ABC7
-- Obama confronts U.S. legacy of racial division
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6027440 (Includes video clip)
NBC5
-- Obama Confronts U.S. Debate On Race
http://www.nbc5.com/politics/15632324/detail.html?dl=headlineclick (Includes video clip)
CBS2
-- Obama Urges End To 'Racial Stalemate'
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/barack.obama.race.2.679208.html (Includes video clip)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- The Audacity of a Liar - Eric Wallace, PhD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/03/the-audacity-of.html
TOM ROESER
-- Obama’s Rotten Judgment on Rev. Jeremiah Wright Should - I Hope - Permanently Maim his Presidential Quest - As Well It Should - and City’s Timid Media Should Take a Hit.
http://www.tomroeser.com/blogs/blogview.asp?blogID=24481
DAILY HERALD
-- "By saying he can't reject Wright any more than he can reject people in his own family, he folded this own story into this larger story, presenting his church as his extended family." That doesn't work for Jim Durkin, a Republican state representative from Western Springs and co-chairman of John McCain's Illinois presidential campaign. Obama, Durkin said, waited until the past week to remove Wright from the campaign's African American Leadership Council even though the campaign admits it knew months ago that Wright's rhetoric could be a problem. Further, Durkin said, Obama's speech did not fully address the nature or scope of Wright's remarks. "Some people say these remarks were taken out of context, but I don't know what other explanation you can offer. How you can say that what he said is not what he meant?" Durkin said. "He talks about the U.S. government injecting the AIDS virus into black Americans as a form of genocide. He's suggests that somehow 9/11 was something America brought on itself." Obama's long-standing and ongoing association with Wright, Durkin said, speaks to issues of judgment, which, he said, Obama has placed at the heart of his own campaign when applied to such issues as the Iraq war.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=156202
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH 9X4-INCH COLOR PHOTO OF OBAMA: Daily Herald publishes an editorial promoting Obama and Wright written by Associated Press employees Nedra Pickler and Matt Apuzzo, but as of 7:00 AM, does not post the editorial on its website
http://www.dailyherald.com
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Associated Press promotes Obama and Wright
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=155885
-- Obama's Wright and Rezko connections ought to be on front page - George Paradies, Huntley
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=155898
-- Obama, Rezko story shouldn't be buried - Kate Kersten, Batavia
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=155915
-- Levine tells about his first meeting with Rezko "Rezko introduced himself to Levine by saying they had mutual friends: Robert Kjellander and William Cellini, Levine testified." - Rob Olmstead
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=156231&src=109
-- Why Cross, Munson, and Schmitz are pushing a ban on robo-calls - Leslie Hague
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=156122&src=109
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Libertyville lets Durbin campaign for Obama in its High School. Will Libertyville let Durkin campaign for McCain in its High School?
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=156035&src=2
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Daily Herald trumpets "swastika graffiti" in Wheaton and blasts Wheaton for not deeming it to be a hate crime. DIERSEN NOTE TO THE DAILY HERALD: Anyone who paints a swastika is not a conservative, is not a Republican, and is not a Christian.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=155718&src=2
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Daily Herald, a newspaper that wants to advance socialism, blasts Blagojevich for advancing socialism too fast by giving free rides to all seniors. The Daily Herald would want free rides to first be given to anyone who lacks education and/or job skills; to anyone who has heath, financial, or other problems; and especially to illegals.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=156025&src=
-- Liberals jeopardize country's future - Mary Lou Hoeltje, Mount Prospect
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=155955
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Chicago Sun-Times promotes Obama and Wright
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/850129,CST-NWS-obamareax19.article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/850128,CST-NWS-obama19.article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/850133,CST-NWS-sweet19.article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/849880,CST-NWS-mitch19.article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/849878,CST-NWS-brown19.article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/849534,CST-EDT-carol19.article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/850146,CST-EDT-edit19.article
-- Fast Eddie bombshell Star witness in Rezko trial Stuart Levine says he paid bribes to former 10th Ward Ald. Vrdolyak to win government contracts for his clients - Natasha Korecki and Chris Fusco
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/849812,CST-NWS-rezko19.article
