Sunday, September 7, 2008

Barack Obama


Barack Obama might not raise taxes on rich due to weak economy
Chicago Sun-Times Sun, 07 Sep 2008 1:46 PM PDT
WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush’s tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would further hurt the economy.

Barack Obama switches off personality politics but Sarah Palin continues to electrify crowds
Times Online Sun, 07 Sep 2008 3:46 PM PDT
Barack Obama vowed yesterday to focus his efforts on the gathering economic storm facing ordinary Americans as he struggled to navigate an election landscape transformed by Sarah Palin’s hurricane force over the past ten days.

Barack Obama, in Pennsylvania, tries to explain gun control stance
Los Angeles Times Sun, 07 Sep 2008 0:32 AM PDT
Also: Oprah says no Sarah Palin on her daytime TV show and Palin won't make the rounds of Sunday talk shows either. Barack Obama wanted to talk about the economy Friday as he campaigned in Pennsylvania, especially in light of that morning's government report showing unemployment increasing to 6.1% in August.

Barack Obama: I was probably too flip in 'above my pay grade' abortion remark
Chicago Sun-Times Sun, 07 Sep 2008 1:40 PM PDT
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that he was probably too flip when he said it was ‘‘above my pay grade’’ to answer a question about when is a baby entitled to human rights.

'John McCain to vote for Barack Obama'
New York Daily News Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:29 PM PDT
John McCain is voting for Barack Obama - and he looks like him, too. Only this McCain is Johnathan B. McCain, a Brooklyn-based musician, not the Republican presidential candidate.

John McCain Putting Barack Obama On His Ticket
Gothamist Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:24 PM PDT
The former drummer of the ska band The Toasters is drawing attention these days for a unique blend of election year bipartisanship: a resemblance to Barack Obama and the name John McCain . This McCain though is a guaranteed vote for Obama as he tells the NY Daily News that he first became aware of the Arizona senator when he learned that McCain was voting against making Martin Luther King's ...

Barack Obama's Wife's Cousin an Orthodox Black Rabbi
Israel National News Sun, 07 Sep 2008 2:08 AM PDT
(IsraelNN.com) Barack Obama's wife’s cousin is a Rabbi, according to the Jewish magazine Forward . Michelle Obama's first cousin once removed, Capers Funnye (pronounced fuh-NAY) shepherds the flock at a mostly black Israelite synagogue on Chicago’s South Side, the Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew synagogue.

Barack Obama's Wife's Cousin an Orthodox Black Rabbi
Israel National News Sun, 07 Sep 2008 1:38 AM PDT
(IsraelNN.com) Barack Obama's wife’s cousin is a Rabbi, according to the Jewish magazine Forward.

Obama, McCain duel as race heads into home stretch
AFP via Yahoo! News Sun, 07 Sep 2008 5:38 PM PDT
Barack Obama and John McCain feuded and laid claim to being the authentic candidate of change and reform on Sunday, as their White House showdown roared into a frenetic eight-week final stretch.

Obama plans extended meeting with Bill Clinton
AP via Yahoo! News Sun, 07 Sep 2008 4:14 PM PDT
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to lunch with former President Clinton this week in what will be their first extended face-to-face meeting since the bitter primary season.




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