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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Jeff "Petro" Petkevicius is running for president. His platform: gas at $1.25 per gallon. Petro is a Katrina survivor living in Ponchatoula, LA, where he works for a water treatment company. He describes himself as a "street savvy" "conservative Jesus Freak" who's seen a thing or two in life.
Petro and ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
So in the last post, where we mentioned that gay rights hadn't really come up yet? Well that was wrong; they just had. Yesterday, California's Supreme Court ruled that gay and straight couples must be treated equally when it comes to marriage. It's hard to image that gay marriage won't ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender rights, like abortion, is one of those normally core political issues that hasn't broken through into high visibility in this presidential race. Yet, anyway. Online, though, you can of course find riches. Let's start by rewinding a few months to New Hampshire, where Dennis Kucinich was approached by Harvard ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Les is unabashedly "for Hillary" and made this animated short to show his support. (Found by Sarolta Cump.) It paints the Obama campaign as the product of a well-oiled machine. Churn up Oprah Winfrey, Kool-Aid, "snotty followers," and a few other ingredients and voila! A campaign that takes a nosedive ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
This takes citizen ads to a whole new level. It includes tap dancing, dogs in t-shirts, and dizzying costume changes -- all supported by a very(!) enthusiastic original song (thanks, Sue Salinger):
Grace Uncensored is a performer from Springfield, IL.
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Twenty percent of white West Virginians who voted in yesterday's Democratic primary said race "influenced their choice." Two out of every ten. Although Obama's skin color didn't appear to be an issue in white Iowa, it does seem to matter in the general Appalachian region. Clinton's focus on the ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
A light palate cleanser between between heavier offerings: via Sue Salinger, a toddler speaks her political mind:
[asaaaaad / Vimeo.]
Hard to come up with a punchline after that one.
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Barack Obama has quite a worldwide following. He's got vocal supporters as far away as Gaza City and as close as Canada. From our northern neighbors, first a serious comment: these young Canadians say Obama's appeal is all about international relations:
And next something silly: this old-timey song pays tribute with ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Tory, a spunky young English major from the Chicago 'burbs, assumes different personas to ask: is America ready for a woman in the Oval Office? She plays with common objections. It's a clever piece except for the gratuitous insult towards the end (thanks, Ann Raber):
On the name-calling: Tory herself points ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
The delegate math is looking tougher than ever for Hillary Clinton after the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. This barbed advice on how she might rejigger the numbers was found by our very own John Barth. The video was made prior to the Pennsylvania primary, so a few of the ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
This sarcastic engineer is armed with a calculator, and he's no fool. He tells John McCain that his proposed summer "gas-tax holiday" (which Clinton supports and Obama opposes) is ridiculous. The engineer figures it will save each American a grand total of 30 dollars. Which, compared to what we'll be ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
This probutcool video was made by indy filmmakers who are documenting immigration issues in Northern Virginia. They're putting shorts up on their YouTube channel as they go, and they'll draw on the collection of footage to create a feature-length film. This clip (found by Sue Salinger) documents some anti-Hispanic racism ...
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