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The Speech (ANDREW SULLIVAN: OBAMA'S SPEECH A CHRISTIAN SPEECH)
Post Date: 2008-03-19 15:39:12 by aristeides
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The Speech 18 Mar 2008 11:32 am Alas, I cannot give a more considered response right now as I have to get on the road. But I do want to say that this searing, nuanced, gut-wrenching, loyal, and deeply, deeply Christian speech is the most honest speech on race in America in my adult lifetime. It is a speech we have all been waiting for for a generation. Its ability to embrace both the legitimate fears and resentments of whites and the understandable anger and dashed hopes of many blacks was, in my view, unique in recent American history. And it was a reflection of faith - deep, hopeful, transcending faith in the promises of the Gospels. And it was about America - its unique promise, its ...
Obama: US less safe because of Iraq war
Post Date: 2008-03-19 15:20:56 by robin
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Barack Obama says the Iraq war has left the United States less safe yet has emboldened al-Qaida, the Taliban, Iran and North Korea. The Illinois senator said only he could be trusted to end the war in Iraq because he opposed it from the beginning, not simply once he began running for president. In a speech not far from North Carolina's Fort Bragg military base, the Democratic presidential hopeful told military families and local officials the war must end. "Ask yourself," Obama told the crowd, "Who do you trust to end a war: someone who opposed the war from the beginning, or someone who started opposing it when they started preparing a run for president?" Obama ...
Daily Show is amazed that a politician treats Americans as adults
Post Date: 2008-03-19 14:47:52 by robin
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The Daily Show brought its own perspective to Barack Obama's speech about his relationship to his pastor and the chasm between the races in America. Jon Stewart began with a clip of Reverend Wright thundering, "The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America'? No, no, no, God damn America." He then showed various pundits claiming that these remarks could sink Obama's candidacy. Stewart summarized their statements as "Yeah, I mean we all love Jesus, but why do you have to be so black and angry about it?" Stewart turned from that to Obama's speech, beginning with his ...
Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public (GLENN GREENWALD)
Post Date: 2008-03-19 14:36:27 by aristeides
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Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public Tuesday March 18, 2008 19:51 EDT (updated below) I haven't written about the Obama speech yet because I spent much of the day reading the instantaneous reactions of virtually everyone else, and because the issues raised by the speech are complex and my views about it are somewhat ambiguous. Personally, I found the speech riveting, provocative, insightful, thoughtful and courageous -- courageous because it eschewed almost completely all cliches, pandering and condescension, the first time I can recall a political figure of any significance doing so when addressing a controversial matter. There were numerous ...
Hillary's Plan To Elect McCain And A Right Wing Supreme Court
Post Date: 2008-03-19 11:50:55 by ghostdogtxn
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Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: Obama now leads Clinton 47% to 42%
Post Date: 2008-03-19 11:46:02 by Brian S
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---snip--- In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, Obama now leads Clinton 47% to 42%. Yesterday, Obama led 45% to 44% (see recent daily results). These results are based nightly telephone surveys and reported on a four-day rolling average basis. Just one night of polling is included since Obama’s speech and that single night result is not much different from the four-day average. The reason for today’s Obama bounce is that Friday night’s results have rolled out of the four-day sample. Following the initial media frenzy over Pastor Wright, Friday’s results were the single worst night of polling for Obama since the Primary Season began. While the full ...
Obama Disses his Pastor
Post Date: 2008-03-19 11:27:10 by Peppa
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It is said that "Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely". We may want to think the same thing when it comes to politicians, substituting the word "Power" for "Politics". Because it appears that Senator Barack Obama, the newest Presidential candidate; the one so vocal about his Christian faith, has decided that being President is much more worthy than standing firm on said Christian beliefs and principles. So much so, that upon the advice of his campaign handlers, he's publicly dissed his own Pastor. I don't know about you, but the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., a Nationally and globally respected Pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ; a respected ...
Seeking the roots of Wright’s audacity
Post Date: 2008-03-19 11:22:51 by Peppa
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Barack Obama supporters won’t like this, but let the word go forth. Reporters should write more stories about Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jr., and his relationship with the Democratic presidential candidate. Yes, I say this even after Wright left the campaign. This is not a case of piling on. Journalists have underplayed this story. As Doug LeBlanc noted, consider this profile of Obama in Rolling Stone. Far from being a fresh revelation, some of Wright’s remarks were reported more than a year ago. Yet only now have Wright’s comments caused an uproar. If reporters had scrutinized Wright, the current contretemps would have been long past. A key ...
Obama's lead over Clinton narrows: Reuters poll [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-03-19 10:55:48 by robin
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's big national lead over Hillary Clinton has all but evaporated in the U.S. presidential race, and both Democrats trail Republican John McCain, according a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. The poll showed Obama had only a statistically insignificant lead of 47 percent to 44 percent over Clinton, down sharply from a 14 point edge he held over her in February when he was riding the tide of 10 straight victories. Illinois Sen. Obama, who would be America's first black president, has been buffeted by attacks in recent weeks from New York Sen. Clinton over his fitness to serve as commander-in-chief and by a tempest ...
