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Lewis: McCain/Palin = George Wallace?
Spin CycleIn today's big campaign tiff, civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, cited by John McCain just a few weeks ago as one of the wise men of Washington, compared McCain's campaign tactics to George Wallace's race baiting......Tags: Government, Minnesota, John McCain, Social Issues, Georgia
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Hofstra: Scenes from a Debate III: Lonely Mac Man
Spin CycleNewsday's team at Hofstra continues to gather color from around the campus as the debate draws near. You can read them here, including: Patrick Whittle, sighting a flicker of the GOP's charges about voter fraud on a sign held......Tags: Boston Red Sox, John McCain, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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McCain robo-calls: Terrorists and Obama
The Swampby Mark Silva TAMPA -- John McCain's campaign has played education professor and retired war-protest-bomber Bill Ayers against Barack Obama on the ground, at campaign rallies, on the air, in TV ads, and now on the phone - as part......Tags: Government, Terrorism, Justice System, John McCain, Weather Warnings
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ACORN targeted by violent threats
The Swampby Frank James When Civil Rights-hero and congressman John Lewis warned the McCain-Palin campaign over the weekend that their attacks were creating a supercharged climate which raised the threat of violence, we assume these were the sort of threats now......Tags: Corporate Crime, Florida, John Lewis, John McCain, Crime, Law and Justice
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McCain unsurprised by Powell Obama nod
The Swamp(AP Photo/FOX News Sunday, Gary Gardiner) by Frank James Sen. John McCain, appearing on Fox News Channel this morning, responded to Gen. Colin Powell's nationally televised endorsement this morning Sen. Barack Obama for president. Powell's was a coveted...Tags: Social Issues, Maine, Private Health Care, Harry Reid, Virginia
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ACLU to new president: End rights slide
The Swampby Frank James The American Civil Liberties Union has recommendations for actions the new president should take on his first day, within his first first 100 days and during the first year to restore constitutional rights that eroded during the......Tags: Government, Social Issues, Foreign Aid, Criminal Laws, Constitutional Issues
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Redistribution: McCain channels Drudge
Spin CycleJohn McCain, speaking in Dayton, has now adopted Drudge's story line of the day, criticizing Obama for a 2001 interview on public radio in Chicago in which he discussed the Supreme Court's hands-off approach toward incorporating "redistributive"...Tags: Justice System, John McCain, Constitutional Issues, Karl Marx, Justice and Rights
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Jesse Jackson: Obama 'so majestic'
The Swampby Mark Silva CHICAGO -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson cried last night. Jackson, who waged his own campaigns for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in the 1980s, stood in Chicago's Grant Park with a quarter-million other cheering people to see......Tags: Government, Lyndon B. Johnson, Barack Obama, Obama U.S. Presidential Victory Rally (2008), Entertainment
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Obama win a civil-rights revolution
The Swampby James Oliphant Remember the struggles. Little Rock. James Meredith at the University of Mississippi. Brown vs. Board of Education. Birmingham and Bull Connor. The Boston busing riots. Throw in, if you like, Rosa Parks. Or Jackie Robinson. Social...Tags: Government, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Julian Bond
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Eric Holder: The Man from Banana?
Spin CycleWith news of Eric Holder's possible nomination as AG, we've been paying attention to his role in the March Rich case. Apparently, there's another issue: Holder's been busy making money at that Washington repository of grassroots people power, Covington......Tags: Chiquita Brands International Incorporated, Terrorism, International Law, International Relations, Interior Policy
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Obama: 'We need a big stimulus'
The Swampby Frank James Here's the transcript for President-elect Barack Obama's news conference earlier today on the economy and his economic team: PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Please have a seat. Thank you all for being here....Tags: Government, Federal Reserve, Interior Policy, Productivity, Services and Shopping
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Obama presser: No stimulus details, cool on Big 3
Spin CycleObama's press conference, aside from announcing his economic team, was not particularly newsworthy. He was grim on economic prospects at the top. The gloomy talk warns against irrational optimism about what he can accomplish in the short term, and......Tags: Government, Federal Reserve, Interior Policy, Productivity, Great Depression (1929)
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