by Denis Campbell
This has been a depressing week. The ugly, angry mobs surrounding McCain – Palin, the potential, as my colleague Charley James writes, for last second raw racist 527 group adverts, a deeply divided country dragged into and immersed in yet another banal and trivial ‘business as usual’ political campaign instead of seriously debating [...]
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Simon and Ron Lift Me Up…
Posted on 10 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 527 group adverts, 96-Chinese refugees, BBC Radio Five, Bill Clinton, Broadway, Chicago, deeply divided country, Dick Morris, divide and conquer cockroaches, his wife and daughter in 2000, Indianapolis, Karl Rove protégé era, live from Detroit, London. John McCain of 2008, Louisville, M*A*S*H, Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlett, McCain, Ohio, President, received bad advice, Republican thugs who attacked him, Ron Silver, Simon Mayo, that’s my America, the one I love, the one I remember, the one we all want back, The West Wing, ugly angry mobs surrounding McCain – Palin, White House, ‘Shibboleth’, “Kill Him”, “Terrorist”
Lipsticked Pit Bulls, Orange Jumpsuit Better Idea
Posted on 09 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: assassinated, Barack Obama’s middle name, Cindy McCain, Denis Campbell, dozen thoroughly disproven theories, free speech, Gaza, highly inflammatory and emotional speeches, Inciting riotous crowds crosses the line, inspired a young man to take the Prime Minister’s life, Karl Rove schooled Republicans laugh and think you are, Knesset, Lipsticked Pit Bull, McCain, Muslim background, needs to investigate, obama, opposition party inspired dissident student, Orange Jumpsuit, Palestinians, President, protect all four candidates, Sarah Palin, someone clearly yelled “Kill Him”, there is a line and these ladies crossed it deliberatel, to any lie they can think of, to his kooky pastor, to not being born in Hawaii, Vice President, wants you to focus on fear, where was the US Secret Service?, whipped up crowds into a seething frenzy, Wiliam Ayers
by Denis Campbell
When the circus act of Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain whipped up crowds into a seething frenzy; where was the US Secret Service? That is the group designated to protect all four candidates (and the President and Vice President) from threats. When the McPalin gals incited hatred and anger with their indignation, mock [...]
Tears of…
Posted on 28 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (7) | Tags: $300 tuition, 10-years of living in the EU, 1963, 1st and 2nd generation immigrants, 38-years as a dedicated nurse and clinical instructor, 45-years ago, accept her floor nomination of Obama, acclamation, after 43-years, asking the convention to suspend its rules, Aunt Ivy, Avon, bounced the baby Colin Powell on her knee, burst into wild cheers, clinton, Dean of Simmons College, democratic party, Dr. King, emotional, ensure all of the ballots are counted, entrepreneurial dreams, first realtor quietly suggested to look in another area, full realisation, gave her a scholarship for that last term, George W. Bush, graduate from University in the 50’s, grandfather, he lived vicariously through the swings of my life’s wo, I Have a Dream speech, I place hand over heart in thanks to their memory, impressed with her determination, in their lifetime, Jamaica, magnanimous, midnight, Montego Bay Jamaica Airport, moved and rose to the moment, Nancy Pelosi, obvious pain of losing, party’s nominee, President, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, settle in for four-five hours, sons of slaves and the sons of slave owners, stocking lettuce, Stop and Shop, stopped the vote count, stunned convention hall, Tears, tears streaming down their faces, the Bronx, The Clintons, the only job an immigrant of colour could expect, this is an historic time for us all, unifying gesture, Washington DC, we would not have witnessed the thrill and joy of yeste, without the struggles
… what, no one can put it into words. I watched at midnight here in the UK as Senator Hillary Clinton, in the most magnanimous of unifying gestures, stopped the vote count by asking the convention to suspend its rules, ensure all of the ballots are counted and accept her floor nomination of Barack Obama [...]
“The Fierce Urgency of Now,” 45 Years Later
Posted on 05 June 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Bobby Kennedy, Chicago, clinton, I Have a Dream, John McCain, Kenya, Martin Luther King, Minneapolis, obama, President, Senate, Xcel Energy Center
The last 36-hours have been overwhelming in historical significance. A young black man, born of mixed-race parents, raised by a single white mother in Indonesia and later white grandparents in Hawaii, obtained a top Ivy League education, worked as a lawyer in Chicago helping to organise union members, ran unsuccessfully for Congress, then became a [...]
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