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America!!!
Meet your new President!
Barack Obama

Barack Obama is the new President-Elect of the United States.  Obama wins with a landslide of 338 electoral college votes to John McCain’s 159 as of this writing.  There are still states that have not called a [...]

In a sad turn of events, future President Barack Obama announced today that his grandmother died last night.
“She’s gone home…  And she died peacefully in her sleep with my sister at her side. And so there is great joy as well as tears. I’m not going to talk about it too long because it is [...]

Please… Vote NO on Prop 8

In the nick of time…
After a pleading from NoOnProp8.com and others against California’s Proposition 8, Senator Barack Obama finally speaks out against the measure that would overturn the state’s supreme court ruling to allow same-sex marriage.  Barack Obama calls Prop 8 “Divisive and Discriminatory.”  [Source: Towleroad]
Former President Bill clinton [...]

New York Times as posted an excellent article breaking down the tax plans of the two presidential candidates.  While Obama is proposing his plan wouldn’t increase taxes for those who make $250K or less and McCain is slamming his opponent using Joe The Plumber, touting Obama will share everyone’s wealth– It’s not that simple.
The Times [...]

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The infomercial Obama televised on major network prime time slots on Wednesday, October 29th 2008.

My partner and I live in Texas, one of the reddest of the red states.  Texas is a state that I’ve often said “eats its own” if you don’t follow the pack.  Fortunately, it’s also one of the states that allow early voting to encourage voting by avoiding the long lines on election day.  Last [...]

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From the Jed Report:
Remember in late July when Barack Obama predicted John McCain’s
attack strategy? … As it turns
out, he knew McCain better than McCain knew McCain. I guess that means
we can call him “Nostrobamus.”
Then… McCain defends Obama after a McCain supporter calls Obama an “Arab” in McCain’s microphone. At the same time, [...]

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I must have been sleeping the day away on September 16th when this video hit the blogs. This is the Madonna video that had the McCain camp in a rage. Who could blame them? He’s compared to Hitler in the video while Obama is praised. But hey, McCain has pulled some pretty [...]

Natalie Kassabian of Build A Sign wrote in to let me know that they are giving away free campaign signs.  The signs are free but you are required to pay shipping.  The last I checked the shipping charges for my location was approx. $11, still not bad for a high quality sign.  I told her [...]

Stanford University — An in-depth poll suggests that white Americans may cost Barack Obama the election based on their prejudices against black Americans.
“Certainly, Republican John McCain has his own obstacles: He’s an ally
of an unpopular president and would be the nation’s oldest first-term
president. But Obama faces this: 40 percent of all white Americans hold
at [...]