In the lead up to the elections some are calling it the most important in decades.

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April 15 to 17, 2008 -The RCMP searched Conservative Party Headquarters executing a warrant obtained by Elections Canada.

Elections Canada has not revealed the reason for the raid, and the affidavit used to obtain the search warrant has been sealed in a Toronto court.

The RCMP say the Mounties were merely assisting with the Elections Canada warrant: ” It is not an RCMP investigation. We’re there to assist, but that’s it.” – RCMP Cpl. Jean Hainey

The Conservative Party is suing Elections Canada over an August 2007 ruling by the agency that disallowed rebates claimed for election spending during the 2006 election.

Conservatives claim other political parties follow the same practices, and they accuse Elections Canada of applying different standards to the Conservative Party.

There is speculation that Elections Canada is acting out a vendetta against Conservatives over past disagreements.

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United States Marine Corps (U.S.M.C.) Sergeant (Sgt) John Bernard recently appeared in an article in The Dallas Morning News (DMN), reprinted from the Associated Press (AP). Sgt Bernards son, Corporal (Cpl) Joshua Bernard, also a Marine, recently died in combat in Afghanistan. Sgt Bernard is attempting to alert the nation that the rules of engagement in Afghanistan are causing the unnecessary death of many U.S.A. military men and women.

The rules basically restrict the use of artillery support, air support, and use of drones if there is a possibility of civilian causalities. Without this support it puts American troops in greater danger as evident by the increase military causalities coming out of the Afghan theater.

The American commander in the Iraq War, General David Petraeus, was summoned to report in front of a United States Senate committee. Before the general even spoke, the Democratic Party leadership on that committee called General Petraeus a liar! To the Democratic Party leadership he was a liar before he spoke, because he was in uniform. That uniform was proof enough to them to bring his honesty into question.

Democratic Senator from Illinois Dick Durbin on the floor of the United States Senate accused American troops in Iraq of behaving like Soviets (commies) in their gulags, Nazis, and Pol Pot mass murderers.

General Stanley A. McChrystal commander of American forces in Afghanistan in August of 2009 requested 40,000 additional troops to carry out the mission. President Barack Obama has yet to make a decision concerning this request. Instead the President is continuing his campaigning, touring the world to apologize for the USA, holding White House galas (gigs), and playing basket ball. All this while troops are in battle and dying for this nation. This is the result of electing a president with zero executive experience.
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To the Democratic Party leadership, their loyalty is not to the nation or the security of the nation, but to the attainment and maintaining political power. How anyone in the United States can ever vote for a Democrat while our sons and daughters are at war, is most baffling if not disturbing.
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Townhall.com’s Mary Katharine Ham on what happens when both parties get “dumped” by the American electorate. In both cases, it’s not pretty.

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The US supreme court has issued a landmark ruling that will change the way US election campaigns are financed.

By a 5 to 4 vote, the court lifted long-standing limits on corporate spending in political campaigns, opening the door for private entities to flood the political marketplace with corporate money.

Al Jazeera’s John Terrett explains why it is likely to have an immediate effect on the upcoming Congressional elections in November.

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Gripping comments from political historian Dr. Robert P. Watson, arguing that current lack of civil political discourse from groups like the Tea Party – together with stubborn unwillingness of Republicans & conservatives to compromise – is most perilous predicament facing our American democracy in 2010.

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The former Philippine first lady was known for her vast collection of shoes accumulated while her husband, Ferdinand Marcos, was in power.

Since Marcos was ousted in the 1986 “people power” revolution, Imelda has faced several charges of embezzlement, corruption and tax evasion.

But the 80-year-old is still influential in parts of the Philippines, and she is bidding for a congressional seat in this year’s election.

Al Jazeera’s Veronica Pedrosa goes on a museum tour about the former first lady, conducted by Carlos Celdran. (May 9, 2010)

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Jackie and Dunlap celebrate the Republican victories in New Jersey and Virginia. Plus: Is new New Jersey Governor Chris Christie fat? Does Maine hate Gays? Will the Republicans win in 2010– or even 2012?
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Craig Cannon asked the question of D.C. Morrison: “A lot of views that you have seem to be very close to those of Repubilcans, and some viewers are asking, ‘What kind of a Democrat are you? and how would you define your competitors — as liberal or conservative Democrats?”

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The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) – the dominant political party in Sudan’s semi-autonomous south – has announced it will boycott Sudan’s upcoming national presidential poll.

But the party, along with others in South Sudan, is still appealing to the region’s electorate to back in regional elections.

Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, has travelled across the region promising to once and for all bring independence to the conflict-ridden region.

Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Southern Sudan.

[April 9, 2010]

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