Daily Archives: October 5, 2008

John McCain Did NOT Approve This Message: We Can Arrest the Authoritarian Drift of Our Country. On November 4, We Can Vote Barack Obama President of the United States

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Casting Doubt: If John McCain Were Running for President Against JESUS, Here’s the Type of Swiftboat-Style Ad We Might See Against Him

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

John McCain Swiftboats Jesus!: If Jesus Were Running Against Republican John McCain, This Is The Kind of Ad We’d See

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Republican John McCain Says He Wants to “Turn the Page” on All This Economy Talk in The Last Weeks of The Campaign, and Launch Swift-Boat Style Attacks on Barack Obama. Here is Barack Obama’s Retort.

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

HOWL: Sarah Palin Robustly Endorses the Aerial Hunting of Wolves. See Here What That Means.

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“This Really is An Economic Pearl Harbor”: See Here a Clip of Warren Buffett Characterizing the October 2008 Financial Crisis to Charlie Rose

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

An Ur-Moment in Intellectual History: What Happened 170 Years and 12 Days Ago?

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

On September 28, 1838, Darwin picked up Malthus’s essay on population, and realized that it could be applied to animals and plants. Money quote from Darwin’s autobiography: “[I] happened to read for amusement ‘Malthus on Population,’ and being well prepared … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

See Here John McCain Speaking, in 2000, on Attack Ads: “If All You Run is Negative Attack Ads You Don’t Have a Vision for the Future”

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

John McCain doesn’t have a vision for the future:

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

McCain Wants to “Turn the Page” of Our Attention Away from the Financial Crisis?! “We Can’t Afford Another President This Out of Touch,” Says Obama-Biden

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

As Republican John McCain Tries to Shift Public Focus From the Economy to “Swift Boating” Obama, Is It Simply Damaging McCain’s Brand (Instead of Obama’s)?

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Fivethirtyeight.com has an interesting graph that suggests that as Republican John McCain attempts to “swiftboat” Obama with personal attacks, and avoids talking about the issues Americans are worried about (like the economy), that this strategy may be proving itself to be more damaging … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Albrecht Durer, Female Objectification, and the Western Male Gaze: An Image of a Man Drawing a Woman Through a Perspectival Frame (1525)

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

The matter at hand. Are pornography, science, and art born of the same family of impulses—that is, to frame, and thereby comprehend, control, and derive pleasure from, cthonian forces? And is that a bush on his windowsill? And are those two hills … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Red State Scare: As the Polls Tighten, Republican John McCain’s Brother Calls Northern Virginia “Communist Country”

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

As McCain’s campaign sinks in the polls, the rhetoric becomes ever more Manichean, demonizing, and hysterical. John McCain’s brother goes there. You have to be a communist, you see, to vote for Obama-Biden. Republicans have done such a great job … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Winking Coquette: Sarah Palin Does Not Represent the Apogee of Feminism—But Its Gross Mockery

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

A reader at Andrew Sullivan’s blog raises this question: I just want to ask: can anyone, anyone, imagine Condoleeza Rice or Margaret Thatcher or even Hillary Clinton for God’s sake, winking at the nation and/or being coquettish in any national … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Has Opposition to Deregulation Ever Been on John McCain’s Legislative Menu?: “I’ll Try to Find You Some and I’ll Bring Em To Ya,” Said Sarah

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

We’re still waiting for the list of times John McCain, in his career, voted against deregulation, or supported legislation that would have regulated or policed the financial system more closely:

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The “F” Word and Sarah Palin: Is the Authoritarian Anti-Intellectual Politician the Future of the Republican Party? And Could It Lead to an American Brand of Fascism?

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Can we be honest here? Sarah Palin’s instincts are authoritarian through and through. And she’s indifferent to, and even impatient with, complexity and intellectual nuance. And what should be alarming about her, she tries to make less so by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Obama’s Brisket is Beyond”: Sarah Silverman Schleps for Votes in Florida

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Google Voting Tool: See Here How to Use Google to Vote in November

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment