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Entries Tagged ‘nixon’

I’m shocked — SHOCKED– that Republicans lie

May.13, 2008 in Election 2008

What Obama said:

JG: Do you think that Israel is a drag on America’s reputation overseas?
BO: No, no, no. But what I think is that this constant wound, that this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy. The lack of a resolution to this problem provides an excuse for anti-American militant jihadists to engage [...]

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Where the Clinton campaign tears a page out of Richard Nixon’s playbook

May.13, 2008 in Barack Obama, Election 2008

In 1950, Richard Nixon ruined Helen Gahagan Douglas, a passionate progressive California Congresswoman who was running for the Senate. Douglas, originally an up-and-coming Hollywood star, turned to politics after spending time in Central California with the migrant farm workers flowing in from Oklahoma and elsewhere. She was well-respected in the Congress, on track [...]

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