By Shailagh Murray Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a Civil Rights-era leader, condemned GOP campaign tactics as "sowing the seeds of hatred and division," drawing an immediate and angry response from Sen. John McCain. Although McCain and his Republican running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, have toned down their rhetoric against Sen. …
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Antiwar Protestor Disrupts McCain Iowa Rally
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/11/antiwar_protestor_disrupts_mcc.htmlBy Michael D. Shear DAVENPORT, Iowa -- An antiwar protestor interrupted Sen. John McCain's rally Saturday morning, prompting a lecture from the Republican presidential nominee about the need for both parties to work together to solve America's problem. …
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McCain Not Commenting on Stock Fluctuations
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/10/mccain_not_commenting_on_stock.htmlBy Michael D. Shear Sen. John McCain's campaign manager said he sees no reason why McCain or his staff should comment regularly on the declining stock market, saying that he doesn't know what they would say. "It doesn't mean we don't care and aren't trying to do something about it, it's just I'm not exactly sure what you'd say everyday," said Rick Davis. …
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Sometimes a story has to have someone who champions it
http://markganzersblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/sometimes-story-...pportunity to comment on police shooting 50 bullets into an unarmed Sean Bell in New York City. A judge found the police not guilty of anything, and by extension, that they were innocent victims of Sean Bell's crime of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Obama said this: "Well, look, obviously there was a tragedy in New York. I said at the time, without benefit of all the facts before me, that it looked like a possible case of excessive force. The judge has made his ruling, and we're a nation of laws, so we respect
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Obama’s DOJ appointment
http://hyper.to/blog/link/obamas-doj-appointment/votes for FISA
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Eleições Americanas de 2008
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Latest news | Forum For The Future
http://www.forumforthefuture.org/blog. Most promising for sustainability is his ability to look at the whole picture and determine the impact, big or small, before making a decision. Obama has received accolades for both his views on the environment and his energy plan, and his campaign showed that he embraces new technologies and sees their potential for impact. This bodes well for the burgeoning renewables industry of the states. Most importantly, his grassroots-style campaign recognised and embraced the power of
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President Select and The Other Ponzi Scheme
http://msplaceddemocrat.com/http:/msplaceddemocrat.com/presi...s possible pay-to-pay scheme, it is very likely his name will be prominent in this court case too. (Hsu was donating to all sorts of Democrats while on the run for a 16 year old fraud conviction. Hsu was sentenced to three years in prison by a California judge.) More from The Smoking Gun: Obama could figure in the upcoming fraud trial of Norman Hsu, the disgraced Democratic fundraiser who was charged last year with operating a $60 million pyramid scheme. According to investigators, Hsu, a major Hillary
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Grassroots campaigning is like dating
http://majorman.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/grassroots-campaign...about Obama’s integration of Calling, Canvassing, and emailing. Back in Dec ‘07 & Jan ‘08, ten months ago, mainstream publications ran stories on the strength of Obama’s ground game (click links for articles): Obama’s Ground Game Advantage, Inside Obama’s Iowa Ground Game, Obama’s and Huckabee’s Ground Game. Numerous other publications and bloggers have discussed the mechanical advantages of David Plouffe’s campaigning strategies. A few months ago, I
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The Church of the Apocalyptic Kiwi
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Urban Semiotic
http://urbansemiotic.comnot suffered as they have suffered in a society that condemns before understanding, but I felt the sting of an Obama reversal betrayal as well after he decided to support the FISA bill after previously promising to filibuster the invasion of privacy: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) today announced his support for a sweeping intelligence surveillance law that has been heavily denounced by the liberal activists who have fueled the financial engines of his presidential campaign.
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Vanity Fair Finds Attempts Comprehensive Bush Hit Piece, Misfires Badly
http://www.businessopportunitystartup.com/blog/vanity-fair-f...government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa") were, and still are, true.Take the blinders off. The shredding of civil liberties? You guys must be referring to that FISA law that Barack Obama voted to keep in place? Global warming" Vanity Fair, that is so 1998. Didn’t you know that "2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved"? Economic disaster? You must be referring to the economic disaster brought on this June
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All Channels Broadcast Radio
http://acbradio.netgovernment has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa") were, and still are, true.Take the blinders off. The shredding of civil liberties? You guys must be referring to that FISA law that Barack Obama voted to keep in place? Global warming" Vanity Fair, that is so 1998. Didn’t you know that "2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved"? Economic disaster? You must be referring to the economic disaster brought on this June
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