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Presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama is poised to name his running mate, according to The New York Times.
While the paper reports that Obama has yet to inform his prospective vice-president of the nod, the candidate’s focus is primarily on three men: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana and foreign policy expert [...]
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OBAMA & MCCAIN OUT TO WIN RELIGIOUS VOTES
Posted in Obama on Aug 19th, 2008
Barack Obama cited his youthful experimentation with drugs and John McCain noted his failed first marriage as their greatest moral failings on Saturday at a forum on faith that both U.S. presidential candidates used to appeal to religious voters.
Democrat Obama and Republican McCain met briefly on stage between their respective appearances at the forum hosted [...]
Sen. Barack Obama is coming off his Hawaii vacation to face a busy few weeks ahead: he is likely to announce his vice presidential running mate in the eight days left until the Democratic convention, then get in some more campaigning before flying to Denver and giving his acceptance speech on Aug. 28.
But first, at [...]
Shaq and Shaunie Won’t Divorce Afterall
Posted in Celebrity News, Events, Family, Obama, Rap on Aug 16th, 2008
During an interview about the launch of her new video-sharing Web site, Shaunie O’Neal told The Associated Press that the couple plans to stop divorce proceedings soon. “Neither one of us could probably answer why we were getting one in the first place,” Shaunie O’Neal said. Shaquille O’Neal filed for divorce in Miami-Dade Circuit Court [...]
J.LO BRINGS ‘MAID IN MANHATTAN’ TO TV
Posted in Celebrity News, Obama on Aug 14th, 2008
Jennifer Lopez is taking another stab at series television as an executive producer on “Maid in Manhattan,” a new hour-long comedy-drama for ABC based on her hit 2002 romantic comedy.
The film starred Lopez as a struggling single mom from the Bronx who worked as a maid at a posh Manhattan hotel. She is [...]
Michelle Obama to Open Democratic Convention
Posted in Celebrity News, Obama, Politics on Aug 13th, 2008
The first night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver will be highlighted by the wife of the party’s presumptive nominee, Sen. Barack Obama.
It was announced this week that Michelle Obama will speak on Aug. 25, paving the way for the convention’s other headline speakers - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday, Obama’s vice [...]
They’re not exactly rooting for Barack Obama, but prominent white supremacists anticipate a boost to their cause if he becomes the first black president. His election, they say, would trigger a backlash _ whites rising up, a revolution of sorts _ that they think is long overdue.
He’d be a “visual aid,” says former Ku Klux [...]
The Associated Press reports that 22-year-old Raymond Hunter Geisel was taken into custody in Miami and was ordered held at Miami’s downtown detention center without bail Thursday by a federal magistrate.
An affidavit charges that Geisel made the threat during a training class for bail bondsmen in Miami in late July. According to one [...]
*Sen. Barack Obama received a nice chunk of change for his campaign Monday night from a Boston fundraiser that doubled as a party to celebrate his 47th birthday.
The event, held at the swank State Room near Faneuil Hall, was expected to bring in close to $5 million for Obama and the Democratic Party, [...]
Obama leads McCain nationally in AP-Ipsos poll
Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten, Obama, Politics, Scandal on Aug 5th, 2008
WASHINGTON - Solid margins among women, minorities and young voters have powered Barack Obama to a 6 percentage point lead over John McCain in the presidential race, according to a poll released Tuesday.
Obama is ahead of his Republican rival 47 percent to 41 percent, The Associated Press-Ipsos poll showed. The survey was taken after the [...]
Hail Michelle Obama, Mother-in-Chief
Posted in Black Women, Obama on Aug 5th, 2008
Forget the pearls. Michelle Obama says her best accessory is her husband. “Barack and I - as partners, as friends and as lovers - we accessorize each other in many ways,” said Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
“The best thing I love having on me is Barack on my arm and vice versa, [...]
I don’t know if offshore oil drilling will be a significant part of the solution to our energy problems. I don’t trust either the don’t-worry-be-happy hype of the oil industry types or the reflexive nay-saying of the no-drilling-anywhere crowd. And I certainly don’t want to see the search for more oil take precedence over the [...]
WASHINGTON — Now that Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination for president, he wants convention delegates from Florida and Michigan to have full voting rights at the party’s national convention.
Obama sent a letter Sunday to the party’s credentials committee, asking members to reinstate the delegates’ voting rights when the committee meets at the start [...]
OBAMA SPEAKS IN BERLIN
Posted in Events, Gone but Not Forgotten, Obama, Politics on Jul 19th, 2008
*According to Reuters, if Europeans had a vote, polls suggest Democratic candidate Barack Obama would be a shoo-in for U.S. president, but his speech to a huge crowd in Berlin showed he would be a more demanding partner than many realized.
A sea of about 200,000 German Obama admirers cheered on the senator from Illinois [...]
Will Smith Tops Forbes’ List Of Best-Paid Actors
Posted in Celebrity News, Obama on Jul 19th, 2008
After the recent success of his anti-superhero film Hancock, Will Smith has become Hollywood’s Best-Paid Actors, according to Forbes.
The superstar actor, who started his career in entertainment as a rapper, came in at no. 1 on the magazine’s list of the Best-Paid Actors in Hollywood this week, banking an estimated $80 million over the [...]