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Ralph Nader calls Obama "Uncle Tom" and Fox News calls him out.

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments

As if Ralph Nader wasn’t a big enough tool already, he went on Fox News on election night - the very night Barack Obama broke the racial barrier on the presidency - and uttered the words "Uncle Tom." Not only that, after being called out on the words (which he initially said in a radio [...]

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A sense of difference

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

THE WORLD should look different today, but it does not. The streets look much the same as they did Tuesday, Monday and many days before. The leaves are piling in the gutters and kicked aside by children on their way to meet the school bus. A wet wind gusts out of the south, promising one [...]

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Barak Obama’s Acceptance Speech

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

As released by the Obama campaign:
Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama—as prepared for delivery Election Night Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Chicago, Illinois
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our [...]

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OMFG, He Won! 11pm, they called it…

November 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

They waited for the polls to close on the West Coast, and then it cascaded across the networks and feeds. It is a historic moment in so many ways. At the very least, no matter what side of the fence you’re on - it was the first time where both an african american and a [...]

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Clusterf*$k to the Whitehouse

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

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