American elections

“Evolving Narrative of Barack Obama” and more from US…

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Evolving Narrative of Barack Obama from The Global Language Monitor by admin Three Distinct Narratives during Presidency President Obama?s State of the Union Address earlier this week provided the Global Language Monitor the opportunity to analyze the changing Obama Narrative since he rose to the national prominence some five years ago. GLM found three distinct … Read more

Americana roundup: google site for 2012 Presidential Election and more…

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Google Launches New Site With Resources for the 2012 Presidential Election from Mashable! by Sarah Kessler Facebook, NBC Joining Forces to Host Social Presidential Debate by Alex Fitzpatrick Keeping up with the 2012 U.S. election with Google.com/Elections from The Official Google Blog by A Googler From the nineteenth century?s pamphlets to the twentieth century?s TV … Read more

EFF focuses on FBI’s next generation identification… and Americana roundup

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The FBI’s Next Generation Identification: Bigger and Faster but Much Worse for Privacy from EFF.org Updates by jlynch This week, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and several other organizations released documents from a FOIA lawsuit that expose the concerted efforts of the FBI and DHS to build a massive database of personal and biometric … Read more

So, Obama starts his campaign with social media….

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  Obama 2012 takes off as rivals ‘hit treacle’ from Mark Mardell | The Reporters by Mark Mardell (the Reporters) The 2012 presidential race is on. Kinda. At the moment, it feels more like a wade through treacle – so slow is the pace of President Barack Obama’s opponents. Mr Obama can be unambiguous that … Read more

oh by the way, it was the “One year anniversary of Obama?s broken promise to shut Guantanamo Bay”

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One year anniversary of Obama?s broken promise to shut Guantanamo Bay, Aisha Maniar from open Democracy News Analysis – by Aisha Maniar If the president of the United States had kept his word, Guantánamo Bay would have closed down by this day last year. Signing a decree to this effect was one of the first … Read more

What the heck has Obama done so far?

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a nice ad here ***************** America?s world: salesman and missionary, Godfrey Hodgson from open Democracy News Analysis – by Godfrey Hodgson Charles de Gaulle liked to say that a statesman should not be a demandeur; should not ask for favours, but should be in a position to say no. He knew what he was talking … Read more

Turkish columnists discuss US election results…

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US Election 2010: Obama lost the terms of debate and a large segment of white women, Ruth Rosen from open Democracy News Analysis – by Ruth Rosen In the wake of the election, progressive movements and their members are debating what went wrong.  Some say the media amplified the bizarre statements of the Tea Party.  … Read more

As expected, Obama gets a hit….

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he is not doin’ well in the international community, too. His promise for the closure of Guantanamo, for instance… US voters punish Obama from Mark Mardell | The Reporters This is a stinging setback for a president who was elected with so much hope and so much exuberance just two years ago. But it is … Read more

US Midterm elections roundup

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US Midterm Predictions from Stephen Spillane by Stephen Image via Wikipedia As promised yesterday, here are some predictions for the US Midterms. US Midterm Elections from Stephen Spillane by So Tuesday is the first electoral test faced by President Obama, since his election in 2008. That year also saw much celebration by the Democrats as … Read more

the Tea Party follows Obama, uses Digital Media to gain power…

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How the Tea Party Utilized Digital Media to Gain Power from MediaShift The biggest story of the U.S. midterm election has been the growing influence of the Tea Party movement. Since their first rallies in early 2009, these vocal, visible conservatives have succeeded in shifting the center of American political discourse to the right. This … Read more

"Love for America returns

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There were several inauguration parties in Istanbul. Some Turks were as excited as pro-Obama Americans…

Love for America returns

By Joerg Wolf

The Washington Post has learned that Americans are feeling the love from around the world:

With Obama’s Election, Expatriates Say, There’s a New Attitude Abroad. Instead of Challenges on Iraq and WMDs, They’re Met With Hugs and Good Wishes.

 

Goodbye Mr. Bush, we will never miss you by MUSTAFA ACAR

Dear George W. Bush,
I have to say a few words now that you are no longer in office. Please accept this as a farewell message you have deserved for a long time.

 

 

Turkish-American Relations in the Obama Presidency

 

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Instead of watching inauguration…

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Instead of watching inauguration live broadcasting, I watched When We Were Kings (1996) I didn’t know Muhammad Ali was such a talkative guy but an intelligent and talkative guy… A black man talking back and actually practicing what he preaches… Nearly all news channels broadcasted live coverage. Many Turks were very excited. I am just … Read more

"Turkey-Obama ties hurt by four obstacles

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Why Obama's victory matters to Europe

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Obama Presidency: A New Era In Turkish-American Relations?

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