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Obama: America's First Jewish President
Post Date: 2008-06-08 15:49:50 by Jethro Tull
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Obama: America's First Jewish Presidentby Josh Gerstein Mon, 12 May 2008 at 9:21 PM Print Send RSS Share: Bill Clinton was America's first black president. Or so we thought. Until recently, John Edwards was running to be America's first woman president. Now, shocking word that Barack Obama may be in line to be America's first Jewish president. Discussing his affinity for Israel, Senator Obama tells the Atlantic magazine, "I've got it in the gut." He describes his own thought process as agonized (dare we say neurotic?) in a way that some might view as quintessentially Jewish. And he professes an "enormous emotional attachment and ...
Barack Obama--Biggest Liar Since Jimmy Carter? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-06-08 13:09:17 by James Deffenbach
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OBAMA LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES Audacity of Hypocrisy ^ | 4/3/08 Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:10:03 PM by freespirited 1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. 2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government. 3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had 4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. ...
Obama - "Hold on, I can't hear myself."
Post Date: 2008-06-07 23:50:34 by RickyJ
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Obama gaffe
Bob Barr is a libertarian?
Post Date: 2008-06-07 20:54:41 by graindrops
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Can someone explain to me how Bob Barr is a libertarian? If I recall, wasn't he as of a couple of years ago a pro-life, pro-drug war, anti-gay marriage Republican?
Clinton suspends historic campaign, endorses Obama
Post Date: 2008-06-07 15:40:22 by TwentyTwelve
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Clinton suspends historic campaign, endorses Obama Jun 7, 2:34 PM (ET) By BETH FOUHY WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking. The former first lady, who as recently as Tuesday declared herself the strongest candidate, gave Obama an unqualified endorsement and pivoted from her role as determined foe to absolute ally. "The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama, the next ...
Family precedent: Obama's grandmother blazed trails
Post Date: 2008-06-07 14:07:42 by scrapper2
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HONOLULU — Barack Obama's trailblazing effort to become the nation's first black president has a family precedent. Madelyn Dunham, Obama's grandmother, blazed a feminist trail in Hawaii banking circles in the late 1960s and early 1970s and rose to become one of the Bank of Hawaii's first female vice presidents. Durham, now 85 and living in Honolulu along with her granddaughter and Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, had two obstacles to overcome in Hawaii at the time — being a woman and being part of the state's white minority. "Was she ambitious? She had to be to become a vice president," said Clifford Y.J. Kong, 82, who was a senior credit ...
Barack Obama: Tony Rezko 'a sad story'
Post Date: 2008-06-07 08:33:11 by buckeye
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Sen. Barack Obama, calling the saga of convicted Chicago power broker Tony Rezko "a sad story,'' suggests that he has had plenty to say already about any support that he had drawn from Rezko in the past and is focused on the presidential campaign ahead. "Obviously, he was a friend, he was a supporter, he raised money for my campaigns,'' Obama said in an interview with Tom Negovan of WGN in Chicago. "Now, he's a sad story of somebody who clearly crossed the line.'' Rezko, whose friendship and fundraising benefited the careers of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Obama and others, was convicted Wednesday of using political clout to orchestrate millions of ...
Jim Webb, Iron Intellectual [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-06-06 19:33:05 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Barack Obama Jim Webb, Iron Intellectual By Alec MacGillis Lost in the hubbub over Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's secret rendezvous at Sen. Dianne Feinstein's house last night were some of the intriguing ramifications of Obama's previous appointment, a rally at the Nissan Pavilion in the Northern Virginia exurbs that was also attended by Sen. Jim Webb and Gov. Tim Kaine. Both men, of course, have been mentioned as possible running mates for Obama -- and, in the eyes of the veep-obsessed press, that made the event into an audition of sorts. This was particularly true for Webb, who, unlike Kaine, was making his first appearance in the role of an Obama booster, having ...
Bilderberg boys will decide who’s Obama’s “chosen” Veep
Post Date: 2008-06-06 15:16:27 by TwentyTwelve
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Bilderberg boys will decide who’s Obama’s “chosen” Veep Judi McLeod Canada Free Press Friday, June 6, 2008 Although coming on like a freight train as the Messiah For Change, Barack Obama’s just another poodle of the powerbrokers when it comes to who will be his Veep. Visit to Mrs. Clinton notwithstanding, Obama’s in no position to play favours in the vice president department, the big boys will decide who fills that slot. “It has been announced that Bilderberg luminary and top corporate elitist James A. Johnson will select Democratic candidate Barack Obama’s running mate for the 2008 election and in turn potentially act as a kingmaker for ...
FEINSTEIN ON THE CLINTON-OBAMA MEETING
Post Date: 2008-06-06 13:28:02 by christine
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a long-time Hillary Clinton supporter, told reporters today that she got the call from Clinton late yesterday afternoon asking to use her home for a meeting with Obama. Feinstein said she's offered up her house in previous conversations after Tuesday's final primaries. "They just want an opportunity to meet together alone," she told reporters. The meeting started about 9:00 pm ET. "I received them. Put them in the living room, two comfortable chairs facing one another and left." No staff, no security, just water for candidates. One person from each campaign sat in Feinstein's study. "They talked. I went upstairs and did my ...
