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October 27, 2008

Africans reflect on Bush, Obama and McCain

As the presidential election zooms towards the final lap, Africa finds itself in the throes of debate for the first time since the major party primaries ended in June. Since Barack Obama and John McCain beat back their respective challengers earlier this year, the two major party candidates have focused on other issues in the race for the presidency, like the global financial crisis and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Regardless of not having a place at the table, many Africans and African bloggers have followed the U.S. presidential race with keen interest.

October 23, 2008

Bloggers Weigh in on Voting Irregularities

With Election Day just less two weeks away and early voting booths opening, issues surrounding the validity of the different ways to vote have arisen. Hoa Quach reviews blogs on this matter.

October 20, 2008

The Supreme Court and the candidates, Karl Smyth

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

The impact the result of this year's general election will have on the activism of the United States Supreme Court in the years to come has been all too frequently overlooked and underappreciated by political commentators based outside of America. However, with three Justices likely to vacat...

October 17, 2008

Claire Hazelgrove, PPC ‘Funds' Obama

Aggregated from: London Spin - Pure Quality Political Journalism

Special Report: by Karl Grove Labour’s PPC for Skipton and Ripon, a fresh faced young lady named Claire Hazelgrove is funnelling money to the Obama campaign. The scam was revealed by Donal Blaney at Blaney’s Blarney where the 19 year old student was exposed for running the illegal finance net...

Secret Service: No One Shouted “Kill Him”

Aggregated from: PoliGazette

After Scranton Times-Tribune’s David Singleton reported that a member of the crowd at a McCain-Palin yelled out “kill him” when Obama’s name was mentioned, other members of the media and, of course, the far-left blogosphere ran when it. It was published everywhere. Keith Olbe...

October 15, 2008

Federal Court Takes on Voter Fraud in Ohio

Aggregated from: PoliGazette

Acorn continues to cause trouble for Democrats nationwide: a federal court in Ohio has now ruled that the state’s top officials should set up ‘a system by Friday to verify the eligibility of newly registered voters and make the information available to the state’s 88 county elect...

MLK Children Sue Each Other

Aggregated from: PoliGazette

In what should make every single person who greatly respects Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the tremendous work he did for the civil rights movement, his three remaining children have gone to court in what can be called a family dispute gone wild. The case is as follows: Dexter King is the head...

Sarah Palin: Troopergate report

Aggregated from: JOTMAN

Update: It's 21:00 in New York. ABC News reports: Sarah Palin abused her power when she fired her Public Safety Commissioner this July, a state investigation has concluded. The investigator, Stephen Branchflower, found that Monegan's refusal to fire Wooten "was not the sole reason" but was "likel...

Judge: Ex-FBI Agent Important in War on Mafia

Aggregated from: PoliGazette

‘ A former Boston FBI agent on trial for murder was key to major New England Mafia investigations because of his skill at recruiting and handling top confidential gangster informants, a former mob prosecutor, now a federal judge, testified Tuesday,’ the Associated Press reports. ̵...

October 14, 2008

Cracking ACORN

International bloggers have begun to file their opinions on ACORN, a 38-year-old community organizing group which registers voters across the United States that has come under attack for allegedly creating fraudulent voter registrations cards.