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About the South Carolina Primary: “It sure looks like Clinton and Edwards are splitting the white vote…”
Obviously, white people in SC can’t vote for a black person. Per Huckabee on the racist confederate flag:
“South Carolina people know true conservatism when they see it.You don’t like people outside the state telling you how you ought to raise your kids, you don’t like people from outside the state telling you what to do with the flag. In fact, if somebody came down to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we’d tell’em where to put the pole.”
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2000 US Presidential Elections

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Although his track record isn’t that great, Edwards has supported unite-here many times, he’s buddy-buddy with John Wilhelm (see their co-authored boston globe oped–“Making america work for the working poor”), and he has the most pro-labor agenda of the top three candidates. He was slated to get unite-here’s endorsement, but folks were so anti-Hilary that Obama had to get the nod.

The result: the unite-here local, the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, which represents 60,000 workers–far more than any other union– in Nevada is supporting Obama for the key primary.

And what does Obama turn around and do–he praises Reagan.
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BBC. “Canada puts US on ‘torture list’”

The United States has been listed as a country where prisoners are at risk of torture in a training document produced by the Canadian foreign ministry.

Also, on the list–Israel.

and canada may pull out of or at least reduce their numbers in afghanistan

and they have a bill to support US war resisters.

“You cannot expect people to believe in the promise of a better future when they are jailed for peacefully petitioning their government. And you cannot stand up a modern, confident nation when you do not allow people to voice their legitimate criticisms.”
President Bush, Sunday in the United Arab Emirates [codepink dc listserv]

israel closes the gaza borders and strikes from the air. now trapped without medical supplies. at least 32 palestinians have died this week.

Israel’s raid on Tuesday killed at least 19 palestinians. In response, Hamas fought back by firing rockets into Israel–they have not fired any rockets fired into Israel for months. Israel closes the borders, cutting off their supply of food and medical supplies.

“Gaza is completely shut down. This will only add to an already dire situation,” said Christopher Gunness of UN Relief and Works Agency.
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