Archive for October, 2008

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The Untold Vulgarity of Blood and Oil

In the second presidential debate after McCain told him that he “does not understand our national security challenges”, Obama responded,
I don’t understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, while Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda are setting up base camps and safe havens to train terrorists to […]

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Which Country Do You Prefer?

 
Following in the footsteps first of the Asbury Park Press and then the lesser known Washington Post and the New York Times, The Economist  — not celebrated for its socialism — has just endorsed Barack Obama.
In response to my recent post about Michelle Obama on Leno, a friend of mine recent wrote to me […]

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

American Stories, American Solutions

Here is Barack Obama’s TV special, his closing argument infomercial that aired last night on all of the major networks and cost a few million dollars. There are stories about “average working Americans” followed by Obama detailing his plans and then images of Obama being greeted or hugged by older white women. I suppose it […]

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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Michelle Obama on Leno

Once again, Michelle is proving that she is an ideal American and the most normal, gracious and well-spoken of any of the candidates, running mates, or their families.

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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Synchronized Presidential Debates

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Thanks, William, for the heads-up.

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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

How McCain Lost His Media Base

Recently I wrote about how the McCain campaign felt like it was being treated unfairly by the press. There I mentioned how prior to the GOP Convention, McCain was actually getting proportionally more positive coverage than Obama. Politico has written a story about how since the Convention, McCain has clearly “hosed in the press.”
The Project […]

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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Dave’s Top Ten

I hate to spread the hate, but I was just watching the latest Top Ten list from the Late Show with David Letterman, and it was pretty funny. Here it is:
Top Ten Sarah Palin Excuses For Spending $150,000 On Clothes

The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: lipstick, Prada shoes, a Gucci handbag, […]

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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Defining Moment

Only one week to go. I can’t wait for change.

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Monday, October 27th, 2008

McCain’s Shaky Performance

For the past few days, I have suffered from presidential election writer’s block. Actually, it’s not that I couldn’t think of anything to write, but there was nothing that interesting or novel to say that warranted a post. Nevertheless, today I finally decided to get my act together and write a few lines about some […]

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Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Podcasts

After about a month and a half, I have only reached 1918 in Morocco Since 1830. That’s pretty slow, especially considering that I had been averaging about one book per week. So what’s going? The culprit is this darn election and me resorting to a combination of podcasts and other online sources of media. What […]

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