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The Poblano Effect: Obama Could Score Huge Electoral Victory over McCain
By Josh Kalven, Progress Illinois. Posted May 17, 2008.
If the huge African-American turnout numbers Obama received in the primaries occurs on Nov. 5, Obama could win 350 electoral votes.
During an April 25 conference call to unveil the Obama campaign's 50-state voter registration drive, deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand sounded genuinely exasperated as he tried to steer reporters to the topic at hand.
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Moyers: 'Democracy in America Is a Series of Narrow Escapes, and We May Be Running Out of Luck'
By Bill Moyers, Doubleday. Posted May 17, 2008.
For all of America's shortcomings, we keep telling ourselves, "The system works." Now all bets are off.
The following is an excerpt from Bill Moyers' new book, "Moyers on Democracy" (Doubleday, 2008).
Democracy in America is a series of narrow escapes, and we may be running out of luck. The reigning presumption about the American experience, ...
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Bush, Obama, and the Hitler Card
May 16, 2008 10:20 AM ET | John Mashek
Just when you thought the Bush-Cheney administration could stoop no lower in foreign policy, the president has played the Hitler card in this presidential race.
The venue for this outlandish move wasn't in Washington or even the ranch in Texas but before the Knesset in Jerusalem. The Jewish state, and the important Jewish electorate back home, are naturally sensitive to any references to Nazi Germany.
Bush was spe...
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Robert Fisk: So just where does the madness end?
All the monsters buried in the mass graves of the civil war have been dug up
Saturday, 17 May 2008
I am not sure what was the worse part of this week. Living in Lebanon? Or reading the outrageous words of George Bush? Several times, I have asked myself this question: have words lost their meaning?
So let's start with lunch at the Cocteau restaurant in Beirut. Yes, it's named after Jean Cocteau, and it is one of the chicest places in t...
Source: Associated Press
Moore: `Fahrenheit 9/11' follow-up is not a sequel
2008-05-16 16:39:38
By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer
CANNES, France (AP) — With his follow-up to "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore wants to examine America as an empire, study its standing since the Sept. 11 attacks and present revelations to surprise audiences as much as the first film did. But he doesn't want to make a sequel. "To just say it's a sequel is so wrong," Moore told The Associated Press on Friday at the C...
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NH Attorney Paul Twomey: Statement to Congress regarding phone jamming election crime and related actions of US Dept of Justice
STATEMENT OF PAUL TWOMEY TO SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW & SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME, TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Hearing on "Allegations of Selective Prosecution Part II: The Erosion of Public Confidence in our Federal Justice System"
May 14, 2008
"No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a vote in the election of ...
From Roger Shuler, the Alabama blogger "Legal Schnauzer,"
Thought you might like to see this video of my house being unlawfully "auctioned" in Shelby County, Alabama. The attorney who "bought" my interest in my house is Bill Swatek. His son Dax Swatek was campaign manager for Alabama Governor Bob Riley and U.S. Attorney Alice Martin (who first went after Don Siegelman) and he used to work for Bill Canary, who is famed for his quote about Karl Rove and "his girls taking care of" Siegelman. In o...
MSNBC Countdown w/ KEITH OLBERMANN, May 14, 2008 - Newsweek's Richard Wolffe talks about John Edwards endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama and the effect it will have on the Democratic presidential race.
Dear ---
I have some very exciting news.
My good friend John Edwards is endorsing our campaign and joining our movement for change.
We're here in Grand Rapids, Michigan -- and if you receive this message in time, you can probably turn on your TV and be part of the moment.
I'm deeply honored by John's support. He is a true leader who dedicated his career to improving the lives of ordinary Americans.
John ran a strong, principled campaign for president, focusing on a number of important issue...
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Plumbers = Authorities now?
Okay boys and girls, let us read this article together and see what the actual scandal is (see poll after):
Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, who led investigations into companies blamed for the state's subprime mortgage mess, resigned under a cloud on Wednesday after admitting to an affair with a female staff member.
