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Extreme: GOP in NC says Obama is Too Extreme
This is the current ad running in North Carolina that is causing so much controversy in the Tar Heel state. What do you think?
The Seattle Times doesn’t like it.
Bush at the Correspondents’ Dinner
Dean: Clinton or Obama must drop by June
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama must drop out of the Democratic presidential race after the June primaries in order to unify the party by the convention and win the election in November.
But Dean didn’t say which candidate should drop out, only that it should happen after primary voters have been to the polls.
“We want the voters to have their say. That’s over on June 3,” Dean said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Dean also said that while the party rules say Democratic superdelegates can wait until the party’s August 25 convention to make up their minds, that would be too late to unify the party and defeat the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain.
“We really can’t have a divided convention. If we do it’s going to be very hard to heal the party afterwards,” Dean said. “So we’ll know who the nominee is and that’ll give us an extra 2 1/2 months to get our party together, heal the wounds of having a very closely divided race and take on Senator McCain.”
Dean said he won’t have to tell either Clinton or Obama when it’s time to leave the race.
“Either of these candidates, if it’s time for them to go, they’ll know it and they will go,” Dean said. “They don’t need any pushing from me. You know when to get in and you know when to get out. That’s just part of the deal.”
Obama has more delegates and popular votes than Clinton, but she is also fresh off a big-state win in Pennsylvania.
Dean said that “none of the so-called party elders I talked to” think the contest should go until the convention. “I agree with that,” Dean said.
“We’ve got nine more primaries … Five hundred of the 800 unpledged delegates have already said who they are for. The remaining 300 will do that by the end of June and we’ll know who our nominee is and that’s what we need to do,” Dean said on NBC’s “Today” show.
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Jeremiah Wright urges racial understanding
This is the current ad running in North Carolina that is causing so much controversy in the Tar Heel state. What do you think?
The Seattle Times doesn’t like it.
Dean: Clinton or Obama must drop by June
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama must drop out of the Democratic presidential race after the June primaries in order to unify the party by the convention and win the election in November.
But Dean didn’t say which candidate should drop out, only that it should happen after primary voters have been to the polls.
“We want the voters to have their say. That’s over on June 3,” Dean said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Dean also said that while the party rules say Democratic superdelegates can wait until the party’s August 25 convention to make up their minds, that would be too late to unify the party and defeat the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain.
“We really can’t have a divided convention. If we do it’s going to be very hard to heal the party afterwards,” Dean said. “So we’ll know who the nominee is and that’ll give us an extra 2 1/2 months to get our party together, heal the wounds of having a very closely divided race and take on Senator McCain.”
Dean said he won’t have to tell either Clinton or Obama when it’s time to leave the race.
“Either of these candidates, if it’s time for them to go, they’ll know it and they will go,” Dean said. “They don’t need any pushing from me. You know when to get in and you know when to get out. That’s just part of the deal.”
Obama has more delegates and popular votes than Clinton, but she is also fresh off a big-state win in Pennsylvania.
Dean said that “none of the so-called party elders I talked to” think the contest should go until the convention. “I agree with that,” Dean said.
“We’ve got nine more primaries … Five hundred of the 800 unpledged delegates have already said who they are for. The remaining 300 will do that by the end of June and we’ll know who our nominee is and that’s what we need to do,” Dean said on NBC’s “Today” show.
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Jeremiah Wright urges racial understanding
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama must drop out of the Democratic presidential race after the June primaries in order to unify the party by the convention and win the election in November.
But Dean didn’t say which candidate should drop out, only that it should happen after primary voters have been to the polls.
“We want the voters to have their say. That’s over on June 3,” Dean said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Dean also said that while the party rules say Democratic superdelegates can wait until the party’s August 25 convention to make up their minds, that would be too late to unify the party and defeat the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain.
“We really can’t have a divided convention. If we do it’s going to be very hard to heal the party afterwards,” Dean said. “So we’ll know who the nominee is and that’ll give us an extra 2 1/2 months to get our party together, heal the wounds of having a very closely divided race and take on Senator McCain.”
Dean said he won’t have to tell either Clinton or Obama when it’s time to leave the race.
“Either of these candidates, if it’s time for them to go, they’ll know it and they will go,” Dean said. “They don’t need any pushing from me. You know when to get in and you know when to get out. That’s just part of the deal.”
Obama has more delegates and popular votes than Clinton, but she is also fresh off a big-state win in Pennsylvania.
Dean said that “none of the so-called party elders I talked to” think the contest should go until the convention. “I agree with that,” Dean said.
