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05 Jul 06 : 30 | In Fargo, Obama renews promise to get U.S. out of Iraq About 1,000 joined Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at a campaign event in Fargo, N.D. Obama planned to discuss U.S. job losses and other issues but ended up defending his commitment to get Americans out of Iraq quickly. He blamed any confusion on the McCain campaign, which he said had "primed the pump... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published 22 hours ago |
05 Jul 05 : 20 | RNC, NRA, CNN, NYT & Others TARGET OBAMA Over the 4th of July weekend the LAME STREAM MEDIA has launched an assault on Barack Obama by planting a very dangerous meme into the minds of America. What does the NRA, the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, CNN, the DETROIT NEW, and the NEW YORK TIMES, have in common? These media outlets are aiding... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published 23 hours ago |
02 Jul 06 : 20 | The Obama Campaign's Past Two Weeks - Glenn Greenwald Keith Olbermann delivered a "Special Comment" last night on Obama's support for the FISA bill and, to his credit, attempted to address many of the criticisms that had been voiced regarding his prior comments. He seemed to abandon the idea that Obama harbors a Secret Plan to prosecute telecoms and... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
01 Jul 20 : 25 | Keith Olbermann: Obama’s FISA opportunity In a Special Comment, Keith Olbermann discusses Sen. Barack Obama’s second chance to vote on the FISA bill and still show voters that he can stand on principle through the advantage of a loophole within the bill. "Sen. Barack Obama [has] a second chance to make a first impression. And he damned... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
30 Jun 22 : 05 | Paul Krugman - The Obama Agenda "It’s feeling a lot like 1992 right now. It’s also feeling a lot like 1980. But which parallel is closer? Is Barack Obama going to be a Ronald Reagan of the left, a president who fundamentally changes the country’s direction? Or will he be just another Bill Clinton?" » original news Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
30 Jun 17 : 55 | Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must 'kiss my ass' for his support The Telegraph has learned that the former president's rage is still so great that even loyal allies are shocked by his patronising attitude to Mr Obama, and believe that he risks damaging his own reputation by his intransigence. A senior Democrat who worked for Mr Clinton has revealed that he... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
30 Jun 06 : 25 | Obama and Hispanics: Another Myth Exposed This election season has been full of myths. Hillary Clinton is the inevitable Democratic nominee. John McCain's days as a candidate are numbered. With the primary season past, the myths continue, in the face of contrary evidence. Among the most persistent, and most inaccurate, is the idea that... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
04 Jul 21 : 00 | Happy Birthday America: Americans Need To Stop Listening To The Myths... The American executive and legislative branches of government are in dire need of an aggressive purge in the form of a no-confidence referendum. Unfortunately, the American people have no such device to rid themselves of desiccated people and the interests that tell them what American national... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published 31 hours ago |
28 Jun 02 : 15 | McCain Is Way Behind Online-trails Obama in Web fundraising and... The polls aren't the only place John McCain is trailing Barack Obama [by 12 to 15 points]. Republicans also lag Democrats when it comes to using social media, such as blogs and social networks. While the Republicans have focused on more traditional avenues, such as TV ads, to reach voters, the... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
27 Jun 22 : 50 | Kucinich won’t rally for Obama until he gets answers "Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has yet to officially endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president and indicated he will not rally his liberal supporters this fall until he knows 'what the party stands for.' ... He is not shy in criticizing his party, having consistently lambasted Democratic... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
27 Jun 10 : 10 | McCain uses ruling to slam Obama on 'bitterness' comment "Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) immediately seized on the Supreme Court’s ruling that Americans have the right to bear arms and slammed his presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on the issue." » original news Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
27 Jun 08 : 15 | Moon Shot, Obama - Brent Budowsky Editor's Note: Responding to John McCain’s plan to offer a $300 million prize for the scientist who builds a long-lasting car battery, Barack Obama contrasted the scheme with how President Kennedy set the nation on course to send a man to the Moon in the 1960s. “When John F. Kennedy decided that... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
