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Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
Next steps… or how to make change happen
Posted in Ideas, Politics, Uncategorized, tagged creating change, Election '08, McCain, Obama on November 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
As you can see from my last few posts, I’m starting to look ahead to November 5 and beyond. I’m still working to make change possible. But while there are record numbers of registered voters this year, and it’s looking promising, we can’t just sit back again starting Nov. 5 and wait for change to [...]
Sunday musings
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged endorsement, McCain, Obama, president, presidential, temperament on October 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As is my habit, I’ve been reading the newspapers — both my local one and the LA Times — as well as various columns and articles that catch my attention from online sources, including both national and local papers and news aggregators. Several items caught my eye this morning.
This from the Washington Post, where David [...]
Endorsements UPDATE
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Election '08, endorse, endorsements, McCain, Obama on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, the updated endorsement list is out at Editor and Publisher. And the numbers are pretty impressive. Sen. Barack Obama has garnered endorsements from 112 newspapers with combined circulation of nearly 13.8 million to McCain’s 39 papers representing 3.7 million readers. What’s even more impressive is the number of Obama endorsements from papers that went for [...]
Words have power
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged hate speech, John McCain, McCain, McCain - Palin, Obama, Palin, Sarah Palin on October 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Or perhaps this post should be titled “No racist intent?” The graphics described below are highly offensive, but a Google search will turn them up.
First came the Obama Waffles sold, supposedly as a gag, at the Values Voters Summit
Next, there was the Virginia GOP mailer clearly designed to link Sen. Obama with terrorism
And the admonition to [...]
It’s endorsement time…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, endorse, leadership, McCain, Obama on October 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Newspapers are making their considered recommendations. Some editors and editorial boards invite the candidates in for a sit-down interview while they’re in town for a rally or other campaign event. Others rely on a variety of means and methods for arriving at their pick. My local paper supported McCain. Had they endorsed Sen. Obama, the Earth [...]
Careful preparation or flying by the seat of your pants?
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged David Brooks, Governance, Ideas, intellect, intelligence, Laura Tyson, leadership, McCain, Obama, transition team on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I watch the Dow continue its slide (40% in exactly a year) and Americans become increasingly worried about the future, one news story caught my eye today. A different story caught my eye yesterday. Taken together with his calm demeanor as the global economy tanked, they exemplify why I think Barack Obama is the better choice to [...]
Say it ain’t so, Joe: the Palin-McCarthy connection
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged campaign, hate speech, kill him, McCain, McCarthy, Obama, Palin, terrorist, treason on October 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about the supporter responses to the McCain campaign’s attempt to portray Barack Obama as dangerous, as exotic, as “that one”, as Other, even going so far as to try to link him in people’s minds as a possible terrorist. Shouts of “treason,” “terrorist,” and even “kill him” have been heard coming from [...]
Superman to the rescue? Not exactly.
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged bailout, candidates, Congress, debate, McCain, negotiate, Obama, presidential on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night after all the speeches, announcements, statements and interviews ended, I pondered what I had witnessed during the day. There were contrasts, both in style and in stubstance. But my personal “Holy $700,000,000,000, Batman!” moment was learning that Candidate McCain didn’t contact the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee about the crisis or the bailout [...]
