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After Obama Speech, McCain Asks Terms of Peace

by Scott Ott · 45 Comments

(2008-08-29) — The morning after Sen. Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech as the Democrat nominee for president, his Republican rival today petitioned for terms of peace.

“I plead for mercy from my clearly-superior opponent,” Sen. McCain said. “In his speech last night, Sen. Obama accomplished more than I have in my military service and Senate career [...]

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Obama: DNC Tent Big Enough for Pro-Hillary Voters

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(2008-08-25) — As unified Democrats unite together under one roof in Denver this week, Sen. Barack Obama reminded his united party that “our Democrat tent is big enough for all kinds of people — big enough for those who are pro-choice and pro-life, big enough for those who are pro-Obama and pro-Hillary.”
“Democrats are all about [...]

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DNC ‘Real People’ Include Working Mom $24M in Debt

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(2008-08-22) — The Democrat National Convention speaker line up will feature a number of “real people” talking about the pain of living in these tough economic times, including an Indiana railroader, a Michigan truck driver, and an ordinary working mother from New York who’s saddled with $24 million in campaign debt.
The woman, who spent that [...]

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DNC Deal: Hillary Gets Roll Call, Obama May Speak

by Scott Ott · 34 Comments

(2008-08-16) — Sen. Hillary Clinton has reportedly granted Sen. Barack Obama’s request for a speaking role at the Democrat National Convention in Denver this month, after Sen. Obama supported her demand for a roll-call vote on her own nomination.
“We are very grateful to Hillary for this opportunity to address the convention,” said Sen. Obama. “Let’s [...]

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Wright to Offer Prayer Rebuttal at Democrat Convention

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(2008-05-01) — The Democrat National Committee (DNC) announced today it would allow the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the Official Disavowed Pastor of the Obama for America campaign, to deliver the “invocation rebuttal” at the party’s convention in Denver this August.
“After the traditional opening prayer and the singing of ‘God Bless America’,” said an unnamed DNC source, [...]

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Hillary Prescribes 'Plan B' for Obama Post-Iowa

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(2007-12-12) — With the Iowa caucuses just three weeks away, advisers to Sen. Hillary Clinton say their original plan to deal with rival Barack Obama by ignoring him — a strategy dubbed “total abstinence” — has clearly failed.
Faced with the very real possibility that Sen. Obama could win in Iowa, and thus become anything [...]

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DNC: Adviser’s Criminal Past Shows Thompson Is Lazy

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(2007-11-04) — The revelation that one of Fred Thompson’s four presidential campaign co-chairmen was busted for drugs within the past 25 years “simply goes to show how lazy Thompson is,” according to a source at the Democrat National Committee (DNC).
“When you hear that Fred has a top supporter with a criminal record more than two [...]

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DNC: Racist GOP Elects Jindal Token Governor

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(2007-10-21) — Rep. Bobby Jindal, R-LA, the 36 year-old son of Indian immigrants, won the gubernatorial election in Louisiana yesterday as “part of a Republican strategy to keep a few token non-whites in high-profile posts to deflect attention from the party’s inherent racism and anti-immigrant platform,” according to a news release from the Democrat National [...]

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