Michelle Obama, separated at birth from her twin?
Post Date: 2008-06-06 12:59:50 by James Deffenbach
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Before you obummerites get too "tore up from the floor up" about the picture, I posted numerous pictures of the current occupant of the White House that showed him next to monkeys making the same kinds of faces.
John Edwards not interested in US vice presidential role: report
Post Date: 2008-06-06 11:18:34 by christine
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Former Democratic White House candidate John Edwards said he has no desire to stand as Barack Obama's running mate in the US presidential race, in an interview published in Spain Friday. "I have already been a candidate for vice president in 2004. I want to work hard for the campaign, but the vice presidency is not a position that I desire," he told the newspaper Vanguardia in comments published in Spanish. Edwards, a two-time presidential hopeful, was John Kerry's running mate in the 2004 elections won by George W. Bush. Last month, he formally endorsed Obama as the Democratic candidate for the November election, four months after dropping out of the race himself. The ...
Hamas Un-endorses Obama
Post Date: 2008-06-06 09:32:23 by christine
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Gaza City - The Islamist Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip slammed a speech by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday, saying it confirmed US "hostility" to Arabs and Muslims. "We consider the statements of Obama to be further evidence of the hostility of the American administration to Arabs and Muslims," Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP. In the speech delivered to a powerful US-Israel lobby group in Washington, Obama reaffirmed his support for Israel and said Jerusalem should remain Israel's "undivided" capital. Palestinians, including moderate president Mahmoud Abbas, have demanded that east Jerusalem - occupied ...
McCain vs. Obama: In the General Election, Sharp Battle Lines Over Policy / Wall Street Journal Article
Post Date: 2008-06-06 02:33:45 by TwentyTwelve
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Wall Street Journal Article McCain vs. Obama: In the General Election, Sharp Battle Lines Over Policy By LAURA MECKLER June 6, 2008; Page A1 Now comes the real clash. The prolonged Democratic nominating contest between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, two people who agree on most everything, magnified small and sometimes insignificant disagreements on policy. Not so with Sen. Obama and Sen. John McCain. While both men have attracted support from independent voters, the two start from opposing political philosophies on all but a handful of issues. "I'm a conservative Republican," Sen. McCain says over and over on the trail, belying his frequent image as a ...
Barack Obama's plan on GLOBAL WARMING
Post Date: 2008-06-05 23:41:42 by Horse
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Poster Comment:I just read yesterday that the global cooling trend we have had since the late 1990s is expected by scientists to last until 2030. This is from a scientific study of the Pacific Ocean. This is undoubtedly a trillion dollar tax and boondoggle developed by his economist friend Austan Goolsbee who is a member of Skull and Bones. The scheme has support with the Bilderberg Society. He has turned over the selection of his VP to a Bilderberger, James Johnson. Kathleen Sebelius is the governor of Kansas and attended the Bilderberg meeting in Istanbul in 2007. If she made a good impression as Edwards did in 2004, she could be the VP. She is against conceal carry weapons permits ...
online letter of non-support for John McCain
Post Date: 2008-06-05 23:32:53 by TwentyTwelve
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Wed Jun 4, 2008 4:54 pm (PDT) This is nice solution to getting the attention of the National GOP www.lettertogop.com/ We can all sign this one. Can post it to Paul meetup sites to catch everybody FOR OUR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM!!!!!! Click for Full Text!
Michelle and Farrakhan's Wife Together in Photo [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-06-05 22:19:07 by rack42
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Check out one facet of BARACK OBAMA’s “inner circle” — most of the women shown here represent a hidden inner circle that has played important roles in getting him elected. The Nation of Islam is not just another neighborhood group. Is the Nation of Islam the next one slated to go under the bus? THE PHOTOGRAPH UNDERSCORES the virtually ignored role that Louis Farrakhan and his wife, Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, have played in the POLITICAL RISE of Barack and Michelle Obama. From JET Magazine, a powerful Chicago-based publication, July 26, 2004
FACTBOX: Possible Democratic vice presidential candidates
Post Date: 2008-06-05 20:55:47 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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(Reuters) - Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, who has secured the Democratic presidential nomination, has taken the first small step toward choosing a running mate. Obama has asked a three-member team to head a search for his No. 2 and vet prospective candidates. The team members are: Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President John Kennedy; former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, and Jim Johnson, former chief executive of the mortgage lender Fannie Mae. Johnson performed the same task for Democrats John Kerry in 2004 and Walter Mondale in 1984. Here is a list of some possible Democratic vice presidential candidates, in alphabetical order: * Joseph Biden, 65 - The senator from ...
