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July 24, 2008

Wonderful Insight

Aggregated from: My Right Word

By Charles Hurt:-- There is something that Barack Obama's campaign doesn't want you to see: The candidate among the Arabs. In his whirlwind tour, the candidate sped through this city where he is held in joyous high regard both for his Muslim roots and the perception, rightly or wrongly, that he m...

New John McCain ad about the Media love affair with Obama

Aggregated from: Darryl Wolk Blog

New John McCain ad about the Media love affair with ObamaVersion II...

July 23, 2008

Obama campaign hires Muslim liasion

Aggregated from: The Angry Arabs' comments section

Obama's campaign has created a Muslim liaison, according to two sources familiar with the move. The sources said the job was likely to be filled by Haim Nawas, a Jordanian-American who filled a similar role for the campaign of General Wesley Clark in 2004. The job is complicated by the fact th...

Obama visits Israel

Aggregated from: Darryl Wolk Blog

Obama visits IsraelRaw video from the APRaw Video: Obama Meets With Israeli LeadersRaw Video: Obama Visits Israeli Holocaust ShrineBBC Report:...

Obama is five times more popular than McCain in Britain

Aggregated from: The World Wants Obama Coalition

Ahead of Senator Obama's planned visit to Britain in a few weeks, a new a Guardian/ICM poll shows that 53% of Britons feel believe that Senator Obama would make the best president, with only 11% favouring McCain (36% declined to express an opinion). These results confirms numerous poll results durin...

Sri Lanka: Obama and the New Yorker cartoon

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Going Global on the New Yorker cartoon that highlights the smear campaign against Obama. ...

Iraqis llike Obama, but…

Aggregated from: IraqPundit

The NYT has a story that interviews people in Iraq about Barack Obama. Many feel close to him because of his skin color and his Muslim roots. At the same time, they are wary of his withdrawal policy. They don't want U.S. troops to leave before the country is stabilized.“In no way do I favor the oc...

On the phallacy of change: Oil interests in politics

Aggregated from: Borges Blogue

Just like the Republicans, the Democrats have done their part to help big oil companies make mega profits at the expense of working people. It is well known that Bush and co. are oil men and women, but this is not unique. Oil money has seeped into many hands in Washington, those in power have return...

Obama Campaign Green About Colors

Aggregated from: KABOBfest

An internal memo on sartorial guidelines for the Obama campaign staff during his tour of the Middle East discouraged the wearing of green clothing. Why? Obama staffers fear sporting the color of Islam could be read as support for Hamas. Most of the comments in the Politico article on this ranged ...

July 22, 2008

Obama's ripple effect on the Egyptian blogosphere - Part 2

Moving from Secularism and diversity to the Rantings of a Sandmonkey on Why Obama will Fail Sandmonkey begins his argument by declaring that he is happy with Obama and McCain being the nominees of the Republican and the Democratic parties. He writes: I am happy because both men are not the conventional nominees ...