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Latest Articles: (s)Elections
Obama Catches Up In Support From Hill - Endorsements in Congress Meet Clinton's
Post Date: 2008-05-01 06:50:39 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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By Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, May 1, 2008; Page A06 With endorsements coming in from California, Iowa and Indiana, Sen. Barack Obama yesterday pulled even with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for support on Capitol Hill, as Democratic lawmakers shrugged off his recent struggles. Obama (Ill.) received the backing of Rep. Baron P. Hill, a conservative from a critical district in southern Indiana; Rep. Bruce Braley, an Iowa freshman who grabbed a Republican seat in 2006; and Rep. Lois Capps, who has held her liberal Santa Barbara, Calif., seat for five full terms and whose son-in-law works for the Obama campaign. A ...
Clinton: Testicular Fortitude
Post Date: 2008-05-01 00:56:27 by nolu_chan
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Clinton: Testicular Fortitude
McCAIN and the TELEVANGELISTS (Robertson, Falwell, Parsley, Hagee)
Post Date: 2008-04-30 17:18:41 by nolu_chan
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b>McCAIN and the TELEVANGELISTS (Robertson, Falwell, Parsley, Hagee) PAT ROBERTSON AND JERRY FALWELL - McCAIN In 2000, the televangelists flocked to Bush. McCain had this to say: S.F. Chronicle McCain Rips Into Evangelists Senator blasts Robertson, Falwell in attack on Christian conservatives Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau Tuesday, February 29, 2000 (02-29) 04:00 PDT Washington, D.C. -- On the eve of primaries in Virginia and Washington, Republican presidential candidate John McCain ripped into Christian televangelists Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell yesterday as "agents of intolerance'' who "shame our faith, our party and our country.'' . ...
Hillary Strangelove
Post Date: 2008-04-30 17:05:22 by aristeides
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Hillary Strangelove Posted by Lew Rockwell at April 30, 2008 08:20 AM This November will be, if the neocons get their way, a demonstration of the neocon idea of democracy: an all-neocon election that the neocons cannot lose. Hillary Strangelove will face John McStrangelove, a left-fascist against a right-fascist, both of them committed to perpetual war in the Middle East, the police and national security state, and global empire. (Thanks to Kev Hall for the URL.)
Fla. Dems demand seats at convention
Post Date: 2008-04-30 16:50:22 by FOH
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WASHINGTON - Six busloads of Floridians protested in front of Democratic National Committee headquarters this morning, calling on DNC chief Howard Dean to restore Florida's role in the presidential nominating contest. "I'm one of those senior white women and we're not invisible anymore," said Carolyn Greer, 59, of Ocala, a registered independent who said she had hoped to vote for Hillary Clinton in November. Greer, like Clinton, says she wants Florida to count "before there's a nominee, not after. "If they wait til after, what does it matter?" Greer said. "If he waits til after a nominee's been picked, then this old gal is going to vote ...
McHillObama Update - Top-of-Mind Candidate Perceptions In-Depth (Gallup: Mix of positive and negative in Americans’ perceptions of each)
Post Date: 2008-04-30 16:30:15 by FOH
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PRINCETON, NJ -- Over the course of the presidential campaign, Americans have become increasingly likely to view John McCain as too old and Hillary Clinton as dishonest. Barack Obama is much better known today than before the campaign got underway, but the dominant perceptions of him (as being young and inexperienced and a fresh face with new ideas) have changed little. These findings are based on results from the latest Gallup Panel survey, which asked respondents to describe in their own words "what comes to mind" when they think of the three leading presidential candidates. The question had been previously asked in late 2006, before the candidates officially announced their ...
Ind. congressional candidate speaks at meeting honoring Adolf Hitler
Post Date: 2008-04-30 15:23:06 by aristeides
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Ind. congressional candidate speaks at meeting honoring Adolf Hitler A congressional candidate appeared last Sunday at a birthday party for Adolf Hitler. Yes, that Adolf Hitler. The one who brought us World War II and the Holocaust. "I told (WNDU-TV in South Bend, Ind.) in the beginning that I'd speak to any group that wanted me to speak," Tony Zirkle, a candidate for the Republican nomination in Indiana's 2nd district, tells The News-Dispatch, adding: "I'm keeping my promise. I'll speak to any group. (The National Socialist Workers Party) was interested in the targeting of white people for prostitution." The lawyer addressed 56 "white ...
