Articles filed under Misc Elections
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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 ...
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A chance for Obama to cut blue and redNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - If Barack Obama truly believes that there are no blue states or red states but only the United States, he should include John McCain and Sarah Palin as part of his staff...
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Palin puzzled by late-campaign focus on wardrobeNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WASILLA, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she was puzzled by the amount of attention her wardrobe got at the end of her unsuccessful vice presidential run. In an i...
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Ceremonial Wreath-lay for Obama on Veterans DayNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama, mindful of his role as next American commander in chief, places a wreath Tuesday at a Chicago memorial to fallen U.S. warriors, marking Vet...