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February 15, 2008
February 15, 2008The Hate Hurts America Community and Interfaith Coalition (HHA) today announced that Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart and one of the nation's largest warehouse clubs, has joined a growing list of companies that have stopped advertising or refuse to place their ads on Michael Savage's "Savage Nation" radio program. Full release.
CREDO Mobile, the San Francisco-based mobile phone service from Working Assets that fights for progressive causes, sent 2,300 letters from its customers that urged the Fair Practices Commission to stop misuse of campaign funds. Today regulation 18421.7 was adopted. Full release
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after President Bush spoke at the White House this morning on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Full release.
After casting himself as a "Maverick" in 2000, the new John McCain is walking in lockstep with President Bush, pandering to the right wing of the Republican Party, and embracing the ideology he once denounced. On the campaign trail McCain has callously abandoned many of his previously held positions, even contradicted himself, in a blatant attempt to remake himself into a candidate Republicans can accept in 2008. So just who is the real John McCain? The Democratic National Committee will present a daily fact aimed at exposing the man behind the myth. Full release.
Newsweek and the Media Bloggers Association (MBA) have invited three new blogs to join 'The Ruckus,' a group blog about politics published by Newsweek.com. Joining The Ruckus' are Brian Leubitz of Calitics.com, Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft.com and David Oatney of The World According to Oatney. Full release.
The Texas Credit Union League Poll of Texas Primary Voters, released late today, shows that the Republican presidential primary race is in a statistical dead heat. In the Democratic presidential primary race, Clinton is ahead of Obama by a margin of eight points. Held less than the week before the start of early voting, pollsters questioned likely primary voters about top national and state issues, favorability rankings of state elected officials, and more, all broken out in terms of demographics including area of the state, income, ethnicity, and party affiliation. Full release.
As President Bush travels to five African countries, Amnesty International USA urged the president today to raise child trafficking, forced labor and unfair trials, among other grave human rights concerns, with the leaders of Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Rwanda and Tanzania, alongside his focus on economic development and HIV/AIDS-related programs in these nations. Full release.
Since 1959, the Grammy Awards have included a category for the spoken word. Actors usually win this category, which is why Obama's win this year is noteworthy. The handful of politicians who were well-spoken enough to win a Grammy in the past have also found success in their political aspirations. Toastmasters International looked at presidential candidate Barack Obama, as well as some past politically-inclined winners, to define elements of their speaking techniques that helped each win a Grammy. Full release.