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Olbermann & Rachel Maddow on Limbaugh's Hope for Riots
Post Date: 2008-04-27 17:51:42 by robin
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Did Rush Limbaugh encourage his listeners to go to Denver in late August and riot during the Democratic National Convention? Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann discuss on MSNBC's Countdown. Aired 4/25/08.
The Other Clinton Terrorist Clemency Scandal
Post Date: 2008-04-27 14:49:27 by nolu_chan
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfCkQ-p2beo The Other Clinton Terrorist Clemency Scandal Added: April 26, 2008 A sneak preview of what Republicans will say about Hillary Clinton in the fall, if she wins the Democratic nomination. An examination of the controversial clemency granted to convicted terrorists in the waning days of the B. Clinton Presidency, and the early days of the H. Clinton New York Senate campaign. From "Hillary: The Movie," featuring Dick Morris, who was the Clinton's pollster & chief strategist immediately prior to Mark Penn. This clip is also notable in that it includes an image of Sen. Clinton wearing a very large Puerto Rican flag pin while ...
Clinton Campaign Chair Threatened to Strip Michigan of Delegates in 2004
Post Date: 2008-04-27 14:44:22 by nolu_chan
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blogs.abcnews.com/politic...8/04/clinton-campa-1.html Clinton Campaign Chair Threatened to Strip Michigan of Delegates in 2004 Jake Tapper ABC News Senior National Correspondent April 26, 2008 5:33 PM Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has staked her path to the Democratic nomination on the officially illegitimate contests held in Michigan and Florida somehow being recognized, in opposition to Democratic National Committee rules. What's so remarkable about this is that two of the Clinton campaign's most important strategists have in the past taken the stand that these states should abide by the DNC's instructions -- even if that meant stripping them of their delegates. In direct ...
Obama the Interventionist
Post Date: 2008-04-27 14:34:28 by Jethro Tull
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Obama the Interventionist By Robert Kagan Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page B07 America must "lead the world in battling immediate evils and promoting the ultimate good." With those words, Barack Obama put an end to the idea that the alleged overexuberant idealism and America-centric hubris of the past six years is about to give way to a new realism, a more limited and modest view of American interests, capabilities and responsibilities. Obama's speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs last week was pure John Kennedy, without a trace of John Mearsheimer. It had a deliberate New Frontier feel, including some Kennedy-era references ("we were Berliners") and even ...
McCain Takes Shot at Obama for Hamas Support
Post Date: 2008-04-27 14:13:41 by robin
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John McCain taunted Barack Obama Friday for his recent “endorsement” from a Hamas adviser, wearing his own apparent rejection by the terrorist group as a badge of honor and saying that if elected he would be “Hamas’ worst nightmare.” McCain spoke openly about the touchy subject on a conference call with bloggers Friday morning, even as he was fighting with a local Republican Party to take down an ad critical of Obama that he said was harmful to the “respectful” spirit of the race. “I think it is very clear who Hamas wants to be the next president of the United States … I think that the people should understand that I will be Hamas’ worst ...
Barack Obama On Fox News Sunday: Watch Video
Post Date: 2008-04-27 13:19:41 by robin
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Fox News Sunday waited (by their own count) 772 days to interview Sen. Barack Obama -- and surprised no one by spending almost the entire first segment on questions about Rev. Jeremiah Wright, flag pins, and 60s-era radical Bill Ayers. That said, as TPM's Greg Sargent noted, Obama "didn't take on Fox at all in any meaningful sense" despite claims to the contrary: On Friday, a senior Obama adviser responded to criticism of his decision to go on Fox with a bunch of tough talk, saying that Obama knew full well that Fox has been at the forefront of spreading "the most specious of rumors" (i.e., lies) about Obama and vowing that he would "take Fox on." ...
Very Interesting Interview with Dr. Alan Keyes (Constitution Party L-O-S-E-R)
Post Date: 2008-04-27 13:14:40 by FOH
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An interview of Alan Keyes by Mike Ferguson on Missouri Viewpoints: Just hours after falling short in his bid for the Constitution Party’s Presidential nomination, former US Ambassador Alan Keyes sat down with Mike Ferguson to discuss his thoughts on the events of the party’s convention, the state of America and his political future. Dr. Keyes made it clear that he is not done working in politics, saying he is “…called to a role in politics…” Disputing claims by some of those in the CP leadership, Keyes states that he was invited to stand as a candidate for the nomination and then proverbially stabbed in the back by many in the party. He described his ...
