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Long before the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright became instant hits on YouTube and talk-show fodder for the cable news channels, Barack Obama knew he had a preacher problem. On the eve of launching his campaign for the White House in February 2007, Obama abruptly withdrew an invitation to Wright to deliver the invocation at his announcement speech in Springfield, Ill. Wright had been Obama's pastor for nearly 20 years. He had brought Obama into the church, helped him find his faith in God, officiated at Obama's wedding and baptized both his children. But Wright...
...choice in this country," he said. "We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can tackle race only as spectacle - as we did in the O.J. trial - or in the wake of tragedy, as we did in the aftermath of Katrina, or as fodder for the nightly news ... We can do that," he goes on to say. "But if we do, I can tell you that in the next election, we'll be talking about some other distraction ... And nothing will change. That is one option. Or, at this moment, in this election...
...Crimson coach Katey Stone said of the goal.“I can’t really describe it because I surprised myself,” Ryabkina added.But as impressive as Ryabkina’s tally was, she also made some rookie mistakes Friday, committing three penalties and providing fodder for postgame banter in the press room.“It was kind of tough after having three penalties in a row,” Ryabkina said.“You had that many penalties?” Stone retorted sarcastically.Ryabkina has impressed in her short time with Harvard. After...
...American troops in Iraq is one of the chief points of contrast that has benefited Obama in his fight against Clinton. In recent days, news organizations for the first time have stepped up their scrutiny of Obama's campaign, and the Goolsbee and Power flaps have provided plenty of fodder for this new attention...
Frankly, it’s fairly obvious that the exposé was handled badly; it was a vitriolic indictment masquerading as a feature news story, trashy tabloid fodder dressed in the garb of journalistic legitimacy—in short, not very ladylike...