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Values Voter News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Related: If Big Media doesn't tell you which party a politician belongs to who is involved in a scandal assume democrat How imbalanced is ABC, CBS and NBC when it comes to reporting on conservative vs liberal New York Times best sellers? New York Times gives rallies by ACORN left-wing protest of 40 people more coverage then the thousands at DC this last weekend New York Times fails to mention Sen....
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Massachusetts Liberal (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Shh. If you're really quiet, you may actually hear the sound of the Republican Party coming apart at the seams. On the one hand, you have the effort by moderates trying to revive the virtually extinct New England branch of the party once so honorably represented in Massachusetts by the likes of Edward Brooke, Henry Cabot Lodge, Leverett Saltonstall, John Volpe and Francis Sargent. But not so far away,...
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Connecting.the.Dots (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Two days after his 90th birthday, Edward Brooke was at the Capitol yesterday to receive the Congressional Gold Medal from President Obama and scold Mitch McConnell for his failure to be bipartisan. Brooke, the first African-American ever elected to the Senate in 1966 as a Republican from Massachusetts, took the occasion to tell his party's leader: “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of...
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
This past Monday, Edward Brooke was formally awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. It is the highest honour Congress can bestow. The medal itself was presented by President Obama. It was a rare show of bipartisanship, and putting differences aside to honour a true trailblazer. The law according this medal was actually passed last year, although the ceremony was delayed. You can read the actual law...
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Wonkette (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
A terrifying “flash mob” of ten — five sets of two — Tea Baggers stormed the Capitol and created a new coalition government with three Birthers. [TPM] Senate likes Edward Brooke. Senate invites Edward Brooke to fancy ceremony. Senate gives Edward Brooke fancy gold medal. Edward Brooke accepts gold medal from Senate. Edward Brooke poops all [...] Sponsored Topics: Edward Brooke...
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Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
I marvel sometimes at the versatility of the crack bias hunters over at NewsBusters. Even though they've spent the better portions of their careers failing to make sense and embarrassing themselves , they still manage to come up with new and inventive ways to look completely foolish. Take, for example, Brent Baker's latest complaint that ABC World News anchor Charles Gibson "had time to convey...
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Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
hat tip-morphus Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy From MSNBC.com WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 28: Former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA) speaks during a ceremony to honor him with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooke, a two-term Republican senator [...]
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
President Barack Obama on Wednesday bestowed one of the nation's highest awards on former Sen. Edward Brooke Wednesday, calling Brooke -- the first African American elected to the Senate by popular vote -- a trailblazer whose path he followed.
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Cadillac Tight (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
This is pretty cool: the ceremony honoring Edward Brooke, the first black Senator elected by popular vote, with a Congressional Gold Medal.
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Mirror On America (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
hat tip-morphus Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy From MSNBC.com WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA) speaks during a ceremony to honor him with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooke, a two-term Republican senator from 1967-1979, was the first African-American...
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Edward Brooke, the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, was honored today with a Congressional Gold Medal . "At a time when so many doors were closed to African-Americans, others might have become angry or disillusioned," President Obama told an audience in the Capitol Rotunda, where the ceremony honoring Mr. Brooke for Congress' greatest honor was held. "They...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Edward Brooke, the nation's first popularly elected African-American senator accepted the Congressional Gold Medal at the Capitol ...
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
ABC anchor Charles Gibson on Wednesday night had time to convey President Barack Obama's praise of Edward Brooke for “breaking barriers” as the first popularly-elected black U.S. Senator, but not to inform viewers he broke that barrier as a Republican. On NBC, however, David Gregory noted Brooke's party affiliation: “The Massachusetts Republican urged the lawmakers who gathered to...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Brooke grew up in Washington and served in a segregated unit in the Army during World War II before entering the political arena in Massachusetts and winning election to the Senate in 1966 as the first black senator since Reconstruction. As senator, the Republican took on the populist causes of low-income housing, increasing the minimum wage and mass transit before losing reelection in 1978.
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