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Entries Tagged as 'Election 2008'

Ignore the Youth Vote at Your Own Peril

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

“Mike Connery on why progressive leaders should stop lamenting ‘youth apathy’ and start engaging the most diverse, tolerant, generation in history.”
A must read interview at AlterNet: “Ignore the Youth Vote at Your Own Peril” is about more than just the 2008 Presidential Election, it’s about the future.

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Ohio: Still cooking up corruption

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

From The Brad Blog: ‘Daily Voting News’ for May 2, 2008
“Yesterday Cuyahoga Co announced that in preparation for a lawsuit against Diebold/Premier they were going to have their old DRE voting system inspected by Systest Labs. This is a clear conflict of interest because Systest is presently testing the new Premier Assure voting system for […]

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Tags: Election 2008 · General

Obama’s Economy & Gas Tax Holiday Press Conf.

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments


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Tags: Election 2008 · Energy · EnviroTransport · Environment

Quote: White House built by slave labor

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

“The White House was built by slave labor… It is going to be a black man to go into the White House for the first time in the history of the country.”
– The Rev. Fitzhugh Lyons, president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, in describing the 2008 Obama Presidential Campaign as “history-making.”
Note: Barack Obama is the […]

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Republicans for Obama

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

The Cliff Schecter blog announces that on May 2, 2008 some prominent Republicans will be coming out endorsing Barack Obama. This is major. http://agonist.org/schecter/?p=9525 What’s even more powerful is a comment to the announcement left by a “Kim” who describes one of the propsed endorsees:
“Prominent Indiana Republicans Endorsing Obama”
Kim, on May 2nd, 2008 […]

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OBAMA Endorsements

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Found this little handy web site to keep up with the number of people and organizations that have given their endorsement to Barack Obama. I’m really grateful for this Obama endorsement tracking service as sometimes they can’t be found in the MSM.
http://obamaendorsements.blogspot.com/
Edit April, 30, 2008: It seems that the Obama Endorsements site can’t keep […]

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A Mother’s Letter

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Gilda Carbonaro wrote a letter to Laura and Jenna Bush and delivered it on April 25, 2008 at a DC-area book signing. Read Gilda’s letter below and the full story at Inside American Royalty’s Security Bubble - AfterDowningStreet.Org
Laura and Jenna Bush
c/o Borders Books
14th and F Streets NW
Washington, D.C.
April 25, 2008
Dear Laura and Jenna Bush,
As […]

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