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Hate speech at McCain and Palin rallies
Published by October 7th, 2008 in CAMPAIGN COMMENTARIES. 9 CommentsIt seems that on two separate occasions recently supporters at McCain / Palin campaign rallies shouted out epithets directed toward Senator Obama, and were not rebuked for their outbursts. The first instance occurred at a McCain rally, where somebody yelled out “A terrorist!” after McCain asked who the “real Barack Obama” was. McCain looked briefly disappointed, but [...]
McCain cedes Michigan
Published by October 7th, 2008 in CAMPAIGN COMMENTARIES and ECONOMIC ISSUES. 1 CommentSo, it seems that McCain is abandoning his efforts in Michigan after new polling data suggests that Obama has a double digit lead over him, the result of Michigan being perhaps the hardest hit state of the latest economic crisis. Michigan was one of the swing states that McCain was hoping to obtain and with [...]
So, I just received an email from the Office of News and Public Administration here at UMW, and it seems that Obama and Biden will be holding a rally at 5:15PM in Ball Circle.
The text of the announcement is as follows:
RICHMOND, Va. - U.S. Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will hold a “Change We Need” [...]
Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech and personal chef
Published by September 6th, 2008 in CAMPAIGN COMMENTARIES. 3 Comments
Hey everyone, this is Ben Roth from class. I’m posting with my username from another class last semester… thankfully my name still shows up. This seems to be the first student post on our blog, and is certainly my first, so hopefully I’m doing this correctly.
Anyway, there was a certain statement in Sarah Palin’s [...]
McCain-Palin Ticket Falling Apart?
Published by Ben Roth October 26th, 2008 in CAMPAIGN COMMENTARIES. 3 CommentsThe latest news stories seem to suggest that the McCain campaign- and by extension the Republican Party- is falling apart into incriminations over why winning the presidential race seems like an increasingly distant prospect. Many of the disputes seem to focus on the role of Sarah Palin, with camps split between hardcore conservatives [...]