Author: michael o. allen
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Frank Rich: 'How Obama Became Acting President'
IT almost seems like a gag worthy of “Borat”: A smooth-talking rookie senator with an exotic name passes himself off as the incumbent American president to credulous foreigners. But to dismiss Barack Obama’s magical mystery tour through old Europe and two war zones as a media-made fairy tale would be to underestimate the ingenious politics…
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A Read
I don’t know how well Esquire magazine is doing these days. I was a subscriber to the magazine in college and read it religiously long after I stopped subscribing. But those were the days when you could count on a Norman Mailer, Gay Talese, or a Truman Capote to regularly contribute a piece. It was…
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Obama’s Excellent Speech
With this one speech, Sen. Barack Obama did much to begin to repair America’s relationship with the rest of the world and start the hard task of beginning to restore America’s historical role as a moral leader in the world. We were once a beacon of hope in the world, until George Bush became president…
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'People of the World'
Sen. Obama’s Speech from Berlin, Germany Obama’s Speech in Berlin The prepared text of Senator Obama’s speech in Berlin, Germany, as provided by his presidential campaign. SENATOR BARACK OBAMA: Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier…
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A Photo Journal
(Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with service members at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Friday, July 18, 2008, during a Congressional Delegation visit.) (Obama exits his plane at Marka Airport) (Obama rides in a helicopter with Senator Hagel and General Petraeus) Obama with General David Petraeus Obama with Ryan Crocker and Senator Chuck…
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No Fair, McCain Complains
John McCain, who often jokes that the media is his “base,” is now complaining that the media is too much in love with Sen. Barack Obama. And, not only does he have the videos to prove it, his campaign has compiled them into a couple mind-bending (I was going to say mind-bendingly stupid but I…
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The Rampant Audacity of the McCain Campaign
This is rich. John McCain released a new political advertisement that fingers the person responsible for the runaway energy costs in this country. No, it is not greedy oil cartels, the Exxon-Mobils of this world. And you would be dangerously mistaken if you somehow blame the Saudis and other oil-producing nations of OPEC. Don’t even…
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Study: Poor Ballot Designs Still Affect U.S. Elections
Study: Poor ballot designs still affect U.S. elections By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Poorly designed ballots continue to plague U.S. elections, even after Congress set aside $3 billion to overhaul voting systems to prevent a recurrence of the flawed Florida ballots that deadlocked the 2000 presidential race, a study out today concludes. Problems…
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Fossil
Blame the Black Guy “John McCain. Where did you dig up that old fossil.” This advertisement (I don’t know where it’s running) responds to Sen. John McCain’s idiotic ad blaming Sen. Barack Obama for the high cost of oil. It does not explicitly say that oil was less than $40 a barrel when George W.…
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MoveOn Ad*
All in your head The McCain campaign finally rid itself of former Sen. Phil Gramm. Let’s put aside for the moment whether Gramm should be investigated and, possibly, imprisoned for corruption and economic crimes against this nation when he was a United States senator and destroyed banking in this country. The particular comments that led…