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AFRICAN EPILOGUE: Dreams of Death
by MICHAEL O. ALLEN Amidst lesser mountains, Kilimanjaro sat mysteriously in the distance, its brooding, mammoth expanse shrouded by clouds that streaked the rising sun. It was barely dawn at this wildlife reserve, and the elephants were headed out to the swamps. I must confess that the burden I had carried in my heart to…
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Anger! Regrets?
Clinton Supporter Irate at Rules Committee This anger must be acknowledged, respected and addressed. Even if it does not hurt Sen. Barack Obama in the fall, the feelings must not be allowed to fester. The images from the Democratic National Committee’s Rules Committee meeting this weekend show that raw feelings may not be salved soon:…
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Clinton outmaneuvered
Story by STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer, Fri May 30 Unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, rival Barack Obama planned for the long haul. Clinton hinged her whole campaign on an early knockout blow on Super Tuesday, while Obama’s staff researched congressional districts in states with primaries that were months away. What they found were opportunities to…
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Bleating idiot sheep . . .
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In Thornton, CO
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Striking distance
Obama about to clinch victory, aide says From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney (CNN) – Barack Obama will formally capture the Democratic presidential nomination soon after next week’s final primaries, the Illinois senator’s top campaign aide is predicting. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod said that after…
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Memorial Day
SEN. BARACK OBAMA, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes, and I see many of them in the audience today, our sense of patriotism is particularly strong. Because while we gather here under open skies, we know that far beyond the Oregon Mountains, in the…
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Renewing U.S. Leadership in the Americas
Sen. Barack Obama offers a different vision for U.S.-Cuba relations and a new posture to the Americas. Renewing U.S. Leadership in the Americas: Remarks of Senator Barack Obama before the Cuban American National Foundation, May 23, 2008 (as prepared for delivery) It is my privilege to join in this week’s Independence Day celebration, and in…
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Women & Lizards
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in politics . . .
ChattahBox A First Lady of a different kind CNN – 50 minutes ago By Jonathan Mann (CNN) — Take a brilliant, strong-willed, American woman. Let her marry a rising politician, start a family, build a successful legal career, and then emerge as a polished public figure in her own right. The War Over Michelle Obama…