2008 Presidential Candidates
Obama’s home has long produced black stars
Joseph Williams, Boston Globe – At age 19, South Side resident Conrad Cochran waited in line to cast his very first vote for William L. Dawson, a ground-breaking African-American politician from the neighborhood who was running for Congress. Forty-five years later, Cochran stood for more than an hour to vote for another exceptional politician who [...]
Inland GOP women’s group leader resigns over ‘Obama Bucks’ depiction
MICHELLE DeARMOND, The Press-Enterprise – The president of an Inland Republican women’s group has resigned after publishing a caricature of Barack Obama on a phony food stamp in her club newsletter. Diane Fedele, president of the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated, sent her members a letter this week apologizing for her “poor judgment and lack [...]
Islamic group calls on NMGOP to repudiate remarks made by Marcia Stirman – ‘Obama is a muslim socialist’
The chairwoman of an Otero County Republican women’s group on Tuesday defended a letter to the editor in which she wrote, ”I believe Muslims are our enemies.” Marcia Stirman, a 56-year-old interior decorator, also called Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ”a Muslim socialist.” A national Islamic group expressed outrage over Stirman’s letter and called on [...]
More voters cast early ballots for president
Some want to avoid long lines on election day. Some will be out of town. And some Americans are afraid confusion or controversy on November 4 will prevent their vote in next month’s presidential election. For those reasons and more, an estimated 3.6 million Americans have already cast ballots in the contest between Republican John [...]
Why Some Racists like Obama
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Huffington Post – Not long after Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama tossed his hat in the presidential rink back in February 2007, an odd, even bizarre thing happened. A hodgepodge of avowedly racist groups burned up internet sites not with rage, but glee. They were giddy at the thought that Obama might [...]
