Articles filed under Political Figures
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Media are being unfair to ObamaMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Having observed our nation's press coverage of the presidential race thus far it has become apparent that Barack Obama is somehow responsible for everything that everybo...
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A lapel pin is not true patriotismMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The Democratic primary "debate" last month was a journalistic travesty of the first order. But one of the most disappointing questions was raised by a citizen from Penns...
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Defection jolts Clinton campMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton was jolted Thursday by the defection of one of her longtime superdelegate supporters, a former national party chairman who urg...
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Northwestern withdraws honorary degree to WrightMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Northwestern University has withdrawn a previously offered honorary degree to Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev.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...