Of course, Barack Obama has also been a lawyer, a law professor, and an elected official, but throughout this campaign he has frequently referred to the three years he spent as a community organizer in Chicago in the mid-1980s as “the …
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Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada / PA-116065 Like Rosie the Riveter, Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl remains a symbol of strength, hope, and patriotism for the Canadian people. Rosie The Riveter Campaign The WASPs of World War II were …
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He created a moment, stopping the campaign to have a conversation about race. Moreover, his speech put a halt to the series of campaign incidents— such as his failure to wear an American flag on his lapel—that seemed to call his …
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“Barack Obama’s campaign for change has inspired millions of Americans and brought people into the political process who might never have been involved,” said Convention Co-Chair Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. “This change in the …
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By bringing the last night of the Convention out to the people, we will be able to showcase Barack Obama’s positive, people-centered vision for our country in a big way. ”“Barack Obama’s campaign for change has inspired millions of …
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I take comfort because Change, as you can see, is not the purview solely of Barack Obama or his campaign. Change needn’t be an overt “campaign promise” of Senator John McCain, either. Change is coming, no thanks to either of the …
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JFK was the cultural hope of his day. His vision of a man on the moon, the Peace Corps and eventually civil rights inspired a generation. He died before we would know his full potential, though he had begun to have some difficulty with …
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Even in The Audacity of Hope, a campaign bio (and therefore largely free of grist), he states: “I think my party can be smug, detached and dogmatic at times. I believe in the free market, competition and entrepreneurship, …
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In my view, however, neither approach offers lasting hope of real change for the inner city unless undergirded by a systematic approach to community organization. This is because the issues of the inner city are more complex and deeply …
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Obama: Strength Out of Weakness By David Ignatius, During the July 4th week, Barack Obama did something that’s becoming characteristic of his campaign: He took an issue on which he appeared to be vulnerable — in this case the cluster …
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