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  • All about Obama 20 Jul 2008 05:32 GMT
    ... As the reader may have noticed, this year's presidential election is almost entirely about Barack Obama-so ... his primary campaign positions. Abortion, gun control, capital punishment, FISA laws, the status of Jerusalem, faith-based ...

  • Torture As Official US Policy 19 Jul 2008 18:19 GMT
    ... up to life in prison or the death penalty for persons convicted of committing war crimes within or ... when dealing with Al Queda because of presidential authorization during wartime. It also denied US ... and pervasive spying on Americans; -- turning elections into shams; -- gutting the Constitution, article ...

  • McCain and Obama: supreme differences - 7/19/2008 19 Jul 2008 07:58 GMT
    ... significant differences in the way the two presidential contenders view our government. In a well-publicized ... down a Louisiana law that imposed the death penalty in cases of child rape. Both McCain and Obama ... in 1975, long before McCain's 1986 Senate election.) In terms of managing a news cycle, ...

  • McCain and Obama: supreme differences 19 Jul 2008 07:31 GMT
    ... significant differences in the way the two presidential contenders view our government. In a well-publicized ... down a Louisiana law that imposed the death penalty in cases of child rape. Both McCain and Obama ... in 1975, long before McCain's 1986 Senate election.) In terms of managing a news cycle, ...

  • The Pentagon hasn't acknowledged the full extent of electrical risks at bases in Iraq. 19 Jul 2008 05:00 GMT
    ... A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers. Posted Friday, ... spied on war protesters and opponents of capital punishment for also leads locally with word that ... be needed in the future. On the presidential campaign front, all the papers go inside ...

  • US judge rules Guantánamo military tribunal can proceed 19 Jul 2008 04:46 GMT
    ... cases in the run-up to the 2008 elections, and in a subsequent interview with The ... for trying other Guantánamo detainees, including the death penalty trial of the alleged September 11 mastermind, Khalid ... mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, before the November presidential elections. The entire process is so legally ...

  • The election & the Supreme Court 18 Jul 2008 20:11 GMT
    ... issues will be debated in the forthcoming presidential campaign. Among the hottest topics likely will be ... the decision this year that ruled the death penalty could not be used on child rapists. The ...

  • Tacking To The Center Is Tacky by Tony Blankley 18 Jul 2008 18:26 GMT
    ... Editor's Note: Portions of the following column are satire. ... changed his positions on abortion, gun control, capital punishment, FISA laws, the status of Jerusalem, faith-based ... about the run to the center in presidential general elections. Who can forget Ronald Reagan's ...

  • Electric Slide 18 Jul 2008 12:33 GMT
    ... A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers. Posted Friday, ... spied on war protesters and opponents of capital punishment for also leads locally with word that ... be needed in the future. On the presidential campaign front, all the papers go inside ...

  • Guantanamo trial gets the go-ahead 18 Jul 2008 08:32 GMT
    ... A federal judge says the prosecution of Osama bin Laden's ex-driver ... some terrorism suspects on trial before the presidential election. Trials of Canadian prisoner Omar Khadr and ...

  • Judge: bin Laden's driver will go to trial 18 Jul 2008 07:59 GMT
    ... MIAMI — Senior U.S. military officers will be scrambled from ... some terrorism suspects on trial before the election. Trials of Canadian prisoner Omar Khadr and ... reputed terrorists off U.S. soil. (Both presumptive presidential nominees, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack ...

  • Remedial History 18 Jul 2008 06:28 GMT
    ... stump speeches to make up for a Presidential candidate that has less oratorical skill than ... up some good leadership and a successful re-election. Beside that, his time in the Bush ... one point. If you agree with the death penalty for any crime, you are not 'pro-life.' Someone who ...

  • First Guantanamo war-crimes trial set to begin 18 Jul 2008 05:33 GMT
    ... First Guantanamo war-crimes trial set to begin A federal judge ... some terrorism suspects on trial before the presidential election. The trials of Canadian prisoner Omar Khadr ...

  • 'This is high-wire politics - victory is in their grasp but there is a terrifyingly long way to fall' 18 Jul 2008 00:57 GMT
    ... has replaced euphoria among supporters of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama as a new poll ... aware that Republican supporters in the 2004 election repeatedly questioned Democrat John Kerry's war record ... Conservatives. He supports limited use of the death penalty, has backed controversial surveillance legislation supported by the ...

  • Obamamania getting to Hill Democrats 17 Jul 2008 23:31 GMT
    ... an ad for the Democrat in the election for Denny Hastert's seat. Hillary? A no-show. ... the candidate who's running for it. Most Presidential candidates adapt their message after they win ... the liberal majority's ruling to ban the death penalty for rape. Mr. Obama seems to appreciate that getting ...

  • Reject Obama as "change" candidate 17 Jul 2008 22:37 GMT
    ... What America needs is NOT another white president, or a ... United States Senator and presumptive 2008 Democrat presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. has presented ... against it, he voted for it. On capital punishment for child rapists, Obama, never known as ...

  • Political Notes:1st District race: Kratovil narrows funding gap with Harris 17 Jul 2008 19:51 GMT
    ... EDITOR'S NOTE: Political Notes is a periodic compilation of ... include plans to support the Green Party presidential campaign and participate in hearings of the ... in hearings of the Maryland Commission On Capital Punishment. For information, e-mail Virginia at The West ...

  • Man sentenced for killing 'Curious George' writer 17 Jul 2008 11:53 GMT
    ... in South Florida has been spared the death penalty. ATLANTA (AP) — The Atkins diet may have ... in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox News confirmed Wednesday. BOLINAS, ...

  • Little Big League 17 Jul 2008 09:55 GMT
    ... one reason Democrats control Congress and an election stealing operative of Marxist ACORN could win ... of some different species. As for your death penalty example, your analogy is completely spurious. The man ... in the weeks immediately prior to a presidential election. I am one of many people ...


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