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          <title>Parental opinion on race in 5th</title>
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Our son, Tom Perriello, is running for U.S. Congress from the 5th District of Virginia.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Pelosi&#8217;s bailout speech ridiculous</title>
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I am writing to express my outrage over the needless political comments made by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi prior to Congrress&#8217; important first vote on the $700 billion economic legislation.
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          <title>Obama putting his campaign first</title>
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 I have seen many campaign ads on the local television stations that have been approved by Sen. Barack Obama. They have two things in common ...
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          <title>Government involvement isn&#8217;t always socialism</title>
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A recent writer complained about socialism (&#8220;Economic failure socialism&#8217;s legacy,&#8221; The Daily Progress, Sept. 26) when his complaint was really directed at authoritarian communism.
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          <title>Congress bet on the wrong horse</title>
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If Congress had set out to drive its miserable approval rating even lower, it couldn&#8217;t have come up with a better plan than its members&#8217; posturing and bickering over blame for the near-seizing of the credit markets.
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          <title>2008 election is of utmost importance</title>
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In my relatively short time in this world, I have lived through several important elections. But none is as vital to the conscience of America as this one.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Don&#8217;t repeat fiscal mistakes</title>
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We must examine the current economic meltdown to see how we got here and what to do to avoid the same errors.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Race is not the issue</title>
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It seems disingenuous to argue that Barack Obama is disadvantaged among those who vote because of racial preferences.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Attacks on Obama ignore facts</title>
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In response to a letter of Sept. 15, &#8220;Obama unqualified on all fronts&#8221; (The Daily Progress, Sept. 15): I agree with the author that there are radical differences between the candidates, and that voters should decide based on the truth.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama&#8217;s record shows the waste</title>
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Citizens Against Government Waste is a non-partisan group that identifies wasteful spending in our federal government and influences citizens and Congress to stop excessive spending before it is approved.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Third&#45;party voices need to be heard in debates</title>
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On Sept. 26, Barack Obama and John McCain had the first of their debates, sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The CPD, according to its Web site, was established &#8220;to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Leaders must look beyond their power</title>
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We live in a turbulent world where politicians make promises they can&#8217;t keep.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lalich&#8217;s fall turns a real&#45;world lesson</title>
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Certainly we have to teach children responsibility, right? We have to teach them teamwork and a strong moral code, right?&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>World hoping for Obama victory</title>
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My international responsibilities at the University of Virginia have me traveling overseas, where I often encounter negative opinions about America.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama&#8217;s plan for America solid</title>
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I continue to be dismayed by the propaganda that is being spread about Barack Obama. A recent example is a letter from Sept. 15 (&#8220;Obama unqualified on all fronts,&#8221; The Daily Progress).
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama willing, ready, not able</title>
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This is in response to the Sept. 21 letter that drew the headline &#8220;Obama is the man for the job.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Fair, not racist, to criticize Obama</title>
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The writer of &#8220;Obama critiques conceal racism&#8221; (The Daily Progress, Sept. 18) finds it &#8220;mind-boggling&#8221; that so many voters don&#8217;t support the Democratic candidate. What is at all surprising about political opposition?&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:08:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>What is GOP ticket hiding?</title>
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In this presidential election voters have the disadvantage of looking at the candidates through the prism of a double standard of accountability.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lalich erred, but got raw deal</title>
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In the case of Pete Lalich, former University of Virginia quarterback removed from the team after admitting he violated probation on an earlier alcohol conviction, it&#8217;s easier to criticize than offer forgiveness. It&#8217;s not easy to grow up in today&#8217;s society and culture without making mistakes.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Sarah Palin pick a real laugher</title>
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I am a retired person who has listened to political news on major TV news stations &#8212; CNN, MSNBC, Fox News &#8212; for many years. When McCain selected Sarah Palin for his running mate, I actually burst out laughing! I expect nine-tenths of the United States had never heard of her, nor had I.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama&#8217;s shortcomings colorblind</title>
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I would like to respond to the writer who believes that if you don&#8217;t vote for Barack Obama then you must be a racist (&#8220;Obama critiques conceal racism,&#8221; The Daily Progress, Sept. 18).&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>America needs Obama, Biden</title>
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There is no question that Barack Obama is the choice for America.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Judge the whole man, and not just his medals</title>
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I am responding to a letter to the editor that appeared in the Sept. 4 edition of The Daily Progress headlined &#8220;Obama lacking military fortitude.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama candidacy relies on race</title>
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In a letter published Sept 18 (&#8220;Obama critiques conceal racism,&#8221; The Daily Progress), the writer argues that racism is the real reason so many people oppose Barack Obama for president.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>It isn&#8217;t his color, it&#8217;s his substance</title>
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I&#8217;m tired of individuals (such as the author of &#8220;Obama critics conceal racism,&#8221; The Daily Progress, Sept. 18) suggesting that the majority of us don&#8217;t like Barack Obama because he&#8217;s black.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>McCain deserves our vote</title>
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John McCain has earned the vote of every American who ever wore the uniform of our nation.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Palin wrong on women&#8217;s issues</title>
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I have been dismayed by reports that white women are shifting support from Barack Obama to John McCain following McCain&#8217;s pick of Sarah Palin.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Blame Democrats for this mess</title>
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One critical change we need is entirely within the capacity of government to accomplish &#8212; with voters&#8217; assistance, that is.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama wins substance debate</title>
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I recently read a letter to the editor concerning the respective qualities of the contestants in the current election campaign (&#8220;McCain-Palin the better ticket,&#8221; The Daily Progress, Sept. 19).
