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ACORN: A double-edged lightning rod
The Swampby Mark Silva ACORN news here. The question is what people are making of it. In the controversy surrounding a federally financed community organization whose members have been accused of vote-tampering, and a few of its employees caught in surreptitious.....Tags: Republican Party, Personal Income, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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White House: Race not cause of criticism
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama does not subscribe to the belief that criticism for him stems from "the color of his skin,'' the chief White House spokesman, a native Alabaman, said today. Robert Gibbs, the president's press......Tags: Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, National or Ethnic Minorities, CNN (tv network), FEMA
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Carter: Racism behind Obama protests
The Swampby Mark Silva Jimmy Carter is a son of the segregationist South. He figures he knows racism when he sees it, and he believes he sees it in a lot of the most virulent public protests of President Barack Obama......Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, National or Ethnic Minorities, Honolulu, Weather
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Video: ACORN strikes back
Spin CycleACORN goes up with an ad, alleging that voter suppression is a longtime GOP cause and, implicitly, defending itself:......Tags: Republican Party
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McCain ad misfire: Obama not ready...yet?
The Swampby Frank James It's hard not to notice the disconnect between this ad from Sen. John McCain's campaign and the message McCain has been pounding on the campaign trail. McCain has spent weeks calling Sen. Barack Obama's character into......Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Government, John McCain, Tony Rezko
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GOP: Obama stole our Justice Department!
Spin CycleThe Republican Party has been trying to make the case that Dems, through ACORN and otherwise, are engaged in a massive conspiracy to commit election fraud. They haven't had as much success in court as they'd like, and the......Tags: Republican Party, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Michael Mukasey
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Voting: A note from Israel
Spin CycleWe're publishing a few anecdotes from staff, readers, relatives of, friends of either explaining their votes or describing the scene from various locales today. We do not, it should be emphasized, endorse any particular viewpoints or claim this is a......Tags: Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), John McCain, Harry Reid
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Boehner still tries to crack ACORN
The Swampby Frank James If you thought the Republican war against ACORN ended on Election Day passed, you would be wrong. Very wrong. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio is demanding that the Housing and Urban Development Department withhold $17.2......Tags: John Boehner, Barack Obama, Fannie Mae, Election Day, Government
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Obama's first judge, connected, liberal?
The Swampby David G. Savage President Obama announced his first judicial nomination today, elevating U.S. District Judge David F. Hamilton from southern Indiana to the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. White House officials described Hamilton as a...Tags: Crimes, Barack Obama, American Civil Liberties Union, Parliament, Justice System
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Brookhaven supervisor special: WFP in the field
Spin CycleThe Working Families Party received $72,000 for field operations in the effort by Democrat Mark Lesko to become Brookhaven supervisor in today's special elections, campaign filings showed. WFP reportedly has had more than 30 operatives in the field for......Tags: Republican Party, Government, Philosophy, Politics, Long Island
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