i seem to recall using the word “disaster” about Palin during her nomination acceptance speech, and the flood of palin bashing started there. the media was full of “bashing” (or as some of us call it, “criticism”) as soon as she entered the public stage. i have read many opinions on this, and lots of […]
Social Progress
According to a CNN exit poll, 42 percent of voters said that the nation’s financial woes had finally become frightening enough to eclipse such concerns as gay marriage, while 30 percent said that the relentless body count in Iraq was at last harrowing enough to outweigh long ideological debates over abortion. In addition, 28 percent […]
My wife made me canvass for Obama; here’s what I learned | csmonitor.com
I learned in just those three hours that this election is not about what we think of as the “big things.” It’s not about taxes. I’m pretty sure mine are going to go up no matter who is elected. It’s not about foreign policy. I think we’ll figure out a way to get out of […]
“landslide”
YouTube – Conservatives Blame McCain As Obama Landslide Approaches (back in august, i called barack obama by 15% — i stand by it)
Canvassing For Obama In Dallas, Texas
i have done some canvasing too, and this hit home for me on a few fronts: I have been going out every day for the past two weeks. Â Early on, my canvassing partner and I ran into two young black men – bling, tattooes, etc. Â I try not to be racist – but it was […]
the great schlep
the great schlep
sarah palin all but endorses obama
sarah palin all but endorses obama
Obama Won At Saddleback, In the Eyes Of This Evangelical
Moreover, when McCain said that his greatest moral failure was the break-up of his first marriage, he left out why that was his greatest moral failure — read: sin (the reason, of course, was his extra-marital affair with Cindy, his current wife). On the other hand, Obama squarely addressed his youthful sins and explained what […]
Obama To McCain: Dignify Your Campaign
One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can’t disagree without challenging each other’s character and patriotism,” he said, to applause. “I have never suggested that Senator McCain picks his positions on national security based on politics or personal ambition. I have not suggested it because […]
on obama: “Judge Him by His Law”
By showing officers that he shared many of their concerns, even going so far as to help pass other legislation they wanted, he was able to quiet the fears of many. Obama proved persuasive enough that the bill passed both houses of the legislature, the Senate by an incredible 35 to 0. Then he talked […]
Why Obama Beat Clinton
— and Why He’ll Beat McCain, Too – Politics on The Huffington Post: “And here’s zany family game #2: try to imagine Obama getting in front of the TV cameras on a night that gutted his entire campaign, pasting a transparently phony smile on his face, and crowing ‘it’s on to the White House!’ as […]
George Will: It’s not over till it’s over? Clinton strikes out | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star
my wife pointed out this article in the dead tree edition this morning — thought i’d call out this phrase: Or perhaps she wins if Obama’s popular vote total is, well, adjusted by counting each African-American vote as only three-fifths of a vote. There is precedent, of sorts, for that arithmetic (see the Constitution, Article […]
the BBC says its over for hillary
on the day after primary day here in indiana, where we were up till past midnight waiting on returns from lake county, and where obama did not do what i heard and read many predictions he would do: lose by eight or so points, and instead all but tied here and spanked her smiliness in […]
“Dispatches From Flyover Country” – LAUREN BRUCE in The American Prospect
I recall President Bush visiting Indiana several times in the last eight or nine years for ‘his man Mitch,’ aka Gov. Mitch Daniels who has done his part to run this state into the ground just like his mentor did the country. But until last month no Democrat with presidential aspirations really bothered to pay […]