Clinton: Coe's a "Spiritual Mentor" Dagbladet: He's a "Hitler Admirer"
Post Date: 2008-04-30 14:17:46 by nolu_chan
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Clinton: Coe's a "Spiritual Mentor" Dagbladet: He's a "Hitler Admirer" By Bruce Wilson Fri Apr 25, 2008 at 08:54:53 AM EST On April 23, 2008 the UK Daily Mail reported on a new doll being marketed in the Ukraine, a Hitler doll with suitably Hitlerian attire and "a spare head" which, should demand for the doll be high enough said a spokesperson for the manufacturer, could lead to "a series of themed Third Reich toys, including interiors of Hitler's chancellery, toy concentration camps with barbed wire, barracks and operating models of gas chambers and crematoriums." Meanwhile, according to Norwegian journalist Tore Gjerstad, ...
Clinton blasts Bush for not stopping a project her husband approved
Post Date: 2008-04-30 12:37:43 by nolu_chan
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Clinton blasts Bush for not stopping a project her husband approved Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers McClatchy Washington Bureau Posted on Wed, Apr. 30, 2008 last updated: April 30, 2008 12:14:24 PM INDIANAPOLIS — It's a story Hillary Clinton loves to tell, about how the Chinese government bought a good American company in Indiana, laid off all its workers and moved its critical defense technology work to China. And it's a story with a dramatic, political ending. Republican President George W. Bush could have stopped it, but didn't. If she were president, she says, she'd fight to protect those jobs. It's just the kind of talk that's helping her win ...
Vietnamese tell international press that POW McCain was "singled out for softer treatment" (How war hero John McCain betrayed the Vietnamese peasant who saved his life)
Post Date: 2008-04-30 11:23:00 by FOH
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From Vietnam Veterans Against McCain A former Vietnamese Communist Party official is claiming Sen. John McCain was "quickly singled out for softer treatment" as a POW because "he was the son of an American admiral. Phung Van Chung, 70, who was a Communist Party official at the time McCain was captured said "top" Vietnamese leaders wanted to use McCain "for negotiations." Chung also said McCain is refusing "to acknowledge" the heroism of Mai Van On, a Vietnamese peasant who the Vietnamese say swam out during the bombing raid and rescued McCain from drowning. McCain's refusal to publicly recognize Mai Van On for saving "his life" has ...
Daily Kos: 'Uncle Tom' Obama
Post Date: 2008-04-30 09:51:32 by Peppa
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Barack Obama’s repudiation of Jeremiah Wright didn’t go over well with many of the Kos Kids. To say the least. Daily Kos: “Uncle Tom” Obama. Daily Kos: “Uncle Tom” Obama I have been a huge supporter of Barack. He is the guy I’ve been behind for quite awhile now. Check my older diaries if you wonder about that. And while I’ve been steeling myself for a Barack loss in November, because I think the Repug machine is too good for him to beat, I had resigned myself to still working hard for him and for the Progressive cause! But today something changed for me... Today, the scales fell from my eyes and I saw Barack Obama for what he truly is: a weak ...
McCain accused of accepting improper donations from Rothschilds
Post Date: 2008-04-30 01:57:32 by robin
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain speaks in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photograph: Joshua Lott/Getty A US campaign watchdog has accused presumptive Republican president nominee John McCain of violating election laws by accepting campaign contributions from two prominent Londoners.At issue is a fundraising luncheon held in March at London's Spencer House, during McCain's swing through the United Kingdom. An invitation to the event lists Lord Rothschild and Nathaniel Rothschild as hosts, and indicates the event was made possible with their "kind permission".Judicial Watch, a Washington organisation instrumental in the March release of Hillary Clinton's White House ...
Was Jeremiah Wright's speech set up by a Clinton supporter?
Post Date: 2008-04-29 21:19:23 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Was Jeremiah Wright's speech set up by a Clinton supporter? Well, here's a most interesting connection we just came across. Everybody is talking today about how much the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's latest unrepentant militant remarks hurt his most prominent parishoner, Sen. Barack Obama, and his chances to win the Democratic presidential nomination and the general election. So much so that the Obama camp realized the latent danger overnight and the candidate was forced to speak out publicly a second time today, as The Ticket noted here earlier today. There was little doubt left in today's remarks by Obama, who recently said he could no more disown Wright than he could the ...