04 Jul 14 : 20 | Religious Right Leaders Back McCain -- New Set of Problem Pastors? Ohio Religious Right leader Phil Burress recently said of McCain, "We don't like him, and he doesn't like us." But Burress has gotten himself out ahead of the pack of Religious Right leaders who appear poised to finally get around to helping McCain. In the wake of McCain having been recieved by... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published 38 hours ago |
25 Jun 23 : 00 | Frank Schaeffer: Dr. Dobson Has Just Handed Obama Victory Note: I'm not convinced, but it's an interesting argument and shows schisms amongst Fundies. "As a result of his power grabs and bullying of other evangelicals, not to mention his telling people how to vote and pointing them to the failed W, Dobson & Co. have zero credibility with a growing number... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
25 Jun 22 : 10 | Turnout boost could favor Obama -- battleground red states could turn... Barack Obama could make major gains in at least nine states the Democratic ticket lost in 2004 if he can achieve a relatively modest increase in turnout among young and African-American voters. That potential helps explain why the Obama campaign chose to forgo federal funding and also why it is... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
04 Jul 05 : 35 | A Devil’s Bargain: by Carolyn Eisenberg With more than 60% of the country opposed to the Iraq war and significant majorities saying they want the troops out within a year, this Congress has handed over to President Bush and to his successor, the right to persist in this failed enterprise. Or to put the matter bluntly, Congress has just... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published 47 hours ago |
23 Jun 16 : 25 | Obama vows to crack down on oil speculation U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama offered new steps on Sunday to crack down on speculation in oil markets, saying his plan would help rein in runaway fuel costs. A jump in gasoline prices above $4 a gallon has spurred consumer anger and is a top theme in the race between Obama and... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
04 Jul 01 : 40 | Gail Collins: What We Learned in the War [and the war record?] Gail Collins looks at McCain's muted reaction to the "attack" on his service record. Maybe he wants to keep it under wraps. See comment below for some of the details. From Collins: "Wesley Clark suggested that John McCain’s military command background did not, by itself, qualify him to be... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
23 Jun 02 : 55 | Kristol: Bush might attack Iran if he thinks Obama will win President Bush is more likely to attack Iran if he thinks Senator Barack Obama may be elected, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol told FOX News Sunday morning. Kristol added that if Senator John McCain was going to win the presidency, Bush would “think it more appropriate” to let him deal with... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
21 Jun 07 : 45 | Obama: 'I'll bring Bin Laden to justice' Barack Obama said he would bring Osama bin Laden to justice in a way that would deny the al-Qaeda leader martyrdom. He would chart a course far removed from a George Bush administration foreign policy that Democrats say has alienated the rest of the world from the United States, policies that McCain... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
22 Jun 08 : 55 | Obama: I'll Fight To Strip Telecom Immunity From FISA "[The bill] does, however, grant retroactive immunity, and I will work in the Senate to remove this provision so that we can seek full accountability for past offenses." » original news Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
20 Jun 00 : 35 | Obama won’t accept public financing "Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) announced Thursday morning that he will not accept public financing for the general election, a move that will give him a major advantage over Republican standard-bearer Sen. John McCain (Ariz.)." » original news Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
18 Jun 17 : 45 | Obama and the Fall Into Tyranny: The Hard Choice: By Paul Craig Roberts As articles by John Pilger, Alexander Cockburn, and Uri Avnery make clear, by groveling before the Israel Lobby Obama has dispelled any hope that his presidency would make a difference. Obama told the Lobby that in order to protect Israel he would use all the powers of the presidency to prevent... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
18 Jun 03 : 10 | And Obama's veep is ... a Republican? | Salon News While Chuck Hagel is a long shot for the job, what seems to be stirring some interest in him is less a question of electoral math than of political metaphysics. Running with a Republican would reinforce the message that Obama is serious about changing the way things are done in Washington, and that... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
17 Jun 05 : 50 | Gore to appear with and endorse Obama - New York Times Former Vice President Al Gore will appear in Detroit tonight for his debut campaign appearance with Senator Barack Obama, extending an endorsement and urging all Democrats to rally behind the party’s fall ticket. “Over the next four years, we are going to face many difficult challenges —... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
