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Barack Obama: A Coward, Without Even the Courage of his Convictions (Right, Wing-Nut!)

Fri, 16 May 2008 02:17:00 GMT

Let's do a three-step, shall we? From Obama's own website , his (gag) "plan to secure America and restore our standing": When I am this party's nominee, my opponent will not be able to say that I voted for the war in Iraq; or that I gave George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran; or that I supported Bush-Cheney policies of not talking to leaders that we don't like. More , now in meglomanical...

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Palestinians in Gaza Are Phonebanking for Barack Obama (Right Mind)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:56:39 GMT

From National Review Online : Phil Klein calls our attention to an al-Jazeera news report that sounds like a parody, but is genuine: A report on Palestinians in Gaza who are phonebanking in support of Barack Obama's campaign. I transcribed the most jaw-dropping parts: REPORTER: It may be hard to believe, but working in this tiny Internet cafe in Gaza City may just be one of Barack...

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Twenty inconvenient truths about Barack Obama (RenewAmerica columns)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:47:32 GMT

(Michael Gaynor) - Obama claimed not to have heard Rev. Wright's most outrageous and incendiary statements, but if he had not heard ABOUT them, why did he "disinvite" Rev. Wright to speak at the announcement of the Obama presidential campaign and even keep Rev. Wright off the stage (although they privately prayed together offstage), because Rev. Wright's sermons could be "rough"...

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John Edwards > > Barack Obama (Fruits and Votes)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:54:17 GMT

While the Democratic Party does have proportional representation in its nominating process–and good for it!–even better would be ranked-choice voting in a national primary. The next best thing to being able to mark your transferable ballot as Edwards > > Obama would be to donate via the John Edwards page of the Obama campaign website. This is [...]

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Barack Obama and other reality-challenged Democrats sail down Denial River (Sister Toldjah)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:56:51 GMT

... Barry O. himself - are either being willfully ignorant or painfully stupid, all the while denying Obama said what he did, and hypocritically going off on the fact that Bush made the remarks while on foreign soil. I’ll get to that more in a minute, but first, let's take a look at the remarks in question from the speech : There are good and decent people who cannot fathom the darkness in these...

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"Hardball": Barack Obama is no Neville Chamberlain (Salon: War Room)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:46:00 GMT

... of the founding of the state of Israel, President Bush made an implicit comparison between Barack Obama's willingness to meet with the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and British Prime Minister's Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Adolf Hitler. Them's fightin' words, and Democrats have been on the warpath all day. But during "Hardball," Matthews asked James a simple question:...

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The Impact and Transformational Appeal of Barack Obama (The Moderate Voice)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:44:03 GMT

Trying to explain Barack Obama and the impact his appearance is having on people around the world is a gargantuan task. This article from France’s Liberation takes a good stab at it by examining his influence on young people - especially on those in the French suburbs which are so often areas of violent confrontation between police and that nation's alienated minority population. In...

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Union tide turning for Barack Obama as he tries to cement Democratic presidential nomination (Star Tribune)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:15 GMT

WASHINGTON - The union tide is turning toward Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama, but cracks are showing inside the labor movement as its leaders grapple with internal and external strife as the nomination race drags on.More and more labor unions are lining up behind the Illinois senator, who on Thursday picked up the 600,000-member United Steelworkers union and the personal...

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One less vote for Barack Obama (Tony Phyrillas)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:13:00 GMT

I've mentioned in several recent posts that Nat Hentoff, one of the most liberal columnists in the U.S., has labeled Barack Obama's position on abortion as "extremist." Hentoff, who doesn't object to abortion in certain instances, wrote an entire column about Obama's out-of-the-mainstream position on abortion. In his latest column (which oddly enough is about John McCain), Hentoff...

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Cavuto On Bush's "Negotiate With Terrorists" Remarks: Why Would Barack Obama Want to "Have Tea" With Ahmadinejad? [News Hounds] (The Liberal Blog Network)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:52:48 GMT

... said, "You sound a little touchy." (Comment: Lazu didn't sound "touchy." She was firmly defending Obama. However after watching a segment on America's Election Headquarters, it's clear to me that from here on out Obama defenders who are assertive and clear and don't stop talking every time they're interrupted (which is all the time) will be accused of being "touchy" or, as in the...

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Putting Bush's Words In Context: Barack Obama, Neville Chamberlain, and the Art of Appeasement (Red State)

podcasts@redstate.com (Redstate Network) — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:42:17 GMT

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Laudable: Barack Obama apologizes, admits fault, takes blame (Uncommon Misconceptions)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:23:23 GMT

Got to give credit where credit is due. Unlike many of the other situations he has confronted, Barack Obama has handled this one manfully: Barack Obama has personally apologised to a female television reporter for calling her “sweetie”, chalking the name up to a “bad habit”. Obama’s encounter with Peggy Agar, a reporter at WXYZ network in [...]

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Limbaugh: "If Barack Obama were Caucasian, they would have taken this guy out on the basis of pure ignorance long ago" (Media Matters)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:19:37 GMT

On the May 14 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, Rush Limbaugh asserted, "If [Sen.] Barack Obama were Caucasian, they would have taken this guy out on the basis of pure ignorance long ago." Limbaugh made the comment after stating that "this is from the guy who said he has visited 57 states," suggesting that Obama mishandled the flag pin controversy, and after...

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John Edwards endorses Barack Obama (Chicago Tribune)

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:28:00 GMT

Endorsement a bridge to blue-collar voters Barack Obama's campaign hopes that the endorsement of John Edwards will help buttress the aura of inevitability of the Illinois senator's quest for his party's nomination.

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McCain predicts first term utopia (NY Daily News)

Fri, 16 May 2008 02:08:00 GMT

John McCain went crystal-ball gazing Thursday on all the things he would do - and Barack Obama wouldn't - in his first four years in the White House.

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Putting Bush's Words In Context: Barack Obama, Neville Chamberlain, and the Art of Appeasement (The Quincy Pundit)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:30:00 GMT

Putting Bush's Words In Context: Barack Obama, Neville Chamberlain, and the Art of Appeasement

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Barack Obama: Yes You Can ... Stand Up to A-Hole (TMZ)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:31:00 GMT

Filed under: Celebrity Feuds TMZ.com : Barack Obama's camp wouldn't respond to the video TMZ posted of Prince Frederick Von Anhalt trashing Barack's wife. Did you hear the s**t he said about her?What gives? Von A-Hole called Barack's wife "dangerous" and said she talks like a... Read more

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United Steelworkers Endorse Barack Obama for President (Obama HQ)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:12:48 GMT

The United Steelworkers have endorsed Barack Obama for president. Here is their statement... When the presidential primary contests began last year, our Union felt strongly that because of Senator John Edwards's deep commitment to working people and because of our shared beliefs, he deserved our strong endorsement. His belief that unfair trade policies must be changed, his commitment to pass the Employee...

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In the South, a Force to Challenge the G.O.P. (New York Times)

Fri, 16 May 2008 02:19:30 GMT

The surge in black turnout Barack Obama has helped to generate could signal a threat to the Republican dominance of the South.

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George Bush’s Defense Secretary Agrees With Barack Obama And Winston Churchill (Below The Beltway)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:45:17 GMT

Apparently, some Republicans aren't ready to give up on diplomacy just yet: The United States should construct a combination of incentives and pressure to engage Iran, and may have missed earlier opportunities to begin a useful dialogue with Tehran, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday. “We need to figure out a way to develop some leverage [...]

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