Although many will undoubtedly make fun of UNICEF’s decision to launch a ‘hand-washing day,’ those with a bit of knowledge about the benefits of having people wash their hands regularly are likely to applaud the effort.
You see, if people would just wash their hands several times per day, thousands of lives would be saved every [...]
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Say what? The McCain campaign had an ad up that was ‘misleading.’
Via Politico:
YouTube has removed a webad that casts Sarah Palin as the victim of sexism on the request of CBS, whose anchor Katie Couric was featured in the ad.
“One of the great lessons of that campaign is the continued and accepted role of sexism [...]
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Filed under: CBS News, Campaign Ad, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Internet, John McCain '08, News Media, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, YouTube
The New York Daily News is reporting that a “source close to” Hillary Clinton has ”confirmed she won’t file a formal request to the convention asking to be nominated along with Barack Obama.”
Personally, I’m not surprised at all by this news and have suspected that it was a given that she would not request to be nominated. [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, General Election, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Presidential Primaries, Sen. Hillary Clinton
Politico reported today that “Governor Bill Richardson is set to announce today that he’s hosting a pair of fundraising events for Hillary Clinton in New Mexico August 17, which is being cast as one of the higher-profile installments of Obama’s effort to help Clinton retire her debt.”
This is a gracious move on Richardson’s part as [...]
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Surgeons at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, performed brain surgery on Senator Ted Kennedy this morning. His doctor has announced that Kennedy is out of surgery and the “procedure to treat his cancerous brain tumor “was successful.””
“I am pleased to report that Senator Kennedy’s surgery was successful and accomplished our goals,” said Dr. Allan Freidman in [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Healthcare, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Senate
Senator Ted Kennedy was hospitalized this morning after suffering from stroke like symptoms. He was rushed by ambulance and initially hospitalized at Cape Cod Hospital and then airlifted to Mass General in Boston.
Kennedy spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter says that “Kennedy has been hospitalized in Boston after suffering a seizure,” rather than a “stroke as initially suspected.”
Cutter [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, In The News, JFK, John McCain '08, Liberals, Massachusetts, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, RFK, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Senate, State Politics
The Raleigh News & Observer reports today that “U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler is pledging his support to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, according to a spokesman.”
Shuler, a superdelegate to the National Democratic Convention, had said he would back the candidate who carried his 11th congressional district in Western North Carolina.
Clinton carried the district by 13 [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, Endorsements, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries, State Politics
I do not condone the moving of primaries to compete with other states for attention.
In fact, the Republican Party, or should I say the Republic Party, is using the turmoil in Florida to its advantage.
As reported:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -
Florida’s Republican Party is using a feud between state and national Democrats over the presidential primary as a [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Politics, Republicans
Why of course I will help!
The state Democratic Party is seeking volunteers to begin organizing for the 2007 elections.
Volunteers will take up grass-roots efforts in Terrebonne, canvassing neighborhoods, working phone banks and volunteering to assist with local campaign events. “You don’t have to devote a lot of time, only as much as you have to [...]
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A 43 year old school bus driver was fired for reportedly making an obscene gesture at President Bush. The bus driver has now filed a union grievance in an attempt to get her job back. While Republican Rep. Dave Reichert did not see the gesture, that did not stop him from calling Issaquah superintendent Janet [...]
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Filed under: Bush, Politics, Republicans
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