Articles filed under Political Figures
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Northwestern withdraws honorary degree to WrightMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Northwestern University has withdrawn a previously offered honorary degree to Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. Alan Cubbage is Northwestern's v...
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Focus on Obama's message of changeApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - In regard to Silvio Pontarelli's recent letter about Obama, it seems to me that politicians commit social blunders all the time and we keep re-electing them. A social b...
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Rev. Wright's rants hard to rationalizeApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Rev. Wright is not satisfied with his 15 minutes of fame. Demagogues rarely settle for such tiny morsels. He is the perfect counterpoint to Martin Luther King Jr. and m...
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Obama, Clinton focus on working classApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - BEECH GROVE, Ind. -- Barack Obama teamed up with wife Michelle on Wednesday to court working families with a little kitchen table conversation about tax cuts. Rival Hill...
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Wright has brought all this on himselfApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Because Mr. Wright happens to be a minister, does not exclude him from being divisive or a racist or even unpatriotic. If you or Rev. Wright do not like the negative at...
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Former Democratic leader switches to ObamaApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A leader of the Democratic Party under Bill Clinton has switched his allegiance to Barack Obama and is encouraging fellow Democrats to "heal the rift in ou...
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Obama's `gigantic' database may make him party's power brokerApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama's supporters are giving him more than just record amounts of cash. They also are providing personal information that may make his donor list the most powerf...
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One thing's clear: Wright is wrongApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Jeremiah Wright is wrong when he said white Americans don't understand what the black liberation theology is all about. On the contrary, when someone like him uses his ...
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Immigration activists hope marches resonate with votersApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Immigration activists and civil rights leaders are gearing up for rallies and marches in cities across the nation, hoping to revive the stagnant immigration debate in ti...
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New pastor to head Obama's 8,000-member Chicago churchApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - When the Rev. Otis Moss III takes to the pulpit before a congregation that includes Barack Obama, he's as likely to preach about Tupac Shakur or one of his favorite auth...