Tag: Obama
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That tool, Tavis Smiley
Okay. I went to the 92nd Street Y two Saturday evenings ago to see Tavis Smiley interview Cornel West. I don’t care for Smiley, but I went because I was entertaining a friend’s guest from London (a sister) who wanted to go — real bad. About halfway through the evening, I noticed she was leaning…
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Keating 5 ring a bell?
The Central Virginia Progressive-The DAVISReport sent us this message: Dick Cheney with lipstick in her best wink wink, nod nod, curtsy curtsy, wiggle wiggle, bratty girl whine is really desperate to turn this election around on fear and smear politics. Fact is Obama’s connection to William Ayers has been dissected to death and it comes…
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A liberal in the U.S. Senate
The Agonist is one of my favorite stops when I’m inclined to read other blogs. It is simply one of the best out there. I stopped reading for a while because I felt their vociferous support of Senator John Edwards blinded them to the good points of other candidates. In any case, I stayed away…
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The Boss
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McCain & the Republicans
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New Yorker magazine: ‘The choice’
In a long article, the New Yorker magazine endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL), and made the argument for why Sen. John McCain, (R-AZ), would be the wrong choice to lead the nation at this time: Meanwhile, the nominee, John McCain, played the part of a vaudeville illusionist, asking to be regarded as an apostle of…
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Hockey moms, Joe Sixpack, aw shucks!
At some point last, GOP Vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin declared she was not going to be debating: “I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear, but I’m going to talk straight to the American people.” I wish they could have stopped the debate at that point and ushered…
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Maybe in Ohio!
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Unions workers & Obama
AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka on Racism and Obama From David Moberg in The Nation magazine: On a rainy afternoon in early September, Jeff Ampey, a member of the Communications Workers union, knocked on the door of Frances Brady’s home in Galesburg, part of the historically conservative “Dutch Triangle” in southwest Michigan. He was walking through the…
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Palin’s understated brilliance
I know all of us are holding our breath for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to wow America all over again during her vice-presidential debate with Delaware’s Sen. Joe Biden Thursday night. One newspaper has called Mrs. Palin’s debating skills “formidable.” The New York Times says she’s a confident debater. In fact, the Obama campaign, calling…