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[11:24] Firecloud: oh shit meant to ask if you saw obama’s speech
[11:24] firecloud: specifically the part about dropping out of high school
[11:24] firecloud: no longer an option
[11:24] firecloud: “you don’t just let yourself down, you let your country down”
[11:24] firecloud: like damn
[11:25] Me: That was the highlight for me
[11:25] ME: it was his “ask what […]

The Louisiana governors speech amounted to one statement, “Bobby, Americans can do anything”. It was actually a take on the ‘Yes We Can’ theme of the Obama campaign, mixed with some Ronald Regan style ‘big government is scary’ themes. All in all it was a rushed and ill delivered rebuttal.

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Our first press conference. so this is what the truth sounds like. Hey McCain, stop asking dumb questions about the helicopter program that dubya started.

On Monday evening, February 9, 2009, President Obama gave his first White House press conference. It was held in the East Room of the White House.
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In case you missed all the whining about the word “coward” this week, I bring you the entire speech from United States Attorney General, Eric Holder. All this focus on the word coward is an easy way to deflect attention from the actual content of the speech. Expect more fake outrage and pundit idiocracy to […]

He seemed like an obvious choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, but instead we got Tom Daschle.

Now lets see if Howard Dean’s non relationship with Rahmbo will get in the way.
Source: Huffington Post

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I’ll be in DC this week for the inauguration. Follow live on Twitter - twitter.com/pgk87

I’ll tell President elect, Barack Obama you said hello.

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Apparently the divide and conqueror tactics are out and people are trying to pit minorities (specifically Blacks) against gays. The line being used is that Blacks made the bulk of the support for Prop 8 in California.
Whatever…
Head over to Jack and Jill politics for more on this story: Stop Scapegoating Black Folk on Proposition […]

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My colleague, Iann Robinson (who is now writing at skullnbones.com) has a couple of things to say about the election and it looks at some deeper issues of race, religion and sexual orientation. Take a look at his Thirsty and Miserable column, it’s a good read.
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So was there a stealth provision (linked to section 382 of the tax code) in the 700b bank bailout? The Washington post seems to think so.
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The sweeping change to two decades of tax policy escaped the notice of lawmakers for several days, as they remained consumed with the controversial bailout […]