U.S. federal investigators are examining allegations that a community organizing group has helped perpetrate voter registration fraud ahead of the presidential election.
U.S. media report that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether a group called ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, coordinated a national effort that produced flawed registration applications. [...]
Written on October 22, 2008 | Posted in
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Top Contributors to Obama and McCain
These tables list the top donors to these candidates in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization’s PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.
Written on October 15, 2008 | Posted in
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John McCain’s impetuosity is either thrilling or disturbing. Barack Obama’s cool is either sober or detached. It’s clear now how each would govern.
This article concisely sums up the candidates approaches to dealing with: Iraq, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cuba, Columbia, China, North Korea, Russia, and Darfur.
Iraq
Barack Obama: Obama opposed US-led invasion of Iraq, calling it [...]
Written on October 6, 2008 | Posted in
Politics,
U.S
By Carrie Budoff Brown
In his first critical remarks about the government response to the financial market crisis, Barack Obama said Sunday that the Bush administration has “offered a concept with a staggering price tag, not a plan.”
“We must work quickly in a bipartisan fashion to resolve this crisis to avert an even broader economic catastrophe,” [...]
Written on September 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Barack Obama’s core support comes from the bankers and the financial elite — Goldman Sachs, UBS AG, Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse — and his top advisor is none other than Zbigniew Brzezinski. His wife is CFR. It looks like he went to the Bilderberg confab in Chantilly.
With Lehman [...]
Written on September 16, 2008 | Posted in
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The Obama campaign said Sunday it had raised $66 million in the month of August. The new total bests the campaign’s previous high of $55 million, which came in February during his tough primary fight with Hillary Clinton. John McCain also had a record fundraising month in August; according to his campaign, he raised $47 [...]
Written on September 14, 2008 | Posted in
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There they were in Harlem on Thursday, the 42nd president and the Democrat who hopes to be the 44th, for a two-hour lunch hour chat at Bill Clinton’s office.
It is not at all clear that Barack Obama particularly wants Clinton’s advice about how to win the presidency — after all, he kept the former president [...]
Written on September 12, 2008 | Posted in
U.S
In civil tort law, it’s not enough for a defendant to have done something wrong. The wrongful act has to be the “proximate cause” of a plaintiff’s injuries. So, for example, if you leave an open bear trap in front of your house (happens all the time, I know), you clearly have done something negligent. [...]
Written on September 10, 2008 | Posted in
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The McCain campaign quickly posted a mischievous video charging that the “lipstick on a pig” quote by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was a sexist reference to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
The spot is not a paid ad but a Web video, which campaigns produce cheaply and then encourage their supporters to distribute. The campaigns also hope [...]
Written on September 10, 2008 | Posted in
U.S
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama shrugged off a slew of attacks from the Republican convention, saying he’s been called worse on the basketball court.
“They’ve spent the entire two nights attacking me or extolling John McCain’s biography, which is fine,” said Obama, who faces Republican John McCain in the November election. “They can use their convention [...]
Written on September 9, 2008 | Posted in
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