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The Washington Post had an interesting article on June 25 headlined, “A First Lady Who Demands Substance.” .....(snip)..... it ended up revealing a Michelle Obama that is an angry, arrogant, martinet that isn’t aware that “first lady” is an honorary title that has no proper, Constitutional role and is not an elected position with legal, legitimate powers of its own.

Every week there is another Obama publicity/public relations stunt. If you were in charge of the Obama propaganda machine what would you do to promote the Obama image and to misdirect people away from all of the disastrous Obama policies? If I were in charge of the Obama publicity machine, I would have Michele vacuum the White House rugs on the Oprah show, to show that she is a humble, real, folksy person. What would you do.

US Congressional Candidate Cindy Sheehan Calls on Pelosi to Explain Silence on Torture Briefing. US Congressional Candidate Cindy Sheehan today called upon Nancy Pelosi to respond to a story printed in the December 9 Washington Post which claims that the Speaker of the House was present in a 2002 meeting where four members of Congress were given a virtual tour of the CIA's overseas detention sites and torture program. According to the CIA, no objections were raised by any member of Congress present in the meeting, even though waterboarding, the interrogation technique profiled in the meeting, is illegal under international...

It’s vital that we ask questions of this Administration as it continues to insert itself into the private sector. Most recently, it’s reported that the Obama Administration is considering asking Congress to give the Treasury Secretary the authority to take over non-bank financial companies, such as large insurers, investment firms and hedge funds. Giving the Secretary this authority would be an unprecedented transfer of power to the federal government. The current model for regulating the financial markets relies on independent agencies that are independent from the political process. I have serious concerns regarding the role of government intervening in the...

SHOULD A CHILD EVER BE CALLED A “SUPER PREDATOR?” A panel at the University of Chicago debates the merits of the juvenile justice system Children who kill are called “super predators,” “people with no conscience,” “feral pre-social beings"–and “adults.” William Ayers, author of A Kind and Just Parent says We should call a child a child. A 13-year-old who picks up a gun isn’t suddenly an adult. We have to ask other questions: How did he get the gun? Where did it come from?” Ayers will be joined by Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama, Senior Lecturer in the University of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiJZnvpkZYg# Tex chats briefly with Minnesotan Congresswoman Michele Bachmann who has been a House GOP leader on energy policy and who spoke on Tuesday night at the Convention.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his wife Michelle react to the crowd in Raleigh, N.C., after Obama won the North Carolina Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) waves to supporters at an outdoor rally in Indianapolis late May 5, 2008. Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) hold a sign on state route 31 in Kokomo, Indiana May 6, 2008. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is reflected in a mirror as he speaks to diners at the Four Seasons family restaurant in Greenwood, Indiana, May...

BUTTE, Mont. -- Barack Obama wants to make something clear: He loves America. After a series of incidents that prompted questions about his patriotism, the Democratic presidential candidate is peppering speeches with explicit statements on his love of country. "I love this country not because it's perfect but because we've always been able to move it closer to perfection," he told an audience in North Dakota. And in Montana: "It's a country where ... I've seen ordinary Americans find justice, where I've seen progress made for working families who need leaders who are willing to stand up and fight for...