Tag: presidential election
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obama/biden ’08: and the crowd goes… meh
obama selects joseph biden as his running matefrom thinkprogress: CNN’s John King is reporting that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has selected Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) as his running mate. King said the Obama campaign will officially reveal the selection in a text message to over three million people soon. Obama is scheduled to appear with…
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selection ’08: mccain’s evacuation, nader says hillary will be obama’s vp & states abandoning touch screen voting
mccain offices evacuated over suspicious letters from washington times: Two of Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign offices were evacuated Thursday after receiving suspicious letters, one of which contained an unidentified white powder. A government official said a letter sent to the office of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee near Denver contained powder, but was being…
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news crew crashes denver’s dnc concentration camp
from raw story: During the 2004 Republican Nation Convention in New York City, over 1,700 protesters were taken into police custody in one of the most sweeping mass-arrests in US history. Many were held in Manhattan’s Pier 57, inside a warehouse which was contaminated with lead and asbestos. Some were held for days, and without…
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key clinton ally killed at arkansas dem hq
is the death of an arkansas democratic party chairman part of an obama body count?from webster tarpley: Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney fell victim to what was evidently a political assassination. Gwatney was a major ally of Hillary and Bill Clinton, and was a leader of the strongly pro-Clinton Arkansas delegation to the upcoming…
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cyanide psyop & the coming denver convention
pound of cyanide found in room where man diedfrom ap: About a pound of highly toxic sodium cyanide was found in a hotel room where a man’s body was discovered, authorities said Wednesday. The Denver medical examiner was still awaiting test results to determine what killed Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, of Ottawa. Police said they…
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nra mole, e-passports, vp lieberman, nwo & dc madam
nra silent on alleged gun-control mole from kprc: A Democratic U.S. senator demanded Thursday that the National Rifle Association respond to charges it placed a paid spy in rival gun-control organizations for more than a decade. The powerful firearms lobby has remained silent since reports broke last week that gun-control activist Mary McFate, 62, of…
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john edwards out of the running for vp slot
and the story was broken months ago by one of the last independent media outlets left: the national enquirer…from abc: John Edwards admitted to ABC News in an interview with Bob Woodruff Friday that he repeatedly lied about an extramarital affair with a 42-year old campaign employee, but strenuously denied being involved in paying the…
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judge says denver can restrict protests at convention
from reuters: Protesters at the Democratic National Convention in Denver can be restricted to fenced-in areas, federal judge ruled on Wednesday, saying that security needs outweighed curbs on their rights. A dozen groups who intend to protest at the August convention sued the U.S. Secret Service and the city of Denver over plans to confine…
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ron paul followers pose danger for mccain in west
from ap: Dueling delegations pitting Ron Paul’s Nevada supporters against those of John McCain vow to take their fight to the Republican National Convention. That’s just one sign that the outsider, Internet-fueled movement led by the feisty Republican congressman from Texas remains afloat in the wake of McCain’s victory in the GOP primaries. In the…
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colorado ‘fusion center’ to gather intel during dnc
from colorado independent: Federal and state law enforcement officials will increase intelligence operations during the Democratic National Convention, overseeing an information war room that will be staffed around the clock with analysts who access a dozen databases while receiving reports of “suspicious activity” — activity that some civil libertarians claim could be nothing more than…
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nader says obama supporters are in ‘political slavery’
from raw story: During a Sunday press conference and campaign rally attended by RAW STORY, Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader claimed that liberals and Democrats who will vote for Sen. Barack Obama as the “least worst candidate” are actually trapped in “political slavery.” At the campaign stop in Austin, Texas, Nader spoke to an audience…
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denver area emergency responders train for dnc
from cbs4 denver: Emergency responders around the Denver area were working on drills over the weekend in the event of a major problem during the Democratic National Convention late next month. Firefighters practiced on a staged accident involving a passenger bus on Interstate 70 in Golden. There were dozens of fake victims and emergency workers…
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an ugly mess of news part1
9/11poll: what happened on 9/11?*anthrax scare sparked tough tactics*billboard displays burning wtc with slogan, ‘please don’t vote for a democrat’*billboard displaying burning twin towers reads ‘please don’t vote for a democrat’*‘9/11 could have been prevented if we’d had a republican president.’*bin laden driver wants ‘9/11 braintrust’ as witnesses*nyc 9/11 ballot initiative & bob mcilvaine interview…
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there’s still time to realize the fraud of obama
obama’s ‘civilian national security force’from kurt nimmo: It appears candidate Obama, if elected, fully intends to recruit young citizens into something he calls a “national security force,” apparently a large paramilitary group “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the U.S. military. Obama made passing reference to this disturbing idea in a…
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time for some campaignin’
from raw replay: JibJab pokes fun at the presumptive nominees, surrogates and a few commentators in their new cartoon satirizing the 2008 election. The new cartoon is titled “Time for some campaignin’.” This video is from JibJab.com, broadcast July 16, 2008.