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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 ...
Crowd applauds question to McCain about Congress families 'opting out' of serving in Iraq, Afghanistan
Post Date: 2008-06-04 20:05:26 by christine
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, one of the few members of Congress to have a family member serving in Iraq, was confronted by a fellow Vietnam veteran angry at national leadership's "opting out," while speaking at a campaign event in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Wednesday. "I'm a combat veteran of Vietnam and I have a son who served in the 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan and Iraq," the man said to loud applause, with McCain interjecting to thank his family's service. After the crowd stopped clapping the man continued, "According to VFW Magazine, less than one percent of the members of Congress have children or grandchildren who have ...
Nation of Islam activists on Obama camp payroll
Post Date: 2008-06-04 16:54:31 by Horse
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JERUSALEM – Sen. Barack Obama employed and continues to employ senior staffers who belong to the Nation of Islam, and the presidential candidate has some "worrying" ties to the controversial group headed by Louis Farrakhan, a former key Obama insider told WND. The former insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed particular concern that Obama employed at least two Nation members in his early days as a state senator, when his office was staffed by only a handful of workers. "When you're a state senator, you have little money given to you to hire staff. It is ironic that two of Obama's employees in those days were known Nation of Islam activists when ...
Democratic Primary Boosts U.S. Image Around the World
Post Date: 2008-06-04 15:16:44 by Ferret Mike
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LONDON, June 4 -- For much of the world, Sen. Barack Obama's victory in the Democratic primaries was a moment to admire the United States, at a time when the nation's image abroad is in tatters. From hundreds of supporters crowded around televisions in rural Kenya, Obama's ancestral homeland, to jubilant Britons writing "WE DID IT!" on the "Brits for Barack" site on Facebook, people celebrated what they called an important racial and generational milestone for the United States. "This is close to a miracle. I was certain that some things will not happen in my lifetime," said Sunila Patel, 62, a widow encountered on the streets of New Delhi. ...
With Supporters Like These...
Post Date: 2008-06-04 13:55:43 by mirage
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(AXcess News) Omaha - In case you fell victim to Barack Obama's cynical attempt to bury a major news story by holding a press conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on a Saturday night during the Democratic National Committee's public fight over Michigan and Florida delegates, let me fill you in: Obama has finally resigned from that loony, racist church of his in Chicago. Back in March, while delivering what the sycophantic mainstream media described at the time as the greatest speech since "I have a dream," Obama assured us that he could no more disown his pastor, Jeremiah Wright, than he could disown the black community or his white grandmother. When Wright repeated ...
Clinton's Vice Presidential Campaign
Post Date: 2008-06-04 13:34:27 by Ferret Mike
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures as she and Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson take their seats for a Sunday morning service at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C., January 13, 2008. (Reuters) Hillary Clinton is "absolutely ready" to discuss the vice presidency with Barack Obama and has authorized supporters to encourage Obama to pick her if he feels that will help unify the party and help Democrats win the White House, according to Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television and a prominent Clinton supporter. Johnson said he began discussing the vice presidency with Clinton last month and that they talked about it at a ...
CLINTON: STILL NOT GIVING UP
Post Date: 2008-06-04 12:15:13 by TwentyTwelve
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CLINTON: STILL NOT GIVING UP Clinton: Still not giving up Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:16 AM by Domenico Montanaro Filed Under: 2008, Clinton The New York Times’ Nagourney writes, “[W]hile he would like to shift his attention fully to the onslaught already coming from Senator John McCain and the Republicans, Mr. Obama still has problems in his own party that may overshadow everything else until he addresses them: How to repair relations with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her supporters and whether to offer her a spot on the ticket. Mrs. Clinton used her final hours of the long primary season to make clear that she would be open to being Mr. Obama’s running ...
