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According to archives from the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America website, Sen Barack Obama attended organizational meeting for the Chicago New Party and actively sought their endorsement in his bid for the Illinois Senate. In an account written by Bruce Bentley:

About 50 activists attended the Chicago New Party membership meeting in July. The purpose of the meeting was to update members on local activities and to hear appeals for NP support from four potential political candidates. The NP is being very active in organization building and politics. There are 300 members in Chicago. In order to build an organizational and financial base the NP is sponsoring house parties. Locally it has been successful both fiscally and in building a grassroots base. Nationwide it has resulted in 1000 people committed to monthly contributions. The NP's political strategy is to support progressive candidates in elections only if they have a concrete chance to "win". This has resulted in a winning ratio of 77 of 110 elections. Candidates must be approved via a NP political committee. Once approved, candidates must sign a contract with the NP. The contract mandates that they must have a visible and active relationship with the NP.

The political entourage included Alderman Michael Chandler, William Delgado, chief of staff for State Rep Miguel del Valle, and spokespersons for State Sen. Alice Palmer, Sonya Sanchez, chief of staff for State Sen. Jesse Garcia, who is running for State Rep in Garcia's District; and Barack Obama, chief of staff for State Sen. Alice Palmer. Obama is running for Palmer's vacant seat.

Michael Chandler thanked the NP for its support in his electoral victory. His achievements to date included obtaining an increase of 30 police in the 24th Ward, citizen involvement in street clean-up and establishment of a 24th Ward Organization. William Delgado is exploring whether to run for State Rep in the 3rd District. He is a former social worker and spoke with compassion and dynamism. He considers himself a community activist who wants to be an advocate for change in the community. His presence in political office would be a benefit to the democratic left.

Indeed it was an exciting evening because the NP has two crucial components. First, the NP is a true "Rainbow Coalition" consisting of both young and aged African-Americans, Hispanics and Caucasians. Although ACORN and SEIU Local 880 were the harbingers of the NP there was a strong presence of CoC and DSA (15% DSA). Moreover a good 8% were younger Generation X'ers who are critically needed. A more diverse representation of Labor is missing. Secondly, the NP is taking "action." Four political candidates were "there" seeking NP support. The NP is strategically organizing via house parties and tactically entering only elections that they can win. Furthermore they are organizing a campaign on the "Living Wage Ordinance" in the Chicago City Council.

Note that, in addition to Sen Obama, our good friends of ACORN and SEIU were both present and prominent. Cozy little group.

Sen Obama has insisted that he was never a member of the New Party. Does this, or should this, matter to an American public more centered on Hope and Change, and less on actual public policy? The short answer is YES! The long answer follows.

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[UPDATE: OK I DID NOT EXPECT THIS]

*According to a report from Andy Martin in Hawaii, Sen Barack Obama is the illegitimate son of Frank Marshall Davis, the family friend mentioned in Dreams of My Father, Sen Obama's first memoir. This would end the question of citizenship. Read it HERE:]*

The first time I heard rumors that Sen Obama's sudden cessation of campaigning and rush to his grandmother's side in Hawaii had less to do with family and more to do with litigation, I was skeptical. The Berg v Obama lawsuit seemed incredible on the surface of it. How in the world could a candidate make it all the way through the primary season without being vetted as to his eligibility for office?

And then, Informed Lawyer began writing about the issue at The Minority Report, and I began to wonder.

Just today, he has updated the piece twice.

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Thanks to California GOP voter registration fraud case we can now take ACORN fraud off the political table.

The California case, where a man hired by the GOP to register new Republican voters allegedly used an outdated address for his own registration, means that EVERYBODY DOES IT! Therefore, we may no longer discuss ACORN.

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On October 1, TMR reported on a NewsMax article by Keith Timmerman that pointed out the potential for massive fundraising fraud in the Obama Campaign. From that report:

A Newsmax analysis of the 1.4 million individual contributions in the latest master file for the Obama campaign discovered 1,000 separate entries for Mr. Good Will, most of them for $25.

In total, Mr. Good Will gave $17,375.

Following this and subsequent FEC requests, campaign records show that 330 contributions from Mr. Good Will were credited back to a credit card. But the most recent report, filed on Sept. 20, showed a net cumulative balance of $8,950, still well over the $4,600 limit.

The numbers for Mr Pro are even more questionable.

Similarly, a donor identified as Pro, Doodad, from Nando, NY, gave $19,500 in 786 separate donations, most of them for $25. For most of these donations, Mr. Doodad Pro listed his employer as 'Loving' and his profession as 'You,' just as Good Will had done.

But in some of them, he didn't even go this far, apparently picking letters at random to fill in the blanks on the credit card donation form. In these cases, he said he was employed by VCX and that his profession was VCVC.

