Tag: Obama

  • "The women in my life"

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  • Extending the argument

    Sen. Barack Obama remembers Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • Part of Obama's Indiana Speech

    Obama: Our Politics Should “Live Up” To Martin Luther King’s Legacy By Greg Sargent, TPM Election Central, April 4, 2008 In Indiana this morning, Obama gave a speech marking the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. One interesting bit: Obama brought up his recent speech on race relations, and drew an…

  • A remembrance

    Copyright 2008 Los Angeles Times All Rights Reserved April 5, 2008 Saturday Home Edition MAIN NEWS; National Desk; Part A; Pg. 14 1136 words CAMPAIGN ’08: RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE; Candidates mark King’s assassination On 40th anniversary, Clinton and McCain speak at shooting site, Obama from Indiana by Noam N. Levey and Maeve Reston,…

  • Up . . .

    Obama ad running in Pennsylvania: Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • Glenn Loury @ TPMCafe a few days ago

    Losing the Narrative By Glenn Loury – March 31, 2008 To my mind, commentary about Obama’s ‘race’ speech in the press has been superficial and overtly, unreflectively partisan. (It was a fine speech, to be sure; don’t get me wrong. This guy is not only a brilliant politician, he’s a genuine intellectual. He has integrity.…

  • Not like butter

    LJ, that would be my wife, says Bill Clinton is trying, at least subconsciously, to sabotage Hillary. I believe the opposite, that he just really, really wants her to win so he could burnish his legacy. He’s never forgiven Al Gore for throwing away a gold-plated opportunity (if you don’t count the fact that Gore…

  • Hillary wins . . . nomination

    The Democratic National Committee do an about-face and ratify the fraudulent Florida primary, in which case, Michigan’s even more fraudulent primary results would also be accepted. Need I remember anyone that Sen. Clinton, (D-NY), won both those states. Howard Dean and Florida’s elected officials are trying to figure out a way to do this now.…

  • Bulletin . . .

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  • Thinking and reassessing

    Jim Sleeper got me. We’d had our debates all those years ago but I was always fond of him. So, when we had our disagreements, it was a disagreement. I figured he believed what he believed and that was that. But when we had lunch recently, after having been out of touch for several years,…