“We’ve got nine more primaries … Five hundred of the 800 unpledged delegates have already said who they are for. The remaining 300 will do that by the end of June and we’ll know who our nominee is and that’s what we need to do,” Dean said on NBC’s “Today” show.
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Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, left, chats up the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at the NAACP dinner Sunday in Detroit. The Rev. Wendell Anthony, in back, the president of the Detroit chapter, said the organization invited Wright to speak to defend the traditional role of the black church, not because of the heated presidential race.
Judge orders DNA test for child in James Brown estate case
A South Carolina judge has ordered a paternity test for the 6-year-old son of a woman who claims to be James Brown’s widow.
Judge Jack Early said Friday the DNA test on James Brown II should be completed within the next 30 days. Trustees handling the singer’s estate questioned the claims of Tomi Rae Hynie that her son is Brown’s son, attorneys representing Hynie and the child said.
“Clearly, James Brown has held up this child to be his son,” said Peter Shahid, a court-appointed attorney for James Brown II, adding that the child has received Social Security and insurance benefits since the soul singer’s death. “We have writings that he has signed indicating that this is his son. He talks lovingly of his child. So all indications are this is the son of James Brown.”
Hynie’s attorney Robert Rosen said his client has never objected to a paternity test.
“She’s said that she was in favor and would do the test, provided that the other children also took the test,” Rosen said. “She didn’t feel like her son should be singled out.”
A motion to test Brown’s adult children was not heard in court Friday. An attorney for Brown’s adult children said he had no comment on the judge’s ruling.
The decision to test the boy is the latest in the long-running fight over Brown’s estate. Brown died in Atlanta on Christmas Day 2006, throwing into turmoil the future of his estate and trust. The total value of his estate is still unclear.
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Obama confronts race question in presidential vote
A South Carolina judge has ordered a paternity test for the 6-year-old son of a woman who claims to be James Brown’s widow.
Judge Jack Early said Friday the DNA test on James Brown II should be completed within the next 30 days. Trustees handling the singer’s estate questioned the claims of Tomi Rae Hynie that her son is Brown’s son, attorneys representing Hynie and the child said.
“Clearly, James Brown has held up this child to be his son,” said Peter Shahid, a court-appointed attorney for James Brown II, adding that the child has received Social Security and insurance benefits since the soul singer’s death. “We have writings that he has signed indicating that this is his son. He talks lovingly of his child. So all indications are this is the son of James Brown.”
Hynie’s attorney Robert Rosen said his client has never objected to a paternity test.
“She’s said that she was in favor and would do the test, provided that the other children also took the test,” Rosen said. “She didn’t feel like her son should be singled out.”
A motion to test Brown’s adult children was not heard in court Friday. An attorney for Brown’s adult children said he had no comment on the judge’s ruling.
The decision to test the boy is the latest in the long-running fight over Brown’s estate. Brown died in Atlanta on Christmas Day 2006, throwing into turmoil the future of his estate and trust. The total value of his estate is still unclear.
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NYPD Is Probing Union Taunts To Bell Family
The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating a cruel prank call to the family of Sean Bell’s fiancée that originated from the Manhattan offices of a prominent police union, The Post has learned.
“Ha, ha, ha,” someone said in a 1:15 p.m. Friday phone call to the home of Nicole Bell’s father Les Paultre, according to a police source.
The number for the Sergeants Benevolent Association came up on the caller ID.
“It was just horrible to get that phone call after coming back from the cemetery,” said Nicole Bell.
Her father said, “The guy was taunting us, laughing. It was horrible because we had just come back from the court and the cemetery.”
The president of the union, Edward Mullins, said, “If the accusations are true, we will deal with it.”
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http://www.nypost.com/seven/04272008/news/regionalnews/nypd_is_probing_taunts_108298.htm
The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating a cruel prank call to the family of Sean Bell’s fiancée that originated from the Manhattan offices of a prominent police union, The Post has learned.
“Ha, ha, ha,” someone said in a 1:15 p.m. Friday phone call to the home of Nicole Bell’s father Les Paultre, according to a police source.
The number for the Sergeants Benevolent Association came up on the caller ID.
“It was just horrible to get that phone call after coming back from the cemetery,” said Nicole Bell.
Her father said, “The guy was taunting us, laughing. It was horrible because we had just come back from the court and the cemetery.”
The president of the union, Edward Mullins, said, “If the accusations are true, we will deal with it.”
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http://www.nypost.com/seven/04272008/news/regionalnews/nypd_is_probing_taunts_108298.htm