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McCain and the Republicans like to emphasize Obama’s lack of experience, but they don’t mention that George W. Bush had even less experience when he was elected. Jimmy Carter also had very little experience when he was elected. You could even say George Washington had no government experience before he became president.
Being able to inspire [...]

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We’re always told to remember the past, but I’ve come to believe it’s the wrong idea. Sometimes forgetting the past is a good thing.
Yesterday I got a forwarded email about previous Democratic presidents’ records on Social Security and other issues, although it says nothing about Obama. You can’t judge a current candidate by earlier presidents. [...]

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I’m pretty certain it will be Joe Biden.
Via Political Wire:
CNN — which has had a camera trained on Sen. Joe Biden’s home all day — reports there is now “a flurry of activity” there.
“Cars have recently pulled into the driveway — including a police car — and Biden’s daughter, son, and wife are [...]

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Try to figure out which of these people is an elitist:

A mixed race man raised by a single mother, who put himself through school, and owns one home.

A wealthy politician who married a heiress and owns more homes than he can remember.

It’s amazing that Obama’s “elitist” labels stuck, when all of his opponents [...]

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Links for 2008-08-12 through 2008-08-13:

Utternerd.org | Matt Freitag - The Utternerd (24/7 Office CSS too) - Lots of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episodes
Tax Smears - If you received an email from Camp McCain stating that "Obama will raise your taxes", you need to read this.
One Man’s Quest to Digitize and Publicize Rare Vinyl - Thousands [...]

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It looks like it’s official that Obama won the Democratic nomination! This is a proud moment for all of us. In honor of the event, I’ve created this video.

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There have been suggestions that Obama should choose Hillary as vice president for a ‘Dream Ticket’. It would actually be more of a nightmare. Clinton would be constantly defying Obama, making deals behind his back, and in effect running her own parallel government. She’s much too outspoken to remain in the background. Edwards would probably [...]

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I really love this song.

‘Fired Up & Ready to Go’ is by Fojeba, a musician born in Cameroon now living in Canada. His song is a Central African makossa. Fojeba uses samples from Obama’s speeches in the music including his signature “Fired Up, Ready to Go” as a refrain.
Via Calabash Music’s blog, which also features [...]

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There’s no way Hillary Clinton can get the nomination, and most of her advisors and top Democrats recognize that. She’s officially entered the “psycho ex-girlfriend” stage. She’s starting to sound delusional when she talks about winning. At this point it’s clearly about her ego, not wanting to do what’s right for the country. The best [...]

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Things I have learned during this campaign season (Via Daily Kos):

In a race that includes a former First Lady of the United States and a multimillionaire Republican senator rumored to share up to eight residences with his wife, the black guy from Chicago is unforgivably elitist.

Racism in America is caused primarily by black [...]

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With all of the concern about Obama’s association with Rev. Wright, almost nothing has been said about Rev. John Hagee’s endorsement of McCain.

Right-wing pastor John Hagee says vile, despicable things about patriotic Americans…the worst being that Catholics are part of a church that is a “great whore,” that “all Muslims have a mandate to kill [...]

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Last night’s Democratic debate was one of the worst examples of molehill politics so far in this election cycle. Charles Gibson and George Stephanopolous decided that Americans are more interested in Obama’s “Bitter” remark, Rev. Wright, Clinton’s trip to Bosnia, and whether a candidate wears a flag pin than issues like Iraq, the economy, and [...]

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David Byrne writes:
What will happen when half the country is unemployed, with no medical insurance, stuck in a sheet rock house miles from public transportation? They’ll be ripe for religion or revolution if you ask me. Bibles and bullets. Will they still support the billions a day spent in Iraq? I don’t think [...]

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Elizabeth Drew has a perfect term describing the state of the current presidential campaign: Molehill Politics. Instead of talking about real issues, Clinton and McBush are jumping on Obama for what he said in one speech, and that’s the top story in the news.
I don’t believe Obama said anything wrong. He’s absolutely right and this [...]

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In his latest essay, Orson Scott Card talks about Obama and compares the senior theses of Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Obama has never said or done anything to suggest that he shares any of Wright’s offensive views. But I still hear people saying, “If he could associate with the man for twenty years, he must [...]

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The Democrats, especially Obama’s camp, need to make sure this story stays in the news. Via Alternet:
As the board of election in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where Cleveland is located, launches an investigation into illegal crossover voting in the state’s 2008 presidential primary, a big open question remains unanswered: Will county officials go after the ringleaders [...]

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Hilary Clinton proves beyond a doubt that she cares more about her own quest for power than she does about the Democratic party and the rest of the country. She doesn’t care who she destroys in her attempt to get elected. She would rather hand the election to McCain than give in to the will [...]

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A great article in Newsweek gives some good insight into Barack Obama’s personality and background. I believe his heritage gives him a unique perspective on America that would make him a great president. He makes me proud of this country and I think President Obama would raise the world’s opinion of us and repair the [...]

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Someone emailed me a link to this article in which a white South African gives his views on Obama.

A racial divide, once lived, dwells in the deepest parts of the psyche. This is what was captured by Barack Obama’s pitch-perfect speech on race. Slavery was indeed America’s “original sin.� Of course, “the brutal legacy of [...]

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Republicans have been voting for Hillary Clinton in open Democratic primaries in an attempt to damage the Democrats. According to exit polls, Republican voters have cast about 100,000 votes for her in Ohio, 119,000 in Texas, and about 38,000 in Mississippi.
Since Sen. John McCain effectively sewed up the GOP nomination last month, Republicans have [...]

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