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March 15, 2008
"Mein Führer! I can walk!"
AUSTIN — Ginny McCallum, 43, who has been confined to a wheelchair for much of her adult life, came to hear presidential candidate Barack Obama speak at the University of Texas. Afterward she found herself in a wheelchair access breezeway as Obama and his entourage exited the arena. The candidate spotted her, came over, grabbed her hand and pulled her up. She found herself standing for the first time in eleven years.
"He smiled at me and said, ‘Yes, you can,’" she says. "I was so stunned I didn’t know what to do."
McCallum is among hundreds of people who say they have been healed by the Democratic candidate, in one of the most surprising and little-acknowledged aspects of his campaign. Reporters have shied away from the story, chalking it up to "Obama-mania" and people’s feelings of elation.
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The Hillary / Obama candidate. (Source seems to be down at the moment - here's a mirror)
Also, from Michael Kinsley: …In modern political campaign, there is no room for remarks of any sort on any subject which could be interpreted as giving offense to anyone, and that covers just about every subject there is. Therefore, my campaign will enter a code of silence from now until I am sworn in as president next January…
The coronation of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, March 23, 2004
MoveOn.org is sponsoring an “Obama in 30 Seconds” ad contest
Much more about the 2008 Election. Also, the 2004 election and other Political Posts Here
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I just read about LarkNews... it's a parody website...
Posted by: K8 at Mar 16, 2008 10:25:51 PM
