http://www.citytools.net Your news, your way. Stories on CityTools where either written by members or are existing stories shared by members. In the case of shared stories, all rights reside with the original creator. en 2008-08-30T06:44:34 2008-08-30T06:44:34 httpd:/www.citytools.net/essentials/rss_docs.html http://www.citytools.net/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.citytools.net 182 35 citytools image http://www.citytools.net/showstory/7283BDB4-7656-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ I get the part about feeling disappointed and bitter. I can even understand their impulse to sit this one out. After all, this was supposed to be Hillary Clinton&#39;s time. What stumps me, however, is the possibility that some of her most ardent Democratic supporters, angered by her defeat, might vote for Republican Sen. John McCain. That makes about as much sense as swallowing hemlock. How can Democrats, drawn to Hillary Clinton by her powerful advocacy for children, inspired by her support for the rights guaranteed in Roe v. Wade, emboldened by her work as a ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082902891.html"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082902891.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/0F3E39F4-759E-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ JAMESTOWN, Va. Just beyond the remains of a Confederate military earthwork, past the site of the first English settlement in the New World, you come to the James River -- where the first Africans arrived on these shores as slaves. Spirits of the ancestors occupy this place, as I&#39;m sure any African American who has ever visited a slave harbor will understand. We often conjure their spirits during visits to places like Goree Island; at ports in New Orleans and Charleston, S.C.; in Barbados and Brazil; and here in the Virginia Tidewater, at what passes for an Ellis ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803991.html"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803991.html">[original story]</a>