Election 2008

2008 saw elections around the world and throughout the year, from Georgia (January 1st) to Bangladesh (December 29th). Many of these elections marked crucial turning points for their constituencies, including a historic election in Nepal which abolished a 239-year-old royal dynasty.

But in the blogosphere, the 2008 election almost exclusively refers to the United States' presidential contest in which the Democratic candidate Barack Obama was the victor.

A historic election on several counts, this event saw the highest voter turnout (approximately 63%) in over 40 years. It was the first time that a woman (Hillary Clinton) and a black man were in direct competition for a party nomination, and the first time in 56 years that neither a sitting President nor Vice-President entered the race. But the most significant factor for many Americans was that Obama became the first black man ever elected as President of the United States, beating out Republican war hero John McCain after a long and often heated campaign.

The Internet is widely acknowledged to have played a larger part in this contest than in any previously. Obama, along with other candidates, maintained a Twitter account and a Facebook page, using online connectivity to reach out to younger voters. The online community responded effusively, making the 2008 election easily the most-discussed topic of the year.

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• Why You’re Searching for “Meredith Baxter Birney,” “Transgressions,” and “Joan Najbar”

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
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• Washington Times ad, White House attack, Charles Kerchner ad, December 3, 2009, Kerchner V Obama and Congress, Hacker attacks Post & Email

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 568
  Just in from John Charlton of the Post & Email, December 3, 2009. “White House orders attack on Washington Times KERCHNER ADVERTORIAL SPARKS VICIOUS RACE-POLITICS ACTION SIMULTANEOUS HACKER-ATTACK OF THE POST & EMAIL BY OBAMA SUPPORTER” “As editor of The Post & Email I can now publicly confirm ...
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• Searching in Vain for the Obama Magic

  
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• Locke sorta kinda explains the Hotze endorsement

  
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  Here it is , for what it’s worth, which isn’t much. I guess if you can truly convince yourself that Hotze’s endorsement wasn’t about Annise Parker’s sexuality, you can believe it’s okay to accept it. I don’t know what there is to say about this that hasn’t already been said, so let me just refer you to ...
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• Searching in Vain for the Obama Magic

  
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• Lou Dobbs, Citizen Wells challenge, December 3, 2009, Lou ask the question, Obama not eligible, Billboard, Barack Obama not natural born citizen, US Constitution, Father Kenyan British, No birth certificate, Obama spends millions to avoid

  
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  INTERNET BILLBOARD Article II, Sec. 1, cl. 5 of the US Constitution “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. . .” From the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution. “or if the ...
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• Opinion: Searching in Vain for the Obama Magic

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Never before has a speech by President Barack Obama felt as false as his Tuesday address announcing Americas new strategy for Afghanistan.
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• Voices from the Flats – Bob Shavelson

  
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  I’ve had lots of people asking me about the Muckraker of the Year award, and its origins. So here’s a guest post from one of the great Alaskan Muckrakers, Bob Shavelson, the Executive Director of Cook Inletkeeper. I want to thank Bob for his kind words, and extend to all readers an invitation to the Muckrakers ...
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• Tonight on PCW/MVW House Show…Show

  
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  Tonight’s card: PCW: The Goatbusters (Ray Scantz and Peter Jenkman) vs. Richard Headd/Michael Hunt aka Guys With Unfortunate First Names w/Rob Hull and his Emo in the corner (Island of Misfit Wrestlers) MVW: Replay of Dawn McGill/Kirsta Lewis match from High Octane Wrestling Monday night. MVW: The Pinups ...
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• Rush Limbaugh, Lives Fortunes Honor, Rush Limbaugh Jr, Obama attorneys, Obama avoids Birth certificate issue, College records, Question of the century, US Constitution, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor

  
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  “Lives, Fortunes, Honor” “Of those 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war. Five were captured and imprisoned, in each case with brutal treatment. Several lost wives, sons or entire families. One lost his 13 children. Two wives were brutally treated. All ...
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• Obama: U.S. security is still at stake

  
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  WEST POINT, N.Y. -- President Obama announced Tuesday that he will send 30,000 additional U.S.
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• Project Vote Releases New Report on Composition of the 2008 Electorate

  
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• Pullout From Afghanistan to Begin in 2011, Officials Say

  
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  American troops from a bomb-detection unit on duty in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, watched passing aircraft on Monday.
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• Green Party to Obama: No escalation; withdraw US troops from Afghanistan instead

  
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• Palins Continued Ups and Downs

  
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  In one respect, Sarah is riding very high. Her book has broken the million mark and the print run has been increased all the way to 2.8 million according to the Washington Post . It’s also garnering glowing reviews from conservatives nationally and locally (SWACGirl and James Atticus Bowden both enjoyed it). The ...
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• Rush Limbaugh, Question for Limbaugh Show, December 2, 2009, Obama not eligible, Billboard, Barack Obama not natural born citizen, US Constitution, Father Kenyan British, No birth certificate, Obama spends millions to avoid

  
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  INTERNET BILLBOARD Article II, Sec. 1, cl. 5 of the US Constitution “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. . .” From the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution. “or if the ...
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• Why I Parted Ways With The Right

  
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  1. Support for fascists, both in America (see: Pat Buchanan, Robert Stacy McCain, etc.) and in Europe (see: Vlaams Belang, BNP, SIOE, Pat Buchanan, etc.) 2.
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• Obamas ex-pastor doesnt like Cuba, either

  
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  The Rev. Jeremiah Wright caused quite the tempest during the 2008 presidential campaign when videos popped up of Wright, Barack Obamas former pastor, condemning America for all its sins, real and imagined. Wright has now turned his attention to Cuba, and he doesnt like what he sees. Wright is one of 60 prominent ...
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• Orwellian lies, Obama camp brainwashing, Obama eligibility, Obama not natural born citizen, Mail Online, London, British Isles, 1984, George Orwell, Nazi Germany

  
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  “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed –if all records told the same tale–then the lie passed into history and became truth. “Who controls the past,” ran the Party slogan, “controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”… George Orwell, “1984″   This is ...
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• Homeland Security Brags About Domestic Surveillance Used During 2008 DNC

  
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  Through its “Fusion Center” program, the military and civilian wings of the United States government have been disseminating classified information on Americans collected through warrantless wiretapping programs to state officials, local sheriffs, town and county governing bodies and various private ...
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