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...Campaigning amid Violence On Sunday Oct. 20, Bhutto, flanked by a small army of armed security guards, made an unannounced stop in Lyari to offer condolences to the families of the deceased. A crowd gathered to hear her speak from the running board of her idling SUV. "I am your sister and the people of Lyari are my own," she told the crowd. "The way you stood behind me, I would stand beside you forever." The crowd erupted in cheers, and an overenthusiastic supporter fired a traditional shot in the air to celebrate. Immediately the object of the crowd...
...Deval L. Patrick ’78 officially endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) yesterday evening at an event on Boston Common that drew thousands. Although Patrick has close ties with the Clinton family, the governor told that crowd that he believed his “good friend” Obama was the best choice for America. “I don’t care whether the next president has had experience in the White House,” Patrick said. “I care whether he understands life in your house...
...front of the hall went nuts, waving low-tech H-U-C-K-A-B-E-E placards. Unlike the other candidates, Huckabee was greeted by a standing ovation throughout the entire cavernous room. He settled in behind the lectern as if it were a pulpit, greeting the crowd "not as one who comes to you, but as one who comes from...
...Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Huckabee made his case for the little guy. "It's a lot better to be with David than Goliath," he declared. Or with Elijah than 850 prophets of Baal. Or with Daniel and the lions than the Babylonians. The point was not lost on the crowd of Sunday school veterans: the Bible is, after all, jam-packed with stories of the seemingly weak who triumph, heroes who shock the naysayers...
...ever let expediency or electability replace our principles," Huckabee urged the crowd. "Come on, Mike!" yelled a man in support. "That's right!" shouted out others...