Thursday, June 26th, 2008
It's harder to find good pro-McCain stuff out in webland. It just is. We resisted admitting that for a while, and we search diligently, but it simply seems to be true. Especially when it comes to creative art, citizen ads, and funny videos. Whether this has something to do with ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
The devastating midwest floods point to a bunch of election issues. Global warming, for one. Whether or not these particular floods are a direct result, they're a preview of the kind of extreme weather predicted by climate models. Then there are the rising corn prices due to flooded cropland, which ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Bobby Jindal [Marc V. Genre / Flickr]
John McCain appears to be narrowing the field of potential running mates. A handful -- including Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal -- will be visiting with McCain in Arizona this weekend. Jindal is 36 and was born to parents who had just immigrated from India. ...
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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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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
It looks like yoovie moon took this picture at a festival on the streets of Lafayette, Louisiana, last month. It's sort of a surreal trio: John McCain meets Bob Marley meets... an Obama/Adam Sandler hybrid? (Hat tip to Ann Raber.)
[yoovie / Flickr]
Is there really a healthy market for presidential art?
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
John McCain recently took an "It's Time for Action Tour" of "forgotten places" where Americans have been left behind. Last week, after visiting the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, he headed to Baton Rouge, where supporters waited calmly in line at the airport to see him. Paul Dietzel II, ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
This short piece was made by young European filmmakers who documented nonvoters around the US. In it, New Orleans resident Donna, who lived through Katrina with her son Dante, explains that she has "no faith whatsoever in politics" after the way the hurricane was mishandled. She hasn't voted since the ...
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