Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Rick Warren [kev/null / Flickr]
You remember the Gibson/Stephanopoulos-moderated Democratic debate, right? That may have been on Mike from LeftFielder.org's mind when he decided Pastor Rick Warren was better at interviewing candidates than most network anchors. Actually, he just plain feels Warren did a great job:
In my mind [...] the real ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Outside Saddleback Church [Bjarne B. Sunde / Flickr]
Kate Stone writes an eponymous blog, and, unlike Erica, she was happy to miss the whole Saddleback frenzy while she was camping in New Mexico. She was curious to catch up on it at the end of her trip, though. After meeting a ...
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Erica is a journalism student from California. She tried very hard to get a ticket to Pastor Rick Warren's recent forum with Obama and McCain at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest -- and she felt rather sour when she learned that the seats had sold out at high prices (thanks, ...
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
DrBombay1559 from the US Virgin Islands wants to start a political blog, and this video is a test run. Don't let the blurry scratchy quality deter you -- his commentary/prediction about VP candidates is interesting. (Hat tip to James Mills.) And just in time, too, because it looks like ...
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
Boxing gloves [Addictive Picasso / Flickr]
There seems to have been no fighting in Georgia so far today, but the new US-Polish missile-defense agreement -- apparently a result of the conflict -- has infuriated Russia. This is a quick follow-up post on the way the hostilities are playing out in the ...
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
Some youth and some senior citizens performing for Obama in Detroit. (Thanks, Sarolta Cump.)
Lady Te is a young Motor City rapper. In this music video, she appeals to her peers to dig into important issues and go vote for Barack:
If you're a Detroiter on the senior end of the ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Ballotvoxregular, former Democratic Senate staffer, and Nevada novelist Jed Lewison adds to the pile of spoofs of Hillary Clinton's 3:00 am ad -- in this case to chide McCain for his lack of web savvy (thanks, Ann Raber):
Will McCain's staff pull this one up to show him?
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Tbilisi, Georgia, at night [pazavi / Flickr]
In the last week, long-festering animosity between Georgia and Russia turned into bombing and heavy fighting. Some say the US is peripherally implicated in the escalation due to the mixed messages it has been giving President Saakashvili. It's clear, in any case, that the ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Seen by Orlando-based Cavale in a Florida campground she wasn't fond of, this car-window graffiti (thanks, James Mills):
[Cavale / Flickr]
Cavale ended up leaving the campground even though she had a new tent and couldn't get her money back. It seems this car wasn't directly to blame.
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Bobby Jindal on Fox [Maitri Venkat-Ramani / Flickr]
Ravi is an 18-year-old guest blogger at the South Asian American group blog Sepia Mutiny. He'll be at the Democratic convention and is gearing up for it by thinking about the healthy desi youth interest in this election (hat tip to volunteer curator ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
McCain's dubious new attack mode seems a good intro to several pieces lamenting false rumors and negative campaigning.
Two Chicago comedian bloggers -- John T. Kramer and Aaron Sjoholm -- have created a small video series called "Don't Vote Stupid!" Their aim: disuading people from "voting on stupid stuff (like how ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Obama praised rapper Ludacris as a great talent recently (though he wished he didn't have to worry about his daughters "getting bad images of themselves" should they listen to his music). Last week, Ludacris presumably thought he returned the favor with Politics As Usual, his endorsement of Barack. The ...
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