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This Bill Ayers Matter : A Fresh Take
Courage and Conviction: In Praise of Bill AyersBy Dave Lindorff / April 18, 2008 The pundits are having a heyday with Hillary Clinton’s sleazy McCarthyite attack on Barack Obama during the April 16 debate, trying to link him to the … Continue reading
Now you may kiss the brides…
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ABC, Barack Obama and the Red Herring
Daley to Clinton: Don’t Tar Obama with Ayersby Mike Dorning and Rick Pearson / April 17, 2008 Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, whose father was famously not so sympathetic to anti-war protesters, is coming to the defense of Barack Obama for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Hillary, Journalism, Media, Obama, Presidential Campaign, SDS
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ABC Takes Hits for Slanted, Tabloid Debate
ABC News moderators Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos seemed to be playing a game of gotcha at last night’s candidates’ debate. Photo by Matt Rourke / AP.Clinton-Obama Debate: ABC Decides Top Issues Facing Americans Are Gaffes, Flag Pins and ’60s … Continue reading
The Boss Throws His Bandanna in the Ring : Endorses Obama
Bruce in Dallas, April 13, 2008.Senator Obama is head and shoulders above the rest.By Bruce Springsteen / April 16, 2008 LIke most of you, I’ve been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary, Music, Obama, Popular Culture, Presidential Campaign
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Bitter? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.
Obama, Bitterness, Meet the Press, and the Old Politicsby Robert Reich / April 15, 2008 I was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 61 years ago. My father sold $1.98 cotton blouses to blue-collar women and women whose husbands worked in factories. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Hillary, Media, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Video
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Carl Davidson on Bitterness and Hope
Hospital workers in Alquippa, PA, hit the streets over mass firings.The Real Elitism of Clinton-McCain:‘Bitterness,’ Hope And Obama In Western PennsylvaniaBy Carl Davidson / April 14, 2008 / The Rag Blog When I heard Hillary Clinton and John McCain claiming, … Continue reading
Here We Go Again
Obama called elitist for telling the truth.By Jane Smiley You know, I just spent seven and a half years disagreeing with the administration that has given us an unprecedented military and economic mess. I saw it coming, it came, and … Continue reading
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McCain Still Hopes for Hillary
McCain: ‘Hillary can still pull it off” —Senator prefers Clinton Contest April 14, 2008 Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has confided to his inner circle that Hillary Clinton may yet be the Democratic nominee, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, a … Continue reading
The Clinton-Colombia Connection : It Goes Back a Long Way
Bill Clinton and Columbian President Alvaro Uribe Valez at Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, Sept. 20, 2006. Columbia : Coffee, Cocaine and ClintonBy Arianna Huffington A week ago, if you’d asked most people to say the first … Continue reading
Alec Baldwin on Obama, Clinton
Who can beat McCain? By Alec Baldwin / April 6, 2008 Lotta folks on this site (the Huffington Post) hating Hillary because she’s a woman. Lotta folks on this site loving Hillary because she’s a woman. Makes me think that, … Continue reading
Thiher — and The Rag Bloggers — on Obama, Heaven, Hell
Updated April 6, 2008 by The Rag Blog The following comes to us from Gary Thiher, our compadre from the sixties and seventies who now professes philosophy in Arkansas. His comments are in response to The Left and Barack Obama … Continue reading
