Tag: us politics
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December 20, 2007 11:10 AM EST --
The deadline was Monday for candidates to file their affidavit to appear on Arizona's presidential primary ballot. The primary is on Super-Duper-Humungo-Tuesday, Feb. 5. Given today's . . .
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January 23, 2008 12:36 PM EST --
I was able to bring my daughters (and their college student-after school sitter) to see Sen. Clinton up close and personal last night. It was a delight to see their reactions.
Our older (almost . . .
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November 25, 2007 08:07 PM EST --
I heard part of this debate on my local NPR station this afternoon, and can't wait to listen to the rest online. You can check it out, too - either the 50-minute edited version, or the . . .
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January 14, 2008 11:21 AM EST --
I'm sorry that I don't have time to do a more thorough article right now about the sparring that started last week and apparently escalated over the weekend (I was out shepherding my Girl Scout . . .
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January 29, 2008 07:45 PM EST --
Pres. Bush signed the Defense Authorization bill yesterday. BUTTTTTTT, he also quietly announced that he will IGNORE five provisions of it. Apparently, there is a SIGNING STATEMENT out there. . . .
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March 19, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
Early this morning, I finally got a chance to sit down at the computer and watch Sen. Obama's entire 40-minute speech (while reading along). I thought it was a wonderful speech, and it sets up a discussion . . .
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January 15, 2008 11:04 AM EST --
Boston's NPR station, WBUR, thru their Gather presence known as On Point Webmaster, has published a link to their hour-long program on "Race and the 2008 Election."
I also linked to . . .
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January 10, 2008 01:35 PM EST --
I'm rarely a fan of the "endorsement game" that seems to play out in so many campaigns. Most of the time, the effects are minimal unless you get someone who is willing to expend some . . .
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December 18, 2007 03:17 PM EST --
...Magic Johnson and Bill Clinton are campaigning for Hillary together, and Magic gives a better, more-coherent, more-on-message sound bite than Bill does! (By the way, I don't think . . .
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November 05, 2007 11:47 AM EST --
Rocker John Mellencamp is speaking out in a new song titled "Jena". A note on his website indicates that he is not indicting the people of Jena, but is condemning racism in America. . . .
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January 04, 2008 02:36 PM EST --
That is the title of a brand new article published by "Rob Port", at this link . The premises are seriously flawed in my opinion. The author believes that the "left" . . .
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January 11, 2008 11:50 AM EST --
Yesterday, there were two more examples of racial "code words" being used in reference to the presidential primary campaign.
This is something we need to help put a stop to. However, . . .
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February 13, 2008 01:37 PM EST --
A very interesting speculative ARTICLE about what is going through Sen. Edwards' head after meeting with Sen. Clinton last week and after his meeting with Sen. Obama was called off. Three . . .
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February 13, 2008 05:39 PM EST --
ARTICLE HERE . Not often you see that, especially with an absence of major scandal. It appears that the common factor is that the voters felt that their Representatives were TOO CENTRIST. . . .
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February 14, 2008 07:29 PM EST --
The state's largest paper reports on his non-denial denial-type of answer from Sen. McCain when they asked if he was going to resign his Senate seat now that he is the presumptive nominee . . .
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February 15, 2008 07:24 PM EST --
Charles Signorile has put a Republican spin ( HERE ) on the ARTICLE I published a few days ago, about the UGLY Congressional Dem primary in Memphis. It turned ugliER with a "Jews Hate Jesus" . . .
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March 26, 2008 12:37 PM EDT --
...on the Rev. Wright/TUCC/Obama discussion. Shun's been away for awhile, and you can find the first part of his essay HERE . Welcome back, Shun!
(This ADVISORY is part of " GATHER . . .
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