tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/21/2009
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Barack Obama's presidency marks our democracy's triumph over half the problem of race in America. It underscores the vitality of America's most distinctive and powerful master trend--assimilation, an invincible force that selects from, absorbs and integrates difference, not always kindly, ...
nytimes.com - 1/20/2009
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nytimes.com —
Following is the transcript of President Barack Obama
’s Inaugural Address, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions: PRESIDENT...
BARACK Thank you. Thank you. CROWD: Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama! My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task ...
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Transcript - Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address - Text
news.yahoo.com - 1/20/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
Barack Obama 's inaugural address on Tuesday, as
delivered. OBAMA: My fellow citizens: I stand here today...
humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush ...
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Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address - ...
iowahawk.typepad.com - 1/20/2009
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Rush transcript of the new celebrity Pledge of
Obama Allegiance video (for educational purposes only) [Fade in;...
cue pseudo-soulful electric piano dirge] Courtney Cox and her husband, what's-his-name : I pledge. Demi Moore : I pledge. ...
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With all the hoopla today, I wanted to make sure everyone saw a series of pieces we're ran today at TPMCafe with a range of thinkers and writers discussing seminal American themes and questions -- under the heading of Obama's America.
So let me give you links to a few of the selections.
On Equality -- Orlando Patterson, Thomas Sugrue, Olati Johnson and Jim Sleeper.
On Liberty, Matt Dallek, Jeffrey Rosen, Jed Purdy, Steve Vladeck, Thomas Sugrue and Geoff Stone.
These posts are ...
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blogs.wsj.com 1/20/2009 — As prepared for delivery.
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, ...
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dailykos.com 1/20/2009 — Oath administered. We now have a new president. Hail to the Chief. President Barack Obama. The inaugural address, as prepared for delivery: My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have ...
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