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21st November, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘President’

Simon and Ron Lift Me Up…

By Denis Campbell • Oct 10th, 2008 • Category: Features
 
by Denis Campbell
This has been a depressing week. The ugly, angry mobs surrounding McCain – Palin, the potential, as my colleague Charley James writes, for last second raw racist 527 group adverts, a deeply divided country dragged into and immersed in yet another banal and trivial ‘business as usual’ political campaign instead of seriously debating [...]


Lipsticked Pit Bulls, Orange Jumpsuit Better Idea

By Denis Campbell • Oct 9th, 2008 • Category: Features
 
by Denis Campbell
When the circus act of Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain whipped up crowds into a seething frenzy; where was the US Secret Service? That is the group designated to protect all four candidates (and the President and Vice President) from threats. When the McPalin gals incited hatred and anger with their indignation, mock [...]


Tears of…

By Denis Campbell • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Features
… what, no one can put it into words. I watched at midnight here in the UK as Senator Hillary Clinton, in the most magnanimous of unifying gestures, stopped the vote count by asking the convention to suspend its rules, ensure all of the ballots are counted and accept her floor nomination of Barack Obama [...]


“The Fierce Urgency of Now,” 45 Years Later

By Denis Campbell • Jun 5th, 2008 • Category: Features
The last 36-hours have been overwhelming in historical significance. A young black man, born of mixed-race parents, raised by a single white mother in Indonesia and later white grandparents in Hawaii, obtained a top Ivy League education, worked as a lawyer in Chicago helping to organise union members, ran unsuccessfully for Congress, then became a [...]