Tag: politics
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February 10, 2008 05:49 PM EST --
Barack Obama is doing well enough that many folks are talking about the possibility of electing our first Black President. But is Barack really Black? He is certainly an African American in the . . .
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July 24, 2008 07:31 AM EDT --
When I first heard about a guy named Barack Obama running for President I said, "Oh no, that's a very bad idea". As the campaign got off the ground and he won Iowa, I got . . .
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January 24, 2008 09:01 AM EST --
We do not have a national religion in the United States. But there is something that all Americans believe in, we all share a faith and a commitment to a set of fundamental beliefs and principles. This . . .
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March 15, 2008 06:54 PM EDT --
Everyone else has their predictions, so here are mine for the three remaining presidential candidates.
John McCain : Will lose the general election due more to the Bush legacy than any failings on . . .
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May 14, 2008 05:37 PM EDT --
John Edwards has decided to endorse Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee for President.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/?nav=globaltop
I suspect he would have discussed this with Clinton . . .
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April 16, 2008 05:34 PM EDT --
Dear all -
As you know, my main interest is religion & Biblical scholarship, nor politics, and I seldom, if ever, would allow myself to re-post here anything what wasn't originally written . . .
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February 05, 2008 05:28 AM EST --
The Super Bowl is over.
Now it is Super Tuesday.
Are you voting?
Who is your choice?
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August 05, 2008 07:53 AM EDT --
Lately there has been a lot of discussion about race - or more specifically, racism - in the Presidential election. Except most of it is a ruse by the Republicans as part of their predetermined . . .
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February 23, 2008 08:35 AM EST --
Much has been debated recently about whether the primary and caucus system of selecting the Democratic and Republican nominees for President works. Many point to the proportional system of the Democrats . . .
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April 15, 2008 12:51 AM EDT --
The following is from a blog by Carl Bernstein, the Washington Post reporter who with Bob Woodward broke the Watergate story that ultimately became the downfall of Richard Nixon. Bernstein, now . . .
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April 19, 2008 10:51 AM EDT --
"Politics is a contact sport"
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"
"The Republicans have already rummaged through my dirty laundry"
There seems . . .
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September 06, 2008 02:03 PM EDT --
The title of my post is one line taken somewhat out of context (but not out of meaning) from an article called "The Vanishing Republican Voter" by David Frum in the New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07Inequality-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3&ref=magazinehttp://www.yahoo.com/ . . .
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April 17, 2008 12:15 PM EDT --
In reference to the Clinton/Obama debate last night, I came across an extraordinary column by Michael Greenwald of Time magazine, entitled "The Dems Play Trivial Pursuit."
Please read it . . .
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March 20, 2008 07:44 PM EDT --
Hillary Clinton often claims that she has won the big states and therefore the superdelegates should hand her the Democratic nomination even though she has won less delegates, won . . .
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April 29, 2008 09:00 AM EDT --
Much has been said lately about William Ayers, a founder and leader of the Weather Underground, which bombed at least a dozen locations in the late 1960s/early 1970s in protest against the Vietnam War. . . .
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April 22, 2008 10:45 AM EDT --
Why Obama?
I came across the following article in today's Philadelphia Inquirer by Cris Satullo. It pretty much explains why many people are willing to take a chance on change and vote for . . .
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August 23, 2008 01:02 AM EDT --
...Joe Biden
CNN, Fox News, AP and others all say they have confirmed that Barack Obama has selected Joe Biden as his Vice-Presidential running mate (see below for bio).
UPDATE: The Obama . . .
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August 29, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
Sarah Palin
Sarah Heath Palin (born February 11, 1964) is the current Governor of Alaska , and a member of the Republican Party . She is the first female governor of Alaska, its youngest, . . .
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July 27, 2008 10:57 AM EDT --
In the continuing saga that is the 2008 Presidential campaign, another writer understands:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/opinion/27rich.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin . . .
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December 11, 2007 08:20 AM EST --
I hope by now you have noticed that your opponent-Sen. Barack Obama-has a special edge that you can't quite lay your finger on. . . .
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