Obama releases second general-election TV ad

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Barack Obama presidential campaign has released its second general-election ad of the 2008 campaign – and it will debut in Virginia and 17 other battleground states beginning today. The 30-second ad, “Dignity,” focuses on Obama’s personal commitment to work on behalf of working-class Americans as a community activist and…

A couple of red herrings

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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Nice, provocative lede to the “Can’t just blame it on the rain” story on Day One of The News Virginian’s Stormwater Strain series. “Trash, cigarette butts, oil and antifreeze assault Waynesboro’s stormwater system,” writes the NV’s Jimmy LaRoue, making us think that these are the…