17 Jun 04 : 30 | The Media Is Already Demonizing Obama as Being Different Yesterday, a cable news anchor promised to "break down" whether Barack Obama's remarks at a South Chicago church were heartfelt or part of a "Machiavellian" attempt to change his public image. Was this report from Fox News? Nope. The anchor was Rick Sanchez of CNN. (Remind your conservative friends... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
14 Jun 10 : 15 | Obama, the Constutional Lawyer President Slate's Emily Bazelon examines how Obama's years as a con law professor influence his judicial thinking. "Obama's immersion makes the law professors in his inner circle giddy. In addition to the sweet relief of a candidate who has promised not to keep marching to the drummer of executive power, and... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
13 Jun 22 : 25 | High court vs. kangaroo justice - Obama for the Constitution, McCain... The kangaroo-court qualities of the extra-constitutional [Bushevik] tribunals became clear last year, when hearing officers were told to reconvene and hear more evidence because they had found that an inmate had not been an enemy combatant. Farcical proceedings like this have made Guantanamo an... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
12 Jun 09 : 05 | Obama Campaign Setting Up Rapid-Reponse Team To Combat Viral Internet... This is very encouraging news, despite the fact that it’s sad that it’s even necessary. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/10/barackobama.johnmccain. Note: Obama is smart to try and nip this crap in the bud. » original news Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
11 Jun 21 : 10 | Obama must learn from Kucinich's election theft impeachment -Fitrakis & ... "The Bush catastrophe is now winding down, having exceeded all expectations in its destruction of the fabric of American law, economy and ecology. But if Barack Obama allows history to repeat itself yet again in 2008, this nation will plunge even deeper into the depths. The only way to avoid that... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
11 Jun 06 : 35 | Obama Likens McCain To Bush on Economics - Washington Post Barack Obama launched a two-week economic tour Monday by blasting John McCain's platform as akin to a third term for President Bush. "You can vote for John McCain and see a continuation of Bush economic policies -- more tax cuts to the wealthy, more corporate tax breaks," Obama told a crowd of... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
11 Jun 01 : 55 | Obama takes the offensive vs. McCain - The Boston Globe Forgoing a softer introduction to the broader electorate, Obama and his advisers have decided to go right at McCain, leveling daily, hard-hitting attacks while calculating that the candidates' major distinctions on issues such as tax relief, the war in Iraq, and diplomacy play to their favor. They... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
10 Jun 07 : 38 | David Corn: Obama Has Edge Over McCain On Bad Job News Here's the McCain-Obama face-off--at least the domestic side of it--in a nutshell. This morning the latest jobs numbers came out, and the news was bad: the U.S. economy lost another 49,000 jobs and unemployment increase half a point to 5.5 percent. [In this economics contest] who's got the... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
12 Jun 18 : 55 | Women Voters Boost Obama in the Polls The idea that John McCain will pick up women voters who backed Clinton is "mythology" and a "pipe dream," said Ellen Malcolm, president of Emily's List, a women voter's organization that had strongly endorsed Hillary Clinton in the primaries. » original news Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
01 Jul 17 : 40 | Lack of funds hobbling the 'Republican attack machine' As they did in 2004, the Republican groups trail the pro-Democratic groups in cash raised. Yet pro-Democratic groups also are seeing some reluctance this year to jump into the campaign, perhaps thinking they're not needed given Obama's prodigious fundraising or perhaps bowing to his preference that... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
07 Jun 09 : 00 | Facing criticism, Obama modifies Jerusalem stance U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama amended his support for Israel's stance on Jerusalem on Thursday, saying Palestinians and Israelis had to negotiate the future of the holy city. Palestinian leaders reacted with anger and dismay on Wednesday to Obama saying Jerusalem should be... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
05 Jun 23 : 30 | LAT: Barack Obama has captivated the world one's tossing confetti or releasing balloons, but U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's ascent to likely Democratic Party presidential nominee has captivated many of those watching the American political contest abroad. Newspaper front pages and television newscasts throughout the world Wednesday featured... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
