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McCain Right USA Based on Judeo-Christian Principles?

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:00:06 +0000

When Senators Barack Obama and John McCain both appeared at the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency with Pastor Rick Warren last weekend, McCain used a myth about the supposed Judeo-Christian origin of American principles to pander to the evangelical Christian audience in a way I contrast with an Obama appearance at another Baptist church earlier this year. You can see the full section of the Saddleback Civil Forum interview of John McCain from which I took a short clip for this video …

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COMIC BOOK PREDICTS BLACK MAN ELECTED PRESIDENT

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:04:16 +0000

In 1964 Treasure Chest Magazine, a comic book distributed in Catholic grade schools, predicted and suggested that a black man (a Negro as they termed him) be elected in 1976. It was called “1976 Pettigrew for President.” Here are some of the panels from the multi-part story which ran from January to June 1964.

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Barack Obama’s Favorite Book

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:30:15 +0000

After a speech to the American Library ociation, Obama gets asked what his favorite book is…

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A Quick Biography of Barack Obama by Jeffrey Lewis

admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:55:20 +0000

New York City comic book artist and antifolk songwriter/performer Jeffrey Lewis performs his “low budget video” about presidential candidate Barack Obama With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, Barack was born in the storms of our Honolulu Island/ From Jakarta to Hawaii to Columbia U. in New York, where he studied International Relations and Political Science/ In the ’80s, in his 20s, in Chicago, he did plenty, working as director of Developing Communities/ He started job training …

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