The Right And Obama's Speech (ANDREW SULLIVAN)
Post Date: 2008-03-19 10:39:13 by aristeides
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The Right And Obama's Speech For me, this is an epiphany of sorts. Not that I have changed my mind about the things I wrote in "The Conservative Soul." Not that I have stopped believing in limited government, individual freedom, personal responsibility, pragmatic change. But I have come to believe that large swathes of today's conservative movement truly are hateful. A reader writes: I'll state right away that I am a McCain supporter. Still, I am very much drawn to Obama. It's not a silly, unthinking attraction. It has nothing to do with his race, and I have very little love for the Democratic party. I am also aware that he, in many ways, is just another ...
John Sidney McCain and Perestroika Sunset
Post Date: 2008-03-19 09:50:02 by christine
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Toiling daily for many years in a suburb of Phoenix is a lady unknown to most Americans. But the moving finger that writes history loves to play little jokes. A man named Hussein, many of whose relatives are Muslims, who cavorts with Communists, has a voting record worse than Hillary’s and belongs to a racist, anti-American church, could be our next President, because a man named Jack Ryan fell out with his wife, about which more in a piece to come. And the moving finger could be about to push the Phoenix lady into prominence. She is Patty Hopper. Mrs. Hopper is the wife of retired Army Colonel Earl Hopper, an airborne troop, whose troublesome knees she attributes to his penchant for ...
McCain backs Jerusalem as 'Israeli capital'
Post Date: 2008-03-18 20:50:22 by robin
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US Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Tuesday that he supported Israel's claim to Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state. "I support Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," McCain said in Jordan on the latest leg of a visit to the region. Israel annexed east Jerusalem after seizing it in the Arab-Israeli war in June 1967 and declared it part of its eternal undivided capital, a claim not recognised by the international community. The fate of Jerusalem is one of the thorniest issues in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict and renewed Israeli settlement activity in the occupied eastern part is hampering peace talks that were revived only in ...
Obama's Race Speech Heralded as Historic
Post Date: 2008-03-18 19:30:24 by Tauzero
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Obama's Race Speech Heralded as Historic African-American scholars and leaders see this as the presidential candidate's moment to lead By Liz Halloran Posted March 18, 2008 Political strategists today were quick to parse how Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's sweeping speech about race and the American experience may affect his campaign to become the nation's first black presidential nominee. But among African-American scholars and leaders, the post-speech talk wasn't of polls and focus groups but of witnessing history. Obama's words—about slavery, black anger, white resentment, and the imperative to move forward—harked back, they said, to those of Martin ...
Clinton on Obama’s Speech: I Haven’t Heard It
Post Date: 2008-03-18 17:11:51 by robin
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March 18, 2008, 3:54 pm Clinton on Obama’s Speech: I Haven’t Heard It By Patrick Healy PHILADELPHIA -– Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared at Philadelphia’s City Hall this afternoon, a few hours after Senator Barack Obama delivered a major speech on race not far from here. But despite the speech’s high profile and intense media coverage of it, Mrs. Clinton said at a news conference she had not heard it yet or read the text. Many reporters muttered in disbelief during and after her remarks, surprised that a candidate as diligent as Mrs. Clinton -– who always talked about being well-prepared and doing her homework -– would not have read the speech ...
Lieberman lends McCain an assist after gaffe in Jordan
Post Date: 2008-03-18 16:58:10 by robin
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Lieberman lends McCain an assist after gaffe in Jordan03/18/2008 @ 2:25 pm Filed by David Edwards Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, expressed fresh concern Tuesday about Iran's influence in Iraq and rising sway in Mideast. However, as the Washington Post's campaign blog points out, McCain "misidentified in remarks Tuesday which broad category of Iraqi extremists are allegedly receiving support from Iran." "He said several times that Iran, a predominately Shiite country, was supplying the mostly Sunni militant group, al-Qaeda," Cameron W. Barr and Michael D. Shear note. "In fact, officials have said they believe Iran is ...
McCain found a tool with which to woo conservative Republicans: Israel
Post Date: 2008-03-18 15:13:28 by Hagee
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McCain found a tool with which to woo conservative Republicans: Israel There's been a lot of talk lately about John McCain's problem with the more conservative (and religious) right wing of the Republican Party. In Super Tuesday McCain won among self-identified conservatives in only three of the nine states that were covered by the exit polls I looked at. His real strength is among moderates. The dominant narrative for the rest of the Republican race could be McCain's uneasy relationship with the right, writes Michael Grunwald in Time. The candidate is making an effort to win over this important constituency: "I promise you," McCain assured conservatives in his ...
Obama Speech: 'A More Perfect Union' (youtube) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-03-18 13:41:02 by robin
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Obama Speech: 'A More Perfect Union' (~37 minutes) Barack Obama speaks in Philadelphia, PA at Constitution Center, on matters not just of race and recent remarks but of the fundamental path by which America can work together to pursue a better future.
