Tag Archives: 2008 elections

The Scariest House On The Block

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Do You Believe In Life After Bush?

Cher Barack’d the vote on the Today Show this morning, saying she could never vote for a Republican. Video here.

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Vote North Carolina

Funny, funny, funny. As a native Tarheel, I endorse this clip.

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The Obama Show

Here’s tonight’s 30-minute infomercial from Obama. Slick, smooth, but no new ground was broken.

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McCain In His Own Words

Love the shot of Palin at the end. Burn!

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My Ballot

Unlike those of you burdened with page after page of confusing referenda, New York only has one item about disabled veterans seeking civil service jobs. My Congressperson, Carolyn Mahoney, should coast to an easy win, as should my state Senator Liz Krueger and state Assemblyman Micah Kellner. I’d say it’s a straight Dem ticket for me this time, except that …

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Vote Flipping Caught On Tape

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Early Birds For Obama

From the Washington Post: More than twelve million voters have already cast ballots in the presidential contest, according to one estimate, and new data from the Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll shows these voters breaking Democratic by a wide margin. Among those who said they have already voted at an early voting location or sent in an absentee ballot, Barack …

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Don’t Let Up

The Obama campaign goes funny in their plea that we not get overconfident.

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Today’s Electoral Map

Some interesting changes since last week. Improvements in Indiana, Georgia, South Dakota, Montana, Arizona and Ohio.

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Dirty Tricks: Fake Flyer Tells Virginia Democrats To Vote On November 5th

A phony Board of Elections flier being circulated in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia announces that Republicans must vote on November 4th, Democrats on November 5th. The somewhat official-looking flier – it features the state board logo and the state seal – is dated Oct. 24 and indicates that “an emergency session of the General Assembly has adopted the …

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Top 25 Turning Points Of Election 2008

British newspaper The Telegraph counts down their Top 25 Turning Points of this interminable election cycle, ticking off moments from last summer through last week. How many of these items are you familiar with? 25 Romney pretends to be a hunter24 McCain’s summer 2007 doldrums23 Obama announces candidacy22 The Bill Ayers robocalls21 McCain: I am not George Bush20 Bill’s fairy …

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Tic Tac D’oh!

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What We’re Up Against, Part 2

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Tawana Brawley II

McCain campaign volunteer Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas claims she was using an ATM on the “wrong side of Pittsburgh” when a Huge! Scary! Negro! mugged her. After robbing her of $60, the mugger dragged Todd to her car and became so enraged upon seeing her McCain bumper sticker that he punched her in the eye and carved …

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Scenario Analysis

Probabilities by FiveThirtyEight.com, a site that you should be following (if you aren’t already). The author is 30 year-old stats whiz Nate Silver.

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Al-Qaida Supporters Endorse McCain

No, seriously. Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a way to usher in a McCain presidency. The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web site, said if al-Qaida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, “impetuous” Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain …

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Uh, What?

This “who’s more patriotic?” crap has gotten John McCain REALLY confused. “You know, I think you may have noticed that Senator Obama’s supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about Western Pennsylvania lately. And you know, I couldn’t agree with them more.”

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HomoQuotable – David Sedaris

“Some insist that there’s very little difference between candidate A and candidate B. Others claim that they’re with A on defense and health care but are leaning toward B when it comes to the economy. “I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want …

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Two Weeks Out

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