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"Fruitcake": A response to Dobson
Spin CycleEarlier this week, James Dobson attacked Obama over a 2006 speech about the role of religion in public life, accusing him of distorting the Bible and a "fruitcake" interpretation of the Bible. Here's a piece by another conservative evangelical --......Tags: Religion and Belief, Bible
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Obama's church lesson: Don't be cocky
The Swampby Mike Dorning EAU CLAIRE, Wisc.--On the Sunday before Barack Obama is to accept the Democratic presidential nomination, the lesson he heard at church was direct: Don't be "cocky." At Eau Claire's First Lutheran Church, where Obama attended morning...Tags: Religion and Belief, Bible, John Kerr, Barack Obama, Political Campaigns
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Bush's self-legacy: 'Did not sell his soul'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush usually is reluctant to talk about his own legacy, suggesting that historians will sort all of that out long after he is gone. But suddenly, with a chance to create his own entry in the......Tags: Barbara Walters, Politics, Political Systems, Keith Olbermann, National Government
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Obama's inauguration: Lincoln's Bible
The Swampby Mark Silva In a little more than two weeks, the presidential military aide will travel to the Capitol with President George W. Bush carrying codes for America's nuclear defenses, and later that day the military aide will leave the......Tags: National Government, George W. Bush, White House, John F. Williams, Abraham Lincoln
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Obama's train ride: Lincolnesque imagery
The Swampby Mike Dorning and Mark Silva, updated at 6:45 pm EST President-elect Barack Obama, arriving in Washington Saturday night at the end of a 137-mile train journey evocative of Abraham Lincoln's arrival in Washington, used the trip as a pre-inaugural......Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Katie Couric, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Social Issues
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President Obama's oath: Twice, for sure
The Swampby David G. Savage President Barack Obama took the oath of office on Tuesday outside the Capitol, as millions watched in person and on TV. He took it again Wednesday night - this time in the privacy of the White......Tags: Politics, National Government, White House, Justice System, Constitutional Issues
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Obama: 'Moment ripe' for Mideast peace
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, planning a major public address at a Muslim capital early in his presidency, sat for an interview with al Arabiya at the White House today, on the day that he deployed retired Sen. George......Tags: Politics, Osama bin Laden, National Government, Civil Unrest, George W. Bush
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Chavez's Obama gift: Latin left's 'Bible'
The Swampby Tracy Wilkinson MEXICO CITY -- The book that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, has long been regarded as a bible for the Latin American left, found on the bookshelves and university reading lists......Tags: United States, Book, National Government, Bible, E-Commerce Industry
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Obama: 'New beginning' in Cairo
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Mark Silva and updated CAIRO -- President Barack Obama, calling for "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world,'' said in a long-promised and widely watched address from Cairo today that......Tags: Civil Unrest, National Security, Hosni Mubarak, Barack Obama, Islam
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Obama's Cairo address: Writer-in-chief
The Swampby Christi Parsons He sat with his legs crossed in an armchair in the Oval Office, his brow furrowed. Aides clustered on the couches around him. They could see black scratch marks all over their proposal for the most sensitive......Tags: Civil Unrest, National Security, Diplomacy, Barack Obama, Islam
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The Judgment of McIntyre
Dining@LargeLanguage guru John McIntyre has been so busy wading through entries to the Dining@Large book-title contest that he's probably neglected his usual reading. Thank goodness he's come up with the winners so he can get back to Horace. Here's John.......Tags: Dizziness, Bible, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Republican leaders attempt to drive a wedge between Barack Obama and Jewish voters
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsState Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Boca Raton, today led a Republican Party attack on Barack Obama???s scheduled visit Thursday to a synagogue in south Palm Beach County. Hasner, the Florida House majority leader, told reporters in a telephone conference call........Tags: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Political Candidates, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Torah
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