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Forget Gun Control, Guantanamo and Gay Marriage, The Change Obama Promised Will Be Worth His Every Unfulfilled Ambition

Alastair Carr | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: John McCain, Marco Rubio, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Closing Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, UK Universities & Education News
Alastair Carr

Obama the "Communist Muslim Atheist" couldn't be more antithetical to the current Republican Party if he tried. He's young, black, unashamedly liberal and actually just as uncompromising as his right wing nemeses.

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Is Conservatism in the US, Through?

William Davie | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Politics, Gop, US Politics, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, John McCain, UK Universities & Education News
William Davie

Despite their last two presidential candidates running on a hard right platform and then losing, the majority of potential candidates for 2016 are those on the far right of the party. Meanwhile moderate candidates who could win, such as Jon Huntsman or Chris Christie, are slammed for being RINOs and too moderate.

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Is Obama Lucky or Unlucky?

Gareth Edmundson | Posted 02.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Bill Clinton, Congress, John McCain, National Debt, Hurricane Sandy, 2012 Election, Economy, Sarah Palin, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Poll, Iraq, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Luck, US Politics, UK Politics News
Gareth Edmundson

I know the case for 'Obama is lucky' has been getting more attention recently but I am not so sure the argument is conclusive.

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Paul Ryan, Rage Against The Machine And Other Music-Meets-Politics Incidents

Adam McGibbon | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Chumbawamba, Walter Mondale, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Dead Kennedys, Rage Against the Machine, The Ramones, Tom Morello, Obama, Music, Politics, 2012 Presidential Election, Ukip, Nigel Farage, Jello Biafra, Phil Collins, US Presidential Election, Paul Ryan, UK Politics News
Adam McGibbon

Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan has caused a bit of a stir by revealing that he is a fan of revolutionary leftist rap-rockers Rage Against The Machine.

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WATCH: John McCain Defends Clinton Aide Over 'Muslim Conspiracy' Allegations

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 19.07.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Video, John McCain, Huma Abedin, UK News, Elections 2012, UK Diary, Hillary Clinton, US, UK Politics News

Former Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain has defended an aide to US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, after they were accused of...

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Back to the Future of Intervention With Syria

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 10.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Russia Syria Relations, Syria Intervention, Un Vote Syria Russia China, Syria International Intervention, John McCain, Hama Massacre, Intervention, Humanitarian Intervention, Syria Homs, Syria Bashar Assad, Syria Uprising, Syria Crisis, Syria, Syria China UN, Cambridge Union Society, UK Universities & Education News
The Cambridge Union Society

Richard Chew writes about the need for Western intervention in Syria and compares the current crisis to that of thirty years ago when the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood led a Sunni resistance to Hafez Al-Assad's minority Alawite regime.

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John McCain Says West Should Be 'Ashamed' Of Its Failure To Act In Syria

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 06.06.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: John McCain, President Assad, UK News, UK World, Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, UK Politics News

Former US presidential candidate John McCain has said the West must intervene to stop the bloodshed in Syria. Senator McCain, who challenged Barack...

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Did Sarah Palin Not Know Britain Was A Democracy?

Posted 21.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Iraq War, United States, UK Diary, John McCain, Video, UK News, Iraq, Queen Elizabeth II, Sarah Palin, UK Politics News

Did one-time US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin not know the United Kingdom was a democracy? With the 2012 US presidential election alread...

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'We Will Fight Until The Last Person' Syrians Say, As Shelling Pounds Homs

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 21.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Damscus, Video, John McCain, UK News, Tunisia, Baba Amr, President Bashar Al-Assad, Homs, Syrian Uprising, Syria, UK News

Syrian activists have said they will "fight until the last person" as columns of tanks and armoured vehicles prepared to mount a ground assault on the...

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The Republican Primary: Are We Better Off Now Than We Were Four Years Ago?

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 17.04.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: John McCain, Economy, UK Universities, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Barack Obama, Michelle Bachmann, Republican Primary, Newt Gingrich 2012, US Politics, Mitt Romney 2012, Herman Cain, Ron Paul 2012, Newt Gingrich, Cambridge, Cambridge University, Republican Party, Republicans, UK Politics News
The Cambridge Union Society

If there is one hard and fast rule about this year's primary, it's this: there are no hard and fast rules. In fact, as the 2012 Republican primary progresses, it increasingly resembles the 2008 Democrat primary.

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Who's More Convincing - Meryl Or Julianne?

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 21.02.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Hbo Films, John McCain, Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady, UK Film, Game Change, Sarah Palin, UK Film Drama, Julianne Moore, Video, UK Entertainment News

It's obviously the season for high-calibre actresses to turn their skills to impersonating real-life, ambitious, polarising, slightly right-wing polit...

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Paul Vale

Nick Broomfield's Documentary Reveals A Sinister Sarah Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Vale | Posted 15.12.2011 | UK
Read More: Wasilla, John McCain, Nick Broomfield, Michele Bachmann, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Sarah-Palin-You-Betcha, Alaska, UK News

Filmmaker Nick Broomfield's latest documentary, a portrait of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, received its UK premiere on F...

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Libyan Rebel Chief's Death Raises Questions Over Opposition Fighters

Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Libya Conflict, Libya, John McCain, UK Issues, William Hague, Libyan Transitional National Council, Libyan Rebels, General Abdul Fatah Younes, Colonel Gaddafi, UK News

Questions have been raised over the death Libyan rebel leader General Abdul Fatah Younes after reports he was shot by an armed gang were disputed. ...

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