Posted on May 7th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
As the NY Times reports today, Hillary Clinton is fighting on despite last night’s results which have deflated some of her momentum.
Highlighting the difficulties Mrs. Clinton has had in financing her high-spending battle against Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, officials from her campaign disclosed on Wednesday that she had lent her campaign […]
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Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Blake Fleetwood
Obama has been castigated in the black community for his failure to speak out against the Bell verdict in New York City. The ruling vindicated the right of police officers to fire 50 bullets and kill an unarmed young black man because they thought someone in the car might have been reaching down under the […]
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Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
Be forewarned. You might find some things in today’s Ten Post Round-Up a little shocking:
1: Teen who kept pregnancy secret, delivers healthy baby and walks to the hospital with the umbilical cord still attached….
California teen gives birth in shower, walks to hospital–The Associated Press
2: 38 years ago, 4 students were gunned down […]
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Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
Ah, Monday! It’s like the weekend never happened. Rest assured, today’s Ten Post Round-Up will shake those weekend cobwebs from your brow:
1: A few things the MSM neglected to report on…
Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report–The Huffington Post
2: As the cost of food soars, […]
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Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
If you haven’t read Elizabeth Edwards OP/ED in the NY Times on the media’s role in this election cycle it’s a must read: Bowling 1, Health Care 0. I highly agree with Edwards’ closing paragraph:
If voters want a vibrant, vigorous press, apparently we will have to demand it. Not by screaming out our windows as […]
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Posted on April 25th, 2008 by Blake Fleetwood
Rev Wright: “Obama Says What He Has to Say as a Politician”
The above quote is from Bill Moyer’s interview with Rev. Wright which is to air tonight. Rev. Wright, referring to Obama’s disavowal of Wright’s more controversial comments, said “He does what politicians do.”
Sometimes…
Obama’s ambivalence about playing the political game is how the Clinton’s have […]
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Posted on April 25th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
It’s almost the weekend, so before you go bask in the sun, bask in today’s Ten Post Round-Up:
1: Something to look forward to? Collection calls from New Delhi…
Another growing industry being outsourced to India–Brilliant at Breakfast
2: Sign of the times: Less lattes and Lasik…
And the Latte Indicator Says…Economy Screwed–The Huffington Post
3: There comes a […]
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Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The NY Times bemoans the negativity in the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in an editorial today. They claim:
Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and it does not work.
But voters turned out in Pennsylvania in droves yesterday, as they have across the country in every contest:
At […]
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