G.O.P. Now Sees Obama as Liability for Ticket
Post Date: 2008-04-27 08:19:55 by robin
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WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama is starring in a growing number of campaign commercials, but the latest batch is being underwritten by Republicans. In a sign that the racial, class and values issues simmering in the presidential campaign could spread into the larger political arena, Republican groups are turning recent bumps in Mr. Obama’s road — notably his comment that small-town Americans “cling” to guns and religion out of bitterness and a fiery speech by his former minister in which he condemned the United States — into attacks against Democrats down the ticket. “The public, week by week, is becoming more familiar with his big-government, far-left ...
Hillary Strangelove
Post Date: 2008-04-27 08:06:29 by robin
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AMERICANS have learned to take with a grain of salt much of the rhetoric in a campaign like the current Democratic donnybrook between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Still, there are some red lines that should never be crossed. Clinton did so Tuesday morning, the day of the Pennsylvania primary, when she told ABC's "Good Morning America" that, if she were president, she would "totally obliterate" Iran if Iran attacked Israel. This foolish and dangerous threat was muted in domestic media coverage. But it reverberated in headlines around the world. Responding with understatement to a question in the British House of Lords, the foreign minister responsible for ...
India needs McCain as US President
Post Date: 2008-04-27 07:58:08 by robin
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Which of the three candidates for the US Presidency — Hilary Clinton, Barak Obama, and John McCain — will be best for India? Most Indians would opt for Obama or Clinton. But from a policy viewpoint, McCain would be best for India. Indians have followed with fascination the Democratic struggle in primaries between Clinton and Obama. Through history, all presidential candidates of the Republican and Democratic parties have been white males. This time, all white males have been eliminated early in the Democratic primaries, and the race is now between a woman and a black. Indian feminists would love to see Clinton win. The US constitution in 1787 had a noble vision of equality for ...
How McCain Lost in Pennsylvania
Post Date: 2008-04-27 07:55:04 by robin
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April 27, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist How McCain Lost in Pennsylvania By FRANK RICH IT’S a nightmare. It’s the Bataan Death March. It’s mutually assured Armageddon. “Both of them are already losing the general to John McCain,” declared a Newsweek columnist last month, predicting that the election “may already be over” by the time the Democrats anoint a nominee. Not so fast. If we’ve learned any new rule in the 2008 campaign, it’s this: Once our news culture sets a story in stone, chances are it will crumble. But first it must be recycled louder and louder 24/7, as if sheer repetition will transmute conventional wisdom into reality. When the ...
N.Y. banker helping McCain fill his coffers
Post Date: 2008-04-27 07:47:57 by robin
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Big-time Republican contributors are complaining that prospective presidential nominee John McCain is poorly organized for the campaign and off to a bad start in raising money. McCain begins well behind Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 money derby, and longtime Republican givers say there is no coherent plan for catching up and getting ahead. The bright spot for McCain in the opinion of the GOP money men is the presence in his campaign of New York investment banker Lew Eisenberg, an experienced Republican fund-raiser. Eisenberg, a pro-choice social liberal who has often contributed to Democrats, was attacked by conservatives when he came on board with McCain in 2007. When McCain clinched ...
Another Obama Marxist
Post Date: 2008-04-27 03:07:02 by FOH
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Barack Obama has a thing for Marxists. He befriends them, listens to their counsel, and he even hires them to work in his campaign. And they seem to feel the warmth. President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, who led a revolution there in 1979, says Barack Obama's presidential bid is a "revolutionary" phenomenon, and Americans are "laying the foundations for a revolutionary change." A captured computer revealed that an unknown person chatted with Marxist FARC guerillas on Obama's behalf (they believed), stating he would be the next President and US policy towards Columbia would change. Frank Marshall Davis, a dear Obama friend and mentor was as a member of the ...
