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No poverty of spirit

The Frederick News Post, July 2, 2007

Now, Bono is doing more, because, well, there's more that can be done, especially in the heady pre-nomination atmosphere of an election year. How totally smart. And appropriate. And pricey -- a $30 million effort to put the "P" word on the lips of every presidential candidate, and at the very top of their "issues" lists.

Driving home the point that dealing with world poverty is a lynch pin of U.S. national domestic security, Bono's ONE Vote '08 aims to mobilize activists to attend debates and some campaign events, then branch out into hosting town-hall-style meetings, mailings, a celebrity bus tour and TV advertisements.

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