Archive for September 13th, 2008
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President Bush Receives Update on Hurricane Ike
President Bush on Sunday said, “I do urge people in the affected areas to listen closely to local authorities before they attempt to get back home. There are people now surveying damage and people reporting in to the state as to the conditions there in the different communities. And it’s very important for citizens, who I know are anxious to get home, to take your time and listen, and take the advice of the local folks.”
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President Bush Receives Update on Hurricane Ike – September 14, 2008
President Bush on Sunday said, “I do urge people in the affected areas to listen closely to local authorities before they attempt to get back home. There are people now surveying damage and people reporting in to the state as to the conditions there in the different communities. And it’s very important for citizens, who I know are anxious to get home, to take your time and listen, and take the advice of the local folks.”
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Green Party activist Peter Camejo dies at 68 (AP)
AP – Peter Camejo, a Green Party leader who was a third-party candidate in three California gubernatorial elections before becoming Ralph Nader’s running mate in the 2004 presidential race, has died. He was 68. -
Palin sticks to familiar in solo outing
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin made her first solo campaign appearance outside her home state Saturday, sticking largely to a speech that has boosted her popularity among Republican faithful.
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Greenspan: America Can’t Afford McCain Tax Cuts
Alan Greenspan says the country can’t afford tax cuts of the magnitude proposed by Republican presidential contender John McCain
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Solo in Nevada, Palin draws big crowd (Reuters)
Reuters – Out on the road as a solo
act, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin fired
up a large crowd in Nevada on Sunday by pledging to shake up
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Obama aide: McCain campaign ’sleaziest’ in modern history
Sen. Barack Obama’s spokesman on Saturday accused Sen. John McCain of “cynically running the sleaziest and least honorable campaign in modern presidential campaign history.”
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Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)
AP – As Hurricane Ike lashes Texas, Obama cancels on ‘SNL’ and asks supporters to help the victims … Pelosi says McCain’s choice of Palin as running mate was “poor judgment” … Moose-hunting Republican from Palin’s hometown casts crucial vote to subpoena her husband … Palin’s return to Alaska brings reality of national campaign, stirs opinions back home … Once a Clinton critic, Palin heaps praise on her and says Obama must regret not choosing her … Hunter Biden, son of veep candidate, quits work as federal lobbyist -
Does Biden Have a Catholic Problem?
The attempts by Obama’s running mate to justify his pro-choice abortion views have prompted criticism from the Catholic bishops. Will this be John Kerry redux?
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Obama camp jumps on Greenspan interview to attack McCain (AFP)
AFP – Barack Obama’s White House campaign Saturday seized on a warning from former Federal Reserve boss Alan Greenspan about John McCain’s tax plans to portray the Republican as economically reckless.
