"War in Iraq"??? Wait a minute...
I realized the other day that I keep hearing people refer to the "War in Iraq". I hear it from media pundits. I hear it from "undecided" voters being interviewed. I hear it at the coffee pot at...
View ArticleDemocracy can still be beautiful
I helped out the Michigan Dems yesterday, manning the GOTV phones, delivering coffee to people standing in long lines to vote in heavily-Democratic precincts and taking pizza to our Dem poll watchers...
View ArticleHistorical election? Maybe, but Bush ain't nuthin' special...
I'm getting a bit tired of hearing how historical this past election was since Bush got more votes than any other presidential candidate in US history. Let's get this right, folks: SO DID JOHN KERRY!!!...
View ArticlePerception is Everything
George Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that would scuttle a plan for the government of the United Arab Emirates to purchase a company that would put it in charge of six large ports in the USA,...
View ArticleWhat I believe, What I do NOT believe...
What I believe: Terrorism is a threat against the United States of America. What I do NOT believe: That US citizens need to give up their civil rights in order to be "safe" from terrorism. What I...
View ArticleMy Thoughts on Governor Palin's Speech
Did she really call herself "a Pit Bull with Lipstick"? Good thing the sexist mainstream media and Obama campaign didn't do that! She's a maverick reformer? Really? What about those earmarks she...
View ArticleMcPalin: Campaign of Irony
Are they just too stupid to realize the irony in so much of what they do? Does the McPalin campaign not understand the concept or are they simply too Goddamn dumb? I don't get it. Ms. Palin was...
View ArticleWhy Obama's Campaign is About More Than the Presidency
In addition to the 50+ hours I spend each week at my day job, I have been putting in another 10-12 hours per week working as a volunteer leader in the Obama campaign in my area. The brilliance of...
View ArticlePalin is Invigorating the Obama Campaign!
I walked into the local Democratic Party offices last night, on a day of disappointing national poll numbers for the Obama campaign, prepared to see a team of sullen phone-bankers. Boy, was I wrong....
View ArticleMcCain Unskews the Polls...Sorta
Cross-posted at Eclectablog. As I have been phonebanking and canvassing for Senator Obama's Campaign for Change for the past two months, one of the focuses has been on "undecided" voters - voters...
View ArticleKeeping Michigan Blue
Cross-posted at Eclectablog. Another night of phone banking last night and another full house. Our township leadership team and their volunteers have had to move our twice-weekly phone bank to a new...
View ArticleHow the McCain Lies Hurt Children
Cross-posted at Eclectablog. Jake Tapper at ABC gets it mostly right: The most controversial item in the McCain ad is the assertion that Obama supports children "learning about sex before learning to...
View ArticleDavid Foster Wallace (R.I.P.) on McCain
Cross-posted at Eclectablog. We lost one of the good ones this past Friday when David Foster Wallace, author of the legendary Infinite Jest, was found dead from suicide. DFW's insight into society...
View ArticleMcCain Sexism
Cross-posted at Eclectablog. I was raised by a single mother and an ardent feminist. She dragged my brother and I to Equal Rights Amendment rallies and to hear prominent feminist women speak. Our...
View ArticleWashington Post: Not All Lies Are Created Equal
Cross-posted at Eclectablog. Ask Republican John McCain about the nastiness of his campaign of late and the lies that he and his running mate continue to tell and his response involves some mixture of...
View ArticleTaking the Lead in Alternative Energy
Cross-posted at Eclectablog. Michigan's forward-thinking Democratic governor, Jennifer Granholm, has shepherded through legislation requiring a doubling in the amount of renewable energy supplied by...
View ArticleFormer Fannie Mae Exec Defends Obama - Powerfully
Cross-posted to Eclectablog. Okay then. I guess McCain's whole "it was Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae greedy fucks and Barack Obama that caused the current economic meltdown" meme just bit the big one. A...
View ArticleFree Poster Download: Why "Drill Here, Drill Now" is a Farce
Cross-posted at Eclectablog. The Democrats are caving on drilling off the shores in the USA and it is completely unnecessary. What they should be doing is making the American electorate more informed....
View ArticleFREE Poster Download: The Farce of Drill Here, Drill Now
At the risk of being flamed, I'm reposting this diary because it didn't get much attention over the weekend and, frankly, It think it's an issue that SHOULD be getting a lot of attention. Flame me if...
View ArticleDelivering Michigan For Obama - The "Youth Vote" (w/Poll)
Cross-posted to Eclectablog. I'm looking at three separate pieces of information about the presidential race in Michigan and, taken as a whole, they point to very good news for the Obama campaign in...
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