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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
John McCaslin :: Townhall.com Columnist
Those Shoes
by John McCaslin
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"Three-quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view," Indian philosopher Mahatma Gandhi once said.

OPRAH'S ROOTS

Tickets are "sold out" for the Oprah Winfrey show to be broadcast live from the Opera House of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts one day before President-elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office Jan. 20, but you can always watch the former Baltimore TV personality on the tube.

Miss Winfrey began her career as a reporter and co-anchor for Baltimore's WJZ-TV. According to her Black History biography, the station sent her to New York "for a beauty makeover, which Winfrey believes was her assistant news director's attempt to 'make her Puerto Rican.' She also attributes the makeover to an incident when she was told her 'hair's too thick, nose is too wide and chin's too big.' "

Miss Winfrey worked in Baltimore for seven years before moving to Chicago.

IN MEMORIAM

Closing the chapter on the 110th Congress, we call attention to those distinguished members who died in office:

Rep. Charlie Norwood, Georgia Republican - Feb. 13, 2007

Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, California Democrat - April 22, 2007

Sen. Craig Thomas, Wyoming Republican - June 4, 2007

Rep. Paul E. Gillmor, Ohio Republican - Sept. 5, 2007

Rep. Jo Ann Davis, Virginia Republican - Oct. 6, 2007

Rep. Julia Carson, Indiana Democrat - Dec. 15, 2007

Rep. Tom Lantos, California Democrat - Feb. 11, 2008

Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, Ohio Democrat - Aug. 20, 2008

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John McCaslin is a contributing columnist on Townhall.com and author of Inside The Beltway: Offbeat Stories, Scoops, and Shenanigans from around the Nation's Capital .

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Reply # 1
Date: Dec 17, 2008 - 4:33 PM EST
I LOVED IT
Everytime the MSM shows the footage, it brightens my day. I loved how our president dodged the shoes..absolutely hilarious. To the Iraqi's credit, he can wing a shoe. Gore or Kerry would've just taken the shot in the face. Whether you like Pres. Bush or hate him, he's generally done a great job with what has been required. I personally wish he would'nt have been so merciful when going to war and absolutely obliterated both countries. I hope he jokes about this shoe incident from now on. I love it Mr. President!
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Reply # 2
Date: Dec 17, 2008 - 1:53 PM EST
It's been over two days
since the Electoral College started working on the results of the election, and the members haven't announced, "Halleluia, It's the Obamessiah". Do you think they might be looking at answering the questions about Obama's citizenship before starting the vote count?
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