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Washington Wire – WSJ.com : Before He Was President, Mistaken for a Waiter: a 2003 Obama Meeting

McChris — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:24:33 +0000

But what I will always remember is as I was leaving that party in 2003, I was approached by another guest, an established author. He asked about the man I had been talking to. Sheepishly he told me he didn’t know that Obama was a guest at the party, and had asked him to fetch him a drink. In less than six years, Obama has gone from being mistaken for a waiter among the New York media elite, to the president-elect.

WSJ.com: Before He Was President, Mistaken for a Waiter: a 2003 Obama Meeting

Communication Professors Speak Out

McChris — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:06:39 +0000

Communication Professors Speak Out is an open letter from several political communication professors to the McCain-Palin campaign, protesting efforts by the campaign to “other” Obama I agree that the Republiclans are stoking the fires of racism while avoiding direct racist attacks, but I do wonder how effective messages from academics like this are in improving political discourse.

TheHill.com

McChris — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:46:09 +0000

“Just from what little I’ve seen of her and Mr. Obama, Sen. Obama, they’re a member of an elitist-class individual that thinks that they’re uppity,”

– Georgia Rep. Lynn Westmoreland at TheHill.com