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Friday, January 16th, 2009
[**** j a z z z i *** / Flickr]
Yesterday, President Bush bid farewell to a nation that apparently is largely glad to see him go yet mostly feels he's a good person.
A few end-of-administration reflections on his speech, his legacy, and some burdens he passes to Obama:
Miranda, a stay-at-home ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Jeff is a fan of his wife and video games... and Barack Obama. This appears to be a self-portrait.
[Jeff the Trojan / Flickr]
Under the photograph, Jeff writes an impassioned political manifesto.
[I am] ...a patriotic American.
…the descendent of immigrants. [...]
...a person with a moral compass, based on the values my Christian ...
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Last Friday at a rally near Minnesota, John McCain reversed course somewhat on linking Obama to terrorists. McCain told a supporter that Obama is a "decent person" he shouldn't be "scared" of. In response, the audience booed McCain.
Reigned-in engineer PoliticalOverload -- another ballotvoxregular -- takes on the GOP's use of ...
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Jed Lewison is a ballotvoxregular (featured here and here). More importantly, he lives in Las Vegas, where he writes political thrillers, no doubt informed by his time as a Democratic Senate staffer. He bases this mashup on a July speech, in which Obama predicts that the McCain campaign will portray ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
A wordle word cloud of McCain's and Palin's speeches
[mattlehrer / Flickr]
It's been a long two weeks of conventioneering. And so without further ado, here are three reactions to the very last speech: John McCain's.
Lori is a Republican "Army brat" who has settled into Arizona and its dating scene. The whole ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
James Pence of Glendale, Kentucky, doesn't mince words. He explains here, in a calmly biting commentary on the Bush administration's handling of the economy, healthcare, civil liberties, and other issues central to the election, how he -- if he were a terrorist -- would undermine America:
That rocking chair somehow takes ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
With last week's New Yorker flap and Obama in Iraq today, it seems a good time to feature this find from Sarolta Cump. It's a video made by 19-year-old Louma about what it means to be a Muslim. Directly relevant to the election? Maybe not. But vilification of Islam ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
This week's New Yorker cover shows Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim, Michelle outfitted as a Black Panther/terrorist, a flag burning in the fireplace, and Osama bin Laden in a gilt frame on the wall. It is, of course satire. Or it's supposed to be. It seems to be confusing ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Foot in mouth [g-hat / Flickr]
So Charlie Black, political advisor to McCain, recently said, rather impolitically, that a terror attack in the US would boost McCain in the campaign. This isn't a reaction roundup; just two snippets.
Damian J. Penny, blogging from Halifax, Nova Scotia, questions whether there's any logic to ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Beth Fitzgerald, a junk food and photography lover from Gulfport, Mississippi, documented prices at a local gas station earlier this month (via Ann Raber):
[bfitz85 / Flickr]
The Pete from Los Angeles, California, sold his car about five years ago but is also documenting fuel prices in his hometown. He writes, in ...
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