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McCain confirms trip to Colombia, Mexico next week
Post Date: 2008-06-27 16:01:58 by Rotara
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Related News McCain praises NAFTA on Canadian trip WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain will travel to Colombia and Mexico next week to highlight his support of free trade with both countries, his campaign confirmed on Thursday. McCain, an Arizona senator who has wrapped up his party's White House nomination, will hold events in Cartagena, Colombia, on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by events in Mexico City on Thursday. "He'll be meeting with public officials and discussing critical issues to the relationship to the United States of both of those countries," McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said. McCain has tussled with ...
Baracknophobia
Post Date: 2008-06-27 15:22:50 by PoliticallyIncorrect
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Even the most ardent of Barack Obama's supporters generally will confess to a small, nagging (dare I say niggling?) doubt about the object of their ardor. Similarly, even Obama's most vocal opposition stops and stares just a bit overlong when they see him speaking. What an odd situation. Obama Nation or Abomination? I recall the JFK era and, while Obama is no JFK - not by a far stretch, I might add - some similarities do exist, similarities that have more to do with grace and appearance than with character and substance. Put your prejudices aside and admit it: Not only is Barack Obama rather handsome, he moves and speaks with a natural grace unseen on the national stage in quite ...
Obama unveils federal gun bill
Post Date: 2008-06-27 09:16:38 by Jethro Tull
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Obama unveils federal gun bill From:Chicago DefenderDate:December 13, 1999Author:Strausberg, ChintaMore results for:obama and guns and Chicago Obama unveils federal gun bill Sweeping federal gun control legislation proposed by Sen. Barack Obama (D-13th) would increase the penalties on gun runners who are flooding Chicago's streets with illegal weapons. At an anti-gun rally held at the Park Manor Christian Church, 600 E. 73rd St., headed by the Rev. James Demus, Obama also said he's backing a resolution being introduced into the City Council by Alds. Toni Preckwinkle (4th), Ted Thomas (15th), Leslie Hairston (5th) to call for a "shot-free" millennium celebration. Obama ...
Barack Obama vs. Barack Obama Supporters
Post Date: 2008-06-27 08:09:59 by angle
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The Huffington Post is reporting that all is maybe not well between Barack Obama and his liberal lapdog supporters... www.huffingtonpost.com/20...obama-and-t_n_109098.html Only weeks into the general election campaign and already a notable tension is beginning to materialize within the Democratic Party. At question is Sen. Barack Obama's relationship with the progressive netroots, the online community that helped aid the Senator's rise to the presidential nomination, but has since seemingly played second fiddle in terms of courted constituencies. Whaaaaaat? How can this be? Here's how it all went down. Over the weekend, Barack Obama announced that -- although not in favor ...
John McCain meets with Patrick Sammon of Log Cabin Republicans
Post Date: 2008-06-26 23:37:35 by Old Friend
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Sen. John McCain took time out of his busy campaign schedule to hold a meeting with the leader of national "gay" and lesbian political organization Log Cabin Republicans, according to a prominent weblog.
Log Cabin President Patrick Sammon confirmed in an e-mail yesterday to the Gay Patriot, the self described "Internet home for the American gay conservative," that he had a personal meeting with McCain:
We've had a series of productive meetings with the campaign since Sen. McCain won the nomination – including a recent meeting with the Senator. We expect to have more conversations with the campaign as we head toward November.
A Log Cabin insider claimed the meeting was not ...
Global Tax Bill Coming
Post Date: 2008-06-26 17:42:04 by Rotara
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The Global Poverty Act of 2007 (S.2433) is coming up for a Senate vote sometime after the July 4 recess, according the office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Once Harry Reid and the Democrat leadership put it on the calendar, we could have as little as a week to prepare for the vote.
The bill is sponsored in the Senate by Barack Obama. Read about it here.
If passed, it will cost taxpayers $845,000,000,000 over the next 13 years, in addition to our current foreign aid expenditures.