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          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Suddenly, billions easily available</title>
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Could someone please explain to me why the government is able to afford hundreds of billions of dollars to finance wars or rescue greedy investors, but cannot afford a half a penny for education, health or social security?&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Therapeutic program an example of city&#8217;s warmth</title>
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Last month I attended the talent show for the Charlottesville Therapeutic Department held at Walker Lower Middle School.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>10K road race was a runaway success</title>
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On Sept. 13, the annual 10K road race to support Special Olympics was held at Meriwether Lewis Elementary School.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Questions needed on bailout&#8217;s basics</title>
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The current discussion over the Wall Street bailout has never answered two important questions: Why is the amount that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson asking for set at $700 billion, and how exactly is that amount of money supposed to help?
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          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Affordable health care is a right</title>
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Access to affordable health care is a right, not a privilege.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Economic failure socialism&#8217;s legacy</title>
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Capitalism, with its freedoms, is the only successful alternative to a controlling big government.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Virgil Goode is a man, and representative, of honor and experience.
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Once upon a time, I thought that John McCain was a man to be admired. But I do not recognize the man that I see now.


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It&#8217;s very sad that the House of Representatives has passed a bill to allow more offshore drilling (&#8220;Goode votes against offshore drilling bill,&#8221; The Daily Progress, Sept. 18).
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Sadly, we the people have been cheated out of our glorious and God-given heritage; led astray by an elitist few who, shamelessly and with reckless abandon, separated us from our heritage.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Politics. I hate the word. It has come to represent exaggeration, obfuscation and even falsification.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Sen. Barack Obama&#8217;s economic plan does not raise taxes on the vast majority of Americans.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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I love it! Now, if you do not support Sen. Barack Obama, you&#8217;re a racist.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The letter of Sept. 18, &#8220;Obama critiques conceal racism,&#8221; was the most offensive letter I have ever seen in The Daily Progress.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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I am writing in response to the letter to the editor titled &#8220;Obama critiques conceal racism&#8221; (The Daily Progress, Sept. 18).
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          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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If not for the recent economic shocks being realized by every living person in America &#8211; unbridled inflation in the costs of education, health care, food, clothing, energy, travel and entertainment, accelerating evaporation of income earned and wealth accumulated by the working class &#8211; the current silly season of politics would be quite amusing.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Republican Party seems to be out in left field this year, and this is shameful.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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How about cutting spending and holding off on the grand projects until the economy can afford it?
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          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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True democrats support their neighborhood associations and do not allow them to die from neglect.


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          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama is the man for the job</title>
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Let&#8217;s hire Barack Obama.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Although I respect the different views and opinions of people in the community I feel compelled to react to the inflammatory phrasing in a letter  to the editor &#8212;&#8220; Obama unqualified on all fronts,&#8221; Sept. 15 (The Daily Progress).
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          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Every four years we Americans elect a person to lead our great nation and to help defend and champion the free world.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>A fair country? That&#8217;d be nice</title>
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It would be wonderful to live in a nation where every parent can take a sick child to the doctor, where working people can support their families without living one paycheck from disaster and where leaders put the common good be-fore the interests of wealth and power.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Republican Party has lost its way.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Country deserves thinking leaders</title>
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If you needed any evidence that the Republican candidate for vice president is anything more than a George W. Bush with long hair, you didn&#8217;t get it in Charlie Gibson&#8217;s interview with her on Sept. 11.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Election calls for careful choices</title>
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Could you voluntarily listen for 20 years to a teacher who promotes hate and then say that he had no influence on your thinking?
