Barack Obama - the Democratic presidential candidate - has promised to aid Afghanistan in the talks with their Western-backed leader and to continue with the war on terror “with vigor” if he is elected. During the second day of the international tour Obama and other U.S. senators talked for two hours with President Hamid Karzai in the capital of Afghan.
Reverend Al Sharpton expressed his disappointment with Reverend Jesse Jackson during his off-camera comments mostly because he used the ‘n-word’ along with a crude remark about Senator Barack Obama. Jackson made it clear that he was not calling Obama that name - but was using it to refer to African-Americans.
Jackson, who previously apologized for the comment he made about wanting to cut off Obama’s testicles, apologized again Wednesday after TVNewser broke the news about what else he said. Sharpton said it is “disheartening” to learn about Jackson’s use of the N-word.
Barack Obama gave a 15 minute speech this week in front of 2,700 supporters at McEachern High School in Powder Springs. In his speech he revealed new proposals that he hoped would refine the bankruptcy laws set for seniors and military families.
Barack Obama chose to celebrate Father’s Day by talking to black fathers who he believe are “missing from too many lives and too many homes.” He encouraged them to play a bigger role in being there and raising their children. “They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it,” the Democratic presidential candidate said Sunday at a largely black church in his hometown.
Barack Obama told voters on Saturday that he will be pushing for a more aggressive economic agenda if he wins the presidency by raising taxes on the wealthy, lowering taxes for the middle class, and putting money into “green energy” and making sure that more employees will be given retirement saving plans.
While many of the presidential candidates are stressing and drawing up ideas on who could be their Vice President Senator John McCain says that it is no problem for him. All he needs to do is Google the question and he’ll find his answer.
John McCain joked this week that he could use the popular search engine – Google – to investigate and find him a Vice President. “You know, basically it’s a Google,” he said to laughter at a fund-raising luncheon when asked how the selection process was going. “What you can find out now on the Internet — it’s remarkable.”
Senator Hilary Clinton has finally made the decision to end her presidential bid this weekend while in Washington, D.C. Surrounding her were her faithful supporters who were less than happy and also a bit angry by the look of their faces. She became famous as being the nation’s first woman to run for presidential nominee and now it is over.
There are only two Democratic primaries left and Senator Barack Obama is ready and prepared for the final part of the race. Clinton on the other hand is determining whether or not she should stay in the race or call it quits. Many believe that she is staying in only to delay the fact that she lost.
During a recent interview Rep. Anthony Weiner explained why he has been campaigning for Hilary Clinton all this time. “I’m doing a lot, but it’s largely because I’m dating Huma,” Weiner said.
Huma Abedin has been called the “body woman” for Clinton. She is the assistant for Clinton and is always by her side. Weiner stated that he has admired Abedin for a long time now. In last year’s Observer profile of Abedin, Weiner said, “This notion that Senator Clinton is a cool customer—I mean, I don’t dispute it, but the coolest customer in that whole operation is Huma.”
Senator Hilary Clinton has hoped and planned on beating out Obama during an early knockout on Super Tuesday. Obama on the other hand has prepared and researched the congressional districts in the states with the primaries that were still months away. Because of this they have planned to win delegates even after they would have lost some states.