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Sunday, November 02, 2008
One big step for Obama, One huge leap for America
This commentary is being written before the US Presidential election on November 4th. At this point, it seems certain that Barack Obama will be elected President of the United States of America.
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
The McCain-Obama 'debate' of '08: final round
As far as pre-debate hype goes, the talk going into Wednesday night’s final presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama could not have generated more suspense.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
John McCain’s VP running mate: Sarah Palin
It is now more important than ever for the Republican nominee, John McCain of Arizona, to pick a minority running mate, like Condoleezza Rice, if he wants to have any chance of defeating Obama in November.
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Monday, September 01, 2008
The American Election: The quick sands of race?
When Hillary Clinton proposed Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States, and the vote was carried by acclamation at the Democratic Party’s convention, African-Americans were imbued with a sense of equality.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Obama Comes Out
As soon as Hillary Clinton ended her battle for the nomination, Barack Obama discarded his well marketed image as a "change agent" and showed his true colours, writes Margaret Kimberley.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Obama , Iran & Israel
What Israel wants from the Americans, Israel gets - and in spades from Barack Obama. Obama bent his knees to the breaking point to please the annual conference of AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. By Margaret Kimberley
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Monday, June 02, 2008
Anti-black attitudes, alleged Democrats, black political deference and why I'm still a Democrat
What I don't expect is for members of my own party to throw temper tantrums and put aside common sense choosing to side with the opposition just because their candidate is losing, writes Jasmyne Cannick.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
United Nations launches investigation into American racism
The United Nations is sending a special observer to investigate the role that racism plays in the ordinary life of the United States. By Margaret Kimberley
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Monday, May 19, 2008
House slaves, field slaves and the Obama predicament
Obama has found himself in the pathetic position, of essentially trudging through rural America with hat in hand, trying to convince white people - many of them bigots - that he is "safe," and not at all like those "other blacks," writes Mark P Fancher.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Why Hilary Clinton should bow out gracefully
By all rational accounts, May 7 should have been the end of the Hillary "Point to One Person Wave and Smile" for President Campaign, writes Jasmyne Cannick.
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