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Levine -- a former top fund-raiser for former Attorney General Jim Ryan -- also detailed his lengthy history with GOP power brokers Bill Cellini and Robert Kjellander, saying he hired them at times as lobbyists. When Levine met Rezko, he said Rezko told him they had mutual friends: Cellini and Kjellander.)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Normally, Democrats only have a problem with infidelity if it is committed someone who says he/she is a Republican. Nevertheless, Democrat Paterson and his Democrat wife admit infidelity.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/850132,CST-NWS-nygov19.article
(THE ARTICLE: ALBANY, N.Y. -- New gov: 'There were a number of women' - Michael Gormley A day after his predecessor's sex scandal propelled him into office, Gov. David Paterson revealed Tuesday that he had affairs with a ''number of women,'' including a state employee, but said that does not affect his ability to lead. Paterson had admitted one affair in a newspaper interview hours after taking office Monday, but gave a fuller accounting at a news conference with his wife at his side. ''Several years ago, there were a number of women,'' he said. ''The public wants to know who its elected officials are and sometimes, even though you are human, and you are someone who just has feelings and has faults, there comes a time, perhaps, when you have to tell the public.'' Paterson said the affairs happened during a rough patch in his marriage, and that the employee did not work for him. He insisted he did not advance her career and that no campaign or state money was spent on the affairs. Patterson and his wife said they both had affairs. But they admitted the infidelity and sought counseling, and they said they have built a stronger marriage.)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD BUT NOT SURPRISING: Democrat Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick refuses "to resign because of accusations that he lied under oath about not having an affair."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/850138,CST-NWS-detroit19.article
(Detroit mayor: I'm not leaving - Corey Williams DETROIT -- A defiant Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick quickly rejected the City Council's call Tuesday for him to resign because of accusations that he lied under oath about not having an affair. ''You take a whole day to discuss an issue like this,'' he said. ''My reaction is: This is over. It has no effect. It's not binding. Let's get back to work.'' The resolution, passed 7-1, amounted to a ''no-confidence'' vote because the council lacks the power to force Kilpatrick to step down. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is investigating whether the mayor and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty lied under oath when they testified in a whistle-blowers' lawsuit that they had not had a physical relationship. Kilpatrick has been dogged by media reports about steamy text messages the two exchanged that suggest a romantic relationship.)
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- Obama makes his stand Speaks out on pastor’s comments, Rezko trial in attempt to clear air - Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/27181.asp
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood, who won election as a delegate to the Republican National Convention as a backer of U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for president, said he thinks Obama is taking a page from the McCain playbook. “I think he realizes that if he’s the nominee that he’s going to be running against a candidate who has a reputation for telling it like it is,” LaHood said, and that “straight talk” image allows McCain to draw independents and Democrats to his side. The Peoria Republican, who is retiring from office this year, added that the editorial board meetings apparently “paid big dividends” for Obama because they led to positive comments in the newspapers about the open - if late - responses. But while LaHood thinks Obama is using the right tactics to meet issues head-on at this point, he is not certain that Obama can overcome the comments of his former pastor. “In politics … there’s a saying that when you’ve been tarred and feathered . . . maybe you get the feathers off, but you never get all the tar off,” LaHood said. “There’s no doubt . . . that a big part of our country is still very prejudiced and still very racist. And that speech by his pastor played into those attitudes and those values . . ." . . . Durbin recalls Obama’s closeness to Rev. Wright U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Tuesday recalled Feb. 10, 2007, when his fellow Senate Democrat, Barack Obama, used a Springfield venue to announce his candidacy for president: “I was in the Old State Capitol with Reverend Wright on the day of Barack’s announcement when a decision was made that Reverend Wright would not speak because of some of the comments that he’d made earlier,” Durbin said. “It was a painful moment between the two of them, because, as Barack said (in the speech), Reverend Wright married him and Michelle, baptized his children, was responsible for his … dedication to the Christian faith. So it was a very painful moment when he had to tell him that he couldn’t speak at that announcement. “There was a quiet prayer ceremony in the basement of the Old State Capitol which I was part of before he (Obama) came on stage.” Obama’s speech was delivered from a platform outside the building.)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Springfield State Journal Register promotes Obama and Wright
