Posted by
Jillian York
· 8:03 pm
· Morocco · Palestine
Muslim, Black, Unpatriotic, Un-American, Sexist: Just a few of the insults hurled at Barack Obama since the inception of his presidential campaign. Despite Barack Obama's commitment to American politics, distrust of him runs deep in many parts of the U.S.
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Posted by
Jennifer
· 5:19 pm
· Morocco · Western Sahara
“When the Americans are getting ready to elect a president, the whole world holds its breath,” writes Moroccon blogger, Robin des Blogs [Fr]. It's a sentiment held by many around the world, but some Moroccon netizens aren't sure which outcome–an Obama or a McCain presidency–would be best for Morocco.
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Posted by
Jennifer Brea
· 11:39 pm
· Morocco
"When the Americans are getting ready to elect a president, the whole world holds its breath," writes Moroccon blogger, Robin des Blogs [Fr]. It's a sentiment held by many around the world, but some Moroccon netizens aren't sure which outcome--an Obama or a McCain presidency--would be best for Morocco.
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Why can't people leave the old lady alone?
Break-in attempted at Obama's Kenyan grandma's home - CNN.com
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Suspected thieves tried to break into the home of Barack Obama's elderly step-grandmother in Kenya, the U.S. presidential candidate's uncle said Thursday.
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WHAT IF……
Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin, what if things were switched around?
.....think about it.
Would the country's collective point of view be different? Could racism be the culprit?
Ponder the following:
What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, including a...
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Posted by
Jillian York
· 9:40 pm
· Jordan · Lebanon · Morocco
Last week, many newspaper subscribers across the United States were surprised to discover a DVD inserted into their Sunday paper. The video, which can be viewed in its entirety on YouTube, is entitled Obsession: Radical Islam's War With the West and portends to compare the threat of radical Islamism with that of Nazi Germany prior to World War II. The DVD's release was timed to match the upcoming elections, and distribution of the DVD was almost entirely within swing states.
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Posted by
Ari Herzog
· 10:55 pm
· Morocco
Hours before U.S. Senator Joseph Biden and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin face-off in St. Louis, Missouri in the only vice presidential debate of this election season, there is an expectation that foreign policy will be discussed.
How will Palin, the Republican candidate, redeem herself after the world's reporters and bloggers mocked ...
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Posted by
Hoa Quach
· 5:05 pm
· Israel · Lebanon · Morocco · Palestine
Just a few short hours until the 2008 Vice Presidential Debate and days away from Sarah Palin’s infamous interviews with Katie Couric. So, what’s expected of the Republican VP candidate tonight, as she proves to the world and American voters that she’s a superior choice to Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden?
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I thought it would be interesting to see what Chinese astrology has to say about the presidential candidates and their running mates. I obtained the candidates birth dates and times from Madame Lichtenstein’s Cosmic World, and I trust her as a good source.
Interestingly, both Joe Biden and Jo...
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The September/October issue of the Boston Review includes an excellent piece by Elaine Scarry about George W. Bush and Dick Cheney’s repeated violations of U.S. law over the last eight years. She gives a meticulous list of these violations, but she also details the retaliations against those who s...
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