Articles filed under Misc Elections
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We must renew focus on nuclear threatNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Having just elected Barack Obama as president, it is crucial that he now focus on one more of the most dangerous issues facing not only our country, but the entire world...
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It's time for all of us to work togetherNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Prior to the election of the 43rd president, it took the U.S.A. 224 years to accumulate a debt of about $5 trillion. It took the G.W. Bush administration only eight yea...
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Isn't health a vital part of our freedom?Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - According to Max D. Persels (Fence Post, Nov. 8), the list of "outs" during the future presidency of Barack Obama will include the loss of "freedom, health care choice a...
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Obama to give up Senate seat this SundayNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that he will resign from the Senate effective Sunday. In a statement, the junior Illinois senator called his four-year term "...
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Does Obama know any normal people?Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - A recent letter in Fence Post referred to Bill Ayers as "a distinguished professor." Distinguished? Just two years ago, he was with Hugo Chavez in Venezuela praising hi...
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Celebrate non-mud-slinging electionNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Finally, a presidential election night result with no "hanging chads" and no reason to contest it. We can all celebrate that. It was too much of a landslide by too much...
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Socialism is not form of governmentNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in response to the letter to the editor in the Nov. 9 Daily Herald by Karen Swanson ("Obama voters have done the country in"). She believes President-Elect Obam...
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Postelection letter to my grandkidsNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - I sat down and wrote to my five grandchildren about this historic election. (Two voted in their 1st presidential election): "Hi, grandkids all: Just a couple of 'after-t...
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A problem-solving personaNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - President Bush has never been a truly serious man; his persona is cracking jokes. President-elect Obama is indeed a truly serious man; his persona is solving problems. W...
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Was 'Country First' just election slogan?Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign, signs barring the slogan "Country First" were seen from the Republican convention to rallies all over America. Was this just ...