I give up, NO McCain, Obama full of flip-flopping tilting right"hope and change", McKinney choosing a hip-hop artist as running mate (not that she had a snowball's chance in hell of winning in the first place-same with Nader) I FOUND MY CANDIDATE!!!
There's even a website where you can vote...
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Jillian York
· 4:06 am
· Palestine
As Obama's visit to the West Bank draws near, Palestinian bloggers are talking - about that and about his recent "star turn" on the cover of
The New Yorker. Find out what the Palestinian blogosphere thinks of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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With a new tenant in the White House, the American policy toward the Maghreb is likely to undergo some important retooling in 2009. The magnitude of the changes is unclear as the new American administration will probably view the region through old and new lenses.
John McCain, despite his Republi...
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Jillian York
· 6:09 pm
· Mexico · Puerto Rico (U.S.) · U.S.A.
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.
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Jillian York
· 9:16 pm
· India · New Zealand · U.S.A.
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.
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Jillian York
· 3:16 pm
· Palestine · U.S.A.

When Al Jazeera announced its plans to release English-language channel in 2005, the announcement was met with both support and protest in the United States. And so, although the US government doesn't prevent access to the channel, many cable companies are reluctant to carry it; after all, Donald Rumsfeld ...
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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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''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...
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Jillian York
· 6:43 pm
· Madagascar
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 ...
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Jillian York
· 10:26 pm
· Armenia
Just as there are Canadians for Obama, South Asians for Obama, and even Madagascar for Obama, there are Armenians for Obama. This group consists of both diasporic Armenians and those in Armenia, and the group's members are quite active in their support of Barack Obama.
Berdj Orange, speaking in April, seemed ...
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