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BET Networks Continues its Extensive Election Year Political Coverage With Comprehensive Plans...

prnewswire.com     16-Jul-2008   5 related          

BET Networks Continues its Extensive Election Year Political Coverage With Comprehensive Plans for the Democratic and Republican Conventions BET News Also Reveals New Talk Show 'THE TRUTH WITH JEFF JOHNSON' Premieres Friday,...                    

Area candidates criticized for lack of local flag pins

augusta.com     16-Jul-2008          

Posted by News Abuser on July 16, 2008 - 1:08 PM The day after local elections decided the fate of area primary candidates, non-participating voters cited a lack of flag pins as the primary reason for their avoidance of the...                    

VP Prospect Sanford Says Confederate Flag Issue Not a Priority

abcnews.com     16-Jul-2008   75 related          

ABC News’ Jan Simmonds reports: Republican vice presidential prospect Gov. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., told reporters today that removing the Confederate flag from the grounds of South Carolina's Statehouse would not be a priority...                    

Lakoff and Moral Order

branemrys.blogspot.com     16-Jul-2008          

I'm currently reading The Political Mind, the latest step in George Lakoff's descent from cognitive scientist to political hack. I'll have a few things to say in a later post about Lakoff's attacks on, and misunderstandings of,...                    

Obama E-Mail

conservablogs.com     16-Jul-2008          

Obama’s “Thank You” Letter To His Mindless Minions - Happy Frood Dude My fellow Americans: As your future President I want to thank my supporters, for your mindless support of me, despite my complete lack of any legislative...                    

Major R. Owens: A Peace Surge in the First 100 Days

huffingtonpost.com     15-Jul-2008   2 related          

Ending combat in Iraq is only step one. The newly elected President of the United States must deliver for restless young voters by launching a "Peace Surge" in his first 100 days. To lead the "Peace Surge" this is an Institute...                    

Jackson points to civil-rights history

hnn.us     15-Jul-2008          

Source: Denver Post (7-14-08)The Rev. Jesse Jackson linked Sen. Barack Obama's viability as a presidential candidate to a civil-rights struggle that began with a fight to desegregate schools a half century ago. In a half-hour...                    

Slandering Obama with Out-of-Context Quotes

bloggernews.net     16-Jul-2008          

Recently a few readers have sent me an e-mail that has been circulating around the internet for the past few months warning about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The e-mail says: Think you know who this man is?...                    

Obama's NAACP speech. Cincinnati, July 14, 2008 Text.

suntimes.com     15-Jul-2008   5 related          

Tonight Senator Obama will address the 99th Annual Convention of the NAACP. But what I want to remind you tonight – on Youth Night – is that these giants, these icons of America’s past, were not much older than many of you when...                    

Sorority Celebrates Michelle Obama's Acceptance

nytimes.com     15-Jul-2008   7 related          

Michelle Obama is sometimes compared to Jackie Kennedy, but she may now have something in common with another first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. The wife of F.D.R. became a honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, an...