And the best part is that it will be administered in conjunction with...brace yourselves...the United Nations. The same one of "Food-for-Oil" fame.
It passed (H.R. 1302) earlier by a ...
Faithful in pews might not be voters in November
Post Date: 2008-06-26 10:25:16 by Rotara
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - If Christian conservatives stay on the sidelines during the fall campaign, presidential hopeful John McCain probably stays in the Senate. Christian conservatives provided much of the on-the-ground, door-to-door activity for President Bush's 2004 re-election in Ohio and in other swing states. Without them, the less-organized and lower-profile McCain campaign is likely to struggle to replicate Bush's success. And so far, there's been scant sign that the Republican nominee-in-waiting is making inroads among these fervent believers. "I don't know that McCain's campaign realizes they cannot win without evangelicals," said David Domke, a professor ...
What's Happening To Obama?
Post Date: 2008-06-25 20:50:31 by Jethro Tull
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What's Happening To Obama? by SDrobny http://www.opednews.com June 25, 2008 To All Obama Advisors And Insiders: OK. I just wrote the congratulatory article below a month ago and today Obama disagrees with the Supreme Court decision striking down the death penalty in cases not involving murder. A few days ago he decided to decline public financing. I just saw a CNN interview with Senator Feingold in which I learned that Obama is going to support the current FISA legislation that gives retroactive immunity to the telecom companies which Feingold vehemently opposes. I am starting to get worried about this and it is only 1 month. You are going to lose the "base" and ...
Buffett: The economy and inflation are worsening
Post Date: 2008-06-25 20:02:24 by Rotara
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett has already said he thinks the U.S. economy is in a recession, and now he says the economy is getting worse. Buffett told CNBC in a live interview Wednesday that all the data he sees from Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiaries shows the economy weakening. "Everything connected with construction and with consumer, I see weakness, and if anything, it's accentuating a little bit." Buffett also said he thinks inflation is picking up, especially in steel and oil, so it should be a concern for the Federal Reserve. But Buffett said he would have been surprised if the Federal Reserve were to announce a rate cut Wednesday afternoon. The ...
Gallup Daily: Obama, McCain Tied at 45%
Post Date: 2008-06-25 16:36:06 by Jethro Tull
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PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on the presidential election finds John McCain and Barack Obama exactly tied at 45% among registered voters nationwide. Voter preferences had been fairly evenly divided for the past week, with Obama generally holding a slight advantage of two or three percentage points. This is the first time since Gallup's May 31-June 4 rolling average that Obama does not have at least a slim advantage over McCain. Obama's largest lead to date has been seven points. (To view the complete trend since March 7, 2008, click here.) Since the changes from Tuesday's results are well within the margin of sampling error, it is unclear at ...
Many states turning to paper ballots for fall
Post Date: 2008-06-25 15:49:52 by angle
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Florida's election fiasco in 2000 prompted many states to adopt electronic touch-screen voting systems, but after a spate of malfunctions and meltdowns in 2004 and 2006, paper ballots are making a big comeback. At least 55 percent of American voters this fall will mark their choice for president on paper ballots that will then be read and tabulated by optical scanning devices - nearly double the percentage in 2000, according to Virginia-based Election Data Services, a consulting firm that has been tracking voting technology since 1980. Electronic touch-screen voting will decline for the first time in eight years, and punchcard ballots, once used by nearly one-third of the electorate, ...
Nader: Obama 'talking white'
Post Date: 2008-06-25 09:56:34 by christine
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Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader accused Sen. Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic Party nominee, of downplaying poverty issues, trying to "talk white" and appealing to "white guilt" during his run for the White House. Nader, a thorn in the Democratic Party's side since the 2000 presidential election, has taken various shots at Obama in recent days while ramping up his latest independent run for president. In a wide-ranging interview with the Rocky Mountain News on Monday, he said he is running because he believes Democrats, like Republicans, are too closely aligned with corporate interests. Economic exploitation Nader was asked if Obama is any ...
