Topic: John Lewis

John Lewis Speech

Congressman John Lewis of Georgia introduced a special tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. at the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver , Colorado , on Thursday , August 28 , 2008 . The speech given by Lewis falls on the anniversary of ...
Pep rally and protesters make for raucous and at times ugly build-up to House health care voteHouse Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was ...

Va. GOP head reportedly links Obama to bin Laden

Republican presidential candidate John McCain has disavowed a comment by state party chairman Jeffrey M. Frederick that links Democratic candidate Barack Obama with terrorist Osama Bin Laden. McCain also told WRVA talk show host Jimmy Barrett that he was "off base" in ...

Fierce new row rocks White House race

Republicans pushed back against charges that John McCain's campaign had been sowing " hatred" against Barack Obama, as they struggled to put their White House bid back on track.Just over three weeks until the November 4 elections, Republican presidential nominee McCain reacted ...
23 Days to the Election: cheerleaders for Obama, who vanquished Hillary Clinton last spring in a Democratic primary contest for the ages.The New York senator and the former president will appear with Obama's running mate, Joe Biden, at a rally Sunday in ...
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., says McCain and Palin are 'sowing the seeds of hatred and division'Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign reminds him of the hateful ...

US lawmaker slams McCain camp for stoking hatred

Democratic lawmaker John Lewis Saturday said Republican White House contender John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin were " sowing the seeds of hatred and division" with incendiary rhetoric against rival Barack Obama. "As public figures with the power to influence ...