President Barack Obama (oops, Freudian slip!) was officially nominated today as the first African-American nominee to a major party. Hillary Clinton led on the convention floor to declare that Obama was the nominee of the party to defeat John McCain and the Republicans in November. It’s something that could only happen in the Democratic Party: [...]
Entries from August 2008
Obama claims historic presidential nomination
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments
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You go girl!
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Hillary Clinton delivered perhaps her best speech of her political career tonight. I’m an Obama supporter and while I was disgusted by the tactics that the Clintons used against him in the primaries, Hillary gave a rousing speech tonight and deserves much credit for the effort she put forth. As the first woman to have [...]
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Republican Smear Campaign on Obama Continues
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Always the party poopers, a good deal of Republicans from across the country have converged on Denver for the Democratic National Convention. One of them, a supposed former Hillary Clinton supporter, invoked on Hardball with Chris Matthews that Barack Obama was a Muslim who went to a madrassa. Even though CNN and other news organizations [...]
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Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama Deliver on a Remarkable Night
August 25th, 2008 · No Comments
The first day of the Democratic National Convention took place today with a number of different speakers taking the podium. The two most prominent speakers were Senator Ted Kennedy, the lion of the Senate, and Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama. With the knowledge that Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with brain cancer, it is likely [...]
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Republican Senator Lugar Congratulates Biden
August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
The ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Republican Senator Dick Lugar of Indiana, today congratulated Joe Biden on being selected as Barack Obama’s running mate. Biden is the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, a committee that Lugar chaired when Republicans controlled the Congress. Lugar had previously worked with Barack Obama on the [...]
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GOP Convention Goers Greeted by Daily Show Billboard
August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
The upcoming Republican National Convention will take place on Monday, September 1, 2008 and run through the 4th. The Daily Show is greeting convention goers with the sign shown below: var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL2t5bGViZWxsLmNvbS8yMDA4LzA4LzIyL2dvcC1jb252ZW50aW9uLWdvZXJzLWdyZWV0ZWQtYnktZGFpbHktc2hvdy1iaWxsYm9hcmQvPHdwdGI%2BR09QIENvbnZlbnRpb24gR29lcnMgR3JlZXRlZCBieSBEYWlseSBTaG93IEJpbGxib2FyZDx3cHRiPmh0dHA6Ly9reWxlYmVsbC5jb208d3B0Yj5LeWxlIEJlbGw%3D”;
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Obama Opens 10 More Offices in Indiana
August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
The Obama VP pick is expected within the next 12 hours. Yet the Obama campaign just sent out an e-mail to their supporters from Indiana that tomorrow the campaign is celebrating the opening of 10 more campaign offices in the state. This is on top of the 16 other offices that had previously opened in [...]
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McCain Supports Reinstating Draft
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Don’t take my word for it… McCain said it himself: var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL2t5bGViZWxsLmNvbS8yMDA4LzA4LzIxL21jY2Fpbi1zdXBwb3J0cy1yZWluc3RhdGluZy1kcmFmdC88d3B0Yj5NY0NhaW4gU3VwcG9ydHMgUmVpbnN0YXRpbmcgRHJhZnQ8d3B0Yj5odHRwOi8va3lsZWJlbGwuY29tPHdwdGI%2BS3lsZSBCZWxs”;
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McCain Doesn’t Know How Many Homes He Owns
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Call it old age or just being coy, the “Straight Talk Express” crashed head on with reality today as the number of homes John McCain owns became an issue when he claimed to a reporter that he didn’t know. Days after he cracked that being rich in the U.S. meant earning at least $5 million [...]
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Obama Campaign Converges on Indiana; Bayh to be named VP?
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments
The Nashville Post is reporting that Barack Obama’s campaign is converging on the city of Indianapolis, Indiana for an event on Saturday. The paper reports that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh will be named Barack Obama’s vice-presidential running mate and that the two will hold a “major event” together in the Hoosier State. Apparently staff preparing [...]
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