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The last rally
I voted at 8:37 a.m. today in Ridgewood, N.J. I did not have any problem whatsoever. Meanwhile, the video above was Sen. Barack Obama addressing more than 60,000 supporters in the last rally before today’s voting. Update: A friend sent me e-mail saying “I got out early and voted. I was there almost and hour…
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On the weekend–images
(GARETH FULLER, ASSOCIATED PRESS) U.S. Politics Featured in bonfire Festival in England. An effigy of U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, accompanied by presidential candidate Barack Obama, is unveiled by designer Mark Oldroyd ahead of a bonfire night celebration in Battle, England, Saturday Nov. 1. (CHRIS O’MEARA, ASSOCIATED PRESS) U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Central…
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On the road to Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
Editor’s note: I am so nervous about the presidential election on Tuesday that I’m almost paralyzed. Certainly here I have been content to let others post instead of writing myself. I hope to summon some of my own words before Tuesday’s voting actually begins (I know boat loads of people have already voted). My friend…
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The Civil-Rights Issue of Our Time
While much of the country is rightly focused on the presidential election, there’s no contest more important to me this year than an initiative on the ballot in California. If it passes with a simple majority, Proposition 8 will take away the fundamental right to marry for same-sex couples in that state. The measure has…
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McCain trolling
Sen. John McCain’s relentlessly desperate, dirty attacks against Sen. Barack Obama should not be forgotten no matter how this election comes out on Tuesday. His name should go down in infamy with that of Sen. Joe McCarthy for the worst kind of guilt-by-association attacks. The New Republic’s John Judis points out in this video the…
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Closing arguments
American Stories, American Solutions Update: Babe, a commenter at The New York Times blog post about the ad, said this What was most striking about Obama’s half-hour infomercial was that he never mentioned McCain’s name, in fact never spoke of him. We essentially heard a politician speak without throwing dirt, tossing around falsehoods about his…
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Welfare queens revisted?
TNR’s John Judis makes an important point in a blog post today: I mention the Bradley effect because I think, too, that McCain and Sarah Palin’s attack against Obama for advocating “spreading the wealth” and for “socialism” and for pronouncing the civil rights revolution a “tragedy” because it didn’t deal with the distribution of wealth…
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Make history
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On health
The Central Virginia Progressive-The DAVISReport sent us Obama v. McCain on health and wellness, including bills The article below really breaks down the health care crisis. Comparing both candidates plan, it provides a hyperlink to the non partisan Health Policy Center’s analysis of both candidates proposed plans. An important read on this important issue. click…
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Comparing positions
The Central Virginia Progressive-The DAVISReport sent us the Obama v. McCain Tax Calculator Let the numbers speak for themselves. Click on the program below and see how your pocketbook will fare at tax time under each candidate’s plan. Barack Obama and Joe Biden: Change We Need | Obama Tax Calculator POSTED BY WWW.EILEENDAVIS.BLOGSPOT.COM THE DAVIS…