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A fun, quick look at how McCain is faring on the religious front which may have you humming REM's "Losing My Religion" by the time you're done reading.A fun, quick look at how McCain is faring on the religious front which may have you... more
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Watch video of John McCain as he is stumped and confused in Panama City, Florida at a media avail on August 1, 2008 when a reporter had the audacity to ask him more two questions. Apparently that was a little too much for McCain to handle.
May this is why:
http://www.stopthinkvote.com/concern.htmlWatch video of John McCain as he is stumped and confused in Panama City, Florida at a... more
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Tallahassee Democrat senior writer Stephen Price on Friday was singled out and asked to leave a media area at the Panama City rally of presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.
Read the complete article here:
http://www.stopthinkvote.com/whatsnew/080208.htmlTallahassee Democrat senior writer Stephen Price on Friday was singled out and asked... more
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A little political humor for the election season. Be sure to read the tagline at the bottom of the movie poster.A little political humor for the election season. Be sure to read the tagline at the... more
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Michigan and Florida alone can't save Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign.
Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states' banished convention delegates found little interest in the former first lady's best-case scenario. Her position, part of a formidable comeback challenge, is that all the delegates be seated in accordance with their disputed primaries.
Even if they were, it wouldn't erase Barack Obama's growing lead in delegates.
The Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee, a 30-member panel charged with interpreting and enforcing party rules, is to meet May 31 to consider how to handle Michigan and Florida's 368 delegates - both pledged delegates and superdelegates.
Last year, the panel imposed the harshest punishment it could render against the two states after they scheduled primaries in January, even though they were instructed not to vote until Feb. 5 or later. Michigan and Florida lost all their delegates to the national convention, and all the Democratic candidates agreed not to campaign in the two states, stripping them of all the influence they were trying to build by voting early.Michigan and Florida alone can't save Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign.... more
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Democrat Hillary Clinton on Saturday moved to put out a firestorm sparked by her mention of the 1968 assassination of senator Robert Kennedy to justify prolonging her White House bid.
The New York senator hastily apologised after telling a newspaper board in South Dakota on Friday she could not understand calls for her to quit and arguing that history showed some past nominating contests had gone on into June.
"My husband (Bill Clinton) did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary, somewhere in the middle of June, right?" Mrs Clinton said in an interview with the Argus Leader newspaper editorial board.
"We all remember, Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California, I don't understand it," she said.
No assassination 'hint'
Campaign aides said she did not intend to hint at any potential assassination of rival Barack Obama, the Democratic front-runner who is seeking to become America's first black president.
The topic is fraught with sensitivity, especially for supporters of Obama, who accepted Secret Service protection last year long before it is usually offered to most presidential candidates, because of unspecified threats.
Hours after the remarks were released, Clinton launched a damage control effort, saying the Kennedys had been in her thoughts after Senator Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with brain cancer this week.
"I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation, and particularly for the Kennedy family, was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that, whatsoever," Mrs Clinton said.
Comment 'unfortunate'
Obama spokesman Bill Burton condemned her comment as "unfortunate" and said it "has no place in this campaign".
The Argus Leader's executive editor, Randell Beck, issued a statement saying: "(Clinton's) reference to Mr Kennedy's assassination appeared to focus on the timeline of his primary candidacy and not the assassination itself."
It was not the first time Clinton brought up the subject.
"Primary contests used to last a lot longer," she told Time magazine in March.
"We all remember the great tragedy of Bobby Kennedy being assassinated in June in LA. My husband didn't wrap up the nomination in 1992 until June. Having a primary contest go through June is nothing particularly unusual."
Kennedy defends Clinton
The late senator's son, Robert F Kennedy Jr, defended Clinton in an interview with The New York Times.
"I've heard her make that argument before," he was quoted as saying. "It sounds like she was invoking a familiar historical circumstance in support of her argument for continuing her campaign."
Still, Clinton faced an avalanche of media criticism for the remarks, which appears to heighten tensions with Obama's camp after a period of relative warming and fresh rumours of a potential joint ticket.
"To raise the spectre of a rival's assassination, even unintentionally, is to make a truly terrible thing real," said the Washington Post in an editorial.
"It sounds like one might be waiting for a terrible thing to happen, even if one isn't. It sounds almost like wishful thinking."Democrat Hillary Clinton on Saturday moved to put out a firestorm sparked by her... more
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In his second heated response to Republican attacks in days, Obama said he would not tolerate attempts to attack him through his wife, Michelle, calling such efforts "low class". Barack Obama, yesterday warned Republicans to "lay off" his wife, demonstrating a more forceful style of politics.In his second heated response to Republican attacks in days, Obama said he would not... more
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Read article:
http://article.wn.com/view/2008/04/13/World_Bank_to_meet_as_food_prices_soar/
Comment:
Poverty, hunger and economic inequalities have been the source of violence and unrest around the world for many years. What has happened in Haiti this week and other places, have brought this issue back to our attention. I just hope that we see the warning signs and take the opportunity to make a change.
Please leave me your comments and tell us what you think of the issue.
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