My partner told me about this post by Los Angeles Times blogger Patrick Goldstein, where he interviews Michael DeLuca, a Hollywood conservative (a rarity) who is leaning towards Obama in this year's race, but grudgingly. His words read like something I would say, heck it IS something I said. He liked McCain, but wonders what happened to the McCain of 2000: As much as I’ve … [Read more...] about Notes from a Disgruntled Hollywood Conservative
Our Better History: Thoughts on Obama’s Half-Hour Prime-Time TV Ad
I thought it was excellent: the focus on the economy, on the middle class, on his personal story, a story that is so profoundly American, on a strong foreign policy that focuses on the real threats and that restores America's standing in the world, on the themes of hope and change that have come to define Obama's run for the presidency from the very beginning. And, once … [Read more...] about Our Better History: Thoughts on Obama’s Half-Hour Prime-Time TV Ad
You Can Vote However You Like!
A joyful reminder from Atlanta's Ron Clark Academy, via Andrew Sullivan... … [Read more...] about You Can Vote However You Like!
Obama’s 30 Minute Infomercial: Smart Production Values And Smart Target Focus
There are those of us who are old enough to remember the days when politicians bought 30 minute blocs of time to do infomercials that ran on one or more networks. These political infomercials weren't always purchased by the main, top candidates -- and their production values often left lot to be desired. In 1964, then Pennsylvania Gov. William Scranton ran an extended … [Read more...] about Obama’s 30 Minute Infomercial: Smart Production Values And Smart Target Focus
Thoughts on the Obama Infomercial
First a reminder. I'm biased. I've been a supporter of Barack Obama since he ran for Senate in 2004. I am truly "in the tank" for Obama and have been all along. So this won't be an "objective" reaction to the infomercial. It will be the reaction of a supporter who is optimistic about next Tuesday but knows very well that this race is not over yet. So here goes. First, was it … [Read more...] about Thoughts on the Obama Infomercial
Eighteen Latin American Countries Prefer Obama: Poll – Observa, Uruguay
One of a flood of new international polls on which U.S. candidate people prefer, is one by Latinobarometro. According to the Chilean organization's Web site, this annual survey involves some 19,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 400 million inhabitants. Covering the results of the survey, this article from Uruguay's Observa newspaper says … [Read more...] about Eighteen Latin American Countries Prefer Obama: Poll – Observa, Uruguay
Polls: Obama Still Has Stable Lead And Gaining In Battleground States
Most key polls still show Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama ahead with a fairly stable lead -- as he continues to gain ground in key battleground states. With a week to go until voting -- and hours before Obama airs a 30-minute infomercial on several networks that could either help him solidify support or backfire and give his opponents ammunition -- the … [Read more...] about Polls: Obama Still Has Stable Lead And Gaining In Battleground States
Obama’s Debt to the People
If elected, Barack Obama will be the first truly independent President of modern times without a large debt of gratitude to big business and financiers. For the nearly two grueling years of campaigning, he is carried aloft by millions of ordinary people and financed for the most part by contributions of less than $100. His debt is to the people. Obama has already made … [Read more...] about Obama’s Debt to the People
The Obama Infomercial: What to Expect
The NYT gets and shares an abbreviated sneak peek. … [Read more...] about The Obama Infomercial: What to Expect
Civil Rights Roundup: 10/29/08
Your daily dose of civil rights and related news The White House is asking its (now totally apolitical!) Justice Department to hamper 200,000 Ohio residents from voting. Black voters are really nervous about the integrity of this election. A Black Brazilian immigrant gets a lesson in racism upon arriving in America. Lawyers have finally secured access to a … [Read more...] about Civil Rights Roundup: 10/29/08
The Idea of Sarah
Danielle Crittenden, the wife of conservative writer, David Frum, is putting a lie to the belief among some conservatives that the only people against VP candidate Sarah Palin are elitist snobs who go to Ivy League Schools. But Ms. Crittenden is no such person. She never went to college, having gone straight into the family business of running a newspaper and becoming an … [Read more...] about The Idea of Sarah
Mental Health: An Interview with Rep. Patrick Kennedy
Our family and others have long believed that mental, neurological, and related ailments should be treated on par with physical/biological disorders. The Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 started the process by prohibiting health plans from offering lower annual/lifetime benefits for mental health than physical health. Unfortunately, as a result, many health plans complied … [Read more...] about Mental Health: An Interview with Rep. Patrick Kennedy
Change: Good Luck with That
Every campaign season brings promises of change. What are the chances, in an election cycle more based on these promises than any in recent memory, that the next President will actually change anything? I speak to well-informed friends and they harp on the nuances of the Parties’ positions. The news media frets over the absence of specifics. It is ludicrous to think that the … [Read more...] about Change: Good Luck with That
Around The Campaign 2008 Sphere
Seven days to Election Day. Here's our linkfest guide that whisks you to weblogs on the right, left and center, big and small which will be presented daily until after election day. TMV encourages you to bookmark these sites and return to them as part of your daily reading if you want a good sampling of Internet opinion. Making Ayers, Reverend Wright And Rezko A Major … [Read more...] about Around The Campaign 2008 Sphere
Fall of the Know-It-Alls
The humiliation of Alan Greenspan last week in publicly admitting his fallible perception of the housing bubble prompts David Brooks to see a larger meaning: "This meltdown is not just a financial event, but also a cultural one. It’s a big, whopping reminder that the human mind is continually trying to perceive things that aren’t true, and not perceiving them takes enormous … [Read more...] about Fall of the Know-It-Alls
Not Moderate, but Very Funny
My wife discovered this blog -- Margaret and Helen -- and shared the link. These women don't hold back, so don't go there if you're expecting anything even approaching moderation. On the other hand, if you share my slightly twisted sense of humor, you'll probably have a good laugh or two. I especially enjoyed these posts: What was I thinking when I called Sarah Palin a … [Read more...] about Not Moderate, but Very Funny
Red Sex + Blue Sex = A New Sexual Morality
The highest divorce and teen pregnancy rates are in Red States, the lowest in Blue States. Margaret Talbot digs beneath the numbers to wonder, Why do so many evangelical teen-agers become pregnant? [T]he red-state [abstinence] model is clearly failing on its own terms—producing high rates of teen pregnancy, divorce, sexually transmitted disease, and other dysfunctional … [Read more...] about Red Sex + Blue Sex = A New Sexual Morality
All Aboard For The Republican Right-Wing’s Flagellation Station Express
Lordy be! In only six days the angry mantra of the John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign will be silenced. You know the one I'm talking about: That some of us are not true Americans because of where we live, what we do for a living, where we went to school and, horror or horrors, because we support a Muslim terrorist for president. But you can bet your dangling chad that while we … [Read more...] about All Aboard For The Republican Right-Wing’s Flagellation Station Express
Some Thoughts On Fears Of Obama And The Democrats
As we sit a week or so out from Election Day I have been having some interesting discussions with some of my conservative friends. They are paranoid about the prospect of a big Democratic victory next week and that it will result in all kinds of horrible things happening to them. They act like it is only a matter of time before they are all sent to internment camps for … [Read more...] about Some Thoughts On Fears Of Obama And The Democrats
Palin 2012
Aislin, The Montreal Gazette … [Read more...] about Palin 2012