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5 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘mayor’

Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive And Mean.”

By Charley James • Sep 6th, 2008 • Category: Features
 

by Charley James
“So Sambo beat the bitch!”
This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination. 
According to Lucille, the waitress serving her table at the time and who asked that her [...]


Labour’s Day of Reckoning

By Denis Campbell • May 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics
UK Prime Minster and Labour Party leader Gordon Brown is in an unenviable position today. Tony Blair rode off into the sunset just in time. While never close, the knives are now sticking out of Mr. Brown’s back as Mr. Blair (through high placed discreet sources), Labour front and back-benchers, the London and UK-wide Press, [...]