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          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Congress&#8217;s approval rating has declined to close to single digits because Congress seems to be all talk and no action.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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When 84 percent of the people say that they are dissatisfied about the direction in which the country is headed, then it is simply mind-boggling why a candidate who advocates change is unacceptable to so many of these constituents.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The sharp criticism of former governor and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner would be warranted &#8212; if the underlying presumption were true.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>What good has Goode gotten us?</title>
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Tom Perriello gives an exciting and fresh viewpoint to the race for Virginia&#8217;s Fifth Congressional District.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Regarding the Aug. 21 article headlined &#8220;Greenspace grows around Monticello: Foundation buys nearly 29 acres,&#8221; the Thomas Jefferson Foundation would like to clarify one point.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>So much for anti&#45;trust legislation</title>
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I do not suggest that Fannie and Freddie illegally influenced mortgage rates. But ...
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          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Thanks to the author of the letter &#8220;Palin &#8216;organizer&#8217; barbs shameful&#8221; (The Daily Progress, Sept. 7) for pointing out the hypocrisy of Gov. Sarah Palin and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in denigrating Barack Obama&#8217;s experience as a community organizer, amidst the roar of approval from delegates at the Republican convention.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Thanks to the author of the letter &#8220;Palin &#8216;organizer&#8217; barbs shameful&#8221; (The Daily Progress, Sept. 7) for pointing out the hypocrisy of Gov. Sarah Palin and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in denigrating Barack Obama&#8217;s experience as a community organizer, amidst the roar of approval from delegates at the Republican convention.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The presidential election of 2008 is shaping up as a choice between two candidates with monumental differences in their political views and qualifications.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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John McCain either doesn&#8217;t understand health insurance or he purposefully misrepresented the Barack Obama health plan.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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There are three messages we can learn from John McCain&#8217;s selection of Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/palins_speech_stunning_unfair/27692/</link>
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Since listening to Sarah Palin&#8217;s speech at the Repub-lican Convention, I&#8217;ve been bothered &#8212; but unable to put into words what it was I found so disturbing.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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We were visiting Charlottesville over the Labor Day weekend. I was crossing a sidewalk to the Farmers Market when I tripped on an uneven curb and did a nosedive into the street.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>City employees kept summer fun</title>
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On behalf of the children and teachers of Congregation Beth Israel Preschool, I wanted to offer a special thank you
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          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>An election of great importance</title>
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I have been voting for more than 40 years, but this is the election of my lifetime.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>McCain ready to handle threats</title>
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Ever since the collapse of Athenian democracy following the Peloponnesian War, tyrants have scorned democracy and sneered contemptuously at the people &#8220;You can&#8217;t handle freedom.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Palin: Spicy beans, no meat</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/palin_spicy_beans_no_meat/27637/</link>
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Simple folk know that Hormel, the food-processing biggie, offers a line of canned chili, some varieties of which are composed of spicy beans, but no meat. Isn&#8217;t that an apt description of Sarah Palin&#8217;s address to the Republican convention?
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          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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As I read one of the letters on Sept. 3, &#8220;McCain&#8217;s choice of VP troubling&#8221; (The Daily Progress), I thought, &#8220;What the heck does having a fifth child, one who has a developmental disability, have to do with how Gov. Sarah Palin can lead us as vice president or president?&#8221;


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          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Experience doesn&#8217;t equal policy</title>
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The presidential campaign has been filled with claims and counterclaims about &#8220;experience&#8221;: who&#8217;s got it, and who hasn&#8217;t.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>McCain&#8217;s VP pick a very poor one</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/mccains_vp_pick_a_very_poor_one/27485/</link>
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I read with interest the opinions of the University of Virginia professors Paul Freedman and Lynn Sanders that characterizes John McCain&#8217;s choice of a running mate as &#8220;brilliant&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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At the Republican National Convention, an initial event was video speeches by Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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I don&#8217;t generally watch Republican conventions, so someone will have to tell me: Are they always that mean-spirited?&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Having been a fan of University of Virginia athletics for as long as I can remember, this is probably the first time I have come this close to being ashamed to be a Cavalier fan.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Goode jabs lacking in substance</title>
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Congressman Virgil Goode&#8217;s statement that Tom Perriello lacks experience to represent the Fifth District is ludicrous. Perriello was in Sierra Leone during the &#8220;blood diamond&#8221; civil war and worked to forge a lasting peace treaty. He did this by working on the ground with various tribes with different backgrounds.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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John McCain&#8217;s choice of Sarah Palin was certainly inspired &#8230; politically inspired. The Republican Party has a history of choosing vice presidential candidates for political expediency without concern that the candidate is &#8220;a heartbeat away from the presidency.&#8221; (Remember Dan Quayle, Spiro Agnew?) And the &#8220;heart,&#8221; in this case, is 72 years old!
