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  • Obama vs. McCain: Let's Get It On

    05/08/2008 4:49:37 PM PDT · by The_Republican · 13 replies · 62+ views
    WSJ ^ | May 8th, 2008 | DANIEL HENNINGER
    Barack Obama, the first "postracial candidate," is heading to the Democratic nomination almost entirely because of his near-universal support from black voters in the Democratic primaries. In both states Tuesday, his share of that vote was 90% or more. If one resets the black vote to the norm of earlier elections, Hillary Clinton is the nominee. The idea that Obama was a postracial politician dates to his famous keynote speech at the Democratic Convention in 2004. He set the postracial template himself in the speech's third sentence, describing his father born in a small Kenyan village, herding goats, etc. His...
  • Exclusive: Candidate worked as prostitute (Texas Democrat)

    02/17/2006 1:00:46 AM PST · by peyton randolph · 35 replies · 3,246+ views
    Dallas Morning News ^ | 02/16/06 | GROMER JEFFERS Jr. and BROOKS EGERTON
    The Web page touts the "hot uninhibited" services of a male escort identified as Todd Sharpe, displaying a blurry beefcake photo and listing a Dallas phone number. But the number belongs to a salesman and former actor named Tom Malin, a Dallas Democrat who is seeking election to the Texas House. Mr. Malin acknowledged Thursday that he once worked as a prostitute. -snip-