White-power groups seize on presidential campaign
Post Date: 2008-06-24 14:33:23 by X-15
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Sen. Barack Obama’s historic victory in the Democratic primaries, celebrated as a symbol of racial progress, has also sparked an increase in racist and white supremacist activity, according to leaders of hate groups and the organizations that track them. Neo-Nazi, skinhead and segregationist groups have reported gains in numbers of visitors to their Web sites and in membership since the senator from Illinois secured the Democratic nomination June 3. His success has angered a community of racists, experts said, concerned by the possibility of the country’s first black president. “I haven’t seen this much anger in a long, long time,” said Billy Roper, a 36-year-old ...
Will Affirmative Action Roil '08 Race?
Post Date: 2008-06-24 14:12:46 by Jethro Tull
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Will Affirmative Action Roil '08 Race? Obama Against Connerly Initiatives; McCain Still Mum By TEDDY DAVIS, TAHMAN BRADLEY, and GREGORY WALLACE June 20, 2008 Democrat Barack Obama opposes three state ballot measures which would end affirmative action in Colorado, Arizona, and Nebraska. Republican John McCain, by contrast, continues to take no position, according to a campaign spokesperson. Ward Connerly, one of that nation's foremost advocates for abolishing race- and gender-based affirmative action, is behind a ballot initiative in Colorado, Arizona, and Nebraska. He was also behind measures that passed in California and Michigan. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)The McCain ...
BOs missed vote data base
Post Date: 2008-06-24 13:46:04 by Jethro Tull
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Members of Congress / Barack Obama / Missed Votes DateVotePositionGOP opinionDEM opinion 6/17/08Vote 150: On the Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H. R. 6049; Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008Not VotingNoYes 6/12/08Vote 149: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3101; Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008Not VotingNoYes 6/10/08Vote 148: On the Nomination: Confirmation Mark S. Davis of Virginia, to be US District JudgeNot VotingYesYes 6/10/08Vote 147: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6049; Renewable Energy and Job ...
How the SouthWon the Civil War And what this means for Iraq and Iran
Post Date: 2008-06-24 05:48:25 by Ada
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We have been told endlessly that the U.S. Civil War was a good war, fought to free the slaves. About 110,100 Union soldiers were killed in action, and another 224,580 died from war-related diseases. An estimated 275,175 Union soldiers were wounded. In 1879, it was believed that the Union had spent $6.1 billion on the war – and that was real money back then. Yet to a significant degree, as far as the former black slaves were concerned, the South was triumphant. We have here one of the most astonishing reminders about how wars backfire, which we ought to keep in mind when discussing other wars, particularly preemptive wars like the one in Iraq or the one being contemplated in Iran. Not ...
Obama corners the market in Hollywood
Post Date: 2008-06-23 22:32:30 by Rotara
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Associated Press Writer For Hollywood, there's only one star left in the presidential campaign. Barack Obama's gala fundraiser Tuesday will attract the mandatory lineup of big-screen talent and boldface names - actors Samuel L. Jackson and Dennis Quaid, model Cindy Crawford and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard - and confirm again that the entertainment industry remains one of the most reliable and abundant sources of Democratic campaign cash. The party's 2008 presidential candidates pocketed eight of every $10 coming from movie, TV and music businesses, and Hillary Rodham Clinton's withdrawal from the race all but guarantees a Hollywood windfall for Obama as the party ...
House Latinas Irked by Obama's Neglect
Post Date: 2008-06-23 19:26:25 by christine
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Barack Obama has a Latina problem in the House of Representatives, and it could be symptomatic of a larger obstacle to unifying his party. Several Hispanic women who backed New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries are miffed at the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's failure so far to seektheir support, according to several sources familiar with their discontent. "We were told that he was going to make some approach to us to join the fold," said Rep. Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif., a former chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. "I haven't heard from Mr. Obama." It is not unusual for members of Congress to feel taken for ...