http://www.sj-r.com/Opinion/stories/27148.asp
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Chicago Tribune promotes Obama and Wright
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-081903-obama-race-speech,0,6996485.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-wright-churchmar19,0,6499778.story
-- Obama sounds presidential but speech isn't about race - John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-19mar19,0,1774178.column
(FROM THE COMMENTARY: There is nothing more terrified than a white political reporter about to be called a racist. Unless, of course, it is a "transcendent" black presidential candidate of great promise, harangued by political thugs as not being black enough, perhaps concerned he'd be denounced as a traitor if he condemned not only Wright's words, but Wright himself. Obama must have heard such hate speech from that pulpit for years and said nothing of it, even though the white grandmother who loved him and helped raise him would have certainly cringed before Wright's anger. Yet Obama did invoke his grandmother Tuesday in his speech. He said she loved him even though he'd heard her admit some racial prejudice that "made me cringe." He treated Wright as a complicated man, yet he reduced his grandmother to a two-dimensional rhetorical device, to protect her grandson from criticism that he didn't go far enough to condemn Wright's foolishness.)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tom Cross, the leader of the Republicans in the Illinois House, blames the Illinois Republican Party's (IRP) problems on "battling interests" within the party; cites Oberweis' loss as an example of the party's problems; laments that "there is no one with the authority within the GOP to stop the infighting;" and blames others for the IRP's problems, but he does not say who those others are, for example, Kirk Dillard, Jim Edgar, MaryAlice Erickson, Peter Fitzgerald, Dennis Hastert, Bob Kjellander, Andy McKenna, George Ryan, Jim Ryan, Jim Thompson, Judy Baar Topinka, Frank Watson, or the IRP State Central Committee members with the heaviest weighted vote.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-gop-19-bothmar19,1,6293804.story
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2008/03/cross-to-state.html
(THE ARTICLE: Cross to state GOP: infighting has to stop - Rick Pearson The leader of Republicans in the Illinois House said Tuesday the recent special election loss of a far west suburban congressional seat formerly held by GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert should provide a wake-up call to the party’s battling interests that the infighting has to stop. Rep. Tom Cross of Oswego, who was mentored in politics by Hastert, also said he is hopeful that the months until the November general election can provide a healing period for Republicans split between their nominee, businessman Jim Oberweis, and his unsuccessful primary challenger, state Rep. Chris Lauzen of Aurora. But Cross said he would not try to play a mediator role between the two. The fracture following a bitter primary between Oberweis and Lauzen, where each tried to claim the conservative mantle, as well as Oberweis’ past history as an unsuccessful GOP candidate for U.S. Senate and governor, are being cited as major factors for Democrat Bill Foster winning the March 8 special election to fill Hastert’s seat for the rest of the year. The result also has fueled fears among Republicans of a repeat in the November general election, when Foster, already sworn in as 14th District congressman, and Oberweis compete for the next two-year term. Lauzen did not endorse Oberweis, and Republican vote totals were down significantly in the Saturday special election Foster won. Cross acknowledged that a meeting of Oberweis and Lauzen to reach some accommodation “would certainly help,” but added, “I don’t think I would be the one to mediate.” Cross said the congressional results point to a larger problem for Republicans in general - a continued “fight because people aren’t on our same page on every issue” - that could leave the GOP “in the minority for a long time.” “For us to lose, even in a special election, the seat held by the former speaker of the United States House of Representatives should be a big wake-up call for every Republican that the infighting—because someone’s not conservative enough or this enough or that enough- may have lasting consequences for us,” he said. Cross, a social moderate, acknowledged Republican moderates also cannot refuse to support a GOP candidate because they are too conservative. “It plays both ways,” he said. Still, Cross acknowledged there is no one with the authority within the GOP to stop the infighting. “I’d like to think in an ideal world, we’d have the big strong person who comes in, bangs everybody’s head together and says, ‘This is stupid. It doesn’t accomplish anything. It hurts us,’ ” he said. “I don’t know that that person exists right now.” Cross’s comments came after he and Reps. Tim Schmitz of Batavia and Ruth Munson of Elgin announced legislation aimed at banning automated telephone calls, particularly political calls they said had become a nuisance during the special election. At least nine states tightly restrict the so-called robocalls, but a spokesman for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) expressed freedom-of-speech concerns and noted the deadline for legislation to advance from House committees expired last week.)
