John McCain stumbles on Birth Control
Aggregated from: Darryl Wolk Blog
John McCain stumbles on Birth Control July 10, 2008MSNBC Keith Olbermann...
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Rosa Clemente as Green Party running mate
Former Representative (D-Georgia) Cynthia McKinney is running for president on the Green Party ticket. On July 9, she announced Rosa Clemente, hip-hop activist and journalist, as her running mate. The blogosphere is abuzz with reactions to the announcement.
July 7, 2008
Obama: Flip-flopping over abortion?
Throughout his candidacy, Barack Obama has consistently been seen as an advocate for abortion rights, earning him support from such organizations as NARAL. But after Obama clarified his position on late-term abortions this past Saturday, saying that he opposed "mental distress" as a reason for late-term (22 weeks or later) abortions, the blogosphere was quick to question Obama's true beliefs.
July 5, 2008
Another move to the centre by Obama
Aggregated from: Kiwiblog
Another huge move to the centre by Obama. He has just come out against late term abortions unless there is a serious physical threat to the mother. He has specifically rejected mental distress as grounds for late term abortions. A late-term abortion is generally regarded as being after 20 weeks, but...
go to article »July 3, 2008
New York Times!
Aggregated from: freedom writer
''When Mr. Obama began his presidential campaign, Muslim Americans from California to Virginia responded with enthusiasm, seeing him as a long-awaited champion of civil liberties, religious tolerance and diplomacy in foreign affairs. But more than a year later, many say, he has not returned their em...
go to article »July 2, 2008
Obama Nenay! (Madagascar for Obama)
Madagascar is a country better known for its cartoon portrayal than for its media representation, yet its blogosphere is actively voicing its opinions of the upcoming U.S. elections. One blogger, Ketablaogy [fr], explains the reason for creating the Facebook page, Madagascar for Obama/Obama Nenay:
Parce-qu’il est urgent, pour des millions ...
June 19, 2008
Global: “I'm Voting Republican”
"I'm Voting Republican", a short film created by Charlie Steak and SyntheticHuman Pictures, has quickly gone viral and created quite a stir on the internet. A sample quote from the parody:
I'm voting Republican because I think new drugs should be made available immediately, whether they've been tested properly or ...
June 17, 2008
Barack Obama's Speech on Father's Day
Aggregated from: Darryl Wolk Blog
Barack Obama's Speech on Father's DayBarack addressed the congregation at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, IL on June 15, 2008....
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The Special candidate
Aggregated from: Rantings of a Sandmonkey » American politics
Hillary wasn't only the first woman with a strong chance of being nominated for President, as Hitchens reminds us: Posterity may well remember the Hillary Clinton campaign as the nearest that a member of the female gender had thus far gotten to the nomination of a major political party. But the...
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Czech Republic, U.S.: Intermarriages
Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.
Sue of To Czech and Back, a U.S.-based American married to a Czech, guestblogs at Tanja's CzechMateDiary.com; Tanja is a U.S.-based Czech married to an American. ...
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