Introducing The Hewitt Award
Post Date: 2008-06-04 11:52:41 by aristeides
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Introducing The Hewitt Award It is time, is it not? The Hewitt Award, named after the absurd partisan fanatic, Hugh Hewitt, is given for the most egregious attempts to label Barack Obama as un-American, alien, treasonous, and far out of the mainstream of American life and politics. Its most proximate inspiration was this quote from Hewitt himself about the Portland, Oregon, rally: And did the Obama rally begin with the Soviet National Anthem? Since subtle attempts to describe Obama as a commie atheist alien are a central plank of Republican attacks, the Hewitt Award is reserved for those that border on hilarious extremity. And the first nomination goes to ... Gregg Pollowitz at NRO for ...
Republicans To Save Hillary With Obama Scandal?
Post Date: 2008-06-04 10:46:19 by TwentyTwelve
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Republicans To Save Hillary With Obama Scandal? Rumors of racist Michelle Obama tape could be reason why Clinton stayed in losing race Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Wednesday, June 4, 2008 | StumbleUpon Republicans are preparing to save Hillary Clinton's doomed bid for the Democratic nomination and answer the question of why she has refused to concede a losing race, with the release today of a shocking video tape featuring Michelle Obama going off on a racist rant, but others maintain the rumor is nothing more than a hoax. The tape allegedly shows Obama's wife, sitting on a panel with Louis Farrakhan, making racist remarks about white Americans and using the term ...
McCAIN, HILLARY AND OBAMA, BIRDS OF A FEATHER (Dr. Edwin Vieira PhD, JD)
Post Date: 2008-06-04 10:24:25 by christine
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Its recent losses of special Congressional elections in formerly safe districts indicate that the Republican Party may be in the process of self-destruction. Deservedly so. The past eight years have constituted a disaster the likes of which America has never before suffered—a disaster for the practice of constitutional government and the rule of law; for common Americans’ economic well-being; and for America’s true “homeland security”, both abroad and especially at home. And for all this the jackbooted leadership of the Republican Party is primarily to blame, and ought to pay a heavy price at the polls come November. Changing one of the Establishment’s ...
OBAMA CAPTURES HISTORIC PRIZE
Post Date: 2008-06-04 10:07:13 by TwentyTwelve
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OBAMA CAPTURES HISTORIC PRIZE DECLARES VICTORY IN EPIC DEM PREZ BATTLE & HAILS HILL FOR MAKING 'OUR COUNTRY BETTER' By MAGGIE HABERMAN June 4, 2008 -- Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination for president last night, propelling him to history as the first black standard-bearer for either major party. "Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States," Obama said during a huge rally in St. Paul, Minn. - the city where John McCain will accept the GOP nomination this summer. Appearing overwhelmed, Obama paused for a long period as the crowd of roughly 17,000 people at the Xcel Energy Center ...
Choice in November - Nader v. Twiddle Dee or Twiddle Dum
Post Date: 2008-06-04 06:11:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Choice in November - Nader v. Twiddle Dee or Twiddle Dum - by Stephen Lendman Each election cycle, hope springs eternal. Candidates promise change and voters buy it. Intelligent ones. People who know better or should. The current campaign highlights it. A surge is building for Obama, not for what he is. For what people think or hope he is - a populist, progressive, man of the people, a new course for America. After the final June 3 primaries and "rush of superdelegates," according to The New York Times, they're stuck with him. The Times reports that he crossed "over the threshold (to) the 2118 delegates needed to be nominated...." Obama marked the occasion as his ...
Cardinal Tells Priest Who Mocked Clinton to Take a Leave and ‘Reflect’
Post Date: 2008-06-03 23:57:38 by Ferret Mike
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CHICAGO — The priest whose mocking of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton stirred more racially tinged controversy in the presidential campaign was effectively placed on leave from his pastoral work Tuesday at the Roman Catholic parish he has led since 1983. The archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George, called on the priest, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, to “step back from his obligations” at St. Sabina and “take leave for a couple of weeks.” Father Pfleger has been a friend of Senator Barack Obama and served until several weeks ago in an unpaid role on the Obama campaign’s Catholic advisory council. He has apologized for remarks he made last month as a guest ...