-- Levine weaves tawdry tale Rezko jury hears of bribes, Vrdolyak ties, drug use "In introducing himself to jurors, Levine ticked off an often tawdry résumé that began innocently enough when he went into law practice in 1971 with Jim Ryan, his old study partner from Chicago-Kent College of Law. When Ryan, a Republican, ran for Illinois attorney general and governor years later, Levine was a major financial backer." - Bob Secter and Jeff Coen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-rezko-19mar19,0,5503877.story
CHAMPION NEWS
-- All hands on deck for the Republican State Convention in June - Doug Ibendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=873
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2008 Illinois Republican Party Convention will be held on Friday, June 6th and Saturday, June 7th at the Decatur Conference Center & Hotel, 4191 West U.S. Highway 36 (Wyckles Road), Decatur, Illinois. Every Republican who is tired of our State GOP being a national laughingstock should make plans to attend. This is a where Republicans can accomplish real change. Recall that we've been pushing for a special state convention for a couple of years now as a way to empower rank-and-file Republicans to fix a broken organization. Some State Republican Parties, like the one in Wisconsin, have a GOP convention every year. But our old guard here has had no use for that kind of open model. Now we're less than eight months away from what is likely to be another devastating November election for Illinois Republicans. The good news is the old faces can't run away from this June convention. Illinois law says our State Party has to have a state convention at least once every four years, and the last one was held in May of 2004. If you're a committed Illinois Republican voter who knows that our GOP can and must do better in the Land of Lincoln, you need to get to this convention. The first step is to call or e-mail your GOP County Chairman and ask to become a delegate to the State Convention. You don't have to be a delegate to attend the convention, but that's the best way to help effect change. That will give you a vote on the floor. You can find contact information for all 102 Republican County Chairmen here. Most of these folks are decent people and dedicated Republicans. As a group, I would say the County Chairmen are far more serious about fixing the State GOP than the 19-members of the State Party's Central Committee. Most of the County Chairmen are true grassroots volunteers, doing a largely thankless job simply because they're passionate about the GOP and its founding principles. Out of the 102 County Chairmen there may be a small handful that aren't sincere about advancing the ball, and there may be a tiny, tiny number who you may find are just openly hostile to any sort of positive change. If you encounter resistance, get the run-around, or if you just have any questions, please let me know at dibendahl@ilryp.org. In appropriate cases we'll put more sunshine on any problems through follow-up articles.)
-- Defeat in the 14th: A GOP civic and political culture reformation required - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=874
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
-- Berkowitz w/Professor Paul Green on Obama, the Combine, Kass, the Fitzgeralds and much more
http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2008/03/better-than-beltway-boys-berkowitz.html
COURIER NEWS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Speakers at state budget forum want others to give more tax dollars to the state so that the state can spend more on what they want - another words, income redistribution and socialism
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/849916,3_1_EL19_A3BUDGET_S1.article
NORTHWEST HERALD
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Evelyn Measimer of Carpentersville blasts Oberweis -- who did Measimer vote for and why?
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2008/03/18/opinion/letters/doc47e089d095ec7436696513.txt
(THE LETTER: Jim Oberweis, your milk is the best sold in stores, we believe. Thank you, sir. In your campaign you said your opponent said that money couldn’t fix things. Well, it sure looked as though you believe that. We were bombarded with phone calls and literature – not one but many. I lost count. On March 8 we received three phone calls “for you,” then when the mail came, three pieces of literature for you. Too much. Now wouldn’t that turn many voters off? Either to stay home and not vote, or vote for your opponent, it would seem. Next time lay off all that excess, please.)
THE SOUTHERN
-- Star witness tells Rezko trial how he took dope, paid bribes - Mike Robinson
http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2008/03/18/ap-state-il/d8vg4rm01.txt
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meanwhile, Levine, a Republican, said he hired such big GOP guns as William Cellini and Robert Kjellander to lobby the state government on behalf of the dental plan. He told the jury he was involved in politics much of his life and was a key supporter of former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan, a classmate at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Cellini, Kjellander and Jim Ryan are accused of no wrongdoing. But the embarrassment of finding their names tied to Levine's underlines the explosive potential of the biggest political corruption case in Illinois since former Gov. George Ryan went to federal prison. Kjellander is a former treasurer of the Republican National Committee. Levine estimated he contributed $500,000 to Jim Ryan's campaign for governor in 2002 in which he was defeated by Blagojevich. Former House Speaker Lee Daniels and George Ryan were also among the beneficiaries of his political contributions, Levine testified.)
