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America must look evil if it looks like Obama

Posted by VincebusEruptum from Jazz-from-hell.blogspot

...[T]hat's not Obama. It's Osama bin Laden. Notice how the original photo has been tinted a la the infamous O.J. Simpson photo on the cover of Time...

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Celine Cousteau: Natural Woman

Posted by robynoratocom from

The granddaughter of legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau is making her own waves as an environmental advocate, adventurer and marine researcher. She shares thoughts on climate change, Sarah Palin, "green" cosmetics, and her grandpère.

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Surviving members of Grateful Dead rock for Obama

Posted by Shemuses from

Tie-dyed T-shirts and political slogans made for a heady mixture as the four surviving members of the rock band Grateful Dead put on a concert in support of Barack Obama. Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart hit a Penn State University stage Monday night to play for about 15,000 people. It was the quartet's first show together since a 2004 reunion tour. Hart, Weir and Lesh had already jammed together in support of Obama in February in California.

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An Alaska Native Speaks Out on Palin, Oil and Alaska

Posted by Shemuses from

My name is Evon Peter; I am a former Chief of the Neetsaii Gwich'in tribe from Arctic Village, Alaska and the current Executive Director of Native Movement. My organization provides culturally based leadership development through offices in Alaska and Arizona. My wife, who is Navajo, and I have been based out of Flagstaff, Arizona for the past few years, although I travel home to Alaska in support of our initiatives there as well. It is interesting to me that my wife and I find ourselves as Indigenous people from the two states where McCain and Palin originate in their leadership.

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New poll has Darcy up 47 to 40!

Posted by Jeff from Horse's Ass

The Darcy Burner campaign has seemed awfully cheerful in recent days, and now we know why.  A new poll conducted on behalf of the campaign by pollster Lake Research Partners shows Darcy now leading Dave Reichert 47% to 40% in the hotly contested race for Washington’s 8th Congressional District.  And this comes on the heels of yesterday’s DCCC poll showing Darcy with a 49% to 44% lead.

I’m sure Reichert fans will self-soothe themselves with the notion that this is just an internal poll, but as I mentioned yesterday, campaigns are not in the business of deceiving themselves.  In fact, this represents a substantial turnaround from previous Burner campaign internal polls, which have never once before shown her with a lead. The partisan propaganda part of internal polling comes not from how they are conducted, but rather, from whether or not they are publicly released.  And there’s a damn good reason the Burner camp is releasing this poll, as the internals are just as promising as the top line.

Reichert’s job performance rating has “plummeted” to 34% “good or excellent” versus 54% “fair or poor.” And Reichert’s re-elect now stands at just 36%, meaning nearly two-thirds of 8th CD voters would consider voting for somebody else.

No doubt this race is far from over, and will likely come down to a point or two in either direction, but the gloom and doomers who had already written off this race based on polls conducted during the now deflated Palin bounce better start rewriting their post mortems.  Given sufficient resources and effective messaging, Darcy is in a position to win this race.  So if you haven’t already given all that you can toward turning WA-08 blue for the first time, well, ever… please give to Darcy today.

UNCONFIRMED TIDBIT:
Reliable sources tell me there is another, as yet unreleased private poll that shows Darcy with a small lead over Reichert.  I’ll publish details if I can track it down.

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Nancy Reagan hospitalized with broken pelvis

Posted by Jeff from News.google

ABC NewsNancy Reagan hospitalized with broken pelvisReuters - 1 hour agoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former US first lady Nancy Reagan has been hospitalized in Los Angeles for treatment of fractures to her pelvis and lower spine suffered in a fall at her home last week, her spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

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Canada Votes - Voter turnout drops to record low

Posted by Shemuses from CBC

An estimated 59.1 per cent of Canadians cast votes in Tuesday's general election - a figure that appears to be a record low in the history of Confederation. Voter turnout across Canada Newfoundland and Labrador 48.1% New Brunswick 62.8% Nova Scotia 60.7% P.E.I. 69.5% Quebec 61.1% Ontario 59.1% Manitoba 56.8% Saskatchewan 59.4% Alberta 52.9% British Columbia 61.0% Northwest Territories 48.6% Yukon 63.7% Nunavut 49.4% A total of 13,832,972 votes were cast nationally of the 23,401,064 registered electors, Elections Canada figures showed as of 9 a.m. ET Wednesday. The highest voter turnout appeared to be in P.E.I., where 69.5 per cent of registered voters cast ballots.

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Ben Smith's Blog: A reverse Bradley Effect? - Politico.com

Posted by Damianmann from Politico

Greenwald and Albertson found that the Bradley effect only showed up in three states - California, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. However, they found a reverse Bradley effect in 12 primary states.

White voters who are secretly going to vote for Obama? That's what I take away from this poll.

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Fla. congressman denies breaking any laws

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

The statement came one day after ABC News reported on its Web site that Mahoney had an affair with an aide and then paid her $121,000 to keep quiet and avoid a sexual harassment lawsuit.

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The Book of Sarah (Palin) - Who Built Sarah's House?

Posted by Jeff from Village Voice

Todd Palin told Fox News that he built the two-story, 3,450-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-bath, wood house himself, with the help of contractors he described as "buddies." As mayor, Sarah Palin blocked an effort to require the filing of building permits in the wide-open city, and there is no public record of who the "buddies" were. The house was built very near the complex, on a site whose city purchase led to years of unsuccessful litigation and, now, $1.3 million in additional costs, with a law firm that's also donated to Palin collecting costly fees from the city.

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The Man Behind the Whispers About Obama - NYTimes.com

Posted by Damianmann from New York Times

Until this month, the man who is widely credited with starting the cyberwhisper campaign that still dogs Mr. Obama was a secondary character in news reports, with deep explorations of his background largely confined to liberal blogs. But an appearance in a documentary-style program on the Fox News Channel watched by three million people last week thrust the man, Andy Martin, and his past into the foreground.

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Obama calls for 90-day foreclosure moratorium

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

A foreclosure moratorium was the right solution a month ago - still an important piece of preventing a long term recession: Democrat Barack Obama, bidding to extend his lead in the polls, proposed Monday to put home foreclosures on hold and give tax breaks to businesses that create jobs, while Republican opponent John McCain issued veiled but stinging criticism of the Bush administration.

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