Tag: Obama
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John Kerry said it
WITT: Okay. He said it. A 20-year relationship. Reverend wright married him. He is the one who baptized a god parent. How personally painful is this for him? KERRY: Can I say something to you? Obviously it is painful and he said it. You folks need to let go of this. Television needs to stop…
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McCain: Obama out of touch
Sen. John McCain: Barack Obama is “out of touch” and “insensitive” on issues of the economy. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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The color of thought
I’ve just about had it with my friend Jim Sleeper. This is what he does to infuriate me: He writes these deep, complicated pieces, which are really essays, not blog posts, that are layered with links to other thoughtful pieces that very nearly grind you to the ground as you contemplate what they mean, that…
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Bitter is . . .
Colson Whitehead, author of numerous books (John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, The Colossus of New York, The Intuitionist, and the forthcoming Sag Harbor) and a fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, has written a piece for The New York Times that could only have been written by The Guy Who’s…
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The 'Numbers guy'
That would be Carl Bialik, who examines the way numbers are used and abused in a blog at the Wall Street Journal, crunches the numbers post-Pennsylvania. He does not in this post reach a earth-shattering conclusion different from conventional wisdom but it’s still an enjoyable read, especially when you consider he’s dealing in numbers. The…
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A New York Times editorial
April 23, 2008 Editorial The Low Road to Victory The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, pander-filled contests that preceded it. Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and…
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She (Annie Oakley) wins
Hillary Clinton Pennsylvania Primary Victory Speech Barack Obama Post-Pennsylvania Primary Speech Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Rewind: 'We are the ones we've been waiting for'
Obama Draws Record Crowd in Philadelphia By Katharine Q. Seelye, April 19, 2008 PHILADELPHIA — Senator Barack Obama drew what may be his biggest crowd yet here Friday. His campaign, quoting Frank Friel, director of security at the Independence Visitor Center, pegged the number at 35,000. That would top the 29,000 who showed up in…
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On 'cling'-ing to 'bitter' words
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An answer
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