Obama as a Muslim Extremist - CNN vs. FOX
June 24th, 2007 adminBarack Obama was recently accused by FOX News and other right wing organizations of being raised a muslim and attended a madrassa
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Democrats Cautious on Gay Rights Issues
June 24th, 2007 adminBut Candidates Have Taken Positions Exceeding Mainstream of a Few Years Ago
Perry Bacon Jr., Washington Post
After Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, publicly declared in March that homosexuality was immoral, gay supporters of Sens. Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York were furious when neither presidential candidate was very critical of Pace.
They let both campaigns know it, and the next day Clinton and Obama said they do not consider homosexuality immoral.
The tentative reactions suggest the caution with which the two leading Democratic contenders approach gay rights issues when they are publicly debated. “The antenna goes up,” acknowledges Ethan Geto, an informal adviser to Clinton on gay rights issues. “It’s a measure of how volatile gay rights issues are in national politics.”
Barack Obama, Democrats, Gays, Hillary ClintonOld girlfriends cast their vote for Thompson
June 24th, 2007 adminPresidential hopeful Fred Thompson is labelled by former flames as a charmer who could bring home the female vote
Sarah Baxter, Times Online
IN the battle for the women’s vote, Fred Thompson has a secret weapon against Hillary Clinton - the legions of former girlfriends who still adore him and who want him to be president.
The Hollywood actor and former Tennessee senator racked up an impressive list of conquests during his swinging bachelor days in the 1990s, but he appears to have achieved the impossible and kept their friendship and respect.
Lorrie Morgan, a country singer who dated Thompson and considered marrying him in the mid1990s, told The Sunday Times: “I couldn’t think of a bad word to say about Fred if somebody put a gun to my head.
Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Lorrie Morgan, timesReuters: Watch not stolen/lost
June 14th, 2007 adminAlbanian police say the reports of President Bush’s watch being stolen while greeting the crowd in Tirana are untrue.However, video from the presidential visit shows that while he began to work the crowd with a timepiece on his left arm, within seconds it was gone.
“The story is untrue and the president did not lose his watch,” a spokesman for the embassy in Tirana said.
Some newspapers, television stations and websites carried reports that Bush’s watch vanished on Sunday when he was greeted by ecstatic crowds in Fushe Kruje, outside the capital Tirana.
“It is not true,” said Albania’s police director, Ahmet Prenci.
Photographs showed Bush, surrounded by five bodyguards, putting his hands behind his back so one of the bodyguards could remove his watch. (more)
Albania, George Bush, YouTubeGiuliani: Nation lacks strong leadership
June 14th, 2007 admin
WILMINGTON, Del. - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, in an indirect swipe at President Bush, said Thursday the overwhelming attitude that the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction reflects a lack of leadership.
The nation’s bleak mood was evident in the most recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll in which only 21 percent said they believe things in the U.S. are heading in the right direction, the worst mark since the AP-Ipsos poll began in December 2003.
Speaking at a Flag Day rally in Wilmington, Del., Giuliani told more than 200 supporters: “What we’re lacking is strong, aggressive, bold leadership like we had with Ronald Reagan.”
The same AP-Ipsos poll found public approval with the job Bush is doing at 32 percent, matching an all-time low.
The former New York mayor said he’s running for president to keep the United States on offensive against terrorist and to challenge big government.
Associated Press, GiulianiAs presidential races change, media coverage must adapt
June 14th, 2007 adminBy Dante Chinni, Christian Science Monitor
Washington - A debate, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “a contention by words or arguments … as a regulated discussion of a proposition between two matched sides.”
If you have watched any of the “debates” among the 2008 Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls, you might be wondering if US news media read the dictionary much. The events featuring eight potential Democratic and 10 possible Republican nominees, each lined up on their respective stages, look and feel less like debates than talent shows. Each candidate wants to stand out and be noticed, without saying or doing something that might embarrass himself or herself.
As painful as they can be to watch, these early debates are nothing new. The Democrats’ first primary debate for the 2004 presidential race was held on May 3, 2003 – there were nine candidates in that one. You probably don’t remember it because it wasn’t televised until hours after it ended and not televised at all in some parts of country.
Christian Science Monitor, Democrats, mediaSpielberg Gives Clinton Top Billing
June 14th, 2007 adminBy David M. Halbfinger - New York Times Blog
LOS ANGELES — Steven Spielberg’s exploratory phase is over: He’s a Hillary Clinton man.
After a flirtation with Senator Barack Obama in February, and maxing out his contributions to both Mr. Obama and former Senator John Edwards, the famous filmmaker today threw his support formally behind Senator Clinton.
It’s the most significant indication yet that Hollywood luminaries are returning to what was expected to be their default position at the start of the campaign, before Mr. Obama suddenly grew white-hot.
In a statement that her campaign splashed across its home page, Mr. Spielberg cited Mrs. Clinton’s “experience and strength.”
Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, New York Times, Steven Spielberg