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Barack Obama at Home on 50-Yard Line

August 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Democrat Barack Obama should feel at home tonight when he speaks to the nation from Denver’s Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium.   After all, he’ll deliver his nomination acceptance speech from behind a podium on the 50-yard line.  And that should benefit his opponent, Republican John McCain, if he takes my advice. How do I [...]

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Gambling on Obama’s Acceptance Speech

August 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’m not a gambler, but I’m willing to wager that you’ll like the news I uncovered about Paddy Power, an Irish bookie who’s offering betting lines on a number of items related to the Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance speech Barack Obama will deliver Thursday night at Invesco Field in Denver. Which pithy saying will [...]

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Barack Obama Piggybacking on a Dream

August 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

While watching coverage of the Democratic National Convention this afternoon, I learned that Barack Obama will deliver his nomination acceptance speech exactly 45 years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Unlike Dr. King’s 1962 speech, which was delivered upon the steps of the Lincoln [...]

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Is Obama Campaign Issuing Distress Signal?

August 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Photos accompanying an article at the Gateway Pundit blog show that tickets for Barack Obama‘s nomination acceptance speech on the last day of the Democratic National Convention feature the American flag printed upside down — an international signal of distress — on both sides.  Is this a signal that the Barack Obama campaign is in [...]

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Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Looks Good in Stripes

August 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A loyal friend of Barack Obama, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick seems to be getting deeper and deeper in trouble with each passing day.  Most recently, the ankle bracelet-wearing thug learned he would not be able to attend the Democratic National Convention in Denver Aug. 25-28.  It seems a judge barred him from traveling outside of [...]

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Blackmail Accusations Surface Around Obama

August 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Near the end of his article published in the Rocky Mountain News today, writer Kevin Vaughan included one man’s claim that conditions required for attendance at Barack Obama‘s acceptance speech at Invesco Field during the Democratic National Convention Aug. 28 in Denver amounted to nothing less than blackmail: A man, who spoke to the Rocky [...]

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I’ll Be Praying for Rain in Denver on Aug. 28

August 12th, 2008 · 33 Comments

Would it be wrong to pray for rain of Biblical proportions to fall during Barack Obama‘s televised outdoor acceptance speech during the Democratic National Convention Aug. 28 in Denver? That question is the central focus of an extremely funny video (below) that was put together by Focus on the Family‘s Stuart Shepard. An article in [...]

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