Candidates' plans would increase deficit
Post Date: 2008-04-29 21:02:06 by richard9151
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Published: April 27, 2008 at 4:24 PM
WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- Plans outlined by the three main U.S. presidential contenders will increase the federal deficit, adding to the national debt significantly, budget experts say.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, is proposing deep tax cuts, while the two Democrats vying to be president are proposing a vast array of new government programs, The New York Times reported Sunday.
Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan group that advocates deficit reduction, said whoever wins the Oval Office will have an effect on the nation debt, which has reached $9.1 trillion from $5.6 trillion at ...
Obama's Risky Denunciation Of Rev. Wright
Post Date: 2008-04-29 21:00:12 by iconoclast
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After days of largely ignoring the media blitz his former pastor has waged, Barack Obama reversed course and denounced the Rev. Jeremiah Wright in the strongest and most direct terms yet on Tuesday. It was a decision that may help him reclaim some of the initiative in a tight presidential primary contest, but it is not without risks. The decision to specifically address Wright’s controversial statements came after the campaign maintained for days that Obama had said all he had to say on the subject - a sign that there has been growing concern that the controversy was damaging his candidacy. The result was not just a denunciation of Wright’s comments, but of the man who attracted ...
Democrat Barack Obama spells out his foreign policy: “I will not hesitate to use force” [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-04-29 21:00:09 by richard9151
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28 July 2007 This month’s issue of Foreign Affairs carries an essay by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama outlining his foreign policy. Obama gets to the point early on. Noting the catastrophe in Iraq, he writes: “After thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars spent, many Americans may be tempted to turn inward and cede our leadership in world affairs. But this is a mistake we must not make.” The senator’s words must be seen in context. The foreign policy establishment that constitutes the key audience of Foreign Affairs generally recognizes that the debacle in Iraq represents a disaster for American military and geopolitical hegemony. In evaluating ...
US congressional hearings on Iraq foreshadow aggressive stance against Iran
Post Date: 2008-04-29 20:44:42 by richard9151
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7 April 2008 In testimony before the US Congress this week, General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, is widely expected, as part of his assessment of the military situation, to slam Iran for allegedly arming and training anti-US insurgents. However, British officials warned in the Telegraph on Saturday that Petraeus could go further, by accusing Tehran of waging a proxy war against the US in Iraq and laying the basis for military strikes against Iran. “A strong statement from General David Petraeus about Iran’s intervention in Iraq could set the stage for a US attack on Iranian military facilities, according to a Whitehall assessment. In closely watched testimony in ...
Obama vows to back Bush’s war commander
Post Date: 2008-04-29 20:40:19 by richard9151
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29 April 2008 Democratic presidential front-runner Senator Barack Obama said on Sunday he would endorse Bush’s nominee to direct US military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout a region extending from North Africa to Central Asia. The pledge, made on the “Fox News Sunday” program, while predictable, serves nonetheless to thoroughly expose the antiwar pretenses of Obama and the Democratic Party as a whole. Obama was asked by Fox’s Chris Wallace: “Senator, this week President Bush named David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Iraq, to be the head of Central Command.... Will you vote to confirm his nomination?” Obama responded, “Yes. I ...
House Democrats work on huge Iraq money bill
Post Date: 2008-04-29 20:02:33 by richard9151
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Monday, April 28, 2008 (04-28) 04:00 PDT Washington -- House Democratic leaders are putting together the largest Iraq war spending bill yet, a measure that is expected to fund the war through the end of the Bush presidency and for nearly six months into the next president's term. The bill, which could be unveiled as early as this week, signals that Democrats are resigned to the fact they can't change course in Iraq in the final months of President Bush's term. Instead, the party is pinning its hopes of ending the war on winning the White House in November. Bay Area lawmakers, who represent perhaps the most anti-war part of the country, acknowledge the bill will anger many ...