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          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Some people have raised the issue of experience and believe that Gov. Sarah Palin doesn&#8217;t have it and that Sen. Barack Obama does.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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While there appears to be general agreement that the country is heading in the wrong direction, the political primary results have shown that the campaigns are less influenced by main issues than by a wide range of unqualified public opinion based on traditional prejudice and emotional considerations.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Palin &#8216;organizer&#8217; barbs shameful</title>
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When I sat down to listen to convention speeches on the evening of Sept. 3, I expected to disagree with many of the observations about America&#8217;s problems, and potential answers to them, offered by former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani and Gov. Sarah Palin.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Campaign against poverty lacking</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/campaign_against_poverty_lacking/27330/</link>
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Senators Barack Obama and John McCain sent letters encouraging me to sign on to their presidential campaigns and to send money to promote their candidacies. I must respectfully decline their offers.


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          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Community has signage eyesore</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/community_has_signage_eyesore/27331/</link>
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This spring and summer Albemarle County&#8217;s entrance corridors have been assaulted with a proliferation of illegal commercial signs, which greatly harm our community&#8217;s aesthetic appeal. 


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          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Jury still out on McCain VP pick</title>
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I write to clarify my comments in The Daily Progress Aug. 30 story about the choice of Sarah Palin as Republican vice-presidential nominee (&#8220;UVa politicos call selection &#8216;brilliant&#8217; &#8221;).&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama like no other candidate</title>
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At age 77, I have voted for many presidential candidates, and Barack Obama offers me hope like no other candidate ever has.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Area schools showing hard work</title>
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&#8220;The grades are in and the schools in Albemarle County and Charlottesville have failed,&#8221; says the NBC 29 news anchor on Aug. 27 and 28.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama insults all Americans</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/obama_insults_all_americans/27244/</link>
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It was fascinating to watch Barack Obama stand in front of thousands of Americans, and millions more TV viewers, and insult most of them.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>McCain has made the grade</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/mccain_has_made_the_grade/27245/</link>
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As a strong conservative, I was somewhat disappointed at the Republicans&#8217; nomination of John McCain.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Mark Warner passes the buck</title>
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I watched with interest Mark Warner&#8217;s speech at the Democratic National Convention.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama lacking military fortitude</title>
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The Russian bear is on the march again &#8212; invading Georgia and refusing to repair the damage caused, and also refusing to leave.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama attackers getting it wrong</title>
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I am writing to take issue with a letter published on Aug. 11 headlined &#8220;Obama promotes class warfare.&#8221; 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s obvious why John McCai&#8217;s choice of a running mate was made &#8212; to attempt to win some undecided supporters of Hillary Clinton.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>McCain not served by experience</title>
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I refer to the letter &#8220;War hero hopeful worthy of votes&#8221; in the Daily Progress of Aug. 26.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Americans could use God&#8217;s help</title>
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America needs help, and it is time for someone to say something.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Is negative campaign only way?</title>
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Have we as American voters really become so cynical in how we decide whom to vote for that we believe the most effective method of raising oneself up is to tear our opponent down?&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:01:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Merci beaucoup for past 16 years</title>
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From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank all those who have been a part of my University of Virginia MERCI program for the last 16 years.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 I have to sympathize with the Barack Obama supporters who are so desperately searching around to find the personal qualifications and achievement that justify his presidency attempt (&#8220;Barack brings real hope to nation,&#8221; The Daily Progress, Aug. 24). His most significant achievement in life to date has been to become a lawyer, thus giving him at least equal qualifications as the more than 1.1 million others that the American Bar Association claims to be the number of qualified lawyers in 2007.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:01:01 EDT</pubDate>
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