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61Obscure facts: President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, president (1861-1865) He only had one year of formal schooling Was a ferryboat captain Helped build his familys log cabin at the age of seven Lincoln hated being called "abe" No one called...
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53Patriotism: The new religion?
Many of us during the course of our daily routine make it a point to digest some portion of what the news media provides us as current events. I know I do. I have come to depend on my cable news in...
5 comments64Obscure facts: President James Garfield
James Garfield {1881} Was shot by one of his own supporters, thinking that he should be given a government job. Garfield believed in qualified personel over friends and supporters. Garfield learned to read at...
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58obama? mccain? DEWEY WINS!!!!
I 've visited North and South Florida and North and Central New Mexico in recent days, and the political temperature 10 days before the Presidential election is elevated by the teeter-totter of...
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54Why Iraq war is number one issue of Obama, McCain presidential race
I usually don't write blogs or hubs on personal issues but this time it's just too important not to. We have entered the two most important months in our nation's history. We are about to decide who will...
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57Obama White House : Antidote for Neo Conservative Contract on Americans
Newt / Time"... porked up Democrats made good eat'n ..." It was nearly 14 years ago, that former Speaker of House Newt Gingrich (R, GA), conservative operative, led the charge (with a Falwell-esque flurry of...
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57Dont Move To Canada Tell The Canadians To Move Here and Help Us!
Unlike many liberal analysts, I actually don't have huge qualms about the virtue of "electability." There is a certain amount of inherent pragmatism in politics, and if we run an un-electable candidate, it...
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56Debate II
1. One of the few recent public appearances where McCain came across as a reasonable, not-out-of-control contender for the Presidency. 2. Obama was Obama, though he is displaying an increasing...
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77Negative Politics
Have you had enough of Negative Politics? Do negative politics work? That is, do such advertisements convince voters to cast their ballots in favor of the campaign running the ads, or do they have an unwanted...
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53The New Yorker Magazine Cover: A lesson in Political Strategy
The recent controversial cover of Barak Obama and his wife could have dominated the news media and distracted voters for weeks. Barak Obama showed great skill in diffusing the issue. He used it to his...
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