'Red flag' over Obama blogger – webworker flies commie banner
Post Date: 2008-04-27 00:19:11 by FOH
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Campaign journalist's work appears in 'revolutionary Marxist' journal In the same week the Obama campaign quietly removed from its official website a page managed by a fundraiser tied to the Islamic terrorist group Hamas, its official blogger has come under attack as a "hardcore Marxist" for hanging a Communist Party flag in his Harvard campus apartment and publishing in a self-professed 'revolutionary Marxist' journal. Sam Graham-Felsen, a journalist-on-leave from The Nation, joined Obama for America in March 2007 where he works for the New Media department as the official blogger, daily presenting the campaign's public face. Now he's under fire for ...
Only in America
Post Date: 2008-04-26 23:37:36 by robin
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Only in America Barack Obama is a Niebuhr-reading ESPN watcher. The origins of his troubles with the 'other' tag. Evan Thomas, Holly Bailey and Richard Wolffe NEWSWEEK Updated: 3:19 PM ET Apr 26, 2008 There was a time, not so long ago, when the advisers to John McCain worried a great deal about running against Barack Obama. "We'll never get those kind of crowds," a McCain aide admitted, almost mournfully, to a NEWSWEEK reporter as they stood watching television coverage of a packed Obama rally in South Carolina last January. Obama seemed to have a kind of transcendent power, an ability to convince voters that he was not just another politician. Most McCain aides ...
If Clinton can't run campaign, can she run White House?
Post Date: 2008-04-26 22:09:54 by nolu_chan
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/34931.html If Clinton can't run campaign, can she run White House? David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers Posted on Sat, Apr. 26, 2008 last updated: April 26, 2008 07:47:16 PM WASHINGTON -- Despite Hillary Clinton's big win in Pennsylvania last week, the story of her campaign is often one of mismanagement and missed opportunities, and it raises questions about how she'd organize and run the White House. "There's a certain style to the campaign, and it shows what we might expect in a Clinton presidency: a lot of viewpoints and a messiness," said James McCann, a political science professor at Purdue University in Indiana. ...
Obama's strange politics [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-04-26 13:09:37 by Jethro Tull
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Obama's strange politics From:Cincinnati Post (2007-Current)Date:August 11, 2007Author:Star ParkerMore results for:obama radical politics It's been equal-opportunity week to attack Barack Obama because of his remarks that seemed to justify a U.S. invasion of Pakistan. Democrats and Republicans alike had a field day at the expense of the poor senator. In the midst of all this, he addressed the annual meeting of the National Council of La Raza, and talked about realities at home. But those remarks, which I found at least as provocative and troubling, got little public attention.NCLR is sort of the Hispanic NAACP. Speaking before an audience of about 2,000, Obama, according to The ...
BARACK'S BOMBER BUD
Post Date: 2008-04-26 08:04:26 by Jethro Tull
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BARACK'S BOMBER BUDBy LINDA CHAVEZ April 26, 2008 -- DESPITE Hillary Clin ton's win in Penn sylvania Tuesday, there's almost no scenario in which she can win the Democratic nomination. Barack Obama is the almost-certain choice to become the nominee - but he'll face far more hurdles than he has overcome in Democratic primaries. Obama's record of accomplishment is slim. He served two terms in the Illinois legislature, where he did almost nothing to distinguish himself. He has spent nearly half his time as a US Senator running for president. What Obama does have is a sharp mind, a gift for inspiring rhetoric and a talent for raising money. But he also has a propensity ...
Farrakhan's Pennsylvania Admirer
Post Date: 2008-04-26 02:01:36 by nolu_chan
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Farrakhan's Pennsylvania Admirer By Colbert I. King Saturday, April 26, 2008; A17 The old Irving Berlin tune "The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)" captures the aftermath of Pennsylvania's Democratic primary -- with a twist. The contest is, indeed, over. But the tune that's slow in parting is more of a sour note than a sweet sound. It's not that the outcome was disturbing. Hillary Clinton's double-digit victory was forecast weeks ago. She also achieved a key objective: raising doubts about Barack Obama's electability in November. No, for me, the unpleasant tone that lingers is the exit poll in which 1 in 10 white Pennsylvania voters said a ...
