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Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don’t say you weren’t warned. By the way, this blog’s name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, “All politics is applesauce.”

Archive for January 17th, 2009

Joe T. Plumber explains himself

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With help from some guy in a hat, Samuel Wurzelbacher (alias Joe the Plumber) responds to THIS by telling us this:

Remembering Bobby Kennedy’s last train ride

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Barack Obama’s train trip to Washington for his presidential inauguration evokes, by design, a similar journey by Abraham Lincoln in 1861.

But, for me, it also brings to mind the slow funeral train that carried the remains of Robert F. Kennedy from New York to Washington on June 8, 1968.

I remember watching it live, and the emotions of that day come back to me as I view this deeply moving little video clip:

POSTSCRIPT: Here’s a clip from the 2006 movie “Bobby”:

Great Moments in Presidential Speeches

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Here’s Obama’s weekly YouTube address

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Prominent Republican worries that his party might suffer if Obama’s stimulus plan creates jobs

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Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, who wants to become chairman of the Republican National Committee, SAYS his party should oppose Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan because…well, because it might work, which wouldn’t be good for the GOP.


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