Entries from January 2008

January 31, 2008

Op-Ed: Is America A Fascist Nation?

RISE OF THE FOURTH REICH
As anyone who has ever heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak on the subject of fascism already knows, he says that America is not veering towards becoming a fascist state — he thinks we’re already there, friends.
According to Kennedy, we passed that mile marker a long time ago.
In his 2004 book Crimes Against Nature [...]

January 30, 2008

Edwards Drops Bid for the Presidency

EDWARDS BOWS OUT GRACEFULLY
At a press conference in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, still decimated from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, John Edwards announced today that he is suspending his candidacy for President of the United States.
With his family and Habitat for Humanity volunteers standing behind him, Edwards gave an eloquent speech that should [...]

January 29, 2008

Has the Media Already Crowned Obama King?

THE OBAMA PHENOMENA
If the election were tomorrow (and maybe it should be), Barack Obama would be president. Thanks to a media transfixed by the candidate’s star power, Senator Obama has seemingly unstoppable momentum. He’s got the media and the masses. The delegates can’t be far behind. And that’s the ball game, folks. The race may be [...]

January 29, 2008

Camp Clinton Has Some Kennedys, Too

Three Kennedy siblings — from left, Kerry Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — stand with their mother, Ethel Kennedy, at New York’s State of the State address on Jan. 9. Gov. Eliot Spitzer proposed naming New York City’s Triborough Bridge after Robert F. Kennedy. (AP Photo)
Kennedys for Clinton
She stands for Democrats [...]

January 28, 2008

Bobby’s Standing By His Woman

KENNEDY STANDS STRONG FOR HILLARY
While Hillary Clinton was finding her voice in New Hampshire, Caroline Kennedy found her man in Barack Obama.
Senator Edward Kennedy is now lending his voice to the Obama campaign, along with his son, U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy. The three Kennedys appeared before a huge rally of Obama’s supporters at American University today, [...]

January 28, 2008

Teddy Gets Fired Up for Obama

KENNEDY CHOOSES OBAMA, SPURNING PLEA BY CLINTONS

Look, up in the sky…it’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…Ted! Where’s he gonna land?
Your camp or mine?

Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s uncle), rejecting entreaties from the Clintons and their supporters, is set to endorse Senator Barack Obama’s presidential bid today as part of an effort to [...]

January 28, 2008

Campaigns Fight for Kennedy Endorsements

IT’S KENNEDY ENVY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

The Hillary Clinton camp didn’t waste any time trying to blunt the effect of Barack Obama’s big Kennedy endorsements. Caroline Kennedy endorsed Obama in a New York Times piece Sunday. And Teddy Kennedy will be endorsing Obama on Monday.

The Clinton campaign hurried out a statement at midafternoon Sunday reminding everybody [...]

January 27, 2008

Ready, Teddy?

Time Magazine dangles an interesting carrot this morning…just three little lines:
Longtime Clinton friend is ready to hope again.
Yes he can…
Developing…
The Page - by Mark Halperin - TIME

January 26, 2008

Caroline Kennedy: Obama Will Be “A President Like My Father”

SOUTH CAROLINA BRINGS SWEET CAROLINE INTO THE FRAY
For 28 years, Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg steadfastly refused to endorse any presidential candidate, always wisely staying out of the political pillowfight.
All that changed as of about an hour ago when the last surviving member of the John F. Kennedy family broke her nearly three decade-long long silence and formally endorsed Barack Obama. 
The news came [...]

January 25, 2008

“This is the World Eisenhower Warned Us About” - RFK Jr.

THE FIRE STILL BURNS
Several emails have recently come in asking “what the hell got into Bobby this week on Ring of Fire?” (His Saturday Air America radio show) I don’t know, but whatever set him ablaze, I will say that the man was in rare form. This was one of the best broadcasts I’ve heard from [...]