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correntewire.com - 10/29/2008
Texas: One Woman's Vote for Obama ...
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as reported by the Austin American-Statesman newspaper, “fills her with joy.” photo by Larry Kolvoord, Austin American Statesman Please give Ms. Jones a moment’s respect. This lady’s vote says something important about voting, about Texas, and about freedom. That ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 10/22/2008
A woman's right to shoes
— corner.nationalreview.com — I must say I've never been much of a foot fetishist (and please, any members of Foot... Fetishists For Obama: no email blitzes pointing out what a pedophobe I am). Nevertheless, since the investigative research units of our major media operations ... (more) A woman's right to shoes

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I voted today, and didn’t even have to hold my nose to do it.
rachellucas.com 11/2/2008 — Not that Texas is exactly up for grabs, and my McCain vote will have zero impact, but when you spend months blogging about an election and yelling at people to vote against the socialist, you kinda have to vote. So I did. For McCain/Palin. And I ...
Who Knew Texas Renaissance Faires Could Involve Political Discourse? — Innocent Bystanders
Usually, I defer to others when it comes to the goings on at Texas Renaissance Faires, but I noticed that politics is not far from the minds of people who actually step out of their houses dressed up like knights and wenches. “Unfortunately there’s eight other people in the race ...
Catholics Can’t Vote for Obama? — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
(The Secret Money blog is a joint project of the Center for Investigative Reporting and National Public Radio .) Click here to listen to the anti-Obama ad Retired Texas Bishop Rene Gracida says that Catholics cannot, in good conscience, vote for Obama. Now, in a last-ditch attempt to ...
Catholics Can’t Vote For Obama? — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
(The Secret Money blog is a joint project of the Center for Investigative Reporting and National Public Radio .) Click here to listen to the anti-Obama ad Retired Texas Bishop Rene Gracida says that Catholics cannot, in good conscience, vote for Obama. Now, in a last-ditch attempt to ...
A Slave’s Daughter Votes for Obama — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Amanda Jone’s father encouraged her to vote. That wasn’t always an easy feat in Texas, but she did her best, paying poll taxes to vote for FDR and others. Now the 109-year-old daughter of a former slave has voted for the man who could become the first black president and, she says, ...
The Field: Texans Getting Out Out Of Texas To GOTV — The Atlantic Politics Channel
Another small cog in the Obama campaign's massive get-out-the-vote machine. The campaign wants committed Obama volunteers in Texas to vote early, and then sign up for one of a number of bus tours to other battleground states. All travel and lodging expenses are paid for. Team Buckeye: Austin ...
Texas Voters Urged to Avoid Straight-Party Option, After Vote-Flip Complaints — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Wired[/b] Texas Voters Urged to Avoid Straight-Party Option, After Vote-Flip Complaints By Kim Zetter October 29, 2008 | 3:21:43 A number of voters in several Texas counties have been complaining that voting machines they used to cast early votes flipped their votes from ...
Post script — Ben Smith's Blog
A reader forwards over an unusual death notice from the Austin American-Statesman, for an artist who died in her 60s, Hester Holbrook Abrams. ....Hester was a natural, graceful athlete with a passion for fly fishing, scuba diving, paddle tennis, tennis, and golf. She was a self taught guitar ...
Irving, Texas, Alcohol Ban Is Up for Vote — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy
Heavy voter turnout in Irvine, Texas, could tip the scales in favor of a measure to overturn a ban on the sale of beer and wine in grocery stores and other retail outlets in the city.