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Obama's Pastor: God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11 — Obama's Pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Has a History of What Even Obama's Campaign Aides Say Is ‘Inflammatory Rhetoric’ — Sen. Barack Obama's pastor says blacks should not sing “God Bless America” but “God damn America.”
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Deacon / Power Line:
THE AUDACITY OF HATE — ABC News reports that Barack Obama's pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, says blacks should not sing “God Bless America” but “God damn America.” Wright thinks God should damn America for “treating our citizens as less than human” and “for [acting] like she is God and she is supreme.”
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Obama's Spiritual Guide: ‘God Damn America’ — At the end of a Good Morning America segment today about Barack Obama's pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., an Obama campaign representative complained that John McCain's pastor had not been similarly “vetted.”
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Wright on film — Sure does feel like we're plunging into the abyss tonight. — Fox just posted a big Jeremiah Wright story, and the video is pretty gripping, and deeply racially confrontational. He begins by describing the Romans, who crucified Jesus, as Italians, and thus white, and more or less goes from there.
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Karl / protein wisdom:
Dems 2008: The Wright stuff — Given the buzz about the latest remarks from Barack Obama's spiritual adviser (and a member of Obama's African American Religious Leadership Committee), the Rev. Jeremiah Wright — that blacks should damn America and that the US was resposnible for 9/11 …
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Support for war effort highest since 2006 — American public support for the military effort in Iraq has reached a highpoint unseen since the summer of 2006, a development that promises to reshape the political landscape. — According to late February polling conducted by The Pew Research Center …
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NPR:
The Role of Race — While race inevitably has emerged as a campaign issue, Clinton says that she wants the Democratic presidential campaign to be about the candidates' records, experience and positions on the issue. — A Clinton fundraiser and supporter, Geraldine Ferraro …
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The Huffington Post:Olbermann Slams Clinton in Special Comment: “You Are Campaigning …
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:Clinton Apologizes to Black Voters
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: THE GREAT '08 PARADOX — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro — *** The great '08 paradox: Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the latest NBC/WSJ poll is the poor shape the GOP finds itself in today: The party's fav/unfav has increased (34%-49%) …
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:McCain, GOP May Have Cause for Hope
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Kenneth Thiesen / Berkeley Daily Planet:
Commentary: Why I Don't Support the Troops — In the recent political battle around the Marine recruiting station in Berkeley there has been much confusion around the concept or slogan of “supporting the troops,” but opposing the unjust wars of the Bush regime.
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
It's not him — The Spitzer shocker . . . Just who is Client No. 10? — Who is the procurer of prostitutes from Chicago who is mentioned anonymously in an unsealed FBI affidavit filed by the feds detailing operations of the Emperors Club, a sex-for-hire shop that allegedly ensnared embattled New York.
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The Swamp
Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Tempers Flare on FISA — Debate on a controversial electronic surveillance measure hasn't even begun on the House floor, yet tempers have already begin to flare on Thursday morning, with Republicans slamming the bill and the way in which it will be debated.
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New York Times:
Spitzer Fall Began With Bank Reports — Last July, the North Fork Bank raised a red flag about suspicious financial transactions involving Gov. Eliot Spitzer. But for several months, the electronic report languished unnoticed in a vast Treasury Department database in Detroit.
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Borys Krawczeniuk / The Times-Tribune:
Poll: Hillary's negative rating rivals Santorum's — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has something in common with former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum. A large percentage of Pennsylvania voters dislike both of them. — In fact, greater percentages of voters here have consistently viewed …
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Trailhead
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Obama criticizes McCain on taxes — CHICAGO - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that Sen. John McCain reversed his position on President Bush's deep tax cuts in order to win the Republican presidential nomination, one of his sharpest criticisms yet of the Arizona senator he hopes to face this fall.
Cynthia Needham / Providence Journal:
Bill to close prostitution loophole — PROVIDENCE — With the nation's eyes trained on former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's alleged involvement with a prostitute, Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a bill that would close the loophole in this state's laws that makes prostitution legal if it occurs indoors.
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Hi, I'm from the NY Times. Your Daughter is a Whore. — Ashley Alexandra Dupré, worth $5 grand for sex? — I wasn't shocked that we found out who Spitzer's whore was, what did shock me was that it was the New York Times that outed her. Isn't this better left to the National Enquirer?
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Outside The Beltway
Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
Carlyle Fund's Assets Seized — Leaders Fail to Stop Securities Sell-Off — A publicly traded affiliate of the Carlyle Group said yesterday that lenders were seizing its assets, sending the fund, Carlyle Capital, into insolvency. — The collapse of Carlyle Capital is the first time a Carlyle Group fund …
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