2008

A terrific reminder from Barack Obama about what this election is all about, from the bottom to the top

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Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska who has shot to prominence as John McCain's choice as running-mate, is best known as a passionate believer in new oil and gas exploration, including in Alaska's National Widelife Reserve - something McCain himself rejects.

But campaigners say she has a mixed record on her dealings with the oil corporations to which the Republican party has so many historic ties.

"There is no question that Palin's appointment as the Republican vice-presidential candidate cements the fact that John McCain is the candidate of big oil," Dan Weiss, a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress, a Washington-based think-tank, told Al Jazeera.

"She supports the agenda of big oil - of more drilling - and she opposes investments in clean and renewable energy," he said.

Palin has presented herself as a challenger to corporate interests in Alaska, although that is because she believes the major energy companies have not acted swiftly enough in carrying out drilling and pipeline projects in the state.

Ending dependence

The Alaskan governor also sees more drilling of US oil reserves as a way of ending US dependence on oil imports from the Middle East and elsewhere. … [Read more]

CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen...

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Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. You all sit down. We've got to get on with the show here. Come on.

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Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to be here tonight.

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Sit down.

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Thank you. Thank you very much.

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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I am honored to be here tonight. Please, stop.

AUDIENCE: Bill! Bill! Bill!

CLINTON: Please stop. Sit down. Sit down. Thank you.

AUDIENCE: Bill! Bill! Bill!

CLINTON: Please sit. Please sit.

You know, I -- I love this, and I thank you, but we have important work to do tonight. I am here first to support Barack Obama.

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And, second -- and, second, I'm here to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden...

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... though, as you will soon see, he doesn't need any help from me.

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I love Joe Biden, and America will, too.

What a year we Democrats have had. The primary began with an all-star line up. And it came down to two remarkable Americans locked in a hard-fought contest right to the very end. That campaign generated so much heat, it increased global warming.

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Now, in the end, my candidate didn't win. But I'm really proud of the campaign she ran.

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Great way to help US Presidential hopeful John McCain remember his various properties.

 John McCain is getting scary. Watch this video clip where John McCain says "President Putin of Germany". Here I thought Vladimir Putin was Prime Minister of Russia --- not Germany. Is this really the presidential candidate you want making major foreign policy decisions at 3 am?

 When asked yesterday by Politico.com, John McCain did not know how many houses he owned...

From Politico.com: "Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. "I think — I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. "It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you." [Read more]

 With 200,000 people at Obama's speech in Berlin, Obama has now attained "rock star status." Americans can now hold their heads up high in the world again. Commentators are comparing Obama's speech in Berlin to John F. Kennedy's famous June 26, 1963 speech in Berlin.

Contrast that turnout with John McCain's turnout of six people - yes, that's right  - 1/2 dozen people turned out to see McCain in Ohio today in a meeting with local business leaders at a German food restaurant in Ohio!