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Woo-hoo. It was one of my greatest pleasures when moving from Oregon after having cancelled my subscription to the Oregonian in about 1998 because it was such a liberal wacko rag, to NOT subscribe to the liberal wacko News and Observer when we moved to Raleigh.
NC is becoming NJ south. I flew into Raleigh less than 2 years ago and the airport announcements were also in Spanish! I guess it figures because Opie and Andy were for Obama. Mount Pilot will turn into Camden, NJ at this rate.
I’ve watched the decline of the Blues & Disturber for 30 years after moving to Raleigh for college (from NJ).
Good riddance to bad rubbish. It was always a liberal rag......
Nearly a year later, Obamas still looking for a church home mcclatchydc.com ^ | March 13 2009 | Margaret Talev
WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after a painful break from his Chicago church, President Barack Obama and his family are considering joining several churches of various denominations in the nation's capital but have yet to settle on one, and aides said that they're unlikely to decide before Easter.
The delay reflects how the economic crisis has crowded out some personal considerations since Obama's inauguration in January, but it also underscores the complexities of this personal decision by a public man.
Past presidents have grappled with how and where to worship, but Obama's pick is especially guaranteed to provoke interest and scrutiny.
His former pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's controversial sermons on institutional racism and American foreign policy imperiled Obama's presidential campaign last year and finally forced Obama's break with Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Even as the church controversy roiled, a small percentage of Americans continued to believe falsely that Obama was Muslim because of his late, estranged Kenyan father and his childhood in Indonesia.
As America's first black president, Obama faces another unique conundrum: whether to join a historically black church.
Then there are standard logistical concerns: What churches could accommodate frequent presidential visits without seriously disrupting the existing congregation's ability to attend services? Which can the Secret Service best secure? Which routes work well for a motorcade?
Of those churches that best fit the Obamas culturally — ideologically and in terms of community service — which have the best youth programs for children Sasha and Malia?
"The Obamas are committed Christians, and they are certainly looking forward to a place to worship in their time in Washington," said Joshua DuBois, the director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and one of a handful of aides assisting the family's search....
MEANWHILE, THIS MINOR LEAGUE PROPAGANDIST IS BUSY WORSHIPING HER EBONY UNICORN
6 months ago: Margaret Talev, a reporter with McClatchy Newspapers, holds a display of keychains as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., looks at them, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at Virginia Favorites, Ltd., in Emporia, Va
BYE BYE MCCLATCHY