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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:19 PM
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Obama to deliver Wesleyan commencement speech for Sen. Kennedy on Sunday
The Obama campaign just announced that he will be giving the commencement address at Wesleyan University in Connecticut this Sunday; Senator Ted Kennedy was originally scheduled to speak before his seizure and subsequent brain tumor diagnosis.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Obama_to_step_in_for_Kennedy_as_commencement_speaker.html
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:20 PM
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I'm sure Sen. Kennedy will be missed, but what a thrill! nt
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:20 PM
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1. wow! That's going to be a tough one for Obama
That's not a speech many politicians would want to give.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:21 PM
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2. Isn't that where Hillary became a Nixonite?
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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:22 PM
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4. The opposite acutally
but you knew that.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:24 PM
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8. No I didn't.
I don't remember where she decided to be a republican.
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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:29 PM
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13. OK. I take that comment back
She actually supported McCarthy but got a political internship with one of New York State's then Liberal Republican Congressmen, who convinced her to attend the Republican National Convention that nominated Nixon. What she saw there (including what she perceived as racism) really bothered her, and from then forward she had nothing more to do with the Republican Party.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:23 PM
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5. Different school
She went to Wellesley.
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:28 PM
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11. This was a very nice gesture by Ted.
Why do you have to shit all over it by bringing in these slanderous partisan smears?
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:29 PM
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12. No. how could anyone confuse Wellsley and Wesleyan?
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:22 PM
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3. Wow
That is not going to make Hillary happy at all.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:23 PM
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6. Oh man, that is kind of moving, isn't it?
So sweet. Makes me a little teary.
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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:23 PM
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7. It is a wonderful thing for Obama to do.
It will be an incredibly emotional event for everyone there I am sure.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 05:21 PM
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14. A great honor for Obama to be asked, too nt
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Oleladylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:25 PM
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9. awwwwww.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 03:25 PM
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10. Technical question about the speech
Will Senator Obama give the actual speech that Senator Kennedy was going to give or will it be a different speech? It would be pretty damned cool if he gave the speech which Senator Kennedy was going to give.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 05:35 PM
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15. He'll probably weave them together
:)
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