First Obama attack book in the works
Post Date: 2008-06-23 12:57:18 by Rotara
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The same publisher that distributed the 2004 best-seller that took aim at John Kerry’s Vietnam service is planning a summer release of what’s scheduled to be the first critical book on Barack Obama. Conservative journalist David Freddoso’s “The Case Against Barack Obama” will offer “a comprehensive, factual look at Obama,” according to Regnery Publishing president and publisher Marjory Ross. But the book’s subtitle makes clear its perspective: “The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate.” Ross contends that the mainstream media has offered insufficient scrutiny of Obama and likens the goal of ...
Obama Changes Presidential Seal
Post Date: 2008-06-23 10:39:03 by TwentyTwelve
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Obama Changes Presidential Seal Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:53 PM Sen. Barack Obama has promised "change," and his campaign has already been hard at work changing one of the basic symbols of the nation — the Presidential Seal. On Friday, the press was abuzz over the new seal, which was unveiled on Obama's podium when he spoke to a group of Democratic governors. While the Obama seal does include the American bald eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch, the resemblance ends there. The Latin phrase "E Pluribus Unum," which translates to "Out of many, one," now says "Vero Possumus." Press reports translate the Latin words as "Truly, we ...
The Media Did Fail Us
Post Date: 2008-06-23 06:28:13 by Ada
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Scott McClellan, President Bush's former press secretary turned mini-nemesis, was back in the news, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, once again breaking omerta and urging the Bush White House to be more open about the Valerie Plame affair and other matters. "This is a very secretive White House," he lamented. "There's some things that they would prefer not to be talked about." Nonetheless, he urged "openness and candor." As if. The most striking thing about the reception of Scott McClellan's tell-some memoir of life with the Bushies, What Happened, was just how defensive several members of the mainstream media were about the ...
GOP frets Barr could play spoiler in prez race
Post Date: 2008-06-22 17:54:29 by Rotara
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ATLANTA - A fiery former GOP congressman who gained national prominence for doggedly pursuing impeachment of President Clinton has some Republicans worried he'll play spoiler in a tight presidential contest. Bob Barr's Libertarian Party bid for the White House is the longest of long shots, but political experts say he may be able to exploit the unease some die-hard conservatives still feel about Sen. John McCain, the Republican nominee-in-waiting. Combined with the surge in turnout among Democrats during the primaries and a difficult political climate for Republicans, they see what could be a recipe for trouble for the GOP. "Bob could be the Ralph Nader of 2008," said Dan ...
I Wanna Be Number Two: Joe Lieberman
Post Date: 2008-06-22 16:57:15 by christine
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In the latest in our on-going series of possible vice presidential candidates, today: Joe Lieberman. He's been attached to John McCain at his (still unbroken, knock on wood) hip, and, as Walter Shapiro wrote in Salon this week, "it is not hard to pick up Republican whispers that the wild-card Lieberman speculation is grounded in reality rather than water-cooler fantasy." Sure, he used to be a Democrat, but on the other hand he is willing to say anything, and next to John McCain, he's almost charismatic. Plus, in the GOP's southern base, his religion is less despised than Mitt Romney's. For more about Joe Lieberman... Current job: U.S. senator from Connecticut ...
Can McCain claim the Ron Paul votes?
Post Date: 2008-06-22 10:48:38 by christine
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With iconoclast Ron Paul having ended his quixotic bid for the Republican presidential nomination — his platform had called for, among other things, ending the Iraq War, repealing the PATRIOT Act, returning to the gold standard and eliminating taxes on tips — his many dedicated supporters are up for grabs. Even excluding his support in caucus states, Paul received a few more than a million votes in the Republican primary, finished second in five states including Pennsylvania and Oregon and continued to draw votes well after he’d effectively withdrawn from the race. His campaign also tapped into the potent new vein of online fundraising, punctuated by the so-called ...
Obama says Republicans will use race to stoke fear
Post Date: 2008-06-22 10:10:58 by christine
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said on Friday he expects Republicans to highlight the fact that he is black as part of an effort to make voters afraid of him. "It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy," Obama told a fundraiser in Jacksonville, Florida. "We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid. "They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?" He said he was also set for ...
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