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Upcomming elections are Tue, Nov 4 2008
Posted Wed, Nov 05 2008

The One, The Only


Updater ~ Highly satisfied
17 minutes of inspiring wisdom

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Posted Thu, Sep 25 2008

Just Debate, Already


LeftyLucy ~

John McCain took the bold step yesterday of suspending his campaign so he could focus on the economic crisis. Cool. I think everyone with any potential to effect change should be focusing on the economy right now.
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Posted Tue, Sep 02 2008

The Sound and the Fury: Why Democrats Need to Get Back on Message


LeftyLucy ~

"It is a tale...full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
  -- Macbeth, Act V


John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate is a brilliant move.

Why?

Because Republican strategists are aware of a big weakness in the Democratic Party: that just a hint of hypocrisy and the use of buzz words like "creationism", "abstinence only education", "pro-gun" and "staunchly pro-life" will reliably send liberals scrambling for their soapboxes, ready to condemn with moral outrage and scorn.

Meanwhile, they've seemingly forgotten the compelling message they've spent months crafting and honing, and in their self-righteous fury, risk providing juicy sound bites to be used against them later in the campaign.

That's right. Sarah Palin is such a stunningly bad choice for VP that it might actually improve McCain's chances of claiming the White House in November.

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Posted Mon, Aug 25 2008

The Myth of the 'Media Darling'


LeftyLucy ~

Complaints about a liberal media bias aren't a new phenomenon. Right-wing talk show hosts and conservatives have long lamented that the major news outlets have a leftward slant and that it took an upstart Fox News to provide us, finally, with The Truth.

This election cycle is no different. Republicans and Fox News anchors have complained that the coverage of the candidates has been unfair. First, they were angry that the Clinton-Obama battle was being covered much more than John McCain was, and the claim continued after Obama shored up the Democratic nomination. Now, they're calling Obama the 'Media Darling', citing, for example, the journalistic frenzy to cover the Obama World Tour – leaving McCain in a relative press limbo.

In terms of sheer hours of coverage, it does seem likely that Obama has had more screen time than Mccain, and I think there are several reasons for this.

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Posted Thu, Jul 10 2008

Fuzzy Math - Candidate Style


Elizabeth Ross ~ accountable
We all knew that withdrawing from Iraq would be part of the rhetoric for this campaign. But, what does it really mean in dollars and cents?
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Posted Fri, Jun 20 2008

McCain and Black Gold


Elizabeth Ross ~ annoyed
It's a nice concept on paper - taking advantage of our own resources to reduce dependence on the Middle East. Gas prices theoretically make it easy to use oil as a talking point on the campaign trail, but it's doubtful that the majority of Americans are really that stupid.
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