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Obama is Making Me a Naderite

Aggregated from: KABOBfest

Yesterday QuiQui reported how mega-bloggers who backed Obama are responding to his electoral move to centrism. A piece in the USA Today on the same subject offers this insightful advice from Senator Bernie Sanders:"They should be organizing a grassroots movement," he said, "so it will be easier for...

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Lebanon,
U.S.A.

Vote Obama, be proud of Nader and listen to Gibran

Aggregated from: Arabisto.com: Dr. Ghassan Michel Rubeiz

Many Arab Americans are rethinking their enthusiasm for Barack Obama. Not only do they watch him pander to the strong Israeli lobby, but they observe his campaign handlers distancing themselves from Muslims. Hoping to teach Obama a lesson, some Middle East Americans plan to vote for Ralph Nader, to ...

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Global: The World Has a Say!

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini · 7:16 pm · Afghanistan · Australia

A number of websites to poll readers from around the world on their choice of who the next president of the US should be have popped up recently. And while non-Americans do not have a vote in the elections, they are still having their say online. 0 comments · read »

Canada

Bob Barr is running as a Libertarian for president

Aggregated from: Darryl Wolk Blog

Bob Barr is running as a Libertarian for presidentNot quite Ron Paul, but will at least neutralize Nader-Darryl...

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Israel,
Lebanon,
Palestine

Barack Obama and Israel, Part 1

Aggregated from: Blogs of Zion

During his three years in the U.S. Senate, Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s voting record and statements have generally been quite supportive of Israel. In an op-ed piece which appeared in the New York Times on February 11, Roger Cohen quotes Obama and seeks to reassure Jewish voters...

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Israel

Clobama Vs. Nader

Aggregated from: Aron's Israel Peace Weblog

The NY Times had a piece today, about Nader's entrance into the race and the reaction of the other presidential candidates. I found the comments section more interesting than the article itself. While I rarely comment on US politics (there are tons of blogs on that topic) this piece riled me up. A c...

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Palestine

Results of First KABOBpoll in: Obama Wins

Aggregated from: KABOBfest

Barack Ibn Hussein Osama 60 (45%) Billary/Psycho Clinton 10 (7%) Crazy Old Man McCain 10 (7%) Ron "Sean" Paul 9 (6%) Chuck Norris 11 (8%) Ralph "the Spoiler' Nade...

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Egypt,
Israel,
Palestine

Us and the American elections

Aggregated from: Egyptian chronicles

Every 4 four years the Arab world just like the rest of the world begins to follow the American elections , of course we used to follow it only in its final stage not from the primaries like now as the rest of the world. We used to follow the American elections then due to the American role in th...

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Iraq: They are All the Same But ..

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini · 7:31 pm · Iraq · Qatar

"Be it Obama, McCain, or Clinton, they are ALL the same for me. Be it a black man, a white woman, or a yellow transvestite, I don’t care. I honestly don’t cuz at the end of the day, none of them can fix what's broken," says Iraqi blogger Neurotic Iraqi Wife. Fellow blogger Raed Jarrar sees a silver lining and says a third party might generate some hope for a political revolution in the US. Read the rest of this post to see what Iraqis and Arabs are saying about the elections. 0 comments · read »

Thailand

Twelve Issues that distinguish Ralph Nader from Hillary and Obama

Aggregated from: J O T M A N . C O M

Ralph Nader has just announced his candidacy for the US presidency (see here). Nader says that the following twelve issues are "off the table" for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but top his own agenda: Adopt single payer national health insurance Cut the huge, bloated, wasteful military... C...

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