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- Rutherford wants statewide office but hasn't decided which yet Bill Brady another Central Illinois lawmaker planning run - Kurt Erickson
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/03/18/news/doc47e02d0c865d1446557541.txt
BEACON NEWS
-- Cross, Munson, and Schmitz want ban on political ‘robocalls’ - Andre Salles
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/848643,AU18_ROBOCALLS_WEB.article
-- 'Robocall' revolt in the works House Republicans seek end to annoying political messages House Republicans seek end to annoying political messages - Andre Salles
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/849988,2_1_AU19_ROBOCALL_S1.article
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
-- Cross, Munson, Schmitz look to halt ‘robocalls’ - Kate Thayer
http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2008/03/19/news/local/doc47e0be059ad1b663780053.txt
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- Is it robocalls, or something more than that? - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
(THE COMMENTARY: Ultimately, elected officials and party leaders are responsible for what their staffs do. Ultimately, candidates are responsible for what their campaigns do. But nevertheless, who in Oberweis' campaign claims responsibility for its robocalls? Are Cross, Munson, and Schmitz mad at Oberweis more for winning 14th Congressional District primary, for using lots of robocalls, or for losing the 14th Congressional District special election? Who would be mad at Cross, at Munson, or at Schmitz if one of them had won the primary, used lots of robocalls, and lost the special election? Who in Oberweis' campaign claims responsibility for its negative campaigning? Who in Lauzen's campaign claims responsibility for its negative campaigning? What will those who are mad at Oberweis and/or Lauzen want to ban next? Do they want to ban those they disapprove of from running for political office?)
NAPERVILLE SUN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Midwest Frozen & Refrigerated Food Association, Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry, Jewel-Osco, and Mayor George Pradel do what they can to attract to Naperville those who lack education and/or job skills and/or have severe heath, financial, or other problems
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/849605,6_1_NA19_MAYOR_S1.article
THE HILL
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: American Conservative Union chairman David Keene blasts the Illinois Republican Party, Oberweis, and Greenberg
http://pundits.thehill.com/2008/03/18/blowing-it/
WORLD MAGAZINE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Anti-conservatives are overjoyed, Joel Belz argues that conservatives cause their own problems
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/13828
WALL STREET JOURNAL-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: McCain, illegals, those who exploit illegals, and companies who see America as being just another country to exploit are overjoyed - John Fund insults Oberweis and Santorum as "immigration hotheads"
www.wsj.com
(THE COMMENTARY: McCain's Warning to Immigration Hotheads John McCain has a message for Republican candidates who are planning to run on strong anti-immigration themes this fall. Pay attention to recent election defeats by get-tough candidates and modulate your message accordingly. Mr. McCain told National Public Radio on Monday that he believes noisy anti-immigration rhetoric helped defeat Republicans in several high-profile border state races in Texas and Arizona. He also singled out Pennsylvania, where Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania lost re-election in 2006, and Illinois, where Jim Oberweis stunned the GOP this month by losing the special election to fill the seat of former House Speaker Denny Hastert. "Senator Santorum emphasized that issue [immigration] and lost by a large number," Mr. McCain told NPR. "We just had a loss of Denny Hastert's seat out in Illinois. The Republican candidate out there, I am told, had very strong anti-immigrant rhetoric also, so I would hope that many of our Republican candidates would understand the political practicalities of this issue." Mr. Oberweis lost for a variety of reasons, but his high-octane immigration rhetoric clearly didn't help him as he lagged well behind normal GOP totals in the suburban Chicago seat. As a millionaire he spent big bucks from his own pocket airing an ad decrying how Washington politicians "can't seem to fix" the problem and calling for "tougher sanctions" on employers and illegal immigrants. Mr. Oberweis ran similar ads during his 2004 primary race for U.S. Senate, which he also lost. Indeed, the Oberweis electoral track record is such that many local GOP leaders are urging him to step aside and allow the Republican he beat in the special election primary, State Senator Chris Lauzen, to replace him when the former Hastert seat comes up again in November. But Mr. Oberweis is nothing if not proud and insists he has a good chance of evening the score by defeating the new Democratic incumbent Bill Foster this fall. Nonetheless, Congressional Quarterly now rates the race in the normally Republican seat as Mr. Foster's to lose.)
HUFFINGTON POST
-- Losing Hastert's Seat is No Trend. Just an Incredible Look-Alike - Robert J. Elisberg
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/losing-hasterts-seat-is-_b_92115.html
GOPUSA
-- Race and Politics - Thomas Sowell
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/tsowell/2008/ts_03181.shtml
-- The Speech That Revealed So Much - Bobby Eberle
http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=676
NEWSMAX
-- O'Reilly: Media Burying Obama Pastor Story - Philip V. Brennan
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/oreilly_wright_obama/2008/03/18/81249.html?s=al&promo_code=4769-1
YOUTUBE
-- The Dumb Blond: To U.S. Citizens Who Hate the Greatest Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqRwLyCH2fs&feature=email
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