For 82 days in 1968, Robert F. Kennedy ran for President. His campaign was described as magical and mystical. With RFK, we believed that anything was possible. Then his life was tragically cut short. His great potential left unfulfilled. There hasn’t been another politician, since RFK, who has inspired this country so profoundly…until Barak Obama. Will Barack Obama be able to recreate the magic of those 82 days?

Archive for June 28th, 2008

FW: The Obama Tidal Wave

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

I hope this email informs you in a wise way. We are witnessing a political phenomenon with Barack Obama of rare magnitude. His speeches have inspired millions and yet most of his followers have no idea of what he stands for ex except

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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Barack Obama’s first book, Dreams from My Father, was a compelling and moving memoir focusing on personal issues of race, identity, and community. With his second book The Audacity of Hope, Obama engages themes raised in his keynote

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Spot the lousy candidate

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

I hope he enjoys his hollow victory. Come the close of polls on Tuesday, 4th November 2008 I have no doubt we shall see John McCain conceding defeat, as Barack Obama makes history, left with the realisation that devoid of his principles

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Middletown House Party

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Barack Obama has inspired the young and the young at heart to take an active roll in his campaign. On June 28th all across America, communities just like ours will be taking the first step towards change. Just bring yourself and some

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Talking about Calling Michelle Obama An Angry Black Woman Makes

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Barack Obama’s campaign is built on a single word: Change. Isn’t it about time it applied to the way a black woman is treated in this country as well? The rest of the article is here. People who have “actually” met Michelle has found

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Would He Really Have Voted Against The War?

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Didn’t ya kinda hope he wouldn’t break your heart until next year? There was something inevitable about Barack Obama pissing off the netroots way before he he let anyone else down. We pay attention, so we’re the first to know when his

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Carter, Obama, and Evangelicals

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

A closer look at current personalities and patterns suggests another comparison, one that may actually be the best political parallel between a past campaign and the current phenomenon. Could the ascendancy and candidacy of Barack Obama

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Does EURObama Share Francis Bacon's & Spain's Surreal Passion for

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

The Presidential Files: Barack Obama and the Dog-acity of Hope. Democratic Senator Barack Obama’s 2006 book, “The Audacity of Hope,” is a story about his dogged optimism in the future. But it’s his other work of writing—this one in

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Funny Emails Circulating About Barack "57 States" Obama

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Barack Obama says he’s gonna go out and campaign in 57 states; he was just tired, you know; it’s been such a long campaign; he’s been so many places; he probably thinks there are 57 states. Well, I have here a printout from a website

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He Fray

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Democratic Sen He Fray As long as he was soaring above the fray with the lofty rhetoric of hope, change and unity, Obama could masquerade as a quasi-messiah figure. But once forced into the nitty-gritty of contested issues and debates,

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