A Devastating Bombshell on Obama Will Be Dropped Tomorrow
Post Date: 2008-06-03 23:21:34 by Horse
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John Fund of the Wall Street Journal was on Laura Ingraham’s show this morning, talking about the bombshell, according to our own No Quarter author Bud White. Bob Beckel, Democratic analyst for Fox News, reported on TV already that a “bombshell” is coming out tomorrow VIDEO BELOW. Here are written reports to date (and I will ADD MORE as they come in) — and I am adding the DEVASTATING electoral college projections up at HillBuzz that further underscore Obama’s unelectability. Obama is toast. John Fund, Wall Street Journal: “Indeed, rumors are swirling on the campaign trail that a new video will soon surface featuring Mrs. Obama appearing on a panel with ...
Barack Obama gains enough delegates to defeat Hillary Clinton
Post Date: 2008-06-03 22:22:11 by TwentyTwelve
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Barack Obama gains enough delegates to defeat Hillary Clinton By Toby Harnden in Chicago Last Updated: 3:11AM BST 04/06/2008 Senator Barack Obama has gained the support of enough delegates to capture the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination and become the first black presidential nominee in American history, according to reports. Meanwhile his defeated rival Senator Hillary Clinton has floated the proposal that she be his vice-presidential running mate. As the final two states held nominating contests, Mr Obama gained the backing of enough super-delegates - party officials and elected leaders who can vote for the candidate of their choice - to clinch the nomination over rival ...
Bill bites his lip and Hillary loses her voice as the Clintons campaign to the bitter end
Post Date: 2008-06-03 21:19:00 by TwentyTwelve
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Bill bites his lip and Hillary loses her voice as the Clintons campaign to the bitter end By David Usborne in Sioux Falls, South Dakota Wednesday, 4 June 2008 "Together, we can make history" was the last line of the speech Hillary Clinton delivered to 3,000 people at Sioux Falls fairground in South Dakota on Monday night. She meant, of course, that they would make history by electing the first woman president of America. But history of another sort was playing out before us. It was to be the last joint campaign appearance of what until now has been called the First Family of the Democratic Party. Mrs Clinton's husband Bill, who was with her on stage with their daughter ...
Obama Looks to Recruit Clinton’s Top Fund-Raisers
Post Date: 2008-06-03 18:28:07 by Ferret Mike
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As Senator Barack Obama edges closer to the Democratic presidential nomination, his campaign is gearing up to recruit many of Senator Hillary Clinton’s top fund-raisers, a move that could provide him with a huge infusion of cash if the two camps can get past the rancor of the primary season. Several of Mr. Obama’s finance officials say that if Mrs. Clinton drops out of the race, they will invite her top fund-raisers to join his national finance committee at a meeting in Chicago on June 19. They estimate that the well-connected Clinton team could raise $50 million to $75 million for Mr. Obama and even more for the Democratic Party, adding to the already record-shattering amounts ...
Clinton Open To Vice President Slot, But Continues Push For Top Spot
Post Date: 2008-06-03 17:29:23 by christine
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The Huffington Post has learned that Sen. Hillary Clinton's reported openness to the vice presidential slot on an Obama-led ticket, as first noted by the AP, came during a call with supporters in New York's congressional delegation that was intended to provide her with maximum candor as she plots her next moves. The question of whether Clinton will concede tonight or not dominated cable chat shows on Tuesday, though it has most often been posed as an either-or matter. All of which obscures the fact that the truth may lie somewhere in between, at least for now. Even as Clinton looks for every last advantage as a candidate, she also appears to be taking stock of where she stands. ...
Pat Buchanan Exposes Media's Racial Hypocrisy Concerning Obama (Video)
Post Date: 2008-06-03 16:30:05 by christine
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Since the first Democrat caucuses and primaries began in January, there has been a consistent media theme that it's acceptable for blacks to vote for Barack Obama because he's black, but racist for whites to vote for Hillary Clinton because she's white. On Tuesday's "Morning Joe," MSNBC's Pat Buchanan exposed how utterly absurd and hypocritical this view is even as the Washington Post's Richard Cohen actually defended it. What resulted was likely a far more honest discussion about race and racism in this nation then what Obama offered to the American people on March 18 when he tried to explain his connection to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Without further ado, ...