Following FEC requests, the Obama campaign began refunding money to Doodad Pro )in February 2008. In all, about $8,425 was charged back to a credit card. But that still left a net total of $11,165 as of Sept. 20, way over the individual limit of $4,600.

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The discussion today, with literally millions of voters taking, some for the first time, a look at Sen Barack Obama and his on-going friendships with known terrorists, has prompted me to drag this piece from May out of mothballs.

I won't bore you with the entire piece. It is, of course, available here with all associated links to the original materials.

This will simply be, for those just tuning in to the political wars, a brief synopsis of the main article.

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Jack Cashill is an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and novelist who has written for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine and The Weekly Standard. He is a regular contributor to WorldNet Daily.

Cashill has done an exhaustive comparison of Dreams From My Father, the literary coming-out party of Barack Obama, and Fugitive Days, the terrorist memoir of Weatherman founder - turned Academician William Ayers. The two memoirs bear such striking similarities that they appear to have been written by the same person.

Since it is highly unlikely that Sen Barack Obama wrote both, the obvious conclusion would be that Ayers worked closely with Obama in ghostwriting the latter's book. This would seem to put a lie to the fact that Sen Obama hardly knew Ayers, but would suggest, along with the other mounting evidence that the two had a long-standing and obviously close relationship.

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by Ima Teule of the New York Times News Service

Arthur Daniels Midland (ADM) has announced plans to build a mammoth fertilizer refining plant just outside of Washington, DC, to take advantage of the enormous volume of BS coming out of the nation's capital.

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Posted in its entirety at The Minority Report

There was a moment in last Friday's debate when Sen John McCain held up his wrist and told the audience that he was given that bracelet by the family of Cpl Mathew Stanley, and that he would not allow Cpl Stanley's sacrifice to be in vain.

Sen Obama immediately interrupted Sen McCain, pointing out that he too wore a bracelet to honor a fallen hero, then as he flailed for words, deftly held the bracelet up to read the name off the bracelet.

That moment in time, better than anything else during the debate, captured the differences between the two candidates. Substance over style, Sen McCain demonstrates why he connects with the people, while Sen Obama appears aloof and uninvolved, unable even to remember the soldier he presumably honors.

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TMR Spotlights™ is happy to announce this months special guest is Congresswoman Michele Bachmann --

The liveblog Q & A will begin at 8:00pm EST 5:00pm PST on Wednesday September 24th 2008. Please feel free to join us as the topic for discussion will be none other than, you guessed it.... Energy!

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Just a few thoughts on the the Conservative Leadership Conference and Blogworld Expo this weekend in Las Vegas.

Steve Foley and David Hinz of The Minority Report Network will be attending, and look forward to getting together with some of our RedState brethren.

It was my hope that we could maintain some sort of decorum but it is my understanding that Speciallist has some type of bright yellow (and possibly salacious) shirts for us, so I have NO idea what will happen.

If any of you are planning on being there, contact us through TMR contact form, or through our email contact form here at RS. See all of you in Las Vegas.

Ima Teula New York Times News Service

The Presidential Campaign of Barack Obama has filed suit in Federal Court in Washington, DC against the John McCain Presidential Campaign for Trademark Infringement in it's use of the word "Change."

Lawyers for the Junior Senator from Illinois made the claim that the words "Hope" and "Change" have become trademarks of their campaign and any use of either word constitutes an infringement on their intellectual property.

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This is excerpted from a piece at The Minority Report

We have long chronicled the ties of Sen Barack Obama to radical extremists with views that preach hate against the United States. Most informed Americans are familiar with the rantings of his "former" pastor, the Rev Jeremiah Wright, who in church, screamed, "Some say God bless America...No, no no, I say God Da America!"

Many Americans have become aware of Sen Obama's ties to William Ayres, former Weather Undergroud Domestic terrorist, and now respected academian, who helped construct bombs that were placed in Federal Buildings around the country, and that blew up in the Pentagon. On September 11, 2001, Ayres said, in an article in the New York Times, "We didn't do enough."

But, how many Americans are aware of the man with ties to radical Islam who sponsored Sen Obama into the Harvard Law School? that man, Khalid Abdullah Tariq al-Mansour once said;

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Originally Posted At The Minority Report

Today is the 45th Anniversary of the Rev Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech. While I feel certain that most everyone alive today is familiar with the words he spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial that day, I include a few of the more memorable lines:

In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...

--snip--

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges...

--snip--

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

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Originally Posted at The Minority Report

Having enjoyed a high profile for the last eight years, it is with profound regret that I must announce the imminent death of Gravitas, at the hands of the Mainstream Media.

