Kenyan Birth Certificate. DC Wants Obama To Use 'Taxation' License Plates. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The DC Council wants President-elect Barack Obama to use city license plates that proclaim "Taxation Without Representation" on the presidential limousine.
A letter sent to Obama this week says displaying the plates "would send a clear message to the entire nation and the world" that Obama supports giving the city a vote in Congress. Eight years ago, the city began printing license plates with the "Taxation Without Representation" slogan in hopes of educating Americans that its residents lack a vote despite paying federal taxes. Shortly before leaving office, President Bill Clinton placed the tags on his presidential limousine in a symbolic gesture of support. President George W. Bush quickly reversed course. Obama Plans To Nominate Clinton For Top Diplomat. WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency.
One week after the former primary rivals met secretly to discuss the idea of Clinton becoming the nation's top diplomat, an Obama adviser said Thursday that the two sides were moving quickly toward making it a reality, barring any unforeseen problems. The senior adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity because the president-elect is not prepared to officially announce the nomination, said Obama believes Clinton would bring instant stature and credibility to U.S. diplomatic relations.
Obama is convinced the advantages of Clinton serving far outweighed potential downsides, the adviser said. Obama's Media Policy: Broadband and Breaking Up Telecom/Cable/Broadcast Monopolies. Obama's First Press Conference: Mission Accomplished? - The Fix. The Onion - America's Finest News Source. Elation, Skepticism As World Reacts To Obama Win. Obama Wins Dixville Notch, NH, The First Place To Vote. Toast « Malstrom’s Articles News. I’ve checked my email, and I have over a hundred new messages.
Obamabats. You Can Vote However You Like. Na-na-na! Na-na-na! A Vote For My Husband Is A Vote For Me Not Breaking Your Fucking Neck. Normally, I don't get out front and center like this in the media, preferring instead to support my husband from the sidelines and let the pundits do the talking.
But as Election Day draws ever nearer, I'd like to take this time to urge all of you to put "Country First" and cast your vote for my husband, John McCain! Because a vote for John McCain is not just a vote for experience, fortitude, and American values, it's also a vote for me, Cindy McCain, not tearing your ribcage open and spilling your steaming viscera into the street. And that's something all Americans can agree on. US election: Law enforcement foil plot to kill 102 black people and assassinate Barack Obama. Law enforcement officers have foiled a plot by two neo-Nazis who aimed to assassinate Barack Obama and kill 102 other black people, according to court records unsealed today.
The disrupted plot involved robbing a gun store to obtain weapons that the two skinheads would use against Obama and black students in the state of Tennessee, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), a US law enforcement agency. ATF agents confiscated five guns from the two perpetrators, 20-year-old Daniel Cowart of Bells, Tennessee, and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman of West Helena, Arkansas. Former GOP senator, vet backs Obama - Alexander Burns - Politico.com. Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), who was the first Vietnam veteran to serve in the United States Senate, is the latest Republican to back Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Politico learned Sunday.
Pressler, who said that in addition to casting an absentee ballot for Obama he'd donated $500 to the Illinois senator's campaign, cited the Democrat's response to the financial crisis as the primary reason for his decision. "I just got the feeling that Obama will be able to handle this financial crisis better, and I like his financial team of [former Treasury Secretary Robert] Rubin and [former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul] Volcker better," he said. By contrast, John McCain's "handling of the financial crisis made me feel nervous. " Unbelievable McCain Vs. Obama Dance-Off Video. The Rude Pundit. In Brief: Other Political Ideologies Barack Obama Must Follow:Since the McCain/Palin campaign has decided that because Barack Obama wants to tax people making over $250,000 in taxable income (which means a hell of a lot more than $250,000 in take-home pay) at a slightly higher rate than now, they can call it "socialism.
" Or, well, they can say that others say it's socialism and that, as McCain called the idea of "spread the wealth," Obama follows "one of the basic tenets of socialism. " In doing this, McCain's campaign is focusing in on idiots as their base, the people who don't actually understand what socialism is (and being ably enabled by idiots in the conservative media). Hollywood Director Attack Ads. As clock ticks, hope dims for McCain savior - Jonathan Martin - Politico.com. ABC News: More Challenges for McCain, From Ayers to the Palin Pick. More challenges for John McCain: Likely voters overwhelmingly reject his effort to make an issue of Barack Obama's association with 1960s radical William Ayers.
Fallout continues from McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for vice president, with 52 percent saying it weakens their confidence in his judgment. And on optimism, it's Obama by 2-1. Skepticism about the Ayers issue was one of the factors cited by Colin Powell in his endorsement of Obama yesterday, and in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, likely voters broadly agree: 60 percent say Obama's relationship with Ayers is not a legitimate issue in the presidential campaign; 37 percent say it is. Click here for PDF with charts and questions. Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith. But before we get to McCain, let's get a little background: In the summer of 2004, Townhall columnist and radio talk show host Doug Giles declared it is time to call the wrath of God down on the enemies of Christianity, namely Islam.
Radical Islam is incorrigible, period. So face it and embrace it. We are not going to convert or appease these cats. Write On - Will the Real Maverick Please Stand Up. Dear readers, I have had a shocking and dramatic change of heart.
John McCain and Sarah Palin have convinced me that overturning Roe v. Crooks and Liars » McCain can’t remember how many homes he owns. Headlines for June 23, 2008. The Problem with E-voting machines. Ill-judged word choice lost Congress for GOP? Ill-judged word choice lost Congress for GOP? You know, putting this incident alongside various others (like the birthday babbling that cost Trent Lott his job), it sometimes seems to me that politicians get insufficient training in choice of words and idioms. It is as if they have not yet grasped the nature of the huge change has taken place with respect to racism in the United States over the past forty years. Zod 2008 - General Zod - 2008 Presidential Candidate.
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