Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Here’s a NYT graphic showing the relative heights of US presidents for the last hundred years. (Embiggening required.) Since 1900 the taller candidate has won 17 out of 24 times. McCain is 5’7″, Obama is 6’1″. Dubya did beat the taller Kerry, but we are so not counting his win over the taller Al Gore. If McCain were to win, …

Online ticket scalpers are having a field day with the upcoming Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel fundraiser concert for Barack Obama. And those who purchase the scalped tickets may be violating campaign finance laws. Ticket scalpers profiting off the buzz created by the historic Bruce Springsteen/Billy Joel fundraiser appear to be breaking campaign finance laws. And fans who use scalpers …

The Washington Post reports on how Sarah Palin riled up the audience in Clearwater, Florida by bringing up Barack Obama’s relationship to Bill Ayers, causing one man to shout “Kill him!” Palin did not react or admonish the man. It was time to revive the allegation, made over the weekend, that Obama “pals around” with terrorists, in this case Bill …

Bouncing around the Free Republic posts in their 2008 Polls folder, I’ve found that their forum commenters react to Obama’s increasing lead in the polls with three different talking points. 1. All polls are skewed to favor Obama. McCain is really leading but pollsters are “in the tank” for Obama. They are either tweaking their data or only polling people …

Note that Obama was down by 6 points just four weeks ago, versus up by 7 today. Things could easily swing back the other way. One month is forever in election time. The latest result comes from polling done Oct. 2-4 and presumably includes post-veep debate reaction.

Via Politico: No technology unexploited; Obama can take over your iPhone. CNET reports on the applications fairly rich set of features: The most notable feature “organizes and prioritizes your contacts by key battleground states, making it easy to reach out and make an impact quickly,” according to the software. The application anonymously reports back the number of calls made this …

Yesterday Bill Clinton campaigned for Obama in Orlando at my alma mater, the University of Central Florida. “Hillary sent me!” More from his speech: Here’s why you ought to be for Barack Obama. Number one, he’s got the right philosophy. He knows you have to grow an economy from the ground up, not from the top down. Number two, he’s …

The parodies of the kids singing allegiance to Obama have already begun.

Man, this is creepy. Corralling a bunch of kids and making them sing a song of praise of Obama? Hitler Youth, much? We can really do without this kind of support, it only feeds into the Obama-As-Fuhrer meme that has been sweeping Free Republic for the last few weeks.

Lots of you sent in photos of the Leather Obama image seen all around Folsom Street Fair on Sunday, with some calling it disrespectful and others just finding it amusing. Go here for a totally NSFW gallery of Folsom goings-on. And of course, mansex-obsessed Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality has begun his annual posting of the nekkid …

Not your average 30 second spot, this one is two minutes.

It wasn’t the most stirring of debates, no single line jumped out at me right off the bat. Maybe something will come up during the coming endless analysis. But I wasn’t too happy to hear Obama say over and over “John is exactly right,” knowing that McCain’s flacks would jump all over that. Sure enough, the ad is already out, …

CNN is reporting that University of Mississippi officials have received word that both candidates will appear for tonight’s debate.

Sigh. More wingnuttery from the pulpit. Setting the stage for a collision of religion and politics, Christian ministers from California and 21 other states will use their pulpits Sunday to deliver political sermons or endorse presidential candidates — defying a federal ban on campaigning by nonprofit groups. The pastors’ advocacy could violate the Internal Revenue Service’s rules against political speech …

Via CNN: Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign to return to Washington and focus on the “historic” crisis facing the U.S. economy. McCain said it was time for both parties to come together to solve economic crisis. McCain said it was time for both parties to come together to solve economic crisis. The …

Holy cow, check out what this financial mess has done to the latest polling! Obama has lept to a NINE point lead in the latest Washington Post poll.

You may have heard some criticism of Bill Clinton after he appeared on Letterman on Monday and praised Hillary, but failed to mention Obama by name. Letterman’s next guest was Chris Rock who hilariously called Clinton out on that. Clinton appeared on the Daily Show last night and more than made amends, at Jon Stewart’s urging.

Get to Room Service at 35 EAST 21st Street on Friday for the Official Obama LGBT Debate Watch Party, which will be hosted by numerous celebs. Alan Cumming! Justin “Kiki” Bond! Laurie Anderson! I’m so there. Former GLAAD head Joan Garry will be there and I’ll have to ask her if she remembers me volunteering at one of their events …

According to a New York Times story, Barack Obama’s immense popularity among black voters in California may hurt the marriage equality movement. Could Senator Barack Obama’s popularity among black voters hurt gay couples in California who want to marry? That is the concern of opponents of Proposition 8, a measure on the November ballot that would amend the state constitution …