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 May 22nd, 2009

BBC - Justin Webb's America: Obama v Cheney

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

well, they have both proved to be men of war. obama somehow won the anti-war ticket and now we have been exposed (how shocking) of killing women and children civilians in afghanistan. is anyone else sick of going to war? hope. change. …

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ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE NEW YORK TERROR SUSPECTS. | Newswire

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

had hoped that US President Barack Obama would undo all the damage done by his predecessor. Now, it looks like he might continue the Bush-era practice of trying terror suspects in military tribunals. … Hope, Change and Blackmail!… Rahm Emanuel, the son of a Zionist hero who fought for the establishment of Israel, met secretly with Jewish leaders at AIPAC and told them that the Obama Administration would thwart Iran’s nuclear program only if Israel resumed peace talks …

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GIDEON LEVY: OBAMA MUST "SAVE ISRAEL FROM ITSELF." | Newswire

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

In his first White House meeting with President Barack Obama, Netanyahu said that Israel wants the Palestinians to govern themselves “absent a handful of powers that could endanger the state of Israel.” … Hope, Change and Blackmail!… Rahm Emanuel, the son of a Zionist hero who fought for the establishment of Israel, met secretly with Jewish leaders at AIPAC and told them that the Obama Administration would thwart Iran’s nuclear program only if Israel resumed peace …

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A RETROSPECTIVE By Helen L. Burleson, Doctor of Public Administration

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Barack Obama is an adult, and most importantly, he is an exceptionally intelligent adult. Like most of us adults, fortunately, we do not accept all we hear or see. If we did, the world would be more amoral, debased and perverted than we are . … This to me is the HOPE that America is coming into her own and will begin to CHANGE and will embrace the philosophy upon which this country was founded, where all men are created equal and are entitled to life, liberty and the …

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Joan Swirsky: Obama's Jewish Problem « The Muslim Question 2

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

The Jews of Hitler’s Germany who listened carefully to the savage dictator’s early words, and watched as his promises of hope and change morphed into incremental losses of freedom and ultimately genocide, fled their country and survived, while the six-million who said “it can’t ….. David Axelrod, the chief strategist and media advisor for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and now a White House insider, is not front-and-center about his hero’s antagonism toward Israel. …

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African American Jobs | Black Career Resouces President Obama

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration represents the best and worst of times for American people. In a time filled with hope and optimism, after a country with a turbulent racial past inaugurated its first African American president, … The new president took the podium and spoke frankly about the dark days the country is experiencing, but also spoke about the hope that inspired many Americans to go to the polls for the first time in an attempt to change the direction …

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Cheney's Speech: Obama "Deserves An Answer" (TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO)

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Watch or read about President Obama’s national security speech here Moments after President Barack Obama concluded a sober and wide-ranging address at the National Archives on Thursday, news networks cut to a shot of Dick Cheney stepping up to a podium, set to issue what was hyped as a … In my long experience in Washington, few matters have inspired so much contrived indignation and phony moralizing as the interrogation methods applied to a few captured terrorists. …

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Hope and Change: The Trouble with Democracy

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Toward the end of the campaign, I created this site to continue commenting on politics and current events. The theme of this blog, hope and change, is intended to reflect the positive spirit of the campaign and the new ….Barack Obama is said to have had similar ambitions at a young age. Oh yes, and we are both big fans of Stevie Wonder. On the other hand, I have never been all that interested in basketball, although I did handle a case for Michael Jordan once. …

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California Voters Reject New Tax Hikes | Newswire

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

More Hope and ChangeBarack Obama proposed a $190 billion tax increase on American companies today. It sounds like just the thing we need during this worst recession since the Great Depression. Bloomberg reported, via Free Republic: Pelosi Wants $94.2 Billion More For Emergency Spending. Pelosi wants to spend more money. Barack Obama and democrats were … Cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines! Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines! …

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Maryland Politics: Republican Steele: A New Era of Class - Your

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

inspired us. Posted by: T.D. Helfrick | May 19, 2009 2:34 PM. “But, he said, unlike the “shabby and classless way” Democrats took on Bush, Republicans will take on Obama with class and dignity.” Gee, I hope they have as much class and dignity as when they were … As long as Cheney and Limbaugh are the public face of the Republican party, there is no hope for any significant change. As long as republicans continue to defend torture they will remain in a small minority. …

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