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Marc Lamont Hill
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Feb 28, 2008 03:48 PM
Melissa, Now that Nader is in the race, I'm feeling lighthearted too! Thanks for giving me a chance to weigh in on this one. Obama’s Campaign Theme – Will Smith “Don’t Say Nothin’” Obama’s Speech Writing Music - P. Diddy “We Invented the Remix” / “Swagger...
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melissa harrislacewell
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Feb 28, 2008 03:14 PM
Marc My candidate's chances are looking pretty good in Texas and Ohio, so I am feeling a little lighthearted. I have been thinking about the political season thus far. Since January I have attended a lot of political rallies. Not just Obama; I have been...
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lacewellm
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Feb 26, 2008 10:42 PM
Marc, Have you noticed that the core of the Democratic Partycoalition is Red, Black and Green? Labor, racial minorities and environmentalists. Young folks and anti-war advocates have recently signed up too, but it is the Red, Black and Green that consistently...
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Marc Lamont Hill
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Feb 25, 2008 09:38 AM
Melissa, This weekend, I received the most exciting news that I have heard all political season. On Sunday, Ralph Nader officially announced his bid for president. Once again, I have a candidate to support! Until Sunday, I was beginning to succumb to...
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melissa harrislacewell
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Feb 25, 2008 09:35 AM
Marc, Do you need me to comeover with some soup or something because you are clearly sick? Ralph Nader running for office is the bestnews of your political season? I am beginning to get worried. Let me be clear, I amnot trying to pressure you to vote...
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melissa harrislacewell
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Feb 22, 2008 09:06 PM
Melissa, Thanks for giving me a chance to weigh in on this one. Obama’s Campaign Theme – Will Smith “Don’t Say Nothin’” Obama’s Speech Writing Music - P. Diddy “We Invented the Remix” / “Swagger Jacker” by Cam’ron Michelle Obama’s Speech Writing Music...
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lacewellm
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Feb 20, 2008 02:18 PM
Marc, It is really hard for me to refrain from teasing you about being a 20-something bachelor who is both opposed to abstinence-until-marriage as a public policy and suspicious of it as a human possibility. But I won’t go there. There is no doubt that...
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hillm
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Feb 20, 2008 02:16 PM
Melissa, This week, George W. Bush continues his final major trip to Africa. Unlike the United States, where his status varies from irrelevant to anathema, President Bush is a rock star in many parts of the Motherland. Why? Because he’s donated record...
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hillm
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Feb 19, 2008 03:50 PM
Melissa, I couldn’t agree with you more. Perhaps the saddest irony of the whole NIU tragedy is that the shooter, Steven Kazmierczak, purchased his gun magazines and holster from the same online gun dealer as Seung-*** Cho, the Virginia Tech killer. The...
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lacewellm
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Feb 19, 2008 03:47 PM
Marc Thursday and Friday were hard days in the aftermath of the NIU murders. I am directing the undergraduate program in politics at my university. So I have spent a lot of time during the past couple days talking to administrators,students and faculty...
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lacewellm
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Feb 14, 2008 12:34 PM
Marc, You are undoubtedly prone to hyperbole. I have noticed that you can’t make it through a post without mocking Barack and his supporters. But it is hard to lose and I understand that you are a citizen of the hater nation. My sympathy extends to you....
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hillm
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Feb 14, 2008 12:24 PM
Melissa, Over the past few weeks there’s been a growing conversation about the role of super-delegates in the tight race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Since it’s plausible that neither of them will have enough pledged delegates prior to the...
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hillm
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Feb 13, 2008 11:01 AM
Melissa, I feel you on this one. Whether it’s coming from Nietzsche, Kanye, or everyday people, I’m always uncomfortable with the idea that mere survival certifies strength. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the ways in which Black people have always remained...
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lacewellm
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Feb 13, 2008 09:29 AM
I know this sentiment really shows my age, but I just haven’t cared much about the Grammy’s since Michael Jackson (the still brown, one-gloved, zippered jacket version) and Prince (the purple-clad, high heeled, pompadour version) stopped being the central...
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lacewellm
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Feb 8, 2008 03:37 PM
Marc, You are too young to be so old. You have to be at least 40 before you are allowed to decry the folly of youthful technology. YouTube is not the end of reasoned democratic deliberation. It may be just the beginning. Meaningful political analysis...
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hillm
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Feb 8, 2008 02:21 PM
Melissa, Over the past few days I have received more than a dozen emails linking me to various pro-Obama music videos. The most popular one has been the Will.I.Am produced “Yes, We Can” which features a slew talented musicians and actors (plus Nick Cannon)...
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lacewellm
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Feb 6, 2008 06:28 AM
Marc, You overestimate my satisfaction with last night’s results. Obama did have a great night. Everything about how he won signals his electablility in the generals this Fall. Barack basically swept the caucus states. He trounced Hillary in the South...
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hillm
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Feb 6, 2008 06:21 AM
Melissa, As an Obama supporter, I’m assuming that you were satisfied with Super Tuesday’s results. Although he didn’t steal the coveted California primary, which would have placed him the driver’s seat, Obama seems to have gained enough delegates to stretch...
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hillm
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Feb 4, 2008 05:21 PM
Wow, Melissa, we were getting along so well until now! Despite my apparent cynicism, I also possess a politics inspired by hope. This is why I refuse to allow the Left’s political hopes to be scaled down to Barack Obama’s candidacy. This is why I refuse...
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lacewellm
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Feb 4, 2008 05:13 PM
Marc, Is this an early valentine? Did you really ask me to explain why I support Barack? It is simple. I have nothing to prove and I am not afraid. I refuse to cower behind the Clintons hoping that we can crawl back into the White House on the coattails...
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