Obama calls for windfall tax on oil profits as gas prices soar
Post Date: 2008-04-25 18:59:58 by aristeides
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Obama calls for windfall tax on oil profits as gas prices soar WASHINGTON (AFP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama called for a windfall tax on oil company profits Friday, as pump prices in the United States hit a new record high. "For the well-off in this country, high gas prices are mostly an annoyance. But to most Americans, they're a huge problem, bordering on a crisis," he told reporters at a gas station in Indiana, where he is campaigning. According to the automobile association AAA, the average price of a gallon (3.78 liters) of gas reached a record 3.58 dollars Friday. Obama proposes oil companies be taxed on windfall profits from oil sold at or ...
FACT CHECK: OBAMA AND OIL
Post Date: 2008-04-25 17:49:49 by robin
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From NBC/NJ’s Aswini Anburajan GREENBURG, Pa. -- The Clinton campaign today accused the Obama campaign of "false advertising," claiming that a recent ad Obama released in Pennsylvania was disngenous because Obama has been the recipient of more than $200,000 from the oil and gas industry. In the ad, Obama says, "I'm Barack Obama, and I don't take money from oil companies or lobbyists, and I won't let them block change any more." Obama has taken $213,884 from the oil and gas industry as of Feb. 29th, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Sen. Hillary Clinton has taken $306,813 in that same period. Two of Obama's campaign bundlers are also ...
Dems' suspense may be unnecessary
Post Date: 2008-04-25 17:40:19 by nolu_chan
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9862.html Dems' suspense may be unnecessary By: Elizabeth Drew POLITICO April 25, 2008 11:35 AM EST The torrent of speculation about the end game of the Democratic nomination contest is creating a false sense of suspense – and wasting a lot of time of the multitudes who are anxious to know how this contest is going to turn out. Notwithstanding the plentiful commentary to the effect that the Pennsylvania primary must have shaken superdelegates planning to support Barack Obama, causing them to rethink their position, key Democrats on Capitol Hill are unbudged. “I don’t think anyone’s shaken,” a leading House Democrat ...
False Advertising: New Obama Ad Falsely Claims He Does Not Accept Money From Oil Companies
Post Date: 2008-04-25 17:39:46 by Jethro Tull
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False Advertising: New Obama Ad Falsely Claims He Does Not Accept Money From Oil Companies From:Targeted News ServiceDate:March 28, 2008More results for:obama and oil companies The presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., issued the following news release: Phil Singer, Deputy Communications Director: "It's unfortunate that Senator Obama is using false advertising to explain why he can be trusted to do something about energy prices. Senator Obama says he doesn't take campaign contributions from oil companies but the reality is that ExxonMobil, Shell and others are among his donors. I wonder if they'll fix the ad." A new ad by Sen. Obama running ...
Obama has a punctuation problem
Post Date: 2008-04-25 17:38:47 by nolu_chan
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9867.html Obama has a punctuation problem By JOHN F. HARRIS & DAVID PAUL KUHN | 4/25/08 4:46 AM EST POLITICO Barack Obama’s real opponent now is not Hillary Rodham Clinton. It is a pair of punctuation marks. The first is a question. The second is an asterisk. Both threaten to hover over Obama if he wins the Democratic nomination without confronting and defeating the doubts Clinton has raised about his political strength beyond his electoral base of African-Americans and upscale whites. This is the significance of Indiana. Obama can and probably will win the Democratic nomination no matter what happens in the May 6 primary. But a ...
BIG HRC FUNDRAISER DEFECTS TO OBAMA
Post Date: 2008-04-25 17:36:53 by nolu_chan
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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/25/946650.aspx BIG HRC FUNDRAISER DEFECTS TO OBAMA Posted: Friday, April 25, 2008 2:18 PM by Chuck Todd From NBC's Chuck Todd One of the things that both Dem campaigns are always nervous about is defectors. In particular, Clinton is more vulnerable to this problem since she's the candidate that is trailing. Well, NBC News has learned that a major fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, former Amb. to Chile Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon is leaving the campaign to join up Barack Obama's campaign. Officially dubbed a "Hillraiser," Guerra-Mondragon raised nearly $500,000 for Clinton's campaign, according to some estimates. He has ...
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