People and Politics

People and Politics for October 2011

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Monday, October 31, 2011 at 08:55 AM

A Catholic can now marry British monarch but may never become king or queen

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 05:14 PM

Run Chelsea Clinton run for Congress! Bill and Hill's daughter said to be thinking about a political career

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Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 07:10 AM

Let's electrocute all Irish who come to the US illegally --Well Herman Cain wants to do it to Mexicans

Timothy Egan writing in The New York Times asks what would the reaction be if a leading American presidential candidate advocated an electric fence that would stop immigrants coming in from Ireland by electrocuting them.

Herman Cain, the latest name of the month in the Republican field suggested just that twice this week, not for Irish but for Mexicans coming across the border.

He said it twice after first apologizing for it.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 06:40 AM

Top Irish columnist calls for Diaspora votes in Irish presidential elections

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Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 06:46 AM

The shocking indictment of Robert Finn, Bishop of Kansas City --Why did a bishop choose church over children?

Will Catholic church leaders ever learn that child abuse is a vile crime?

The latest episode is where the Bishop Robert Finn the Irish American conservative bishop of Kansas City was indicted for covering up a pedophile priest in his diocese

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 01:53 PM

Why Obama should draft Hillary Clinton as VP for 2012---Obama team needs a change-up pitcher very badly

Some advice for President Obama.

Put Hillary Clinton on t e 2012 ticket.

It is time. VP Joe Biden is once again finding it necessary to proclaim that he will definitely be on the Obama 2012 ticket.

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Sunday, October 09, 2011 at 06:43 AM

Could two African Americans, Barack Obama and Herman Cain, square off for president?

One of the most surprising twists in the Republican presidential race is the steep rise of Herman Cain in the polls.

He jumped 13 points last month while Rick Perry dropped twelve and is now the preferred candidate of 30 per cent of the tea party voters.

That throws up the incredible possibility that it will be Cain versus Obama for the top job in America, an unimaginable scenario just a few years ago.

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Saturday, October 08, 2011 at 04:39 AM

US citizenship targeted as unclean in Irish presidential race as candidate Dana slammed

It is interesting to note that Ireland's effort to reclaim its Diaspora with a major conference in Dublin is occurring at the same time as a presidential candidate there is being excoriated for being an American as well as an Irish citizen.

One wonders what the many American businessmen and women will make of the attacks in the media on Dana Rosemary Scanlon since she revealed she was also an American citizen.

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Monday, October 03, 2011 at 01:36 PM

Amanda Knox now free a victim of British tabloids, Italian court system

Regardless of the verdict Amanda Knox is a victim.

Amanda Knox is free but she reamins a victim of an Italian court system that accepts clearly flawed forensics, that allows hearsay into evidence and that treats women as less than equals.

She is also a victim of the British tabloids. The victim was British and they have set out from the beginning to smear and damage Amanda whatever way they can, including inventing evidence.

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Saturday, October 01, 2011 at 07:45 PM

Why Chris Christie should not run -- the media just want someone else to tear down

Chris Christie is coming under intense pressure to throw his hat in the ring for the 2012 presidential race.

The New York Times is reporting that a high- level gathering of Christie aides are meeting this weekend to plan a strategy.

The Times reports that those pushing Christie to run include the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Nancy Reagan and the conservative columnist William Kristol.

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Saturday, October 01, 2011 at 10:43 AM

Rachel Maddow, Ron Paul wrong -- US right to kill its own citizens when they are Islamic terrorists

I turned off Rachel Maddow in disgust last night. She had begun this studio debate over whether the Obama administration were correct in killing Anwar al Awlaki because he was born in New Mexico.