truthdig.com - 10/20/2008
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Our oligarchic class is incompetent at governing, managing the economy, coping with natural disasters, educating our young, handling foreign affairs, providing basic services like health care and safeguarding individual rights. They have no concept, thanks to the educations they have ...
nydailynews.com - 10/18/2008
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nydailynews.com —
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF Updated Saturday, October
18th 2008, 1:09 AM WASHINGTON - After months of...
playing political Hamlet, Colin Powell is finally ready to tell America who he likes for President - and the smart money says Barack Obama is ...
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Signs that Republican Colin Powell will support Barack ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 10/19/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
THE IMPACT OF THE POWELL ENDORSEMENT.... The timing
couldn't be much worse for the McCain campaign. Hoping...
to generate some sense of momentum, McCain was nevertheless hit by a one-two punch this morning -- Obama demonstrated a stunning level of...
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The impact of the Powell endorsement
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Digest for October 20th
The Republic of T. —
... Truthdig - Reports - The Idiots Who Rule America - Our oligarchic class is incompetent at governing, managing the economy, coping with natural disasters, educating our young, handling foreign affairs, providing basic services like health care and safeguarding individual rights. That it is still in power, and will remain in power after this election, is a testament to our inability to separate illusion from reality. ...
"Democracy and capitalism are antagonistic entities"
Left I on the News —
... have any hope of restoring social, economic and political order. ... Democracy is not an outgrowth of free markets. Democracy and capitalism are antagonistic entities. Democracy, like individualism, is not based on personal gain but on self-sacrifice. A functioning democracy must defy the economic interests of elites on behalf of citizens. This is not happening.Read the whole essay by Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times journalist Chris Hedges here.
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Editors: The Case of Colin Powell
article.nationalreview.com 10/20/2008 — Commentators are saying that Powells endorsement of Obama will quiet voters doubts about the candidate. But Powells words, like those of his chosen candidate, cannot survive careful scrutiny.
He Sees It Too
talkingpointsmemo.com 10/20/2008 — I spent most of this weekend at a family celebration. So it was only this evening that I got a chance to see Colin Powell's statement at the beginning of Meet the Press this morning, which you can see here ...
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Analysts: Powell rejects McCain, GOP —
CNN.com - Politics 10/20/2008
Colin Powell's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama was as much a rejection of the Republican Party and Sen. John McCain's campaign as an embrace of the Democratic presidential nominee, political analysts said Monday.
Biden's warnings —
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From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli Over the course of five fundraisers on the West Coast this weekend, Biden offered some pretty honest assessments of the state of the race, even by his standards.
He warned that the polls will tighten. He said that ...
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