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...Joe Biden officially launched his 2008 presidential run in February of 2007, he virtually ended it with a classic Biden gaffe - this one involving the man on whose ticket he'll be a part of in the race for the White House. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said, apparently oblivious to his implied slur of previous African-American politicians. Although Obama brushed aside the comment, other prominent African-Americans and much of the Washington political class came down hard on Biden. He apologized...
...Kathryn Galbraith, 24, created a Doggyspace profile to get the word out about her pit bull-lab mix, Joe. "Writing from his perspective lets other people know how great of a dog he is," says the marketing project manager in Frederick, Md. Galbraith notes that it took her four years to make 158 friends on MySpace, while Joe has racked up 85 friends in just one month on Doggyspace. "My dog is more popular than I am," she says...
...album, A Little Bit Longer, are about girls, and they're evenly divided between hook-filled upbeat rockers and ballads that stop themselves on the tasteful side of treacle. What we learn from these tunes about the various Jonases--Nick, 15, writes most of the songs and sings, while Joe, 19, sings lead vocals and looks handsome, and Kevin, 20, plays guitar--is that they are as honorable as their bios. When they court (Lovebug), they court with good intentions. When they mess up (Sorry), they apologize. When they come back (Can't Have You), it's on hands...
...human rights: "At the moment of conception," McCain replied. The answer was clear, unequivocal and a great relief to restless Republicans who had endured a week of indigestion on the issue. Murmurs that McCain was flirting with a pro-choice running mate like former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge or Joe Lieberman had Rush Limbaugh and his army in full stampede. "The fur is going to fly on this one," Limbaugh warned about the prospect of McCain taking social conservatives for granted...
...McCain Takes the Gloves Off Re Joe Klein's column "Blowing His Top": The most remarkable thing about John McCain's tirade in Rochester, N.H. - "Senator Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign" - was the satisfying grin he had one second after this despicable charge, as if he had been so pleased that he managed to make the whole statement without messing it up [Aug. 4]. His entire team must have breathed a sigh of relief. Gayle Miller, Cresco...