Archive for the '2008 presidential election' Category
I Will Never Stop Being Fascinated By This Woman
Posted on January 8, 2010 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Sarah Palin | Leave a Comment
At this point, no one could possibly make up a story about Sarah Palin I wouldn’t immediately believe:
The forthcoming book, Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, reports that McCain campaign aides had Sarah Palin refer to Joe Biden by his first name in the vice presidential debate because she had the unfortunate habit of [...]
The Trainwreck Continues
Posted on June 30, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Sarah Palin | Leave a Comment
The Todd Purdum piece on Sarah Palin that is being linked across the blogosphere today is phenomenal. Go read it.
I think this is my favorite short anecdote:
When Trig was born, Palin wrote an e-mail letter to friends and relatives, describing the belated news of her pregnancy and detailing Trig’s condition; she wrote the e-mail not [...]
The Paper’s Terrified To Report Anything That Isn’t Handed On A Presidential Spoon
Posted on November 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Mark Halperin, the media | Leave a Comment
Mark Halperin is the biggest douchebag in political journalism. End of story.
Media bias was more intense in the 2008 election than in any other national campaign in recent history, Time magazine’s Mark Halperin said Friday at the Politico/USC conference on the 2008 election.
“It’s the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq [...]
Deep Thought
Posted on November 13, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, iPhone | 1 Comment
Do I need to change my iPhone email signature from “This message sent by my iPhone, a miracle made possible by John McCain” back to “This message sent by my iPhone” now?
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No More Torture
Posted on November 10, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Guantanamo Bay, Obama administration, detainee abuse | Leave a Comment
There are a lot of reasons to celebrate last week’s election. One of the biggest is the impending closure of our Guantanamo Bay prison.
No more torture. No more extraordinary renditions. No more denial of habeas corpus. It’s about time.
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Palinpalooza Continues!
Posted on November 6, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Sarah Palin | Leave a Comment
Thank goodness; I would have been completely lost without more Palin news. Remember that time when she couldn’t name the countries in the North American Free Trade Agreement? What about when she thought “Africa” referred to a single country?
If Palin doesn’t run in 2012, I might cry.
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Bush’s Legacy
Posted on November 5, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, George W Bush | Leave a Comment
He’s a joke of a president. A sick, terrible, demented joke. But at least he did us one small favor: “George Bush [...] fuck[ed] things up so badly that the next president is going to be a black Democrat named Barack Hussein Obama.”
Thank you for that, W. For everything else, we say, “Goodbye and good [...]
Morning In America
Posted on November 5, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, DC | Leave a Comment
I’m a bit burnt out from all of yesterday’s excitement, and I’m still gathering my thoughts. For now, I’d just like to say that the view from my vantage point on 13th St NW, right at the top of the hill, has never been more beautiful than it was last night. Looking out on the [...]
WIN!!!
Posted on November 5, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election | 1 Comment
Hope
Posted on November 4, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election | Leave a Comment
Sad News
Posted on November 3, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama | Leave a Comment
I can’t imagine what Senator Obama must be feeling right now. Of course, if we’ve learned anything about the candidate in the last few months, it’s that this terrible news won’t shake his composure over the next 30 hours or so, at least not to any publicly visible degree. There’s still work to be done.
But [...]
Almost There
Posted on November 3, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama | Leave a Comment
This speech won my vote in January. I feel like revisiting it today.
Yes we can.
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An Interesting Question
Posted on November 2, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2004 presidential election, 2008 elections, 2008 presidential election, Bush administration, liberals | Leave a Comment
Kevin Drum:
[W]ere we, in fact, better off losing in 2004? The downside was four more years of George Bush and Dick Cheney. That’s hardly to be minimized, especially since the upside is still not completely knowable. But for myself, I think I’m convinced. The cause of liberal change is better served by Obama in 2008 [...]
A Reminder
Posted on October 31, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election | Leave a Comment
This picture’s been floating around for a few months now, but in case you were going to spend your weekend needlessly worrying:
None of which is to say that you should sit back and do nothing. Be sure to vote. Encourage everyone you know to do the same. Make a few calls on the campaign’s behalf [...]
The Barack Obama Show
Posted on October 29, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama | 1 Comment
It didn’t do a lot for me. It was a bit cheesy and it didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know.
However: Attempting to look at it from the perspective of how it will effect wavering swing voters, I think it was excellent. We’ve seen time and time again that Americans react positively when Barack [...]
Republicans Demand Reinstatement Of Property Requirements For Voting Eligibility
Posted on October 29, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, voting rights, wingnuts | Leave a Comment
I’m not even joking. One of the Corner’s psychos writes:
Try as I might, I cannot really understand how even a minimum standard of voting security can be maintained when, as an Ohio judge did yesterday, you decide to let the homeless vote.
Her argument is not merely that Ohio needs stricter security to prevent out-of-state residents [...]
Just What We Needed, The Return Of “Barack Obama Isn’t Really Black” Stories
Posted on October 29, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, race, television, the media | Leave a Comment
Why doesn’t Barack Obama respect African-American culture? Jake Tapper:
In Attempt at Humor, Obama Conflates ‘Sanford and Son’ and ‘The Jeffersons’
So… much… stupidity…
Defining America
Posted on October 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, race | Leave a Comment
Barack Obama believes in the same America I also believe in. That’s one of the reasons I’ve supported him throughout the campaign. He exemplifies the idea in some remarks noted by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Here is Obama responding to the second plot against his life:
“I think what has been striking in this campaign is the the degree [...]
Andrew’s Predictions
Posted on October 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election | Leave a Comment
There’s not much else I feel like writing about this morning, so let’s do this a day earlier than I’d planned.
Obam will take all Kerry states plus Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Florida, Indiana, and North Dakota. He’ll come awfully close in Georgia, Montana, Missouri, and West Virginia; nearly steal the [...]
Closing Argument
Posted on October 25, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, political ads | 1 Comment
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