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Tag Archives: election 2008
This Is What the November 4th, 2008 Election Felt Like for Me
I felt like, all over America, people stood up for a less authoritarian, less cruel and cynical, America:
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November 4, 2008: My Voting Experience
I live in California, and my polling place is in the board room at the college campus where I work. I live in a particularly conservative part of the state, and I’ve voted at this location for a number of years. In … Continue reading →
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The Electoral Early Bird Special
From Salon.com this morning: Ohio and Indiana — along with Virginia (13 electoral votes) and North Carolina (15) — are the early-bird, carried-by-Bush states that will determine whether political mavens will show up at work Wednesday morning bleary-eyed from fatigue … Continue reading →
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Less Than 24 Hours to Go and the NBC-Wall Street Journal Poll Has Obama Leading McCain 51-43!
Read more about the good news here.
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An Appeal to Undecided Voters: Closing Argument for Barack Obama
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“The largest lead among likely voters to date”: Gallup Polling Today, with Just 48 Hours to Go, Shows Obama AHEAD by 10 POINTS!
Read about it at Gallup here. Hurricane Barack may be reaching maximal strength just as the election arrives. Can we change the course of this country away from Bushism and anti-intellectual religious authoritarian Palinism? Yes we can!
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The McCain Horror Picture Show: Happy Halloween
In the waning days of the campaign, my wife and I stumbled upon a John McCain and Sarah Palin campaign staff unity pep rally, held at one of Cindy McCain’s houses. Here’s what we saw:
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Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, and Florida: McCain Must Win 3 Out of 4 of These States to Have a Reasonable Chance at Winning Tuesday Night. These Are the Early States to Watch
ABC News: If McCain doesn’t win Pennsylvania’s 21 electoral votes, he would have to run the table and win all eight of the competitive states that were held by President Bush in 2004, including Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Colorado, Missouri, Indiana, … Continue reading →
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The “N”-Word Hurled at Obama Supporters By Palin Rally Attendees in Colorado
This letter to the editor appeared yesterday in the Telluride Daily Planet: Telluride, Colo. – Dear Editor, It was more than mildly disappointing to witness the extraordinary level of racism spewing from the mouths of passing motorists and pedestrians on … Continue reading →
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Another Young Goodman Brown? Seeing Devils Beneath Every Rock
For a reflection on the curious echoes between Election 2008 and Nathaniel Hawthorn’s short story, “Young Goodman Brown”, click here.
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Ever Given Yourself Over to Someone—or Something—That You Wish You Hadn’t? John McCain Did—to the Right Wing of His Party. But Now There’s Palinex, The Morning After Pill for Political Impulsivity
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John McCain: “If All You Run Is Negative Attack Ads You Don’t Have a Vision for the Future”
John McCain doesn’t have a vision for the future, does he?
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“I Love the World”: A Four Year Old Draws a Picture of Barack Obama
My four year old knows I’m an admirer of Barack Obama, and so yesterday she drew me the above picture. My wife says that she was trying to decide whether to write over Barack’s head, “I like the world,” or “I … Continue reading →
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Sarah Palin Metaphor Watch: John McCain’s Wile E. Coyote Goes Over the Cliff. Jonathan Chait, of the New Republic, Soberly Lays Out Palin’s Seemingly Bottomless Fall
Everybody, apparently, doesn’t love Sarah. Calling Sarah Palin “Sarah Quaylin,” Jonathan Chait today documents Palin’s rapid descent from her populist summit: Ever since John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, I’ve gotten confused about all the reasons I’m supposed to … Continue reading →
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