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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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Why is Barack Obama’s Brother Living in a Hut?

August 20th, 2008 · 9 Comments

It appears Barack Obama is an unwitting victim of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s misinterpretation of the Holy Bible.  Otherwise, we might not be reading headlines about the presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee ignoring the plight of relatives still living in African huts. You might recall that, almost eight months ago, I asked the question, Why is [...]

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More Details Surface About Obama, Woods Fund

July 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

After news broke almost five months ago about Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama’s service as a paid director on the board of the Woods Fund, I wrote and published a post, Woods Fund President Silent on Obama Votes. It highlighted the fact that I never received a response to the inquiry I made to the [...]

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Americans Think Obama’s Playing Politics

May 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Fifty-eight percent of Americans surveyed Wednesday and Thursday night say Barack Obama denounced Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. for political convenience, according to a Rasmussen Reports™ report released this morning. The results come only days after the junior senator-turned Democrat presidential candidate from Illinois made statements in another apparent attempt to distance himself from Reverend Wright, [...]

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Blogosphere Abuzz with Rev. Wright Chatter

April 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

While they wait for a transcript of the speech to surface, the blogosphere is abuzz with punchy opinions about this morning’s National Press Club speech by Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr. In an article published today at NewsBusters, Mark Finkelstein offered this thought: My two cents say Rev. Wright’s latest diatribes are devastating for Obama. [...]

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C-SPAN to Air Rev. Wright at Press Club

April 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr., the man who served as Barack Obama’s pastor for more than 20 years, will deliver a breakfast speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., today at 9 a.m. Eastern/8 a.m. Central. Of particular note, the speech will be broadcast live on C-SPAN. The senior pastor of the [...]

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CAIR Panel ‘Separating Religion from Terror’

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

According to a news release this morning, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a panel discussion, entitled “Separating Religion From Terror: Implications for U.S. Policy,” at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 6. That ought to be interesting. This news — from CAIR — comes only two days after I [...]

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