Tag: Ohio
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She just might be
(Photo by Mark Lyons for The New York Times) On a visit to her husband’s campaign office in Akron, Michelle Obama made calls to undecided voters, mixing talk about policy with chitchat about Ohio, laughter about her life in politics and tidbits about her family. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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‘Joe the Liar’
(Photo: Jim Young/Reuters) Wurzelbacher speaking to Sen. Barack Obama about taxes while the candidate campaigned near Toledo, Ohio, last week. And so “Joe the Plumber” dies a swift, ignominious death. In so doing, he enters the pantheon of fictitious Republican agitprop–such as Reagan’s apocryphal Cadillac-driving welfare queens–that have no basis in reality. “Joe the Plumber,”…
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A Denver recap
Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH) The Ohio governor, Ted Strickland, got off the best, unheard line of the Convention when he said that, unlike George H. W. Bush, who was born on third base and thought he hit a triple, George W. was born on third base and stole second. –David Remnick, The New Yorker Love0…
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A heartbreaking story
It would be easy to read this story and point to the sheer stupidity of the people profiled. Against all apparent evidence, these people chose to believe demonstrably false rumors about presidential candidate Barack Obama. In fact, when offered evidence to refute the rumors, they cling (yeah, cling) to the false narratives. On his corner…
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Results are in
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, (D-NY), scored comprehensive wins in Ohio and Texas. She also won in Rhode Island. Her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL), won in Vermont. The wins helped stanch Mrs. Clinton’ s string of 11 straight losses since her big night on Super Tuesday. The next ‘fight of the century’ figures to be…
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A Moment . . .
Senator Barack Obama at a rally in Houston on Tuesday night. Photo (From nytimes.com is by Rick Bowmer/Associated Press An impressive tenth straight victory for Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL), in the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. He cut across every demographic in Wisconsin and bested his opponent in areas that were once weaknesses.…