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Universal Health Care…. From last night’s AFL-CIO Democratic Debate. Crooks & Liars: If this man’s genuine passion and anguish doesn’t move you, you’re not human. Steve Skvara, a disabled, retired steel worker from Indiana tells the story of how he lost his family’s health insurance after the company he worked for, for 34 years closed [...]

Last night many of you politico junkies tuned in for the gazillionith Presidential debate in this extraordinarily long primary season. The format was quite novel. Instead of Chris Matthews lobbing softballs, the candidates were faced with real hardballs straight from homemade YouTube videos created by the Average Joe. Senator Edwards was asked a rather pointed [...]

It happened on Chris Matthew’s Hardball earlier this evening. Just three months – before a mostly Christian audience – Ann Coulter called John Edwards a “faggot.” Her invective (which I wrote about here) was following by much enthusiastic applause. But that wasn’t Coulter’s first attack on Edwards. Back in 2003, she wrote a column claiming [...]

Barack Obama’s campaign has launched a new website for its religious supporters. The Obama campaign created the page in response to the large numbers of “people of faith” who had been visiting his MySpace page. Obama’s new website includes a blog and testimonials from religious folks who support him. A few testimonials below: Rev. Dr. [...]

Last week, Sen. John Edwards was slurred by the bad-mannered vixen, Ann Coulter. This week Sen. Edwards sat down for an interview with Faith-Based whistle-blower, David Kuo. The topic of discussion? The Religious Faith of John Edwards. A few of the Senator’s responses below… What parts of American life do you think would most outrage [...]

Yep. At the biggest conservative event of the year, Coulter had this to say about the former Senator from North Carolina… I would comment on John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot.’ (Video) Cute. To no surprise, Coulter’s invective was followed by an enthusiastic [...]

Yesterday, Senator John Edwards gave the Martin Luther King Jr. Day sermon at the historic Riverside Church in New York City. You can listen to Edward’s sermon here. Here is a snippet from the AP article. The former North Carolina senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee touched on poverty issues in his speech, as [...]