"Gravitas" came to life in 2000 in the early days of the Presidential campaign between Gov George W Bush and Vice President Albert Gore, Jr. Gravitas demonstrated the inexperience of Gov Bush, and his need to find a Vice Presidential running mate with some experience, to add weight to the ticket.

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With the pick of Joe Biden the Obama campaign has managed to put Delaware into play and all of its Electoral Votes. Biden all but guarantees that Obama will win that state.

Wow! I am breathless with the boldness of this move.

It will certainly require the McCain campaign to go back and rethink its nominee -- someone who could possibly counteract the Joementum that this pick will generate.

I wonder of Bob Keeshan is still alive?

With the addition of Sen Joe Biden to the ticket, the campaign is looking for a new slogan that encompasses the theme of the whole ticket. These are slogans presently being considered.

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First posted at The Minority Report

And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, “This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.” And again he denied with an oath, “I do not know the man.” And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, “Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech betrayeth thee.” Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, “I know not the man.” And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, “Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.” And he went out, and wept bitterly. (Matthew 26:71-75)

Since the time of the Crucifixion, Christians have found it necessary to hide their true belief and faith for fear of the consequences. From the Apostle Peter to a young North Vietnamese guard, denial of faith was the path people chose to shield themselves from the wrath of higher authorities who would do them harm.

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In perusing the web this morning, I came across this headline, Obama's Campaign Admits Obama is a Muslim!!!!! My first thought was that I had somehow missed an important news story. So, I clicked on the site.

There I learned that during David Axelrod's August 1 appearance on Good Morning America, during which he "did" admit that Sen Obama had brought up the issue of race with his comments about not looking like the other presidents on the dollar bill, he also admitted that Sen Obama is a Muslim.

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Writing in the Evening Standard, in a piece entitled Barack Obama's broken promise to African village David Cohen last week detailed a promise made by Barack Obama to the village of Kogelo in Kenya.

More than two years ago, traveling to the village of his 86-year old Kenyan step-grandmother, Barack Obama promised to come to the aid of the school named in his honor. As of this date, he has failed to meet that promise. As the story now becomes public knowledge, Obama will certainly decide to act.

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*By Ima Tuele, of New York Times*

America had the opportunity yesterday to heal the racial divide in this country, but elected instead to cling to the divisive politics of the past.

America could have elected a young, articulate and vibrant black man to become the 44th President of the United States. Instead, it was business as usual as white voters overwhelmingly chose a doddering old white John McCain over the younger and more inspiring Barack Obama.

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The entire RedState Community is invited to come to The Minority Report tomorrow night (Thursday July 17 -- 8 pm EDT)

In all the change in the past week here at RedState it is possible that many of you might have missed the announcement about the upcoming event.

In an effort to bring you closer to authors, politicians, and people in the news… The Minority Report Network is proud to bring you a new feature called TMR Spotlights™. TMR Spotlights™ will be a monthly (or so) liveblog event with special guests that gives you, the reader, a chance to ask questions and participate with our moderators in conducting the interview.

So be sure to join us Thursday July 17th at 8:00pm Eastern - 5:00pm Pacific for this months installment of TMR Spotlights™ Liveblog Q and A with Authors SE Cupp & Brett Joshpe who’s new book “Why You’re Wrong About the Right” will be the topic for discussion.

This, taken from the Amazon.com website description about their book:

And on your right, ladies and gentlemen, please observe The Conservative (Conservitus Americanus). This fascinating species in-habits vast territories across middle America, but rarely reveals itself in coastal urban areas. It is commonly believed to be uptight, humorless, and devoid of compassion, and is often characterized as racist, homophobic, and highly eco-unfriendly. Primary behaviors include unnecessary warmongering, tax cutting, and gun collecting. For decades, conservatives have proven to be hopelessly un-hip, and their mating habits dull. They are highly feared and often despised, for so few know and understand their true nature.

The scum-suckers of the Westboro Baptist Church led by the hatemongering Rev Fred Phelps have announced their attention to picket the funeral of former White House spokesman, Tony Snow.

Tony Snow (Press Secretary for George W. Bush) is dead, YES! He had a platform, he was given some small talent by his creator. He was an unfaithful steward, and is now residing in hell. Each opportunity he had to faithfully Report what the servants at WBC had to tell this country/world, Tony Snow besmerched and vilified the words of God and the people of God.

These bast---- must be stopped.

Today, I watched for the second time, a clip prominently running on CNN [the satellite is out to Fox News] in which a woman asks the senator why he voted against a bill that would have provided funding for birth control?

Sen McCain is clearly at a loss for words, having been confronted about a vote he has cast -- one out of thousands -- and stumbles through a non-response. The clip, predictably stops in mid-speech, leaving the impression that the senator is unable to muster any answer at all.

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