05 Jun 08 : 15 | Obama Backs Lieberman Against the Wall (Literally) [D]uring a Senate vote Wednesday, Obama dragged Lieberman by the hand to a far corner of the Senate chamber and engaged in what appeared to reporters in the gallery as an intense, three-minute conversation. While it was unclear what the two were discussing, the body language suggested that Obama... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
30 Jun 19 : 35 | General Clark Says McCain Oversold Navy Experience (Update1) Retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, an adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, said Republican contender John McCain has oversold his military and national-security experience. Even the squadron in the Navy that McCain commanded ``wasn't a wartime squadron,'' said Clark, who... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
30 Jun 02 : 55 | A Win by McCain Could Push a Split Court to Right There are a million reasons that Sen. McCain (R-Idiot) should not be president. None of them are more important than this one. A victory by the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, would probably mean preserving the uneasy but roughly balanced status quo, since the justices who are... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
30 Jun 01 : 45 | Federal reserve wrong again as US economy faces round three financial... The lack of common sense of the Bush Administration and the lack of economic sense of the Federal Reserve have brought the economy to its knees. People in the main street say “bush (sic) ruined our economy.’ Supply side economy has failed miserably. It is not clear how much Obama can do in the... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
27 Jun 07 : 25 | Dave Lindorf: Terrorists Or Victims? Our Kids And Their Kids Double standards when it comes to children are pretty appalling—especially when it comes to “our” kids vs. “their” kids, but here in America they aren’t limited to just right-wingers. Take reaction to the US Supreme Court’s latest ruling that you cannot execute rapists—even those who... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
26 Jun 20 : 15 | Home Not-So-Sweet Home: By Paul Krugman Here’s a question rarely asked, at least in Washington: Why should ever-increasing homeownership be a policy goal? How many people should own homes, anyway? Listening to politicians, you’d think that every family should own its home — in fact, that you’re not a real American unless you’re... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
24 Jun 19 : 05 | Campaign Finance Reform Has Failed - Robert Parry Barack Obama’s decision to opt out of federal campaign financing has riled newspaper editorialists, TV pundits and even some progressives who view regulating “money in politics” as the silver bullet to kill the special-interest domination of Washington. But the fury over Obama’s choice to... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
23 Jun 11 : 50 | McCain Inane on Trains, Barack Backs Amtrak in the face of rising gas prices making train travel the most efficient means of transport: McCain wants to do away with Amtrak, Obama wants to improve it ... says it all » original news Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
21 Jun 20 : 30 | Behind the Compromise on Spying - TIME A compromise deal to extend the federal government's domestic spying powers, passed by the House on Friday, has drawn attacks from both sides of the political spectrum. The right is unhappy at concessions made to protect civil liberties; the left is furious that the Democrats allowed the domestic... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
20 Jun 17 : 50 | John McCain is Afraid of Habeas Corpus, or Has No Clue John McCain is scared of Osama bin Laden or of habeas corpus. Maybe he doesn’t know what habeas corpus is. That’s the more logical conclusion to his ravings about Osama getting his habeas corpus rights were he captured. Republicans distort the issue, as usual, and then a Republican calls for... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
19 Jun 02 : 20 | Bad start on energy policy for McCain in California For a politician, there's no better way to kiss off California voters than boosting offshore oil drilling. It's not just a third rail - it's the other two as well in a state that enshrines beaches, blue vistas and hard memories of past spills. But Sen. John McCain doesn't think so, as he unfurls his... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
17 Jun 07 : 55 | John Edwards has a change of heart on being VP? The strategy for running for the VP nominee usually is sucking up or not sucking up. After the way things went for John Edwards in 2004 made him gun-shy in 2008. But he is now leaving the door open a crack for Obama in case he is the choice for VP. » original news Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
15 Jun 03 : 35 | McCain Stacks Fox News 'Town Hall' With Supporters Tonight was the first in a much-hyped series of 'town hall' forums scheduled by John McCain's campaign, in which Barack Obama had been challenged to show up to discuss the issues directly with the GOP nominee. Except, as Fox News reported, McCain's campaign misled the public about the nature of the... Source : BuzzFlash.net: published |
