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  "Arrogant" -- just another word for "uppity"

  http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/05/arrogant-ju...
  203 days ago in Brilliant at Breakfast · Authority: 296

  We haven't come that far after all: At a Clinton campaign rally Sunday night in Eleanor, only 30 miles down the road from Charleston (motto posted on the main drag: "The Cleanest Town in West Virginia"), the Secret Service held on to
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  Obama volunteers encountering racism on the trail

  http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/13/racism/ind...
  203 days ago in War Room - Salon.com · Authority: 906

  On Tuesday, the Washington Post's Kevin Merida reported on a phenomenon that's apparently all too common: For all the hope and excitement [Barack] Obama's candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates
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  Oh, well that's OK then

  http://www.radosh.net/archive/002281.html
  203 days ago in Radosh.net · Authority: 143

  "I don't think it's being racist necessarily, they just don't like black people that well." Â--West Virginia voter R.K. Horton
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  Clinton to Roar Back, Kind of, Tonight in West Virginia

  http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/05/clinton_to_roar_back_ki...
  203 days ago in Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine · Authority: 2,079

  "Carry me back to old Virginny"Photo: Getty Images Here's what we know about the Democratic primary race: Barack Obama leads in pledged delegates. He leads in superdelegates. He leads in the popular vote and states won. He leads in offspring
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  Elitist pol lambastes elitist mag’s lampoon

  http://lifeisacookie.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/elitist-pol-la...
  141 days ago in Life Is A Cookie · Authority: 9

  Ruh roh … we’ve barely finished our first cup of coffee and already we have controversy! Seems some folks who shall remain nameless but whose initials are Everyone Running for President of the United States of America feels The New Yorker magazine went a wee bit too far with the Obama cover art for their new issue. The illustration is called ‘The Politics of Fear’ and shows a gun totin’ Michelle and Muslim-garbed Barry doin’ the old FOX News terrorist fist jab in the Oval Office while Old Glory burns in the fireplace under a portrait of Osama bin Laden. What? Too much? Seems both The People’s Prince and Big Mac thought so. O’Baby called the artwork tasteless and offensive and Mav said - ‘uhh, yeah, what he said.’ ::: HARSH! ::: No word on what Ron Paul or Cynthia McKinney thought about it, but never fear - I’m sure the ink is drying on those rubber-stamp statements as I type. No strangers to controversy themselves, the staff at The New Yorker defended the illustration, saying it was meant to mock right-wing depictions of O’Beautiful and his bride (and anyone who didn’t get the hee hee is just a big ol’ stupid, crybaby, poo poo head who should just shut UP already … uhh, or something like that). “I think the idea that the Obamas are branded as unpatriotic [let alone as terrorists] in certain sectors is preposterous,” artist Barry Blitt wrote in an email to The Huffington Post. “It seemed to me that depicting the concept would show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is.” ‘Cept Blitt forgot two very important things: 1. His special brand of highbrow toon-time isn’t exactly appreciated by the masses, and by ‘the masses’ I mean folks like those West Virginia asshats who already think my boyfriend is a terrorist and seeing him jokingly portrayed as one in a cartoon is just the kind of rock-solid, irrefutable proof they’re looking for. 2. Obamamania is hopifying the entire world - and you media types are welcome to join the party and bask in the glow of Barry’s audaciousness … as long as your questions aren’t, well, too probing and you stay away from pesky topics like: religion (unless he brings it up) or race (unless he brings it up, confirms the acceptance of bringing it up or is responding out of sheer necessity to the fact that some other entity did, in fact, bring it up) or patriotism (unless he mentions, visits a base somewhere or does a photo-op with a headbandaged soldier on crutches)  or the fam (unless he arranges for an Acccess Hollywood interview with Maria Menunos to show that down-home-y side we never get to see) or … well, just start keeping a list, guys. It’ll be easier that way.
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  United States News

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  194 days ago in Global Issues Web News: News, Commentary, and Analysis on World Issues · Authority: 5

  US economy in ‘uncharted waters’ The US economy is in “uncharted waters,” Federal Reserve vice-chairman Don Kohn said, warning that both financial and economic recovery was likely to be slow Obama inches closer to victory But the Democratic party is weakened and divided. If the party is to succeed in November, the wavering super-delegates had better make up their minds FBI concerns on prisoner abuse ‘ignored’ The White House National Security Council ignored concerns raised by the Federal Bureau of Investigation over interrogation techniques used at Guantánamo Bay US producer prices add to inflation fears Core prices at the factory gate jumped at twice the expected rate in April as businesses continued to absorb rising costs linked to more expensive imports and commodities McCain Veepstakes In the third of Salon’s pick-a-vice-president questionnaires, help Republican John McCain select a running mate. (McCain will be 72 in August. It matters.) Imbalances of Power It is hard to remember a time when more shifts in the global balance of power are happening at once with so few in America?s favor. Obama sees prize within reach Barack Obama moved to the brink of the Democratic presidential nomination after a victory in the Oregon primary election that brought him within 100 delegates of the total needed to win the race Plan agreed on federal backing for home loans The prospects of a big government intervention in the ailing US mortgage market were significantly increased yesterday when the Senate banking committee overwhelmingly agreed on a plan allowing up to $300bn of federal guarantees for refinanced home loans US seeks product inspection accord Washington wants an international certification system to ensure the safety of imported goods because border checks could no longer cope with burgeoning trade McCain wary of close ties with Bush With an approval rating of 28 per cent – close to record lows for a US president – George W. Bush is considered an electoral liability for the Republican party in November Obama Veepstakes The Illinois senator says, “Yes, we can,” but he won’t make it to the White House without the right running mate. Which veep would you pick? Guns and water coolers in Iraq U.S. soldiers drink water, lots of it, in scorching hot Baghdad. Plus, patrolling the streets with a less than disciplined Iraqi army squad. Let?s Be Serious There is growing evidence that the election may yet be undermined by the wholesale trivialization of matters that are not just important, but extremely complex. Can Barack Obama win West Virginia? Hillary Clinton will likely win big here Tuesday. But could the primary vote in this former Democratic bastion be a clue to Obama’s performance in November?
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  Man of the People, Rock Star of the Hill

  http://obamahotly.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/man-of-the-people...
  201 days ago in Obama, Hotly · Authority: 1

  The photo that started it all: NY Times, “Obama Takes a Victory Lap” (5/9/2008). (Note: You may have to refresh to page to see the photo) Captured during Obama’s return to Capitol Hill after the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, the photo enraptured me. A kind friend pointed out some particularly good editorials from the week, and I, in return, frantically waved last Friday’s front page at her like a mad woman. Sure, I’d found Obama attractive before - elegant even - but now he radiated hotness (through both computer screen and newspaper!). I was hooked. Another friend observed that since the media has finally started to accept him as the Democratic winner, Obama has looked increasingly good. He’s been hotly playing pool, hotly endorsed by John Edwards, and even hotly wearing goggles. And when men have responded with, “You think Obama is hot?!,” I try to explain that it’s a Thinking Girl thing. So with all due respect and apologies to Michelle (fabulously beautiful in her own right), I am proud to present, “Obama, Hotly.” Witty captions welcome.

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