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Daily Archives: October 7, 2008
Image of Paranoid Far-Rightists Outside the Tennessee Debate Last Night
Source: Brett Marty’s website.
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Tagged American fascists, Barack Obama, conservatism, fascism, John McCain, paranoia, Politics, psychology, racism, Sarah Palin
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“Maverick, Maverick!” & “Malkovich, Malkovich!”: John McCain’s Campaign Mantra Reminds Me of the Nightmare Scene from Being John Malkovich
Maverick. Maverick. Malkovich. Malkovich.
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Tagged apologetics, Barack Obama, James Dobson, John Macarthur, John McCain, Politics, rush limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity
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Two Interesting “Takes” on Debate #2 Between Obama and McCain
Two of the debate observers quoted at Andrew Sullivan’s blog: Ezra Klein: Tonight was supposed to be John McCain’s night, but it was the first clear debate win Obama has scored over the course of this campaign — including the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Debate #2, Joe Biden, John McCain, Nevada, New Mexico, Politics, rhetoric, Sarah Palin, speech communication
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Post-Debate Polls Suggest a Strong Win for Obama over McCain in Debate 2
TPM Online reports the first post-debate numbers: The post-debate snap polls are out, showing that Barack Obama won the debate. In CNN’s poll of debate-watchers, Obama won by a 54%-30% margin. In the CBS poll of uncommitted debate-watchers, Obama won … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, debate, Joe Biden, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Ohio, persuasion, Politics, psychology, rhetoric, Sarah Palin
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I’m With “Thatone”
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Tagged Barack Obama, homelessness, Jesus, John McCain, lesbianism, Politics, Sarah Palin, solidarity, the poor
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John McCain Goes Mucho Negativo! Yikes! When You’ve Got Nothing to Say About the Economy, Turn the Subject to Obama
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Tagged Barack Obama, Catholicism, feminism, gay marriage, gay rights, John McCain, Politics, Roe v. Wade, Sarah Palin, women's rights
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“That One” and “Thatone”: Will “That One” Become “Thatone”—the Defining Moment of Debate 2 Between McCain and Obama?
What did Republican John McCain mean when he called Barack Obama “that one”? Here’s the clip: Is it a sign of contempt (as Andrew Sullivan thought)? Or worse? Is it a sign of dehumanizing objectification—with racial overtones? In other words, is … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Politics, rush limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity
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Andrew Sullivan Thinks Obama Devestated McCain in the 2nd Debate
Money quote from his live blogging of the second debate: This was, I think, a mauling: a devastating and possibly electorally fatal debate for McCain. Even on Russia, he sounded a little out of it. I’ve watched a lot of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andrew Sullivan, Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics, propaganda, rhetoric, Sarah Palin
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McCain v. Obama Townhall in Tennessee: Live Blogging the 2nd Presidential Debate
5:57 Pacific Time: Before this gets started, my guess is that McCain will do poorly. 5:58 I think that Obama unnerves him, and while McCain is good in these “townhall” venues when he is alone, I suspect that standing alongside Obama … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, debate, Joe Biden, John McCain, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Politics, Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Virginia
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Blood Red Grafitti-Style Crosses Sprayed Over Barack Obama’s Face. A Chilling Image From a McCain-Palin Rally
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Tagged Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain, Nazi Germany, Politics, Republicans, Republicrats, right wing authoritarians, Sarah Palin
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Obnoxious, Agressive, Demonizing McCain-Palin Rally Participants
Chilling.
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Tagged authoritarianism, Barack Obama, fascism, Joe Biden, John McCain, McCain, Nevada, Obama, Palin, psychology, Sarah Palin, sociology
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All We Are Saying Is “Give Calm a Chance”
And And reason too.
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Tagged Barack Obama, beatles, george harrison, hippies, James Dobson, Jesus, John Lennon, Michelle Obama, music, New Mexico, Wisconsin
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All We Are Saying Is “Give a Calm and Reasonable Person a Chance”
A calm and reasonable person in the White House. Can you dig it?
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Tagged Barack Obama, civil rights, Constitution, Georgia, Iowa, John McCain, new hampshire, philosophy, Politics, psychology, religion, Sarah Palin
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Are the McCain-Palin Rallies Putting Obama’s Life in Greater Danger Than It Already Is? An Israeli Observer of American Politics Offers a Disturbing Parallel Between This Election and The Election of Yitzhak Rabin
An Israeli reader of Andrew Sullivan’s blog thinks the overheated atmosphere surrounding McCain-Palin rallies (with some individuals in the crowd yelling out “kill him!” and shouting that Obama is a “traitor” and “terrorist”) is disturbingly reminiscent of the period before an assassin took Yitzhak … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain, music, Ohio, Politics, Robert Kennedy, Sarah Palin, terrorism, Yitzhak Rabin
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“Keep Up the Good Work”: Sarah Palin’s Chummy Anti-American Associations with Joe Vogler and the Alaska Independence Party
Journalist David Talbot, of Salon.com, today did a shocking profile of Sarah Palin’s Alaska Independence Party associations. Disturbing. Here’s the article: “My government is my worst enemy. I’m going to fight them with any means at hand.” This was former … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alaska Independence Party, Barack Obama, Civil War, David Talbott, fascism, hillary clinton, John McCain, Michelle Obama, North Carolina, Politics, Sarah Palin, ur-fascism
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October 7, 2008: Another Strong Polling Day for Obama-Biden. Things Look Especially Good in Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Hampshire. Obama-Biden May Even Be Tied with McCain-Palin in Indiana
Source: FiveThirtyEight.com.
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Tagged Barack Obama, election, Florida, Indiana, John McCain, political science, Politics, polls, Sarah Palin
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UNHINGED: McCain-Palin Rallies Attract Some Mentally Unstable People Shouting Things Like “Treason,” “Terrorist,” and “Kill Him”—And the Campaign Doesn’t Rebuke Them
See this report on the Weimar Germany angry mob-like atmosphere at McCain-Palin rallies here. And see McCain tolerate a crowd member calling Obama a terrorist here: This is John McCain’s Republican Party. And Sarah Palin’s Republican Party. Icky.
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Tagged Barack Obama, Christianity, Joe Biden, John McCain, Maine, Northern Virginia, Oregon, Politics, Sarah Palin, Washington
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Maverick. Maverick. Zombie Repetition and the McCain-Palin Campaign
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Tagged Barack Obama, Indiana, Joe Biden, John McCain, North Carolina, Ohio, Politics, propaganda, rhetoric, Sarah Palin, Virginia
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George Bush Goes Lower than Nixon: In Net Public Approval/Disapproval Number Bush Opens Up a Historic Chasm of -45
President Low Approval High Disapproval High Margin Bush 2 25 70 -45 Clinton 36 50 -14 Bush 1 29 60 -31 Reagan 35 56 -21 Carter 28 59 -31 Ford 39 45 -6 Nixon 24 66 -42 Johnson 35 52 … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, George Bush, Jesus, Joe Biden, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Republicans, Sarah Palin
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“You have to be wired / In a way of being”: Hart Seely Takes Sarah Palin’s Opaque, Syntax-Strained Statements, Gives Them Line Breaks, and Turns Them Into “Poetry”
Slate.com’s Hart Seely debases the English language (or rather, Sarah Palin does): “On Good and Evil” It is obvious to me Who the good guys are in this one And who the bad guys are. The bad guys are the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, English, humanities, John McCain, linguistics, literature, metaphor, poems, poetry, psychology, Sarah Palin, sociology
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Prometheus Unbound 