AP: Obama Clinches Democratic Nomination
Post Date: 2008-06-03 15:27:15 by TwentyTwelve
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AP: Obama Clinches Democratic Nomination Tuesday, June 3, 2008 1:40 PM WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House. Campaigning on an insistent call for change, Obama outlasted former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a historic race that sparked record turnout in primary after primary, yet exposed deep racial divisions within the party. The AP tally was based on public commitments from delegates as well as more than a dozen private commitments. It also included a minimum ...
Bill Kristol At AIPAC: Obama And McCain "Don't Actually Differ" On Iran
Post Date: 2008-06-03 11:05:22 by christine
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In today's hyper-partisan environment, it's like you can't hold a conference in the nation's capitol without things getting all...political. A few supporters of the studiously bipartisan American Israel Public Affairs Committee gasped in shock this morning when they heard Sen. John McCain attack his likely general election challenger Sen. Barack Obama in a speech at the group's annual policy conference. "That was the first time I've heard anyone call out another candidate by name [here]," said Aliana Greenberg, a campus AIPAC delegate and repeat conference attendee from the University of Pennsylvania. Another campus delegate told The Huffington Post he ...
Obama Poised to Clinch Nomination as Clinton Weighs Options
Post Date: 2008-06-03 09:33:56 by christine
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CHICAGO — Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton heaved toward the finish line in their exhausting Democratic presidential odyssey with Obama poised to claim victory and Clinton facing the prospects of having to abandon a quest that once seemed a sure shot. And although Tuesday’s primary-season ending contests in South Dakota and Montana won’t decide the Democratic nomination, the closing of the polls could open the floodgates to dozens of superdelegates — members of Congress and other party leaders — long anxious to throw their support to Obama. That could decide the nomination in a matter of days. “Once the last votes are cast, then it’s in ...
White Women Take the Gloves Off
Post Date: 2008-06-03 05:41:38 by RickyJ
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The woman who shouted "McCain in '08" at the Democratic rules committee was speaking for a multitude. After mounting for months, female anger over the choreographed dumping on Hillary Clinton and her supporters has exploded -- and party loyalty be damned. That the women are beginning to have a good time is an especially bad sign for Barack Obama's campaign. "Obama will NOT get my vote, and one step more," Ellen Thorp, a 59-year-old flight attendant from Houston told me. "I have been a Democrat for 38 years. As of today, I am registering as an independent. Yee Haw!" A new Pew Research Center poll points to a surging tide of fury, especially among white ...
MICHELLE OBAMA HIT NEXT?
Post Date: 2008-06-03 00:59:51 by Horse
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The Presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is likely to be roiled in coming days by revelations that Michelle Obama made racist comments in a speech for which there is allegedly an indelible record. This is why Hillary Clinton is still in the race and why her people have been in a race with Republican Opposition Researchers to get their hands on the offensive recording. On the heels of Michelle Obama's quote that she "has never been proud of her country" until now, the new controversy could turn the contest up-side down but is more likely to redound to the benefit of John McCain than to boost Hillary Clinton to the nomination- if the alleged recording ...
Hillary Clinton to Quit? Media Speculation Runs Wild
Post Date: 2008-06-03 00:46:32 by TwentyTwelve
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Hillary Clinton to Quit? Media Speculation Runs Wild By E&P Staff Published: June 02, 2008 7:40 PM ET NEW YORK It's not over until it's over -- but it's over? That could be the theme for Monday's coverage of the Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton final round. The results of Tuesday's closing primaries were almost ignored as speculation mounted that she would exit that night, amid an expected flood of super-delegates (which started today) to him. Reports held that she had called donors to attend the post-primary party on Tuesday and was getting ready to quit, gracefully. Obama is expected to go way over the top by the end of Tuesday, counting the new super-delegates. ...
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