Monthly Archives: October 2008

John McCain vs. Jesus

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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Sarah Palin: A Wizard of Oz Humbug?

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

It’s the last weekend of the campaign, and Sarah Palin’s STILL snug behind her campaign curtain, having avoided giving a single press conference or appearing on any of the Sunday morning press shows. Is the McCain campaign shielding a humbug?

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A Humbug?: Sarah Palin Still Hasn’t Given a Press Conference—or Done the Sunday Press Shows—and We Vote Tuesday!

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

We are now in the LAST weekend of the presidential campaign season and something extraordinarily corrosive to our democracy has occurred: Sarah Palin, despite the gravity of the office that she is running for, has managed to avoid giving a press … Continue reading →

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ON Tuesday We’ll “Break on Through to the Other Side” of the Bush Era—and STOP a Potential Palin Era—IF We Work and VOTE

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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The Scientific Journal, NATURE, Endorses Barack Obama, Appealing to the ENLIGHTENMENT Tradition of Reason and the Importance of Taking Expert Scientific Opinion Seriously

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Money quote: The election of a US president almost always seems like a crossroads, but the choice to be made on 4 November feels unusual, and daunting, in its national and global significance. . . . [T]he core values of … Continue reading →

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Get Loose with Janet

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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Conservative Peggy Noonan Uses Her Considerable Skills as a Writer to Make an Eloquent and Moving Case for Barack Obama

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal yesterday: The case for Barack Obama, in broad strokes: He has within him the possibility to change the direction and tone of American foreign policy, which need changing; his rise will serve as … Continue reading →

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It’s Just Turned SERIOUS: The Obama vs. McCain DANCE-OFF

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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McCain’s Big Gamble of Time and Resources Not Paying Off?: Pennsylvania Polls Seem to Show Obama’s Numbers Holding Steady

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Despite John McCain and Sarah Palin’s extensive time in Pennsylvania this week, they do not appear to be pulling Obama’s numbers down. In other words, McCain’s gamble to devote a lot of time and money to the state is not … Continue reading →

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Closing Times of the Polls on Election Night, State by State

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

SwingStateProject has compiled the closing times of the polls on election night. First done will be Indiana: Time State Republican-Held Democratic-Held 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Indiana (E.) Indiana (W.) IN-03, IN-04, IN-Gov IN-09, IN-House 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Kentucky (E.) Kentucky … Continue reading →

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With Only About 72 Hours to Election Day, All Three Gallup Polling Methods Show Obama with a SOLID 8-11 Point Lead!

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

No matter how Gallup slices it (by traditional estimates, by expanded estimates, and by registered voter estimates) Obama holds at least an 8 point lead with just a couple of days to go. See Gallup’s polls here.

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Studs Terkel Died Today

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Studs Terkel was a great radio interviewer and oral historian. His politics were thoroughly progressive, and I’m sure that he would have loved to have gotten the chance to vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday. He was 96 years old. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Joyce Carol Oates on Creating Characters in Fiction

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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Samuel L. Jackson Cuts a NO on Proposition 8 Ad. See It Here

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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“Political fire, far from rattling Mr Obama, seems to bring out the best in him”: The Economist Magazine Endorses Obama, Goofing Up McCain’s Closing “Argument” (That Barack’s a Commie Threat to Capitalism)

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

That famous capitalist tool, The Economist magazine, endorses Obama this week. Money quote from the endorsement: Political fire, far from rattling Mr Obama, seems to bring out the best in him: the furore about his (admittedly ghastly) preacher prompted one of … Continue reading →

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Girl Band Mental Health Break

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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“He cannot distance himself from his own pick”: Keith Olbermann’s Segment on How Sarah Palin is Dragging Down McCain’s Presidential Bid

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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“Even at McDonald’s you’re interviewed three times before given a job”: Reagan’s Former Chief of Staff Endorses Obama and Slams McCain for Picking Palin

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Today, Reagan’s former chief of staff endorsed Obama and told CNN that John McCain’s single interview with Sarah Palin (before picking her as VP) struck him as less thorough than the hiring process at McDonald’s!:

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Could Obama Snatch Arizona from McCain the Same Way That Bush Snatched Tennessee Away from Al Gore?

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Gabriel Winant at Salon.com thinks it’s possible: Despite recent developments, and a thriving local Democratic Party, McCain still has to be considered the favorite. But when George W. Bush moved to steal Tennessee out from under Al Gore, it drew … Continue reading →

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“Attacks by the mainstream media” interfere with Sarah Palin’s “First Amendment rights”?: In an Interview TODAY, Sarah Palin Shows Weird Confusion Over the First Amendment—and Who It’s Designed to Protect

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Alex Koppelmann today (at Salon.com) details Sarah Palin’s stange First Amendment confusion: In a radio interview that aired Friday morning, Sarah Palin said Americans’ First Amendment rights are in danger. Ironically, it’s apparently the press who’s threatening those rights. “If [the … Continue reading →

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