Posts Tagged ‘Harry Reid’

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Jan19

Black Democrats: Showing Us How It’s Done

by Duane on January 19th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Posted In: Commentary, Politics

LAS VEGAS — A group calling itself “African-Americans for Senator Harry Reid” is launching a drive to help re-elect the Nevada Democrat.
Strategist Donna Brazile rallies black support for Harry Reid after Obama remarks
Reid’s ‘Negro dialect’ remark politically incorrect, but totally right (Dr. Boyce Watkins)
When one of your political leaders have been accused of badly worded [...]

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Jan11

Our Pal Harry

by Duane on January 11th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Posted In: Headlines, Politics, The Media

Senator Harry Reid had more faith in Obama’s electability when many Black Left commentators were asking the question “Is he Black enough”.

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Oct26

Follow The Money: Healthcare and Undisclosed Profit$

by Duane on October 26th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Posted In: Follow the money, Headlines, Politics

TheHill.com

Ken Raske, president and CEO of the Greater New York Hospital Association, collected donations worth more than $152,000 for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) in September alone, according to the latest FEC reports.
Raske is an important voice in this year’s healthcare debate. His association, representing more than 300 not-for-profit and public hospitals in New [...]

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Apr15

Somebody’s watching me

by Duane on April 15th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Politics

Excerpts from: Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.
Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor [...]

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Mar19

Another “look the other way” moment

by Duane on March 19th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Posted In: Economy, Follow the money, Politics

From jump on this site, I have been making the case over and over and over again that rushed bailouts and various forms of stimuli of any kind is a bad idea. When Bush did it, it was a bad idea. When Obama continued the panic, I also said it was a bad idea.
What Gets [...]

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