Jindal Excites GOP As a Possible Running Mate / Wall Street Journal Article
Post Date: 2008-06-05 20:11:23 by TwentyTwelve
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Wall Street Journal Article Jindal Excites GOP As a Possible Running Mate Louisiana Governor Of Indian Descent Has Youth and Zeal By COREY DADE and ELIZABETH HOLMES June 5, 2008 BATON ROUGE, La. -- Before Sen. John McCain could begin speaking at a town-hall meeting here Wednesday, he first had to quiet a crowd gone wild for Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal -- a politician who not long ago would have been inconceivable in Louisiana. Gov. Jindal, a child of Indian immigrants who has a gift for oratory, is the first minority to govern Louisiana since African-American P.B.S. Pinchback held the office for 35 days during Reconstruction. The similarities between the 36-year-old Gov. Jindal and ...
Obama's Vice President / Wall Street Journal Article
Post Date: 2008-06-05 20:00:07 by TwentyTwelve
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Wall Street Journal Article Obama's Vice President June 5, 2008; Page A20 In clinching the Democratic Presidential nomination, Barack Obama is now the leader of his party. The first test of his leadership as a potential President will be his response to the extraordinary campaign already underway to bully him into choosing Hillary Clinton as his running mate. Mrs. Clinton's tenacity in the primaries deserves credit, and she has earned the respect that Mr. Obama's remarks on Tuesday night gave her. But as he prepares for November, and perhaps for January, he has earned the right to choose a Vice Presidential nominee with whom he's comfortable, and on his own timetable. On ...
Rezko Convicted Of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering/Wall Street Journal Article
Post Date: 2008-06-05 19:53:36 by TwentyTwelve
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Wall Street Journal Article Rezko Convicted Of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering By ILAN BRAT and T.W. FARNAM June 5, 2008 A federal jury in Chicago found Antoin Rezko, once a top fund-raiser for Sen. Barack Obama, guilty of wire fraud and money laundering, among other charges. The jury deliberated for parts of nearly two weeks. The conviction Wednesday comes just one day after Sen. Obama claimed the Democratic presidential nomination and served as a reminder the presumptive nominee was a major benefactor of Mr. Rezko's fund-raising efforts when he got his career in politics off the ground. Mr. Rezko's months-long trial garnered national attention as the campaign of Sen. Hillary ...
Clinton Unlikely as No. 2/ Wall Street Journal Article
Post Date: 2008-06-05 19:47:25 by TwentyTwelve
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Wall Street Journal Article Clinton Unlikely as No. 2 Concession Expected Saturday; Obama Camp Discounts VP Talk By JACKIE CALMES June 5, 2008; Page A1 WASHINGTON -- Supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton suggested she would like to be Sen. Barack Obama's running mate, but close advisers to Sen. Obama are signaling that an Obama-Clinton ticket is highly unlikely. Some in the Clinton camp also noted a possible deal-breaker for a party-unity ticket: Bill Clinton may balk at releasing records of his business dealings and big donors to his presidential library. At a crucial moment of change in Hillary Clinton's career as a politician, WSJ asks New Yorkers to voice their thoughts. ...
Obama Victory Buoys Black America
Post Date: 2008-06-05 12:09:45 by PoliticallyIncorrect
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Across the country on black radio, they were calling it the happiest day in America. At his studios in Dallas, Tom Joyner, a nationally syndicated black radio host, was jubilant over Sen. Barack Obama's ride to clinching the Democratic nomination for president. Taking a call, he said, "Isn't this a great morning?" "It's a historic morning," the caller said, jokingly correcting him. Joyner's enthusiasm was endless and echoed in black households across the country. "If you have a bad day at the office," he said, "no matter -- it's a Barack Obama day. If you go to the gas pump and you have to pump $80 worth of gas, so what -- it's ...
Jury Finds Tony Rezko Guilty On 16 Of 24 Charges
Post Date: 2008-06-04 20:40:18 by Horse
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Political Fundraiser Has Surrendered, To Begin Serving Time Immediately (CBS) A prominent fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted Wednesday of fraud and money laundering after a high-profile federal trial provided an unusually detailed glimpse of the pay-to-play politics that has made Illinois infamous. Antoin "Tony" Rezko, 52, showed no emotion as the jury delivered a mixed verdict that found him guilty of scheming with the government's star witness to get kickbacks out of money management firms wanting state business, but acquitted him of charges that included attempted extortion. Rezko attorney Joseph Duffy said the defense is ...
Obama at AIPAC: Some Doubts Eased, Others Created
Post Date: 2008-06-04 20:16:55 by christine
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As is their wont, hard-line supporters of Israel have been pushing Barack Obama quite hard. He is, to them, an unknown commodity with questionable ties. Progressive Jewish opinion, on the other hand (and Arab Americans, as well), finds Obama appealing both because of his messages of hope and change and, specifically, because of comments he has made that indicate openness to a more nuanced discussion of Arab-Israeli peace-making. They latched on to, for example, comments he made to Jewish leaders in Cleveland on February 24th, where he appeared to reject identifying being pro-Israel with "adopting an unwaveringly pro-Likud view of Israel," and his statement to a Jewish reporter ...
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