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Monday, Nov. 3
, 2008GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES with excerpts
taped interview with San Francisco
Chronicle:
"If somebody wants to build
a coal power plant they can, it's just that it will
bankrupt them because they are going to be charged a
huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being
emitted," Barack Obama said to the San Francisco
Chronicle in January.
The campaign for Republican presidential candidate John McCain jumped on those comments today and is already sending out taped phone messages to voters in Ohio.
“He
said that, sure, if the industry wants to build coal-fired power
plants, then they can go ahead and try, he says, but they can do it
only in a way that will bankrupt the coal industry, and he's
comfortable letting that happen,” Palin said. “And you got to listen
to the tape.”
The audiotape Palin was referring to was recorded by the San Francisco Chronicle in a Jan. 17 interview.
“Why is the audiotape just now surfacing?” Palin asked, leading someone in the crowd to shout, “Liberal media!”
“This interview was given to San Francisco folks many, many months ago,” Palin said. “You should have known about this, so that you would have better decision-making information as you go into the voting booth.”
Coal official calls Obama comments 'unbelievable'
The senior vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association called Obama's comments "unbelievable."
"His comments are unfortunate," Chris Hamilton said Sunday, "and really reflect a very uninformed voice and perspective to coal specifically and energy generally."
Hamilton noted other times Obama and vice
presidential candidate Joe Biden have made seemingly anti-coal
statements...
Murdoch:
a win by Obama could worsen
world financial crisis
Global
media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has warned that a win by Democratic
hopeful Barack Obama in next week's US election could worsen the world
financial crisis, a report said Saturday.
...The Australian-born mogul, who controls media interests around the world, also criticised Obama's proposed tax policies which include granting rebates to most US workers.
"Forty percent (of the US population) don't pay taxes, so how can he give them a tax cut?" he said.
"But you can give them a welfare cheque which he has promised -- a grant of 500 dollars -- which will disappear very fast. It's not going to turn the economy around at all."
John McCain & Sarah Palin... today's headlines with excerpts
Hillary camp assails Obama anti-Palin ad
Hillary Clinton supporters and Women for McCain leadership are slamming Barack Obama’s new ad, titled “His Choice,” as sexist and demeaning to women for its depiction of running mate Sarah Palin.
The ad features a McCain quote about relying on his vice president for economic advice — and then shows an unrelated clip of Palin winking mischievously at the camera.
The implication: She’s less than a person to be taken seriously.
“It’s a sexist example of reducing a woman to an object — a wink — and denying her a voice. Her lips are actually moving, but she’s not allowed to be heard,” says Stephanie Bressler, a Hillary Clinton supporter and women and politics professor at the University of Scranton.
Giuliani rallies for McCain in Ohio
"John McCain is going to fight for you — he's going to fight to see that your taxes are low and that the economy recovers," Giuliani said, claiming Democratic candidate Barack Obama's policies would be "disastrous."
"They want to raise taxes and increase spending. That would be a disaster in this economy," said Giuliani, whose own bid for the Republican nomination ended in early defeat before he pledged his support to McCain.
McCain-Palin launch election hotline
The McCain-Palin campaign today launched the Honest and Open Election hotline to help citizens learn the location of their polling place, as well as report any instances of irregularities at the polls — including voter fraud, intimidation, violence and electioneering.
The hotline can be accessed via phone at: 866-976-VOTE, according to information released by the campaign’s press office.
Barack Obama & Joe Biden... today's headlines with excerpts'
AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally the past 4 years
Barack
Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public
housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an
immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The
Associated Press has learned.
Zeituni Onyango, 56, referred to as "Aunti Zeituni" in Obama's memoir, was instructed to leave the United States by a U.S. immigration judge who denied her asylum request, a person familiar with the matter told the AP late Friday. This person spoke on condition of anonymity because no one was authorized to discuss Onyango's case.
Obama 'raffles' chance to join him election night
In an e-mail to supporters, Obama says his campaign is saving some of the best seats for select donors at his election night rally in Grant Park Tuesday.
"Show your support at this crucial time with a donation of $25 or more and you could join me on election night," the message says. "If you're selected, you can bring a guest and we'll fly you in and put you up in a hotel. You'll go backstage at the big event. You'll have a front row seat to history."
Extravagance: Obama spent $700,000 on stage, lights in Berlin
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama paid a German company nearly $700,000 for staging, sound and lighting services at the time he delivered a speech this past summer in Berlin and declared himself a "citizen" of both the U.S. and the world.
... The German company, whose Web page says it specializes in theater and event management, is listed as a disbursement recipient on Mr. Obama's most recent campaign expenditures report, filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission.
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