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 February, 2009

Vox Verax: What's in a photo?

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Barack Obama at a National Press Club discussion about the crisis in Darfur. One of those photographs later became the basis for Shepard Fairey’s iconic “Hope” poster, an image that came to be intimately associated with Obama’s campaign

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Senator Obama Funding Rivals Clinton - Could The Money Come From

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Barack Obama 6 Action Figure Like countless others out there, we’ve been inspired by the meteoric rise of Barack Obama and his campaign. In a time when. In many ways, Obama is the closest thing we’ve ever seen to a superhero… someone who has literally inspired millions of people simultaneously to step past fear, to be brave enough to hope and to go past cynicism and imagine what we could be if we were at our best. That’s the stuff of legend! And Jailbreak Toys wanted

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Hillary Clinton Endorses Barack Obama - vivian - 博客大巴

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

In his own life, Barack Obama has lived the American dream, as a community organizer, in the State Senate, as a United States senator. He has dedicated himself to ensuring the dream is realized. And in this campaign, he has inspired so

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Inspired by kittens | MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Regime Change Iran · Registan.net (Argus) · Right Nation · Right Nation [English version] · Samson Blinded · Shiloh Musings …. Is Barack Obama the Messiah? Jews Against Obama · Just Say No Deal · Mission Nobama · Nobama Network

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Political Waves » Something different for your weekend

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

So if you have time this weekend, read this little fiction — and then change it in your mind to make it look the way you think it should. Start thinking about what change might look like, given the variables of the day. …..Barack Obama signed into law the $787 billion stimulus package, giving the moribund U.S. economy a much-needed resuscitation (or so we all hope), and yet there is a larger crisis looming, one that existed long before our economy tanked and has it no

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BlueOregon: Merkley: Obama drawdown not fast enough or big enough.

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

From NBC News: The reduction announced today will bring US troops down from the current 142000 to what Obama called a transitional force of 35000 to 50000 and will change their mission from combat to training, equipping, and advising ( See Note 1) When it came to sending their troops into a war zone with limited protective armor moral courage appears not to have inspired any general to protest this indifference to the lives of the men and women under their command.

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İngilizce Makaleler - UMuDuN DoĞDuĞu NoKTa

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

And since it is their active engagement in things that interest them, play should be child-led, or at least child-inspired, for it to remain relevant and meaningful to them. …..Hope you have enjoyed this article about Barack Obama for USA President, Vote for Obama, Michelle Obama, Hope and change, White House, next American President, super delegates, election 2008 campaign, American politics, Hillary Rod-harm Clinton, Bill Clinton, Billary, Clintonitis, Senator John

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Renewing The Leadership of Democrats Abroad Switzerland

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Many highly qualified and motivated leaders became inspired and involved in Barack Obama’s historic campaign and election. For the first time in DACH history, 2 candidates are running for every position except that of Legal Counsel, and there are 3 candidates seeking to Together with the Secretary, Legal Counsel, Member at Large and Chair of Chapters that will be formed, hope to work together as a team in the next 2 years on the Democrats Abroad Executive Committe.

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European Tribune - Tax 'Em High

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

But the Guardian understands that he is taking a particular interest in Switzerland, while Barack Obama singled out the Cayman Islands during the US presidential election campaign. ….. Arguably what the buyer is paying for is the right to display and - they hope - increase their wealth, and the art is an indirect signifier of that. In a capitalist culture it’s really a display of the ability to appropriate creative work, rather than of art itself.

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young candidate gives voice to the “obama” effect « Change

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Editor’s Note: Inspired by the election of Barack Obama, 26-year-old Emanuel Pleitez quit his lucrative job as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs to forge a new path in public service. NAM staff writer Kenneth Kim interviewed the Democratic Pleitez campaign office. Democratic candidate Emanuel Pleitez speaks at his campaign office in East L.A.. “The change is already happening throughout the country,” Pleitez said to a diverse group of about 100 supporters on Feb 8.

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