article.nationalreview.com - 1/21/2009
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If Obama lives up to the dreams of his supporters in writing a new, post-racial chapter for America, he will have at once done more for America than any Democratic president in generations. But he also will have cut the knot holding much of the left toget
whitehouse.gov - 1/21/2009
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whitehouse.gov —
Yesterday, President Obama delivered his Inaugural Address, calling
for a "new era of responsibility." Watch the video
here: ( download as high-quality .mp4 ) Inaugural Address My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, ...
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Blog Post - President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
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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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 - ...
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Great Column Today, Jonah . . .
The Corner on National Review Online —
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 [image] Great Column Today, Jonah . . . [Roger Clegg] . . . And, with regard to President Obama and the end of quotas, you may even understate the case. For while sometimes Obama has been, as you say , a "passionate defender of affirmative action," at other times he has acknowledged that advantaged African Americans (like his daughters) should not be given preferential treatment, and that disadvantaged whites deserve special consideration. The logic of this would lead to substitution of means-tested preferences for racial preferences. The former are ...
The bright side
Daimnation! —
Jonah Goldberg explains how American conservatives can make the best of Barack Obama's election:
...you will not soon see a German chancellor of Turkish descent. Nor will a child of North African immigrants soon take the reins of power in France. It will be a long time before a Pakistani or Indian last name appears on the mailbox at 10 Downing St. And yet these countries bubble over with haughty finger-waggers eager to lecture backward and provincial America about race and tolerance. Why not enjoy rubbing Barack Obama in their faces? ...
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blogs.wsj.com 1/20/2009 — As prepared for delivery.
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talkingpointsmemo.com 1/21/2009 — From TPM Reader MJ ...
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washingtonmonthly.com 1/20/2009 — 'WE ARE READY TO LEAD ONCE MORE'.... The full transcript of President Barack Obama's inaugural address is below....
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latimesblogs.latimes.com 2/25/2009 —
Here is the text of President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress, as released by the White House moments ago:
Madame Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and the First Lady of the United States:
I’ve come ...
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