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Entries Tagged as 'Presidential election 2008'

change.gov

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’ve not yet visited our President-elect’s new website, change.gov, take a look.
How astonishing is it that we have an incoming pres that has an actual interest in keeping the public informed! There is a place to tell your story in relation to the new administration, apply for a job, read a blog about events, [...]

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Tags: Presidential election 2008 · society

The Palin Quilt

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Hot from hearing Palin’s response to a question from a 3rd grader on a CNN interview and learning that the duties of the veep include involvement in Congressional policy decisions, I open today’s Washington Post to learn that she thinks of herself as an intellectual:
In an interview with the intellectual’s bible, People Magazine, Palin notes:
“And [...]

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Tags: Ideas · Presidential election 2008

The Kaleidoscopic Acorn

October 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I wonder if in 2006 when Senator McCain gave the keynote speech at the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (the scandalous ACORN we have been hearing about) in Florida, he anticipated that a mere two years later, his party would characterize ACORN this way:
Sol Stern explains that Acorn is the key modern successor [...]

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Tags: Presidential election 2008