Cyber-Swift Boating Obama
Post Date: 2008-04-29 18:11:35 by nolu_chan
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Cyber-Swift Boating Obama Bennet Kelley's Journal Tue Apr 29th 2008, 11:57 AM DU - Originally published in Santa Monica Daily Press There are a few things you should know about John McCain that the media is not reporting. He was born in Panama and played as a child with future narco-dictator Manuel Noriega. McCain crashed five Navy jets during his military career, usually because the planes were overloaded with narcotics. Finally, McCain is the father of a black child whose mother was Noriega's housekeeper. I assure you that it is true that Senator McCain was born in Panama, crashed five jets and adopted a Bengali child (which the Bush 2000 campaign exploited to create a whisper ...
Peggy Noonan's Litmus Test - Does Obama love Sutter's Mill? America demands an answer.
Post Date: 2008-04-29 17:19:06 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Peggy Noonan's Litmus Test Does Obama love Sutter's Mill? America demands an answer. By Timothy Noah Posted Monday, April 28, 2008, at 7:08 PM ET When I think about all the hoops Barack Obama is being made to jump through in order to prove he's a patriotic American, I feel nostalgic for the days when the press thought Obama's biggest negative was his supposed inexperience relative to Hillary Clinton (see "Hillary's Experience Lie"). First Obama had to distance himself from some bizarre comments made by his former pastor. Then he had to explain why he doesn't wear a flag lapel pin often enough to suit Charlie Gibson of ABC News. Then he had to distance ...
The New McCarthyism (MCCARTHYITE SMEARS AGAINST RON PAUL & OBAMA) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-04-29 17:14:38 by aristeides
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The New McCarthyism And the Clintons are in the thick of it. Stanley Fish: The literature the Clinton campaign is passing around about Obama and Ayers cannot be explained away or rationalized. It features bold heads proclaiming that Ayers doesn’t regret his Weathermen activities (what does that have to do with Obama? Are we required to repudiate things acquaintances of our have not said?), that Ayers contributed $200 to Obama’s senatorial campaign (do you take money only from people of whose every action you approve?), that Obama admired Ayers’s 1997 book on the juvenile justice system, that Ayers and Obama participated on a panel examining the role of intellectuals in ...
Now Sharpton Attacks Obama
Post Date: 2008-04-29 16:55:52 by aristeides
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Now Sharpton Attacks Obama 29 Apr 2008 01:03 pm This is getting interesting: Barack Obama made a call for nonviolence in the aftermath of the Sean Bell verdict - infuriating the Rev. Al Sharpton, who accused the presidential candidate of trying to "grandstand in front of white people," sources told The Post. I think that is part of Jeremiah Wright's view of Obama as well: he will never forgive him for winning so many white votes, and breaking the pattern and ideology of victimhood and marginalization that forged Wright's identity. This dynamic is very powerful in minority circles. In the gay world, for example, the younger generation faced enormous hostility at first ...
PROOF POSITIVE THAT REZKO AND OBAMA ARE PARTNERS
Post Date: 2008-04-29 16:46:43 by RickyJ
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PROOF POSITIVE THAT REZKO AND OBAMA ARE PARTNERS Examine the Cook County land records: The deed for the house that the Obama’s purchased for $300k less than the asking price is from Frederic Wondisford and his wife, Sally Radovic, to the Obama’s Northern Trust Company Land Trust #10209 (established as such for “confidentiality”) is dated 15 June 2005 and is recorded 21 June 2005 as Document #0517233010. Declared value is $1,650,000.00. The deed for the vacant lot is from Wondisford/Radovic to Rita M. Rezko. This deed is dated 15 June 2005 and recorded a day earlier, on 20 June 2005 as Document #0517133004. Declared value is $625,000.00. Examination of the Cook County ...
In North Carolina, Clinton Closes To Within 5 Of Obama [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-04-29 16:22:04 by RickyJ
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In North Carolina, Clinton Closes To Within 5 Of Obama: In a Democratic Primary in North Carolina today, 04/29/08, one week till votes are counted, the 10-point lead that Barack Obama has had for two months is halved, to now 5 points, Obama 49%, Clinton 44%, according to SurveyUSA's 7th tracking poll, conducted exclusively for WTVD-TV Raleigh. In SurveyUSA last four polls, over the past two months, Obama has led by 10, 8, 10, and 9 points. Today: 5. White voters are key. Since January, Clinton had led among Carolina whites by 14, 19, 17, 22 and 23 points. But today, suddenly: 31. In the Research Triangle, Clinton is up 9 points, week-on-week; Obama is down 3; a net swing of 12 points to ...
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