Oh my goodness! Hillary political? You bet! Although I have been supporting Obama since a year ago, and am a fourth-generation MidWesterner (N. Michigan) and given my birthright I grew up reading the Sunday Chicago Tribune since the 1940's-- my dad was a diehard Republican Sheriff for 12 years--and gave me Dewey posters to nail to telephone poles in Marquette County, MI just prior to the presidential elections in 1948), it's interesting to know that Hillary was most likely caught in her parents' political leanings. (Certainly a 'considerable distance' from Obama's more recent experience/work in Chicago in the late 1980-90's ) …
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Douglas Scott Treado
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I cannot fathom the reason the "soisam" believes that Obama "played the race card"---Of all the candidates, he has been more the statesman than provacateur. Bill Clinton, on Hillary's behalf, has played this nasty card, and in a way, it may be the Clintons' ultimate downfall . I also believe that with continuing support, Obama can win the presidency; this is not a time to have doubts and give up the ship... One major problem with Hillary's campaign, particularly in regard to the "race issue," is Bill Clinton. No question that these primaries has been a "Billary"-infected approach from the Clinton …
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I agree with the first two postings in regard to this article, particlularly that of Steven, today. Moreover, I have a serious problem as a USA citizen/taxpayer with any foreign country that maintains a well-funded, powerful lobbyist group in Washington that can affect the votes of our federal legislators--such organizations as AIPAC, for example. We have all witnessed the present Bush administration's last seven years of disinterest and "benign neglect" in bringing any useful, diplomatic reasoning to the plight of all Israelis and Palestinians. Now, we are seeing last minute, Condi Rice and Dick Cheney visits--all too late and now relatively …
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I suggest that all interested in this subject might also read the recent article by Jane Kramer in The New Yorker magazine, issue of April 14, 2008, (Our Local Correspondents), entitled: "The Petition: Israel, Palestine, and a tenure battle," to be found beginning on page 50. I just checked with www.newyorker.com (online), and unfortunately, this article is not available online...(for some reason, this is the only article from this issue not online...?! Why, I cannot understand.) This week's actual issue (April 14, 2008) is on the newstands, by subscription, or, hopefully, at your local library.
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I recall help organizing a Stewart Udall "Eco-Rap" that was held at Creighton University/Omaha in 1970. I had the good fortune to meet again with a Udall family member at a birthday party for the (now, late) poet William Meredith in Washington, DC, circa 1995. It's good to learn that the Udall "gene pool" has continued on--after all, remember when 1970 was the "Year of the Environment" way back then...
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