November 10, 2008
I’ve been reading some of the responses to Obama winning. And the conservatives whining. Ooh, Obama is too partisan. Ooh, Obama is going to be too liberal. Ooh, Obama this and Obama that. Well, buddies… Go and… hum… you know… go away. Sore losers? No. Just pathetic stupid dingbats. Oh, ...
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I am sure that nearly everyone in the entire world knows the name Obama, and can recognize the face that owns the name. No doubt, everyone in Kenya knows what has happened in the USA. Mostly, I am convinced that people who go by name of ‘leaders’ have witnessed Obama’s fight and victory. So...
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Yeshe Hegan in Paris reports on the effect Obama’s win is having in France. The french were big supporters for this guy from the outset and now it’s causing some serious reflections on France’s own race discrimination issues in french politics. Suddenly their attitude of ‘looking down their ...
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After meeting with 17 economic advisers, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will hold a press conference today probably focusing on the worsening financial crisis. The press conference is expected to start at 1:30 p.m. (central time) at the Hilton Chicago. Attending the earlier meeting are billionaire busin...
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Since Barack Obama emerged as the Democrat candidate, my inbox has been deluged with daily emails about his religion. Often these emails would refer to him as B Hussein Obama, giving readers here some idea, perhaps, of where they were coming from.Today, after his election, a new tone is coming throu...
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Four days later, my heart is still pounding! Hands shaking, butterflies in the stomach — an unfathomable feeling of awe! How can the election of a president in a country of which I am not a citizen have such an indescribable effect on me? The voice inside of me abruptly responds: “How can his el...
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Here's a quick look at how the press in the Middle East — arguably the region likely to be most affected by yesterday's U.S. election — interpreted the news that Barrack Obama is on his way to the White House: “No declaration of support and no promising statements can diminish the fear many...
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The first step toward understanding what went wrong in the 2008 election, beyond the voter fraud and the media's barrage of propaganda, is to address what the GOP should be and what it wasn't. The Democrats ran the 2008 election on personality and biography, which they could not have done if the ...
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The Arab world could ask for no cuddlier a spokesman than its most esteemed political philosopher and McDonald’s jingle-writer, Shabola. Shabola, remember, was an early Obama supporter. But his thoughts on Obama’s victory now rhyme: بوش يخرب بيته باعنا وضيّعنا س...
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I am a freelance journalist living in Suva, Fiji.
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