Court Cause No. 8-2-473-8 Standing According to Black’s Law Dictionary, “standing” to sue means that the party has sufficient stake – that the party is sufficiently affected - in an otherwise justiciable controversy to obtain judicial resolution of that controversy. “Standing” is satisfied if the plaintiff has a legally protectable and tangible interest at stake in the litigation. Many of the cases challenging Sen. Obama’s citizenship status have been dismissed for “lack of standing.” Plaintiffs in ...
Rahm Emanuel talked with governor's office about who should fill Obama's Senate seat (Chief of staff for Obama had list of names)
Post Date: 2008-12-13 14:26:23 by Rotara
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Rahm Emanuel talked with governor's office about who should fill Obama's Senate seat Chief of staff for Obama had list of names By Bob Secter December 13, 2008 Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be White House chief of staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Tribune has learned. The revelation does not suggest Obama's new gatekeeper was involved in any talk of dealmaking involving the seat. But it does help fill in the gaps surrounding a question that Obama was unable or unwilling to answer this week: Did anyone on his staff have contact with ...
Obama's calls to lawmakers 'unheard of' [the gnashing of the teeth]
Post Date: 2008-12-12 08:26:53 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Obama's calls to lawmakers 'unheard of' By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Now that he has won the White House, President-elect Barack Obama is courting another set of voters: the 535 members of Congress who can make or break his presidency. Obama, the first president elected directly from the legislative branch since John F. Kennedy, has packed his White House team with respected legislators and connected congressional staffers and has surprised lawmakers with phone calls — and not just to Democrats. OBAMA'S TEAM: Congressional ties "This is unheard of," Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., who is retiring after 14 years in Congress, said of Obama's calls ...
Joe the Plumber: McCain 'appalled me'
Post Date: 2008-12-10 15:54:55 by christine
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Joe Wurzelbacher lashed out Tuesday at former GOP presidential nominee John McCain, the man who made Wurzelbacher famous as “Joe the Plumber.” Wurzelbacher told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he felt “dirty” after “being on the campaign trail and seeing some of the things that take place.” Recalling a conversation he had with McCain about the $700 billion financial industry bailout in September, Wurzelbacher said: “When I was on the bus with him, I asked him a lot of questions about the bailout because most Americans did not want that to happen.” “I asked him some pretty direct questions,” he continued. “Some of the answers ...
Court won't review Obama's eligibility to serve
Post Date: 2008-12-08 10:47:25 by TwentyTwelve
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Court won't review Obama's eligibility to serve Lawsuit contesting Obama citizenship continues Play Video AP – Lawsuit contesting Obama citizenship continues * Lawsuit contesting Obama citizenship continues Play Video Video: Lawsuit contesting Obama citizenship continues AP President-elect Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question during a news AP – President-elect Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Chicago, Sunday, … WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama is ineligible to be president because he was a British subject at ...
An Obama Presidency: More of the Same - Only Worse Part 1 (BlackCommentator.com)
Post Date: 2008-12-08 01:52:11 by PoliticallyIncorrect
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If the masses of people in this nation knew or had known the pertinent facts pertaining to the war mongering “we can fight the war better,” pro-apartheid Zionist, corporate Wall Street-backed, slippery tongued Barack Obama, it is doubtful they would have been so thoroughly bamboozled and hoodwinked to their own detriment and that of the world. Wall Street and the corporate media, however, have, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, engaged in a relentless, ruthless, and absolutely unprecedented campaign of corporate branding and marketing on behalf of Barack Obama, with the peoples of the United States as their targets. Assuming that the corporate Wall Street elite and ...
MORE RANGEL MUCK
Post Date: 2008-12-07 14:46:12 by Jethro Tull
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The ethical clouds hanging over Rep. Charlie Rangel grow thicker by the day. Thursday, it came to light that Rangel's campaign committee steered some $80,000 to his son's Internet company for work that Politico.com's Luke Rosiak and Glenn Thrush describe as "poorly designed" and shoddy. So how can House Speaker Nancy Pelosi practically guarantee when the ongoing House Ethics Committee probe into Rangel's conduct will conclude? Yet she's doing exactly that. So, is the "fix" in? The ethics committee is already something of a toothless tiger: Evenly balanced between Democrats and Republicans, it rarely gives investigated members more than a slap on ...
Obama: 'We Won't Just Throw Money at the Problem'
Post Date: 2008-12-06 15:27:45 by IndieTX
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President-elect Obama says his economic recovery plan would put millions of people to work. CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday he's asked his economic team for a recovery plan that saves or creates more than 2 million jobs, makes public buildings more energy-efficient and invests in the country's roads and schools. "We won't just throw money at the problem," Obama said in his weekly radio address and Internet video. "We'll measure progress by the reforms we make and the results we achieve -- by the jobs we create, by the energy we save, by whether America is more competitive in the world." Obama's remarks come after the Labor ...
Change They Can Litigate
Post Date: 2008-12-05 21:30:45 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Change They Can Litigate The fringe movement to keep Barack Obama from becoming president. By David Weigel Posted Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, at 4:25 PM ET If you want to stop Barack Obama from becoming president, there's still time. But you have to act right now. Go to RallyCongress.com, and you can be the 126,000th-odd American to demand "proof of citizenship" from the president- elect. Follow the instructions at WeMustBeHeard.com, and you can join a sit-in outside the Supreme Court of the United States, starting at 8 a.m. Friday, as the justices decide whether to consider a suit filed by a professional poker player that challenges the presidential eligibility of Obama, John ...
Leaked Memos Reveal Holder’s (Obamalamadingdong's Attorney General) Involvement In OKC Murder Cover-Up
Post Date: 2008-12-05 00:14:02 by Rotara
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Leaked Memos Reveal Holder’s Involvement In OKC Murder Cover-Up Obama’s Attorney General nominee had role in keeping lid on Trentadue death, link to Oklahoma City Bombing Paul Joseph Watson & Alex JonesPrison Planet.com Thursday, December 4, 2008 Leaked DOJ memos shed new light on the role of Barack Obama’s Attorney General nominee Eric Holder in the cover-up of the death of Kenneth Michael Trentadue, who was tortured to death by FBI agents after they confused him with one of Timothy McVeigh’s accomplices in the Oklahoma City bombing.Kenneth Michael Trentadue’s brother, Jesse Trentadue, has embarked on a fearless campaign to uncover the truth behind his ...
Conservatives Lost More Than an Election
Post Date: 2008-12-04 19:58:47 by IndieTX
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That Barack Obama trounced John McCain should have surprised no one. In fact, in this column, weeks ago, I stated emphatically that John McCain could no more beat Barack Obama than Bob Dole could beat Bill Clinton. He didn't. (Hence a vote for John McCain was a "wasted" vote, was it not?) I also predicted that Obama would win with an electoral landslide. He did. The real story, however, is not how Barack Obama defeated John McCain. The real story is how John McCain defeated America's conservatives. For all intents and purposes, conservatism—as a national movement—is completely and thoroughly dead. Barack Obama did not destroy it, however. It was George W. ...
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