http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obamacaca/ en-us Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:25:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2036258/posts NEW DELHI: With Democrat senator Barack Obama busy in the run-up to the US presidential polls, a group of well-wishers in the capital have decided to send him a symbol of his lucky charm, Lord Hanuman, to help him emerge victorious. Obama's representative Carolyn Sauvage-Mar on Tuesday received a gold-plated two-feet-high idol which she will pass it on to the Obama after it is sanctified. The idol is being presented to Obama as he is reported to be a Lord Hanuman devotee and carries with him a locket of the monkey god along with other good luck charms. An hour-long... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2036258/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:25:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000777/posts Senator Barack Obama fought back Saturday against accusations from his rivals that he had displayed a profound misunderstanding of small-town values, in a flare-up that left him on the defensive before a series of primaries that could test his ability to win over white voters in economically distressed communities. For a second day, Mr. Obama sought to explain his remarks at a recent San Francisco fund-raiser that small-town Pennsylvania voters, bitter over their economic circumstances, “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” as a way to explain their frustrations. Acknowledging Saturday that “I didn’t... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000777/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:09:39 GMT