Articles tagged with: barack obama
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Barack Obama is getting called out again for his knowledge of history, including his own family’s, after declaring to veterans on Memorial Day that his uncle helped liberate the Auschwitz death camp at the end of World War II.
Two problems with the tale: Auschwitz was liberated by the Sovie... read more
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Sen. Hillary Clinton’s expected victory in West Virginia Tuesday is unlikely to derail Sen. Barack Obama’s path to the Democratic nomination, but it could renew questions about his ability to draw the support of white, blue-collar voters.
As polling places across West Virginia ope... read more
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Veteran Democratic Party figure George McGovern dropped his support for Hillary Clinton on Wednesday and endorsed Barack Obama, saying the Illinois senator seemed certain to win the party’s nomination for the November presidential election.
McGovern, 85, said he told Clinton’s hus... read more
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Tom Hanks is supporting presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
Hanks has taken to his MySpace.com page to pledge his support for Obama, who is competing to be the first black president. Obama, who faces rival Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination, has also been endorsed by Oprah Wi... read more
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The race for the Democratic Party U.S. presidential nomination has taken a fresh turn after Hillary Clinton re-ignited her White House bid with a decisive win over frontrunner Barack Obama in Pennsylvania.
She won the state by 10 percentage points, but is still trailing in the national race t... read more
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After two days of criticism over his remarks at a California fundraiser, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hit back Sunday by mocking Clinton’s professions of outrage over the comments.
Speaking at a raucous union rally in the Harrisburg suburb of Steelton, the Illinois sen... read more
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Sir Elton John has staged a fundraising concert for US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and claimed that the “misogynistic attitudes” of Americans may be hindering her bid for the White House.
The star, an ardent Clinton supporter, raised $2.5 million (£1.25 million) for her campaign... read more
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Invoking Sen. Hillary Clinton’s “3 am” ad, Obama Girl in her latest video pleads for the former First Lady to drop out of the race.
“And although Obama’s gonna win it/you’re sorta kinda stayin’ in it,” she sings.
“He’s got the... read more
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Barack Obama went on Larry King last night to explain his now notorious “typical white person” remark about his grandmother.
“What I meant really was that some of the fears of street crime and some of the stereotypes that go along with that, you know, were responses that I t... read more