Poster Comment:Obama Race Speech: The Full Text posted today by ghostdogtxn(Breaking) Obama to deliver a major speech on race posted today by Jethro Tull
5 Years Ago, as War Neared, Hillary Clinton Was Silent, 'NYT' Archives Show
Post Date: 2008-03-18 12:53:22 by richard9151
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Wherever you stand on the Obama/Clinton race, one thing nearly everyone agrees on is this: She voted for the war resolution in 2002, but now says the resolution did not really authorize the war -- and she calls the 2003 invasion a mistake. But what did she do in attempting to halt the war in the two weeks before it began? (March 16, 2008) -- Wherever you stand on the Obama/Clinton race, one thing nearly everyone agrees on is this: She voted for the war resolution in 2002, has not apologized for that vote since -- but now says the resolution did not really authorize the war and calls the 2003 invasion a mistake. But what did she do in attempting to halt the war -- which she felt she did ...
(Breaking) Obama to deliver a major speech on race
Post Date: 2008-03-18 10:37:01 by Jethro Tull
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He's about to dump the racist KooK under the bus afa the foreign policy stuff Pastor Wright dispenses. That's a shame b/c I agreed with him on that. CHANGE
OBAMA OR HILLARY? WHITE MEN WILL DECIDE [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-03-18 09:15:03 by christine
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As Barack Obama relishes his recent primary victories in Wyoming and Mississippi, let’s probe the dynamics of race and gender in this increasingly-bitter Democratic race.
Just a few months ago Hillary Clinton was a shoe-in for the Democratic presidential nomination. Now amazingly, the latest Gallup poll shows Barack Obama leading by five points.
So what prompted the turn-around? Let’s examine the Democratic primaries and caucuses where exit polling was done. Of these 29 contests, Clinton won 14 and Obama prevailed in 15.
The American electorate consists of four major voting blocks: white females, white males, blacks, and hispanics. In most Democratic primaries, white females ...
Cafferty: Republicans voting for Hillary Clinton?
Post Date: 2008-03-17 17:28:47 by robin
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March 17, 2008Cafferty: Republicans voting for Hillary Clinton?Posted: 02:13 PM ET A republican supporter of Hillary Clinton holds a sign during a campaign rally in Westerville, Ohio FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: There's no doubt the 2008 campaign has been full of twists and surprises, and here's one more: Republicans are coming out in huge numbers to vote for Hillary Clinton. That's right. About 100,000 Republicans came out to support Clinton in Ohio. 119,000 voted for her in Texas, and 38,000 in Mississippi. The Boston Globe reports on why this is happening: Some Republicans are supporting Clinton hoping it will prolong her bitter fight for the nomination with Barack Obama. ...
Obama's Minister Committed "Treason" But When My Father Said the Same Thing He Was a Republican Hero
Post Date: 2008-03-17 14:21:40 by aristeides
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Obama's Minister Committed "Treason" But When My Father Said the Same Thing He Was a Republican Hero Posted March 16, 2008 | 04:23 PM (EST) When Senator Obama's preacher thundered about racism and injustice Obama suffered smear-by-association. But when my late father -- Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer -- denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr. Every Sunday thousands of right wing white preachers (following in my father's footsteps) rail against America's sins from tens of thousands of pulpits. They tell us that America is complicit in the ...
Chicago's Trinity UCC is 'great gift to wider church family'
Post Date: 2008-03-17 13:20:25 by robin
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Written by J. Bennett GuessMarch 14, 2008 In the wake of misleading attacks on its mission and ministry, Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ is being lauded by United Church of Christ leaders across the nation for the integrity of its worship, the breadth of its community involvement and the depth of its commitment to social justice. "Trinity United Church of Christ is a great gift to our wider church family and to its own community in Chicago," says UCC General Minister and President John H. Thomas. "At a time when it is being subjected to caricature and attack in the media, it is critical that all of us express our gratitude and support to this remarkable ...
Ohio's voting machines are now an official crime scene
Post Date: 2008-03-17 08:28:30 by PSUSA
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March 17, 2008 At least 15 touch-screen voting machines that produced improbable numbers in Ohio's 2006 statewide election are now under double-lock in an official crime scene. And the phony "Homeland Security Alert" used by Republicans to build up George W. Bush's 2004 vote count in a key southwestern Ohio county has come under new scrutiny. The touch-screen machines were locked up after Ohio's new Democratic Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, tried to vote last fall. On November 6, she spotted a gray bar with the words "candidate withdrawn" in a slot where the name of Democrat Jay Perez should have appeared. Her husband, voting nearby, told her ...
Barack Obama and Israel (Source Our Jerusalem)
Post Date: 2008-03-16 17:24:23 by christine
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The ascent of Barack Obama from state senator in Illinois to a leading contender for the Presidential nomination in the span of just a few years is remarkable. Especially in light of a noticeably unremarkable record — a near-blank slate of few accomplishments and numerous missed votes. However, in one area of foreign policy that concerns millions of Americans, he does have a record and it is a particularly troubling one. For all supporters of the America-Israel relationship there is enough information beyond the glare of the klieg lights to give one pause. In contrast to his canned speeches filled with “poetry” and uplifting aphorisms and delivered in a commanding way, ...
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