Pin at the GOP state convention in Texas: “If Obama is President… will we still call it the White House?”
I think so… but when George W. Bush was selected, I stopped calling the occupant “President”.

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A perfect summation of why the standard Republican attack of fear and smear are not going to work this time can be found in this post at dKos.  The Obama campaign has framed the change issue so precisely that the GOP’s use of the same-old fear and smear will seem like the pathetic last howls [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KACQuZVAE3s

It’s settled.  The Democratic Party of Michigan and the Democratic Party of Florida have put forth compromises to seat their delegations at a half-vote each.  The proposals have passed.  Now the number needed for nomination is 2118.  Senator Obama is 68 delegates shy of that.  There are 86 delegates remaining in the primaries.  If just [...]

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 The Russ Belville Show 2008-05-24 [62:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Interview with Kevin Booth, writer/director of American Drug War: The Last White Hope; Hillary Clinton’s RFK assassination remark; Barack Obama draws 75,000 to Portland Waterfront; Clinton takes WV primary, Obama takes OR primary; Ted Kennedy diagnosed with brain cancer; John W. McCain finally rejects his two Lunatic Fringe pastors.

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Daily Kos: FoxNews Jokes About Obama Being Assassinated (w/ video) [Updated w/ Full Segment]
Osama, Obama, eh, off ‘em both.  Just to be Fair & Balanced, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0

Ha.  Funny.  Now tell us the one about waterboarding John McCain at Gitmo so he can tell us if it really compares to the torture in Vietnam.  Tell us the [...]

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Another McCain Pastor: Islam Is a ‘Conspiracy of Spiritual Evil’
McCain has not disassociated himself from the pastor, but the campaign statement said, “Just because someone endorses John McCain doesn’t mean he endorses all of their views.”
Despite his call for the U.S. to win the “hearts and minds of the Islamic world,” Sen. John McCain recruited [...]

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Today the next president of the United States, Senator Barack Obama, spoke at the bowl at Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon. The steep amphitheater of grass is on the banks of the Willamette River right off of downtown Portland.
And it was completely packed with people. Obama mentions 30,000; I think it may be [...]

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Oh, how sweet it is in the aftermath of Obama’s huge win in North Carolina and squeaker loss in Indiana.  The talk now is that Obama will lock up the majority of pledged delegates with his expected win here in my home state of Oregon.  With the majority of pledged delegates, the superdelegates will be [...]

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A couple weeks back I had Former Army Staff Sergeant David Bellavia as an entry in the Lunatic Fringe Awards who was introducing John W. McCain and said, of Barack Obama, that “You can have your Tiger Woods, we’ve got Senator McCain.”. I didn’t really understand how that was a slam. Isn’t Tiger [...]

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 The Russ Belville Show 2008-04-19 [80:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The ABC Democratic Debate in Pennsylvania, a look at the 4/20 stoner holiday, interview with NORML Founder Keith Stroup, 9 out of ten Americans think economy is bad, one year anniversary of The Russ Belville Show.

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