"Unfortunately, it is now clear that the last step I must take to fix these problems is to resign as attorney general effective immediately," ...
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The Cohort of Last Resort
Hillary, McCain and the Stupid Vote
By DAVE LINDORFF
I want to be clear here from the start: there is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. Ignorance is a lack of knowledge. Stupidity is a lack of intelligence. But even here, there are subsets. Some ignorance results from a lack of access to knowledge, while some is the result of a laziness or unwillingness to learn. Some stupidity is the result of some genetic or nutritional deficiency or perhaps of ...
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Why GOP’s Mississippi House loss resonates
Obama gloats on the campaign trail as Republicans lose a once-secure seat
WASHINGTON - Stunning? Only if you haven’t been paying attention in recent weeks.
Sickening? Yes, if you are a Republican.
That about sums up Tuesday night in Mississippi’s First Congressional district.
In a special election, Democrat Travis Childers defeated Republican Greg Davis in a district which had long been a GOP stronghold and where only three years ago, Georg...
The Politico: "Mr. President, you haven't been golfing in recent years. Is that related to Iraq?"
George W. Bush: "Yeah. It really is. Uh, I don't want some mom, uh, whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. Uh, I feel I owe it to the families to be as -- you know to -- to be in solidarity as best as I can with them and I think, you know, playing golf, uh, during a war just sends the wrong signal."
The Politico: "Mr. President, was there a particular moment o...
They fought for our freedom to be able to say that they fought for their freedom to be able to promote peace and still be respected as veterans of the U.S. armed forces.
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Source: Xinhua
14,000 policemen to secure Bush’s visit to Jerusalem
May 13th, 2008 - 7:35 pm
Xinhua
Jerusalem, May 13 (Xinhua) About 14,000 Israeli police officers will man the streets of Jerusalem, safeguarding US President George W. Bush’s three-day visit to Jerusalem beginning Wednesday, local daily Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday, citing the Israeli police. Jerusalem District Police Commander Aharon Franco said their major concern was terrorist threats, noting that a closure of the West B...
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May 13, 2008
EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003
Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the US military shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The attack killed two journalists: Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network Telecinco. The Pentagon has called the killings accidental...
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Clinton is projected winner in W.Va., NBC says
Obama adds to superdelegate lead, looks ahead to battling McCain
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was projected to win the West Virginia primary Tuesday, NBC News said, beating Sen. Barack Obama by a wide margin even as her rival edged closer to the Democratic presidential nomination by picking up more superdelegates.
The loss did not threaten Obama's lead in the race for the nomination. He conceded defeat in advan...
From Mark Crispin Miller:
Friends, tomorrow (Wednesday, 5/14), I will be testifying before two subcommittees
of the House Judiciary Committee, which is looking into how the DoJ
has dealt with vote suppression. Hearings begin at 2 p.m.
I'll be joined by Allen Raymond, the GOP operative who went to prison over his
involvement in the party's phone-jamming scheme in New Hampshire's 2002
election (he was the fall guy), and Paul Twomey, the Democratic lawyer whose
civil suit over the matter has app...
Dear ---,
What inspires you? Who are your heroes?
Van Jones on green jobs? Pete Seeger's 70 years of activism? 17-year old Ava Lowery who has been protesting the Iraq war since the age of 14? Brave New Foundation and The Nation magazine have teamed up to produce This Brave Nation, a documentary series in 5 parts that celebrates these remarkable champions of the progressive movement. And now we want you to nominate your heroes.
Who do you know who is making a change at the local level? Take ...
It Isn't Morning in
America Anymore-
It's Dusk on Planet Earth
By Bill McKibben, Tomdispatch.com
Posted on May 12, 2008, Printed on May 12, 2008
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Even for Americans, constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and a do-over after that, and, if necessary, a little public repentance and forgiveness and a Brand New Start -- even for us, the world looks a little Terminal right now.
It's not just the economy. We've gone through swoons before. It's that ga...
